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New York Times:
White House Envisions Tillerson Ouster From State Dept., to Be Replaced by Pompeo, Within Weeks  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has developed a plan to force out Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, whose relationship with President Trump has been strained, and replace him with Mike Pompeo …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Interrogators Blast Trump's ‘Clueless’ CIA Pick Tom Cotton … The Central Intelligence Agency is set to receive an advocate of waterboarding, sweeping surveillance powers, jailing journalists, and conflict with Iran as its next director.  —  A combat veteran and first-term Arkansas GOP senator …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
We'll take Pompeo over Tillerson, frustrated diplomats say
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Anna Merlan / The Slot:
New England Elected Official Says Al Franken Tried to Give Her A ‘Wet, Open-Mouthed Kiss’ Onstage  —  A former elected official in New England who has requested anonymity tells Jezebel that Al Franken attempted to give her a “wet, open-mouthed kiss” onstage at an event in 2006, shortly before he ran for Senate.
Yohana Desta / Vanity Fair:
Graphic, Disturbing Details of Matt Lauer's Alleged Sexual Misconduct  —  A bombshell Variety report alleges Lauer gave one female colleague a sex toy, and more.  —  Shocking new allegations have emerged about the sexual misconduct scandal that is quickly enveloping Matt Lauer.
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Emily Smith / Page Six:   Matt Lauer's lawyers trying to get him $30M payout after firing
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Matt Lauer Offers Apology (With a Caveat)
Mike Allen / Axios:
The White House expects Trump to get even more outrageous  —  Exhausted by the Trump presidency?  Brace yourself: White House officials expect Trump to be even more outrageous and cocksure in coming months.  —  What we're hearing: Officials tell us Trump seems more self-assured …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
White House maintenance orders reveal cockroaches, ants and mice infestations
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Week
The Hill:
Trump donates third quarter paycheck to battling opioid epidemic
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump donates third-quarter salary to HHS opioid efforts
Discussion: IJR and The Atlantic
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:   Trump isn't going to Alabama to campaign for Moore — but plans to hold a rally next door
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Corker: Report of Tillerson ouster ‘bogus’
Discussion: RedState
Washington Post:
Senate GOP tax bill would add $1 trillion to the deficit, Congress' analysts conclude  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) … The Republican plan for a massive tax overhaul steamed toward Senate passage on Thursday, even as a nonpartisan congressional scorekeeper …
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Robert S. McElvaine / Washington Post:   I'm a Depression historian. The GOP tax bill is straight out of 1929.
Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
Republicans rewriting tax bill hours before expected vote
Discussion: Business Insider
Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Donald Trump's ‘working visit’ to UK dropped as tensions with Theresa May grow over president's far-Right retweets  —  US diplomats have dropped plans for Donald Trump to conduct a visit to Britain in January amid a war of words between the two countries' leaders.
Discussion: Business Insider and Joe.My.God.
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Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
'I'm just waiting for a call from the White House with an apology.' Britain's ‘wrong’ Theresa May speaks out.
Jenny Lumet / Hollywood Reporter:
Writer Jenny Lumet: Russell Simmons Sexually Violated Me (Guest Column)  —  The screenwriter of ‘Rachel Getting Married’ and ‘The Mummy’ (and the daughter of filmmaker Sidney Lumet) details a terrifying encounter with the legendary music producer, who says he is stepping down from his businesses in the wake of the new claims.
Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Congress secretly paid near $100,000 to settle harassment claims against disgraced congressman  —  The Congressional Office of Compliance secretly paid close to $100,000 in taxpayer funds to settle sexual harassment claims from at least two young male staffers who worked for disgraced former …
Katie Leslie / Dallas Morning News:
Rep. Joe Barton: I will not seek re-election  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Joe Barton, whose private life came under national scrutiny after sexual images he shared in an extramarital relationship were made public, won't seek re-election.  —  The Ennis Republican announced his retirement in an interview …
Washington Post:
Woman's effort to infiltrate The Washington Post dated back months … The failed effort by conservative activists to plant a false story about Senate candidate Roy Moore in The Washington Post was part of a months-long campaign to infiltrate The Post and other media outlets in Washington and New York …
Aram Roston / BuzzFeed:
The Trump Administration Is Mulling A Pitch For A Private “Rendition” And Spy Network  —  A private company has proposed that the US government pay it millions to undertake intelligence and covert operations.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC  —  WASHINGTON — The White House and CIA …
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
Yvonne Abraham / BostonGlobe.com:
Four men allege sexual misconduct by Senate president's husband  —  He was a policy advocate who made his living trying to persuade legislators on Beacon Hill to help nonprofit groups.  He was exhausted after a working dinner with a group of senators and their spouses on that fall night in 2015.
Discussion: Political Wire
Rasmussen Reports:
The Winner of the 1st Annual Fake News Trophy Is ...  Voters agree with President Trump that so-called “fake news” is a serious problem in America today.  If a Fake News Trophy were to be awarded this year, the winners should be Fox News or CNN depending on which political party you're in.
Discussion: The Hill, ThinkProgress, AOL and Joe.My.God.
CBS Detroit:
John Conyers Hospitalized For Stress-Related Illness Amid Sex Scandal  —  DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - U.S. Congressman John Conyers is hospitalized for a stress-related illness.  —  Family spokesperson Sam Riddle confirmed Thursday morning that the 88-year-old Detroit Democrat is seeking treatment …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Ahead of Vote, Promised Treasury Analysis of Tax Bill Proves Elusive  —  WASHINGTON — In pitching the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul, Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, has said repeatedly that the plan will pay for itself through a surge of economic growth and that over 100 people in Treasury are …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Manafort Reaches Bail Deal With Mueller  —  A month after turning himself in for charges he faces connected to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort reached a bail deal with Mueller's team, according to court documents filed by Manafort's lawyers Thursday.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Manafort strikes $11 million bail deal with prosecutors
Discussion: IJR
Jessica Bennett / New York Times:
Nine Women Accuse Israel Horovitz, Playwright and Mentor, of Sexual Misconduct  —  In 1986, Maddie Corman was a 16-year-old actress performing Off Broadway as her mother lay dying in a hospital bed, hours after having a stroke.  Backstage, Ms. Corman was consoled by Israel Horovitz, the show's 47-year-old playwright and her mentor.
Tully Borland / The Federalist:
Why Alabamians Should Vote For Roy Moore  —  I am going to argue for the very unpopular, even shocking, view that, even if Roy Moore did what he is accused of doing, Alabamans are within their rights to vote for him, and they shouldn't let Democrats and Never Trumpers shame them into not voting.
Amber Tamblyn / New York Times:
I'm Not Ready for the Redemption of Men  —  Recently, I was sitting on my couch between two influential, Emmy-winning writers, one a man and one a woman.  We were talking about consequences.  The comedian Louis C.K.'s entire life seemed to have been canceled overnight.
Discussion: Mashable
 
 
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 Earlier Items: 
Fox News:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sessions hints at crackdown on recreational pot, affecting California, other states
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Axios
Ivana Hrynkiw / al.com:
Minister who sang for Roy Moore lied for son accused of molesting Honduran orphans
Discussion: Raw Story and AOL
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Scarborough: Trump allies told me he has dementia
Discussion: RedState
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The case for normalizing impeachment
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