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CNN:
Exclusive: Two key answers from Trump to Mueller  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump told special counsel Robert Mueller in writing that Roger Stone did not tell him about WikiLeaks, nor was he told about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting between his son, campaign officials …
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New York Times:
Manafort's Lawyer Said to Brief Trump Attorneys on What He Told Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — A lawyer for Paul Manafort, the president's onetime campaign chairman, repeatedly briefed President Trump's lawyers on his client's discussions with federal investigators after Mr. Manafort agreed …
The Daily Beast:
Trump and Jerome Corsi Have a Defense Agreement, Giuliani Says  —  The president and the birther are on the same side—and it's not the first time either.  —  President Donald Trump, who built his political rise on promoting far-right birther claims against President Barack Obama …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
If Manafort is counting on a pardon, he shouldn't  —  On Tuesday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told the White House press corps that she's was “unaware” of any conversations about a pardon for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, whose plea deal broke down Monday amid claims …
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Giuliani's bizarre bragging about the Manafort-Trump alliance raises new obstruction questions  —  The first two paragraphs of this New York Times story are remarkable enough: Despite Paul Manafort having agreed to cooperate with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Russia investigation …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Cooperation between Trump, Manafort camps raises specter of obstruction of justice
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Dan Abrams: Starting to Feel Like Manafort ‘Was on a Fact-Finding Mission for the Trump Team’
Discussion: Law & Crime and CNBC
Axios:
Signs point to an acceleration of Mueller's endgame
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
MSNBC declines to allow Sarah Sanders to dictate its programming
Discussion: New York Times
Julie K. Brown / miamiherald:
How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime  —  On a muggy October morning in 2007, Miami's top federal prosecutor, Alexander Acosta, had a breakfast appointment with a former colleague, Washington, D.C., attorney Jay Lefkowitz.
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Julie K. Brown / miamiherald:
Cops worked to put serial sex abuser in prison.  Prosecutors worked to cut him a break  —  Michelle Licata climbed a narrow, winding staircase, past walls covered with photographs of naked girls.  At the top of the stairwell was a vast master bed and bath, with cream-colored shag carpeting and a hot pink and mint green sofa.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
John Santucci / ABC News:
Exclusive: Ivanka Trump defends use of private email, brushes aside Mueller probe  —  Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter and a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, defended her use of a private email account while transitioning to an administration job, insisting to ABC News …
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Cynthia Sewell / Idaho Statesman:
Amid political turmoil, Ivanka Trump attempts a quiet swing through Idaho  —  WILDER  —  The head of one of the world's leading technology companies, and an adviser to and daughter of the nation's president came to Idaho on Tuesday.  —  Normally, such a visit would warrant much fanfare.
Discussion: Raw Story
Allison Pecorin / ABC News:   Ivanka Trump gets a first-hand look at new tech partnership with Apple
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
An Insider Book Tries to Praise Trump, But Instead Exposes His Corruption  —  Trumponomics is a damning exposé of the corrupt bargain between Donald Trump and the party's wealthy insiders.  The odd thing is that the book is not intended as an exposé at all …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Mike Pompeo / Wall Street Journal:
The U.S.-Saudi Partnership Is Vital  —  We don't condone Jamal Khashoggi's murder.  But the kingdom is a powerful force for Mideast stability.  —  The Trump administration's effort to rebuild the U.S.-Saudi Arabia partnership isn't popular in the salons of Washington …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Pompeo: There is ‘no direct reporting’ showing crown prince ordered Khashoggi killing  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said that in his view, there is no “direct reporting” that would link Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi …
Discussion: ABC News
Online NewsHour:   Despite tension between Iran and Israel, Iran's Jewish minority feels at home
Matthew Singer / Willamette Week:
Did a Rave Review Really Shut Down Portland Burger Bar Stanich's?  Maybe It Was the Owner's Legal Troubles.  —  The personal life of the owner had been spiraling into chaos long before his restaurant landed on the national radar.  —  For almost a year, the sudden and unexplained closure …
Detroit News:
Oakland University to fight shooters with hockey pucks  —  It's a potential faceoff between bullets and thousands of hockey pucks at Oakland University.  —  The Auburn Hills university began equipping its faculty and some students with hockey pucks this month as a “last resort” …
Discussion: WDIV-TV, Breitbart, Daily Wire and TheBlaze
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Exclusive: Trump threatens government shutdown over border wall funding  —  For the last two years, congressional Republicans have persuaded President Donald Trump to delay the fight to fund his border wall, convincing him he would pay a steep political price for such a high-stakes legislative brawl.
The Charlotte Observer:
What we know - and need to know soon - about the Board of Elections 9th District bombshell  —  What's going on in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District?  An election certification is being held up.  The person behind the delay is being a bit coy about it.  The public is in the dark.
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Ugly Departure of Max Boot  —  Since Max Boot was reborn in the age of Trump, he's decided that conservatism — pretty much all of it — was corrupt from the start.  —  Max Boot and I agree on quite a few things with regard to Donald Trump and even a couple of things about today's GOP.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Sarah D / Los Angeles Times:
California Rep. Barbara Lee falls short in bid to become the first black woman in House leadership … California Rep. Barbara Lee on Wednesday lost her bid to become the first black woman elected to a House leadership position and the first woman to lead the House Democratic Caucus.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Hakeem Jeffries defeats Barbara Lee in battle for Dem Caucus chair
Discussion: Political Wire
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Meet the Double Agent Who Now Controls House Conservatives  —  He fooled them all.  —  The spy's mission was simple: Gain their trust, become one of them, and eventually take them over.  —  In Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), the House Freedom Caucus (HFC) found a perfect mole.
Chantal Da Silva / Newsweek:
Obama Administration used tear gas, pepper spray at border dozens of times, CBP data shows  —  As the Trump administration continues to face widespread backlash over its use of tear gas against Central American asylum seekers at the southern border on Sunday, data from the U.S. Customs …
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Trump Is Expected To Extend U.S. Troops' Deployment To Mexico Border Into January
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
You are in Melania Trump's nightmare forest.  Keep to the path.  —  Listen to me.  The trees in the White House were all green when I got here.  They were all green as recently as Monday.  But the trees have turned.  —  Walk faster.  —  Don't be afraid.  The trees would smell it.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The true depths of Trump's cruelty are about to be exposed  —  The House GOP's near-total abdication of any oversight role has done more than just shield President Trump on matters involving his finances and Russian collusion.  It has also resulted in almost no serious scrutiny of the true depths of cruelty …
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Fed Chairman Powell sends markets soaring with suggestion rate hikes may slow  —  Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday suggested the central bank could be close to slowing down the pace of its recent interest rate increases, saying rates are now just slightly below what he considers a “neutral” level.
Discussion: Politico, The Guardian and NPR
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans fear they're squandering lame duck  —  Shortly after winning reelection this month, Ted Cruz implored his Republican colleagues at a private lunch to use the GOP's last days of unified control in Washington to ram through a boatload of conservative priorities.
Discussion: NBC News, Raw Story and Splinter
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama World lovefest for O'Rourke is growing  —  Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) is inspiring aides and allies of former President Obama, who say they could support him if he decides to run for president in 2020.  —  The Obama allies are quick to point out similarities between O'Rourke, 46 …
David Agren / The Guardian:
‘A humiliation’: Outcry after Mexico president gives highest honour to Jared Kushner  —  Enrique Peña Nieto to hand Trump son-in-law the Order of the Aztec Eagle for trade work  —  Outgoing Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto has stunned the country by bestowing …
Bill Melugin / KTTV:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Arsenal’ of assault rifles, snipers, Nazi memorabilia found in home of O.C. man  —  HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA (FOX 11) - Detectives found Nazi memorabilia and an “arsenal” of more than fifty firearms, including assault rifles and snipers, in the home of a Huntington Beach man who was arrested by police on Tuesday.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Raw Story
Aisling McCrea / The Outline:
Resolved: Debate is stupid  —  Wow, that is correct and there is no counterargument.  Debate is indeed very stupid.  —  Unconventional Wisdom  —  Wow, that is correct and there is no counterargument.  Debate is indeed very stupid.  —  Aisling McCrea Nov—28—2018 11:02AM EST
Chicago Tribune:
Illinois Democrat says she wanted to pump a ‘broth of Legionella’ bacteria into Republican colleague's water supply  —  Democratic Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, shown earlier this year during a committee hearing about deadly Legionnaires' outbreaks at a state-run veterans home …
Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan Senate guts minimum wage hike, paid sick leave  —  LANSING — Republicans in the state Senate voted Wednesday to gut two initiatives that would raise the minimum wage to $12 per hour and require employers to provide paid sick time to employees.  —  The Senate passed the bills …
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Meghan Murphy / Quillette:
Twitter's Trans-Activist Decree  —  On November 15, I woke up to find my Twitter account locked, on account of what the company described as “hateful conduct.”  In order to regain access, I was made to delete two tweets from October.  Fair enough, you might think.
Discussion: Breitbart and The Verge
Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone:
The ‘Good Guy With the Gun’ Is Never Black  —  The deaths of Emantic Bradford and Jemel Roberson remind us who the Second Amendment protects  —  Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford, Jr., was a good guy, if you believe his mama.  —  “Emantic was that person who people went to when they needed someone to talk to …
Discussion: New York Times and Hit & Run
 
 
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