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9:40 AM ET, November 25, 2017

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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in Droves  —  WASHINGTON — Of all the State Department employees who might have been vulnerable in the staff reductions that Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has initiated as he reshapes the department, the one person who seemed least likely …
Discussion: Axios, The Last Refuge and Raw Story
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Michelle Kosinski / CNN:
Tillerson's senior team planning to skip Ivanka Trump's India trip  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — A Senior State Department official told CNN: “They (Tillerson and his staff) won't send someone senior because they don't want to bolster Ivanka”  —  (CNN)Days ahead of what should be a major moment …
Emily Goldberg / Politico:
Time says Trump is ‘incorrect’ after president says he rejected Person of the Year overture  —  President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that Time called to tell him that he was “probably” going to be named the magazine's person of the year, but that he turned the offer down, an account Time later disputed.
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CNN:
Trump tweets he ‘took a pass’ at being named TIME's person of the year  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN)President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that he turned down a potential offer to be TIME Magazine's coveted “Person of the Year” after, Trump says, the magazine told him he would “probably” be given the honors.
Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Probe Looks at Mike Flynn's Work on Documentary Targeting Exiled Turkish Cleric  —  Special counsel focuses on links to Turkey as legal team's move signals possible cooperation with investigators  —  WASHINGTON—Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating former White House …
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn is the key to the Russia scandal — and he may have just flipped on Trump  —  Michael Flynn, who served as President Trump's national security adviser for just 24 days before being cut loose, may be the key figure to unraveling the entire Russia scandal.
Discussion: Raw Story
Barbara McQuade / The Daily Beast:
If Flynn Is Cooperating With Mueller, Then Case Against Trump Gets Much More Serious
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Trump taps Mulvaney to head CFPB, sparking confusion over agency's leadership  —  President Donald Trump on Friday named White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, setting up a legal clash over who is in charge of the controversial agency.
Washington Post:
While eyes are on Russia, Sessions dramatically reshapes the Justice Department  —  For more than five hours, Attorney General Jeff Sessions sat in a hearing room on Capitol Hill this month, fending off inquiries on Washington's two favorite topics: President Trump and Russia.
Discussion: Power Line
Washington Post:
Mueller might be the one who's ‘draining the swamp’  —  President Trump famously promised that, if elected president, he would “drain the swamp” — upending the culture in Washington that favors the well-connected.  —  It is special counsel Robert S. Mueller III whose work seems …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Republicans flee from McConnell in 2018 primaries  —  Nobody wants to be on Team McConnell.  —  Heading into the 2018 elections, only one Republican Senate candidate nationwide has pledged unequivocally to back Mitch McConnell as majority leader.  Most Republicans facing competitive primaries …
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Latimer / Politico:
Want to Know Why Roy Moore Might Win?  Blame the Media.  —  In the wake of the Roy Moore fiasco, a number of “hot takes” have made their rounds in the media.  How obviously hypocritical it is, for example, for evangelical leaders to stand behind a man crediblay accused of sexually assaulting a minor.
Caitlin Emma / Politico:
How a powerful senator schooled Betsy DeVos  —  A furious Sen. Lamar Alexander saw the Education Department going off track in its enforcement of a law he helped write, and he didn't hesitate to intervene.  —  Several months ago, Sen. Lamar Alexander phoned Education Secretary Betsy DeVos with a message: Back off.
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Metcalf / Bloomberg:
Jeff Bezos's Net Worth Just Broke $100 Billion  —  Amazon founder's net worth has risen $33 billion this year  —  Bill Gates was last person to attain 12-figure fortune in 1999  —  Jeff Bezos is the world's newest $100 billion mogul.  —  The Amazon.com Inc. founder's fortune is up $2.4 billion …
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
'Doug Jones's problem': African American voters not energized by Alabama's Senate race  —  Doug Jones makes a campaign stop in Troy, Ala., on Nov. 17.  The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate believes he can win if he pieces together an unusually delicate coalition.  (Aly Grice/Troy Messenger/AP)
BuzzFeed:
Twitter Has Suspended Another 45 Suspected Propaganda Accounts After They Were Flagged By BuzzFeed News  —  The social media giant is facing serious questions over its efforts to deal with fake propaganda accounts after BuzzFeed News uncovered a network directly connected to the Russia-linked accounts Twitter submitted to Congress.
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk and Raw Story
Washington Post:
A flat-Earther's plan to launch himself in a homemade rocket just hit a speed bump  —  A California man who planned to launch himself 1,800 feet high Saturday in a homemade scrap-metal rocket — in an effort to prove that Earth is flat — said he is postponing the experiment …
Discussion: RT and Daily Kos
Denise Hollinshed / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis Galleria reopened after protest and arrests on Black Friday  —  RICHMOND HEIGHTS  • The St. Louis Galleria closed for about a half hour Friday afternoon after seven people were arrested during a Black Friday protest.  —  Among those arrested was state Rep. Bruce Franks Jr.
Discussion: Raw Story, RT and The Gateway Pundit
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CNN:
Key developments:  —  Coordinated attack: Gunmen fired on people fleeing after explosions took place at the mosque.  The attackers also opened fire on ambulances, witnesses said.  —  The target: The mosque, located in northern Sinai, is known as the birthplace of an important Sufi cleric.
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Angelo Codevilla / American Greatness:
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
New dynamic score shows the Senate tax bill raises debt by more than advertised
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
BBC:
North Korea digs DMZ trench after recent defection
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Miranda Green / CNN:
Rep. Kathleen Rice: Ethics committee's accountability ‘not real’
Discussion: Townhall.com and Business Insider
Associated Press:
House to vote next week on required anti-harassment training
Discussion: Politico
Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Sheriff Arpaio pursued case to hurt Sen. Flake, lawsuit says
Discussion: RedState, The Hill and Axios
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
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Gale Holland / Los Angeles Times:
Malibu church pressured to end homeless dinners, with some saying it lures needy to upscale city
Discussion: KTLA
 Earlier Items: 
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
LAPD chief expects more high-profile Hollywood sex crime allegations
Associated Press:
Police: US diplomat shot in foot outside Rio de Janeiro
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
James S. Robbins / USA Today:
Hijab Barbie: Perfect Christmas gift for non-Muslim parents who want to stick it to Trump
Sharon Noguchi / Mercury News:
San Jose: Muslim teacher wearing head scarf repeatedly bullied by students
Discussion: Raw Story
John Bowden / The Hill:
Eminem angry Trump ‘not paying attention to me’
Washington Post:
States prepare to shut down children's health programs if Congress doesn't act
Discussion: Daily Kos
Spiegel Online:
The End of the End of History  —  The collapse of coalition talks …
Wall Street Journal:
Requiem for a Hit Man