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3:20 PM ET, December 1, 2018

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
‘Where Are We Going?’:  George Bush's Final Days  —  BUENOS AIRES — George Bush had been fading in the last few days.  He had not gotten out of bed, he had stopped eating and he was mostly sleeping.  For a man who had defied death multiple times over the years, it seemed that the moment might finally be arriving.
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
George Bush, 41st President, Dies at 94  —  George Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the father of the 43rd, who steered the nation through a tumultuous period in world affairs but was denied a second term after support for his presidency collapsed under the weight …
Bill Clinton / Washington Post:
George H.W. Bush's Oval Office note to me revealed the heart of who he was  —  Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States.  —  On Jan. 20, 1993, I entered the Oval Office for the first time as president.  As is the tradition, waiting for me was a note from my predecessor, George Herbert Walker Bush.
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
'Wouldn't be prudent': George H.W. Bush's unlikely friendship with Dana Carvey  —  In early December 1992, a month after Bill Clinton had whipped him in the election, President George H.W. Bush held a holiday party for his deflated staffers.  —  They were in for a big surprise.
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States, dies at 94
Jon Meacham / New York Times:   George H.W. Bush and the Price of Politics
Tim Naftali / Slate:
The Overlooked President
Discussion: Politico
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
George H.W. Bush, embodiment of an older Republican Party, is dead. RIP.
Mary Kate Cary / USA Today:
George H.W. Bush was an ‘American great’ committed to unity, diversity and generosity
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump to name Dec. 5 a national day of mourning for George H.W. Bush
Discussion: Vox, Politico and Breitbart
Susan Page / USA Today:   An appreciation for George H.W. Bush, one of politics' most ‘courteous’ people
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
George H.W. Bush, 1924 - 2018
Discussion: Power Line
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Mueller Exposes the Culture of Lying That Surrounds Trump  —  WASHINGTON — When Michael D. Cohen admitted this past week to lying to Congress about a Russian business deal, he said he had testified falsely out of loyalty to President Trump.  When he admitted this summer to lying …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Cohen claims ‘regular contact’ with Trump legal team when crafting false statement to Congress  —  President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said Friday he was in “close and regular contact” with Trump's White House staff and legal team when he prepared a statement …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Cohen seeks ‘time served’ prison sentence, says again his crimes were meant to protect Trump  —  Lawyers for former Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen argued Friday that their client should not go to prison for the criminal charges to which he has pleaded guilty, and unequivocally linked …
Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Cohen: Trump Knew I Called Kremlin for Help With Trump Tower Moscow
Sputnik International:   Kremlin: Cohen Indeed Contacted Administration, Was Invited to Economic Forum
Warren P. Strobel / Wall Street Journal:
CIA Intercepts Underpin Assessment Saudi Crown Prince Targeted Khashoggi  —  Conclusion that Mohammad ‘probably ordered’ killing relies in part on 11 messages he sent to adviser who oversaw hit squad around time it killed journalist  —  WASHINGTON—Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent …
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Washington Post:
'We don't want him here': Saudi crown prince is a protected pariah at G-20 summit  —  BUENOS AIRES — The legions of protesters demonstrating at a leaders summit here have unfurled a sea of standard-issue signs, ranging from “No to Imperialism” to “Yankees Go Home.”
Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed News:
Fox Is Investigating Neil DeGrasse Tyson After Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct  —  Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic are investigating astrophysicist and Cosmos host Neil deGrasse Tyson after three women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct.
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No Sacred Cows:
Two More Women Accuse Neil deGrasse Tyson of Sexual Misconduct  —  Two more women, including a fellow astronomer, say Neil deGrasse Tyson is guilty of inappropriate sexual conduct.  —  Dr. Katelyn N. Allers, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Bucknell University, told me that she was …
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Trump Fund-Raiser Received Laundered Foreign Money, Prosecutors Say  —  WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors cited the involvement of a onetime top fund-raiser to President Trump on Friday in a scheme to launder millions of dollars into the country to help a flamboyant Malaysian financier end a Justice Department investigation.
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Inside the GOP's California nightmare  —  Rep. Steve Knight's (R-Calif.) campaign went into election night thinking another tough victory was at hand.  —  Knight grinded out a win in 2016, in a district President Donald Trump lost, despite relentless Democratic attacks linking Knight and his party's leader.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
John Solomon / The Hill:
Trump, Russia and lessons from the mob: Did ‘godfathers’ steer collusion probe?  —  Back in the mafia's heyday, FBI and IRS agents had a set of surveillance rules.  —  If one mobster showed up in town, pay notice.  If two arrived, be suspicious.  If three or four were in the same vicinity, something was going down.
Discussion: RedState
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Washington Post:
Senate Intelligence Committee has referred cases of suspected lying to Mueller
Discussion: Axios and POLITICUSUSA
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
GOP seeks to limit Wisconsin early voting, strip powers from Tony Evers and Josh Kaul in lame-duck session  —  MADISON - Republican lawmakers are seeking to limit voter turnout and want to take away key powers from the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general before GOP Gov. Scott Walker leaves office in January.
New York Daily News:
Party celebrating Rudy Giuliani nixed because no one wants to go  —  Plans for a party celebrating the 25-year anniversary of Rudy Giuliani becoming the mayor of New York City are “fizzling out” because the 74-year-old politico is “too toxic,” according to a source who was invited.
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
North Carolina elections board chairman resigns, says he doesn't want his partisan views …
Courtney Tanner / Salt Lake Tribune:
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She Thought She Was In Bed With Her Boyfriend, Until She Saw His Face
Harry Enten / CNN:
Some 2020 warning signs Elizabeth Warren needs to pay attention to — stat
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump's Book Club: A President Who Doesn't Read Promotes the Books That Promote Him
Detroit News:
GOP moves to dilute power of governor, AG, secretary of state
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Phillip Walter Wellman / Stars & Stripes:
The US has dropped more munitions in 2018 in Afghanistan than it has in any year in over a decade
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Helen Collis / Politico:
Police clash again with Yellow Jackets protesters in Paris
Discussion: The Guardian and Associated Press
Hajira Hematyara / Washington Post:
The CIA killed my father. What did they do with his body?
Craig R. McCoy / Philly.com:
U.N. speech by Temple prof draws fire from university's board chair
Discussion: The College Fix
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
The Right's Climate Change Shame
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi creates leadership position for Barbara Lee
Discussion: Washington Post