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10:55 AM ET, December 9, 2017

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Mueller Investigation Is in Mortal Danger  —  If there was any single event that would cause the Republican Party elite to openly revolt against the ongoing Trumpification of their party, it would be the nomination of Roy Moore for U.S. Senate in Alabama.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump asked RNC chairwoman to stop using ‘Romney’ in her name: report  —  asked current Republican National Committee (RNC) head Ronna Romney McDaniel if she would be willing to stop using her middle name publicly before she became chairwoman, according to The Washington Post.
Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
Trump calls Romney ‘a great man,’ but works to undermine him and block Senate run  —  Before Ronna Romney McDaniel took over as Republican National Committee chairwoman earlier this year, President Trump had a request: Would she be willing to stop using her middle name publicly?
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Prominent appeals court Judge Alex Kozinski accused of sexual misconduct  —  Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, pictured in 2003.  Six women — all former clerks or externs in the 9th Circuit — alleged to The Washington Post in recent weeks that Kozinski …
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Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:   9th Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski is accused by former clerks of making sexual comments
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Ex-Fox News anchor claims Trump tried to kiss her  —  Former Fox News anchor Juliet Huddy said President Donald Trump tried to kiss her in an elevator around the time he married First Lady Melania.  —  Huddy, who left Fox News after allegedly receiving a settlement after she made a complaint …
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Graphic video shows Daniel Shaver sobbing and begging officer for his life before 2016 shooting  —  After the officer involved was acquitted of second-degree murder charges, officials in Arizona publicly released graphic video showing Daniel Shaver crawling on his hands and knees and begging …
Discussion: TheBlaze
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Female aides fretted Franks wanted to have sex to impregnate them  —  Arizona Rep. Trent Franks allegedly made unwanted advances toward female staffers in his office and retaliated against one who rebuffed him, according to House GOP sources with knowledge of a complaint against him.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Ex-aide: Franks offered $5m to carry his child
Stephanie Akin / Roll Call:
Exclusive: Taxpayers Paid $220K to Settle Case Involving Rep. Alcee Hastings  —  The Treasury Department paid $220,000 in a previously undisclosed agreement to settle a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment that involved Florida Democrat Alcee L. Hastings, according to documents obtained by Roll Call.
New York Times:
F.B.I. Warned Hope Hicks About Emails From Russian Operatives  —  WASHINGTON — F.B.I. officials warned one of President Trump's top advisers, Hope Hicks, earlier this year about repeated attempts by Russian operatives to make contact with her during the presidential transition, according to people familiar with the events.
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Florida rally cheers when Republican predicts Trump's Jerusalem embassy decision may usher in Armageddon  —  A conservative politician at President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Pensacola, Florida suggested that the president's controversial decision to move the US Embassy in Israel …
The Daily Beast:
Cadet Run Out of West Point After Accusing Army's Star Quarterback of Rape … Madeline Lewis was born to go to West Point.  She says her parents brought her home from the hospital wearing a onesie with “West Point” emblazoned across the chest.  For several Halloweens in a row, she dressed up as a West Point Cheerleader.
Discussion: New York Times
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Tillerson Criticizes Saudi Arabia, Citing Its Policies in Yemen and Lebanon  —  PARIS — The Trump administration's infatuation with Saudi Arabia — a defining element of President Trump's early foreign policy — is cooling.  —  The kingdom's impetuous effort last month to foment a crisis …
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New York Times:   Dina Powell, Influential Foreign Policy Adviser, Is Set to Exit White House
Donna Minkowitz / The Nation:
The Racist Right Looks Left  —  At Richard Spencer's secret conference, white supremacists denounce corporate capitalism.  —  On the way to Richard Spencer's top-secret white-supremacist conference on November 19, a young African-American woman drove me in her Uber from Washington, DC, to the rolling hills of Maryland horse country.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeffrey Lewis / Washington Post:
This is how nuclear war with North Korea would unfold  —  In one all-too-plausible worst-case scenario, millions die from mistakes and a tweet. … MARCH 2019: For years, North Korea had staged provocations — and South Korea had lived with them.  The two had come close to war before …
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
US senator on North Korea: “Most Americans don't realize how close we are to this war”
Discussion: New York Times and Common Dreams
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
18 Questions CNN Needs To Answer After Getting Busted For Fake News  —  Early on Friday, CNN promoted its latest breathless report purporting to show collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.  CNN has been extremely invested in the narrative of collusion for the last year.
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
CNN corrects story on email to Trumps about Wikileaks
Associated Press:
Court papers show Manafort drafting op-ed under house arrest  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Mueller to Paul Manafort: I'm watching you.  —  Revealing that they know every word Manafort changed in a recently published op-ed, prosecutors for the special counsel argued Friday …
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Trump will not speak publicly at opening of Mississippi's Civil Rights Museum  —  President Donald Trump will participate in a separate private event at the new Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Mississippi, on Saturday morning, rather than in the public ceremony.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox News issues correction on Roy Moore accuser yearbook ‘forgery’ headline  —  Fox News has updated a report that initially said a woman accusing Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual assault had forged his entry in her yearbook.  —  Beverly Young Nelson has accused the Republican Senate nominee …
New York Times:
Lobbyists Ask for Votes.  Some Lawmakers Want Much More.  —  Vanessa Alarid was a lobbyist in New Mexico when she asked a lawmaker over drinks one night if she could count on his support for a bill that appeared to be coming down to a single vote.  —  “You can have my vote if you have sex with me …
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
First fire-related death confirmed in Southern California  —  (CNN)A woman whose body was found at a crash site along an evacuation route in Southern California became the first confirmed fire-related casualty in a series of raging wildfires that could gain strength this weekend.
Discussion: ABC News and The Week
Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Trump's National Security Strategy is Decidedly Non-Trumpian  —  The Trump administration is preparing to roll out its new National Security Strategy, a document meant to guide its national security policies.  Yet a Trump administration staffer who reviewed a draft of the document …
Geoff Ziezulewicz / Navy Times:
Sailor staged racist vandalism, Navy says  —  A sailor who claimed someone scrawled racial slurs on his bed aboard an aircraft carrier —sparking a viral Facebook post in the process — staged the incident himself, the Navy said Friday.  —  Marquie Little, a 27-year-old African American seaman …
 
 
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Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
Their family and friends call the media ‘fake news.’ But these students want to be journalists.
Gregory Hellman / Politico:
Trump approves new Russia sanctions for violating Cold War arms pact
Discussion: TASS and Washington Free Beacon
Associated Press:
Supreme Court blocks for now DACA case document disclosure
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Assemblyman Matt Dababneh to resign following sexual misconduct allegations
Discussion: KTLA
Detroit News:
Most of Detroit to go 11 months without rep in Congress
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Bernie Sanders' wife's land deal still under FBI probe; witness recently questioned
Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Trump admin scraps Obama-era proposal requiring airlines to disclose bag fees
Discussion: The Verge and Daily Kos
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BostonGlobe.com:
Former state senator Brian Joyce indicted on federal charges
Discussion: The Hill
 

 
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