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7:30 AM ET, December 11, 2017

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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Roy Moore in 2011: Getting rid of amendments after 10th would ‘eliminate many problems’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore appeared on a conspiracy-driven radio show twice in 2011, where he told the hosts in an interview that getting rid …
Discussion: The Hill, Splinter, AOL, Raw Story and Mediaite
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Did Roy Moore spend the final weekend of the campaign in Philly?  —  MOBILE, Ala. — In the last weekend of Alabama's wild special Senate election, Doug Jones barnstormed the state with A-list Democrats in a bid to turn out black voters he desperately needs to win in the deep-red state.
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Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Shadowy Facebook Ads That Pushed Trump Are Back for Roy Moore
Discussion: Raw Story
Evan McMorris-Santoro / VICE News:
He's disappeared the weekend before Alabama's special election
Discussion: New York Magazine
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
Roy Moore Was Nowhere To Be Found On The Last Weekend Of The Alabama Senate Race
Discussion: Washington Monthly and IJR
Washington Post:
As Alabama prepares to vote, Republican Sen. Richard Shelby says state ‘deserves better’ than Moore
Ellie Smith / ABC News:
Roy Moore win would ‘harken us back to days of segregation’: Alabama congresswoman
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Shelby: My state of Alabama ‘deserves better’ than Moore
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
The Trump-Russia Probe Is About to Get Uglier  —  Unpleasant facts are spilling out.  Republicans don't want to know them.  —  Here are two certainties about the Trump-Russia investigation.  It won't end soon.  It will get uglier.  —  A new shoe drops almost daily in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe.
Discussion: CNN
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Why Conservatives Should Embrace Bob Mueller  —  Conservatives have strong reasons to embrace—rather than try to discredit—Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.  An effort appears underway to damage the credibility of Mueller's team in anticipation that damning evidence may emerge …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:   Schiff: Evidence of coordination between Trump campaign and Russia ‘pretty damning’
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Nikki Haley Says Women Who Accuse Trump of Misconduct ‘Should Be Heard’  —  WASHINGTON — Nikki R. Haley, the American ambassador to the United Nations, said on Sunday that women who have accused President Trump of sexual misconduct “should be heard,” a surprising break from the administration's …
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
The Taxman Cometh: Senate Bill's Marginal Rates Could Top 100% for Some  —  Certain high-income business owners would face backwards incentives; lawmakers work to bridge gap  —  WASHINGTON—Some high-income business owners could face marginal tax rates exceeding 100% under the Senate's tax bill …
Discussion: Althouse and The Week
Bloomberg:
Trump Takes Credit for Killing Hundreds of Regulations That Were Already Dead  —  As the Trump administration nears its one-year mark, White House officials are touting cuts to regulations as one of their top achievements.  —  “In the history of our country, no president, during their entire term …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
How Trump came around to an accused child molester  —  Mitch McConnell had publicly disavowed Roy Moore when the Senate majority leader received one of several phone calls from President Donald Trump.  McConnell wanted Trump's help to push Moore out of the Alabama Senate race after he'd been accused …
The Boston Globe / BostonGlobe.com:
BOSTON.  RACISM.  IMAGE.  REALITY.  —  The Spotlight team takes on our hardest question  —  Google the phrase “Most racist city,” and Boston pops up more than any other place, time and time again.  —  It may be easy to write that off as a meaningless digital snapshot of what people say about us …
Discussion: Splinter
NBC News:
18 crucial days: What did the president know and when did he know it?  —  WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller is trying to piece together what happened inside the White House over a critical 18-day period that began when senior officials were told that National Security Adviser Michael Flynn …
Discussion: Politico
Yonhap News Agency:
Trump nominates Cha as U.S. ambassador to S. Korea: sources … U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated former White House official Victor Cha as Washington's ambassador to South Korea and requested the approval of the Asian country's government, sources said Sunday.
Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Precision sacrificed for speed as GOP rushes ahead on taxes  —  Republicans are moving their tax plan toward final passage at stunning speed, blowing past Democrats before they've had time to fully mobilize against it but leaving the measure vulnerable to the types of expensive problems popping up in their massive and complex plan.
New Yorker:
In Memory of Otis Redding and His Revolution  —  Fifty years ago, on December 10, 1967, a private plane carrying Otis Redding and the members of his touring band stalled on its final approach to the municipal airport in Madison, Wisconsin, and crashed into the waters of Lake Monona, killing all but one of the eight people onboard.
 
 
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