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4:40 PM ET, December 10, 2017

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Alexandra Jaffe / VICE News:
Trump should resign over sexual harassment allegations, Booker says  —  MONTGOMERY, Ala. — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker called on President Donald Trump to resign Saturday night over the allegations of sexual harassment that have dogged him since the presidential campaign.
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Amy Davidson Sorkin / New Yorker:
Donald Trump, Roy Moore, and the Degradation of the G.O.P.  —  In less than a year, the President, with help from the Alabama Senate candidate, has so damaged the Party that it may never recover.  —  When Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House spokeswoman, was explaining last week …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Alabama Sen. Shelby: 'I couldn't vote for Roy Moore'  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Sen. Richard Shelby says he wants a Republican elected to the Senate on Tuesday to represent Alabama, but that he didn't vote for GOP candidate Roy Moore in the special election.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Shelby: My state of Alabama ‘deserves better’ than Moore  —  Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby said Sunday that his home state “deserves better” than to be represented by Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has been accused of sexual misconduct against teenage girls, including one as young as 14, when he was in his 30s.
Ellie Smith / ABC News:
Roy Moore win would ‘harken us back to days of segregation’: Alabama congresswoman
Kim Chandler / Associated Press:
Most Alabama GOP leaders say they are voting for Roy Moore
Discussion: New York Magazine
Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Days before election, Roy Moore disappears from campaign trail
Discussion: Raw Story
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed The campaign to delegitimize the Russia probe is well under way  —  Sean Hannity interviews Former White House strategist Steve Bannon on the set of Fox News Channel's Hannity in New York on Oct. 9.  (Craig Ruttle / Associated Press)  —  Some of President Trump's biggest fans …
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Fox News:
Lindsey Vonn suffers back injury in World Cup race after Trump comments  —  American skiing star Lindsey Vonn has withdrawn from her Sunday events at the World Cup in Switzerland after suffering a back injury during a super-G race on Saturday.  —  The injury occurred two days …
Lara Witt / Everyday Feminism:
10 Things Every Intersectional Feminist Should Ask On a First Date  —  As a queer femme of color, I keep close relationships with people who go beyond allyship; they're true accomplices in the fight against white supremacy, queerphobia, and misogyny.  If you're not going to support marginalized folks …
Discussion: Power Line
Emily Tillett / CBS News:
Nikki Haley on Trump accusers: Women who accuse anyone “should be heard” and “dealt with”  —  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Sunday, in light of a growing number of probes into sexual misconduct against lawmakers, that “the time has come” to start bringing “a conscience” …
Discussion: KTLA and Political Wire
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
As tax plan gained steam, GOP lost focus on the middle class  —  The GOP tax plan on the cusp of becoming law diverges wildly from the promises President Trump and top advisers said they would deliver for the middle class — an evolution that shows how traditional Republican orthodoxy swamped …
Discussion: Eschaton and AOL
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Liberals Hate Being Held to Their Own Standards  —  Aside from testosterone, the military, small businesses, the private sector, attractive women, private property, happily married heterosexuals, and people who refuse to conform to their Utopian-or-else drum circle mentality …
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Fox News Anchor Falsely Claims WaPo's Dave Weigel Was Fired...During Discussion of ‘Fake News’  —  Isn't it ironic, doncha think?  —  This afternoon on Fox News, anchor Leland Vittert brought on talk radio host Jeff Katz to talk about a spate of recent corrections made by the mainstream media when it comes to the Trump administration.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Baker and the Empire  —  There are fine constitutional lawyers who can argue back and forth about the Masterpiece Cakeshop case the Supreme Court heard last week, which will determine whether a Christian baker can decline to make a same-sex couple's wedding cake.
New York Times:
Protests in Lebanon Near U.S. Embassy After Trump's Jerusalem Decision  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanese Army forces on Sunday fired tear gas and water cannons into crowds that had gathered near the United States Embassy to protest President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Discussion: CNN, The Guardian and The Daily Caller
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Taryn Tarrant-Cornish / Daily Express:
Horror as ‘20 masked men attack synagogue with petrol bombs’
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Gingrich defends Franken: ‘This is purely and simply hysteria’  —  Former Speaker (R-Ga.) on Sunday came to Sen. Al Franken  —  's defense, saying the calls for the Minnesota Democrat to resign from Congress were “purely and simply hysteria.”  —  “He's never faced his accusers.  He's never had due process.
Discussion: RedState
Jared Yates Sexton / The Daily Beast:
Fascism Runs in My American Family … The change first came in the weeks after September 11th.  Whereas my family had kept their slurs and fascist ideologies largely confined to the safety of our homes, now they were openly having these conversations with other likeminded people in public.
 
 
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Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
For once, the joke is on Al Franken
Discussion: Instapundit
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Republicans step up defense of ‘not qualified’ judicial nominees
New York Times:
Under Trump, E.P.A. Has Slowed Actions Against Polluters, and Put Limits on Enforcement Officers
Jack V. Date / ABC News:
Manafort and Gates discussed ‘press strategy’ after he left Trump's campaign, emails reveal
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
Why I Can No Longer Call Myself an Evangelical Republican
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Roadkill on Capitol Hill
Daniel J. Gross / Spartanburg Herald-Journal:
Serial killer Todd Kohlhepp claims to have more victims
Discussion: FOX6Now.com and NBC News
 Earlier Items: 
Emily Yoffe / Politico:
Why the #MeToo Moment Should Be Ready for a Backlash
Discussion: Refinery29
Haley Britzky / Axios:
More women plan to run for Congress than ever before
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Did the DOJ Misuse the Steele Dossier — to Spy on the Trump Campaign?
HuffPost:
Sadly, Trump Is Winning
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Watch: Fox complains women reporting rape will make Christmas parties less “festive”
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
David Ng / Los Angeles Times:
CAA agent accused of offering sex in exchange for access to directors and a Hollywood star