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8:00 AM ET, November 28, 2019

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Richard Spencer / Washington Post:
I was fired as Navy secretary.  Here's what I've learned because of it.  —  Richard Spencer is the former secretary of the Navy.  —  The case of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who was charged with multiple war crimes before being convicted of a single lesser charge earlier this year …
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ProPublica:
Multiple Women Recall Sexual Misconduct and Retaliation by Gordon Sondland  —  Three women recall Sondland made unwanted sexual contact in business settings.  One says he exposed himself.  All recall professional retaliation after they rejected him.  Sondland denies the allegations.
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Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Giuliani calls Trump to tell him he was joking about having an ‘insurance policy’  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, called the president this week to reassure him that he had been joking when he told media outlets he had “insurance” …
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Washington Post:
Giuliani was in talks to be paid by Ukraine's top prosecutor as they together sought damaging information on Democrats  —  President Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, negotiated earlier this year to represent Ukraine's top prosecutor for at least $200,000 during the same months …
New York Times:
Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for Trump  —  The president's private lawyer explored agreements with Ukrainian officials for hundreds of thousands of dollars.  —  As Rudolph W. Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information …
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Russia Inquiry Review Is Expected to Undercut Trump Claim of F.B.I. Spying  —  The F.B.I. never tried to place undercover agents or informants inside the Trump campaign, a highly anticipated inspector general's report is expected to find.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's inspector general found …
Washington Post:
Witness testimony and records raise questions about account of Trump's ‘no quid pro quo’ call  —  President Trump was cranky when they spoke on the phone in September, Ambassador Gordon Sondland told members of Congress, but his words were clear: Trump wanted no quid pro quo with Ukraine.
Page Six:
Hunter Biden's ‘baby mama’ Lunden Roberts was stripper at club he frequented  —  The woman suing Hunter Biden for paternity was a stripper at a Washington, DC, club he frequented around the time he was dating his brother's widow, sources told The Post.  —  Biden was repeatedly seen …
The Daily Beast:
Sondland's Ties to Romanian Official Set Off Alarms at National Security Council  —  Sources say the ambassador grew increasingly close to a Romanian politician with a worrisome record on corruption.  —  Even before Gordon Sondland's work in Ukraine set off alarm bells …
Discussion: Raw Story
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Trump official who suggested dropping nuclear bombs on Afghanistan now responsible for arms control issues  —  A former conservative talk radio host and naval intelligence officer who suggested dropping nuclear bombs on Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks now works on arms control issues …
Discussion: ABC News and Occupy Democrats
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CNN:   Trump official who promoted fringe conspiracy theories now senior adviser at State Department
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Ken Cuccinelli walked into a bar.  And Martin O'Malley lit into him.  —  A liberal ex-governor walks into a bar, followed by a conservative Trump administration official.  —  Instead of a punchline, what followed, one witness said, was a “shame-invoking tirade” by Martin O'Malley …
HuffPost:
Trump Has Spent $115 Million On Golf Trips ― Or 287 Years Of Presidential Salary  —  Trump often boasts of donating his White House pay, but taxpayers are shelling out much larger sums for his hobby.  —  With his Thanksgiving vacation, President Donald Trump's golf hobby has now cost Americans …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Inside 'America's Got Talent': Ousted Judges Had Complained of Toxic Culture (EXCLUSIVE)  —  In April of this year, former late night host Jay Leno visited NBCUniversal in Los Angeles to appear as a guest judge on the network's unscripted program “America's Got Talent,” a variety show that seeks …
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Trump signs bill expressing support for Hong Kong protestors  —  President Trump signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act on Wednesday, reaffirming U.S. support for the city's autonomy after months of pro-democracy protests.  —  Why it matters: The bill, which was passed …
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Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
YouGov: Boris Johnson on course for 68-seat majority in UK election  —  LONDON — Boris Johnson is on course to win a 68-seat majority in the U.K. general election, according to a major new poll.  —  The YouGov seat prediction survey — which accurately predicted that Theresa May would lose …
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Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Devin Nunes Subpoena Aimed at ‘Cow’ and ‘Mom’ Twitter Accounts Was Improperly Filed  —  Today is a day ending with the letter “y” so that means Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) has been mocked.  This time, however, the ridicule comes by way of a court filing in Virginia.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's electoral college advantage may be deepening.  Do Democrats have a plan for that?  —  The big gubernatorial victories in Kentucky and Louisiana have unleashed optimism in the Democratic Party.  They underscored the story we've seen again and again in the Trump era …
Discussion: NBC News
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Apple alters Maps and Weather to show Crimea as a Russian territory  —  But the change only applies for people using Apple's apps in Russia  —  When used within Russia, Apple's Maps and Weather apps now list Crimea as being a Russian territory.  The move, reported by BBC News …
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Breitbart:
Chick-Fil-A Donates to Extremist Southern Poverty Law Center  —  Internal Revenue Service (IRS) records show that Chick-fil-A is not only stopping donations to Christian organizations but is funding left-wing extremist groups, including the anti-Christian Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Appeals court stays ruling that former White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with House subpoena  —  A federal appeals court on Wednesday evening stayed a lower-court ruling that former Trump White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with a House subpoena after the administration appealed …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org:
Who can speak for American Jews against anti-Semitism?  Not the ADL  —  While British Jewry has pulled together against the threat of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party, American Jews seem more focused on partisan grudges then on combating hate.  —  Earlier this week, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis …
Elizabeth Tsurkov / The New York Review of Books:
Who Are Turkey's Proxy Fighters in Syria?  —  A small Turkish flag was standing on the desk of the offices of the Turkish-backed faction in a residential area of Şanlıurfa, in southern Turkey.  The men in the room, most of them veteran fighters from eastern Syria …
Scott Stedman / Forensic News:
Deutsche Bank Executive Who Signed Off On Trump Loans Kills Himself At Age 55  —  Thomas Bowers, a former Deutsche Bank executive and head of the American wealth-management division, killed himself in Malibu, California, on Tuesday, November 19th, according to the Los Angeles county coroner's initial report.
Discussion: Law & Crime and Joe.My.God.
 
 
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump's claim of a ‘war on Thanksgiving’ is absurd — but also sinister
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Judge upholds charges that could put Weinstein away for life
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Sticky impeachment trial questions: How long? Who testifies?
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Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
Super PAC backing Cory Booker's presidential bid shuts down
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
How Buttigieg got knocked off the Obama track
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PBS NewsHour:
PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Name Judy Woodruff, Tim Alberta, Amna Nawaz and Yamiche Alcindor Co-Moderators …
Discussion: The Hill
Oleg Sukhov / KyivPost:
Riaboshapka fires top Ukrainian prosecutor who backed Biden conspiracy
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Ryan Browne / CNN:
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