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6:10 PM ET, December 3, 2017

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CBS News:
CBS News poll: Alabama Republicans call allegations against Roy Moore false  —  A new CBS News poll finds 71 percent of Alabama Republicans say the allegations against Roy Moore are false, and those who believe this also overwhelmingly believe Democrats and the media are behind those allegations.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Is Roy Moore winning? Don't ask the pollsters
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Most Republicans in Alabama do not believe Moore allegations: poll
Discussion: RedState and Splinter
Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
McConnell Says He'll Let Alabama Voters ‘Make the Call’ on Roy Moore
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Finds Loopholes in Chief of Staff's New Regime  —  Kelly establishes control, but the president's ‘workarounds’ show its limits  —  WASHINGTON—Chief of Staff John Kelly over the past five months has imposed discipline and rigorous protocols on a freewheeling White House.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump has given staffers assignments and told them not to tell Kelly: report
Discussion: RedState
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Operative Offered Trump Campaign ‘Kremlin Connection’ Using N.R.A. Ties  —  WASHINGTON — A conservative operative trumpeting his close ties to the National Rifle Association and Russia told a Trump campaign adviser last year that he could arrange a back-channel meeting between Donald J. Trump …
Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Feinstein: Senate Russia probe building obstruction case against Trump  —  WASHINGTON — A Senate investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election has revealed a possible obstruction of justice case against President Donald Trump, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein said on “Meet The Press” Sunday.
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Charles Kaiser / The Guardian:   Was Michael Flynn asked to wear a wire in Mueller hunt for evidence on Russia?
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump lawyer's backstory for a stunning tweet
Discussion: IJR, The Daily Caller and CNN
CNN:
Louis: It's time to start talking about impeachment
Discussion: The Atlantic and KTLA
Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:   Oops: Trump's latest tweet about Michael Flynn could strengthen Mueller's case against president, experts say
Prynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Grassley Implies Working Class Spends Tax Cuts On “Booze Or Women Or Movies”  — Home- 2017- December- 3- Grassley Implies Working Class Spends Tax Cuts On “Booze Or Women Or Movies”  —  After pretending for a brief moment in 2016 that the Republican Party stood for working people …
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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:   Despite lawmakers' warnings, few Iowa farmers face estate tax
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Axios:
What to make of Kushner's remarks on Middle East peace  —  President Trump's son in law and senior adviser Jared Kushner was the administration's key note speaker today at the Saban Forum in Washington.  It was the first time Kushner spoke publicly about the administration's efforts to promote …
Discussion: Politico
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Pence tells Christian broadcaster: ‘Trump is a believer’  —  Vice President Pence said Sunday that President Trump is a “believer” who is also “grateful [for] the support of believers.”  —  “Let me be clear: President Trump is a believer and so am I,” Pence told Christian Broadcast Networking …
Discussion: RedState
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CBN.com:
EXCLUSIVE ‘President Trump Is a Believer and so am I’: Pence Confirms Trump's Christian Faith to CBN News
Discussion: IJR
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Trump's lawyer: I wrote the president's ‘sloppy’ tweet about Flynn's dismissal
Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
Why did Flynn lie and why did Mueller charge him with lying?  —  BY ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 12/02/17 03:50 PM EST THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  The charge to which retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty …
Discussion: Althouse
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
MSNBC Host Joy Reid Wrote Numerous Anti-Gay Articles on Her Old Blog  —  Recently resurfaced internet archives show political commentator Joy Reid wrote a dozen blog posts in 2007, 2008, and 2009 that contained homophobic conspiracies and anti-gay jokes.  —  The MSNBC weekend host ran …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump, Defending Himself After Flynn Guilty Plea, Says F.B.I. Is in ‘Tatters’  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out at the F.B.I. on Sunday, defending himself after the guilty plea by his former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, by charging that the bureau's reputation was …
Donovan Slack / USA Today:
USA TODAY Investigation: VA knowingly hires doctors with past malpractice claims, discipline for poor care  —  Neurosurgeon John Henry Schneider racked up more than a dozen malpractice claims and settlements in two states, including cases alleging he made surgical mistakes that left patients maimed, paralyzed or dead.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
'I don't think it's going to help': In a pro-Trump area, many voters are skeptical of GOP tax plan  —  STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — On a busy weeknight at the 5 Star Lanes bowling alley in this Detroit suburb that voted heavily for President Trump, there was little excitement about the Republican plan to cut taxes.
Discussion: Raw Story
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Passage of Senate Tax Bill Puts R&D Tax Credit in Doubt  —  Unintended consequence of late decision to keep the corporate alternative minimum tax could be loss of some tax breaks; companies push back  —  WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans, in their final push last week to pass a sweeping tax bill …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Joe Roberts / Metro.co.uk:
Iceland's new PM is a 41-year-old anti-war feminist and environmentalist  —  Iceland's new prime minister is a 41-year-old anti-war feminist, democratic socialist, who is also an expert on crime literature.  —  Katrin Jakobsdottir plans to make the small island nation a world-leader in fighting climate change.
The Daily Beast:
Report: FBI Agent Axed From Russia Probe Over ‘Anti-Trump Texts’  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller removed a senior FBI official from his team in the Russia probe after learning of anti-Trump text messages that could be used to undermine the investigation's credibility, The Washington Post reports.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Art Buchwald / Kansas City Star:
Oh yeah? Well, what about Chappaquiddick?
Bryan Bender / Politico:
Trump's military buildup still a mirage
Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times:
ICE tracks down immigrant who spoke to media in SW Washington: ‘You are the one from the newspaper’
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Jon Ralston / The Nevada Independent:
The short, now-unhappy political career of Ruben Kihuen
Discussion: NBC News, The Slot and NPR
New York Times:
How the Republicans Broke Congress
 Earlier Items: 
Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
CVS agrees to buy Aetna in $69 billion deal that could shake up health-care industry, people familiar with the deal said
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Obama should be arrested for implying Trump needs a filter, Fox Business host suggests
Discussion: bizpacreview.com
Ilan Lior / Haaretz:
Tens of Thousands of Israelis Join ‘March of Shame’ Against Netanyahu in Tel Aviv
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Will GOP Cut Social Security And Medicare Before Or After The 2018 Election?
Discussion: The Guardian
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Terry McAuliffe's Dead-Serious Advice For Democrats: Have Some Fun!
New York Times:
Tax Bill Offers Last-Minute Breaks for Developers, Banks and Oil Industry