November 2018

Trump / Russia / Cohen / Mueller Investigation

• • Trump Jr.’s 2017 Testimony Conflicts With Cohen’s Account Of Russian Talks by Philip Ewing (NPR)
  • Trump once said he had “no dealings with Russia.” Now he claims “everybody knew” about them. by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
  • Trump defends Russia business links after ex-lawyer admits lying (BBC)
  • Trump Admits He “Lightly Looked” at Developing a Russian Building Project During the Election by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
  • Michael Cohen’s deal is an outright catastrophe for Trump — and he knows it by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
  • Donald Trump claims his business dealings during 2016 campaign were “very legal” and “very cool” by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
  • Trump defends 2016 Russia project as ‘very legal and very cool’ – live updates by Ben Jacobs (The Guardian)
  • Trump defends potential 2016 Russia deal: Business was ‘very legal & very cool’ by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
  • Michael Cohen plea deal: What former Trump lawyer admitted to Mueller – and what it could mean for the president by Peter Stubley (Independent)
  • Robert Mueller Is Considering Filing New Charges Against Paul Manafort, Prosecutors Say by Chad Day, Eric Tucker (TIME)
  • Mueller could hit Manafort with retrial, new charges by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
  • Trump admits he ‘lightly looked’ at a Russia deal after years of saying there was no Russian deal by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
  • When the Manafort Plea Deal Blew Up, It Was Good News for Oligarchs by David Corn, Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
  • How Devin Nunes Helped Robert Mueller by David R. Lurie (Slate)
  • Michael Cohen’s plea deal shows that Russia did have something on Trump by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
  • Trump calls Russia deal ‘legal and cool’ as Mueller inquiry gathers momentum by David Smith (Guardian)
  • Meet Felix Sater, the Russian-born, bar-fighting felon with ties to the mob at the center of Mueller’s Russia investigation by John Haltiwanger (Business Insider)
  • Michael Cohen’s plea deal poses a significant danger to Donald Trump Jr. by Sonam Sheth (Business Insider)

G20 / NAFTA

• President Trump Signs New Trade Pact With Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and Mexican President Pena Nieto by Zeke Miller, Catherine Lucey (TIME)
• US, Canada, Mexico sign NAFTA replacement at G20 by Jen Kirby (Vox)
• G20 – live: Macron and Saudi crown prince in extraordinary exchange over Khashoggi murder and Yemen, amid Trump-Putin meeting confusion by Chris Riotta, Shehab Khan, Peter Stubley (Independent)
• Strongmen strut their stuff on G20 stage by David M. Herszenhorn, Andrew Restuccia, and Hans von Der Burchard (Politico)
• U.S., Canada, Mexico sign trade deal, Trump shrugs off Congress hurdle by Roberta Rampton (Reuters)

Other News

• House Democrats unveil their first bill in the majority: a sweeping anti-corruption proposal by Ella Nilsen (Vox)
• The Trump Administration Just Made It Easier For States To Rewrite Obamacare Rules by Jonathan Cohn (Huffington Post)
• Trump: Ukraine is ‘sole reason’ for canceling Putin meeting by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• Trump Administration Says Companies Can ‘Incidentally Harass’ Marine Mammals by Merrit Kennedy (NPR)
• DHS Asks Other Federal Agencies To Send Civilian Law Enforcement Officers to Border by Richard Gonzales, Tom Bowman, Bill Chappell (NPR)
• Federal judge denies Trump administration attempt to block order limiting transgender military ban by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Federal judge rules against Trump’s crackdown on ‘sanctuary cities’ by Oliver Laughland (Guardian)
• Six White House officials reprimanded for violating the Hatch Act by Michelle Ye Hee Lee and
  Juliet Eilperin (Washington Post)

Opinion

• Trump’s racist policies have been even worse than we feared by Colbert I. King (Washington Post)
• Trump’s Book Club: A President Who Doesn’t Read Promotes the Books That Promote Him by Katie Rogers (NY Times)

Mueller Investigation / Cohen / Trump-Russia

• Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen will plead guilty to lying to Congress, testify against Trump: report by Matthew Chapman (AlterNet)
• Mueller now investigating what Roger Stone told Trump in late-night phone calls: report by Matthew Chapman (AlterNet)
• Michael Cohen reveals negotiations for Trump Tower Moscow continued until June 2016 — and Trump knew by Travis Gettys (AlterNet)
• Michael Cohen Is The 33rd Person Mueller Has Charged — And Could Be Among The Most Important by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (FiveThirtyEight)
• Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress About Trump’s Business Dealings in Russia by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Michael Cohen Admits Trump Tower-Moscow Talks Continued Well Into 2016 Campaign by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• Here’s Evidence of Collusion: Trump’s Lawyer Discussed Business Deal With Putin’s Office by David Corn (Mother Jones)
• Michael Cohen Reaches Deal With Mueller, Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress About Moscow Trump Tower Project by Molly Olmstead (Slate)
• President Trump Calls Michael Cohen a ‘Weak Person’ Who is ‘Lying’ After Guilty Plea by AP (TIME)
• Read the plea documents from Michael Cohen by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
• Donald Trump Jr., Trump Org. in spotlight after Cohen plea by Kara Scannell (CNN)
• Analysis: How does Michael Cohen’s plea deal fit into Mueller’s probe? by Theodoric Meyer (Politico)
• The Trump Organization reportedly wanted to give Putin the penthouse in Trump Tower Moscow by Sonam Sheth (Business Insider)
• Updates: Who’s been charged in Mueller- linked probes, and why  by Julie Vitkovskaya, Samuel Granados, Kevin Uhrmacher and Aaron Williams (Washington Post)
• Opinion: As Cohen pleads guilty, raging Trump blows up GOP’s Mueller spin by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
• Analysis: 4 key takeaways from Michael Cohen’s new plea deal by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
• Trump Organization planned to give Putin penthouse in Moscow tower: report by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
• After Michael Cohen, More Trump-Russia Figures Could Face Charges for Lying to Congress by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Michael Cohen Takes Mueller Inside the Trump Organization by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
• Opinion: Trump borrows his rhetoric — and his view of power — from the mob by Mark Fisher (Washington Post)

Trump on Rosenstein

• Trump doubles down on Rod Rosenstein threat: “He should have never picked a special counsel” by Cody Fenwick (Salon)
• Trump: Rosenstein belongs in jail because ‘he never should have picked a special counsel’ by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Trump appears to confirm he wants US deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein in prison by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)

G-20

• Trump cancels meeting with Putin at G-20 summit by Andrew Restuccia, David Herszenhorn (Politico)
• President Trump Cancels Putin Meeting On Eve Of G-20 by Tamara Keith (NPR)
• President Trump Scraps Vladimir Putin Meeting at G-20 Over Russia-Ukraine Conflict by Joshua Gallu (TIME)
• Trump cancels G20 meeting with Putin over Russia-Ukraine crisis by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• U.S., Canada, Mexico sign trade deal, Trump shrugs off Congress hurdle by Roberta Rampton (Reuters)

Other News

• Trump says GM plant closures are ‘counter’ to nationwide trends by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Federal investigators raid Chicago office of attorney who handled Trump Organization taxes for 12 years: report by Brad Reed (AlterNet)
• Trump didn’t know the GOP tax bill incentivizes business to offshore jobs by Rebekah Entralgo (ThinkProgress)
• Stormy Daniels says Michael Avenatti sued Trump without her permission by Ben Jacobs (The Guardian)
• Senate delays vote on controversial Trump judicial nominee by Marianne Levine (Politico)
• Trump administration to ban bump stocks for guns by German Lopez (Vox)
• Federal agents raid office of lawyer who previously did tax work for Trump by Owen Daughterty (The Hill)
• Trump’s trade war collides with economic reality by Ben White (Politico)
• Trump going for full-blown Space Force, White House memo reveals by Jacqueline Klimas (Politico)
• Ex-FBI director Comey asks court to quash Republican congressional subpoena by Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters)
• Donald Trump’s Biggest Lender Was Just Raided in Connection With a Money Laundering Investigation by Russ Choma (Mother Jones)
• Trump’s Move To Give States More Flexibility Undercuts Obamacare, Critics Say by Julie Appleby (NPR)
• Trump Judicial Nominee Set To Fail Amid Voter Suppression Charges by Jessica Taylor, Kelsey Snell (NPR)

Mueller Investigation

• Trump Steps Up Mueller Attacks Following Report About Briefing From Manafort Lawyer by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• Trump suggests, without evidence, that Mueller is encouraging witnesses to lie in Russia probe by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Mueller Focused On Tip About Roger Stone And WikiLeaks Plans, Document Shows by Chad Day (Huffington Post)
• Mueller probe nears a climax: And “collusion” is definitely back on the menu by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
• Mueller documents: Corsi told Stone about planned WikiLeaks email dump ahead of the 2016 election by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
• How the Manafort bombshell explains Trump’s WikiLeaks obsession by Martin Cizmar (Salon)
• Mueller court documents suggest Trump campaign advisor was tipped off about Wikileaks data dump by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Mueller’s Team Believes Roger Stone Was Tipped Off Before WikiLeaks Released Its Email Trove, Report Says by Chad Day (TIME)
• Mueller protection bill blocked in Senate by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
• Nadler warns Trump: “Dangling a pardon” in front of Manafort is “dangerously close to obstruction” by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
• Trump ally was tipped off about Clinton emails leak, Mueller believes by AP (Guardian)
• Trump told Mueller he was unaware of Trump Tower meeting, didn’t hear from Stone about WikiLeaks: report by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Trump says Manafort pardon ‘not off the table’ by Chad Day (AP)
• “Part of a Larger Strategic Play by Mueller”: Did the Special Counsel Set Manafort Up? by Chris Smith (Vanity Fair)
• Here’s how Mueller brilliantly cornered Trump by going after Manafort by Lucian K. Truscott IV (AlterNet)
• Trump hints at possible pardon for Paul Manafort by Joshua Eaton (ThinkProgress)
• Trump adviser sought WikiLeaks emails via Farage ally, Mueller document alleges by Jon Swaine (The Guardian)
• Mueller ended plea agreement because Manafort allegedly lied about business dealings: report by Chris Mills Rodrigo (The Hill)
• Roger Stone Spoke to Trump on the Phone the Day After He Got Info WikiLeaks Campaign Email Dumps Were Coming by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• Analysis: Trump’s lawyers were briefed on Manafort’s discussions with feds; are the conversations privileged? by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)

Border / Immigration / Asylum

• Exclusive: Trump threatens government shutdown over border wall funding by Jake Sherman, Anna Palmer (Politico)
• Ivanka Trump Doesn’t Believe Her Father Authorized Lethal Force Against Migrants. He Did. by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Trump Is Expected To Extend U.S. Troops’ Deployment To Mexico Border Into January by Bill Chappell, Tom Bowman (NPR)
• Trump’s Deal With Mexico Could Make Asylum Next to Impossible by Priscilla Alvarez (The Atlantic)
• Trump makes wall funding top issue as spending deadline looms (Reuters)
• Trump Firm on $5 Billion Border Wall Demand as Deadline Nears, Scalise Says by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
• Report Claims Trump Administration Is Still Separating Families at the Border by Jewel Wicker (Teen Vogue)

Ivanka Trump Emails

• Ivanka Trump says her private emails not like Clinton’s (BBC)
• Ivanka Trump Says ‘Lock Her Up’ Doesn’t Apply To Her by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
• Ivanka Trump says ‘no equivalency’ between her personal email use and Clinton’s by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Ivanka Trump Defends Her Use of a Private Email Account by AP (TIME)
• Analysis: Here’s what Ivanka Trump still doesn’t get about her email problems by Chris Cilizza (CNN)

Saudia Arabia / Khashoggi / Yemen War

• Pompeo defends US-Saudi ties and accuses critics of ‘caterwauling’ over Khashoggi (The Guardian)
• Senate advances bill to end US military involvement in Yemen war by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
• Senate defies White House on Saudi support in Yemen by Elana Schor (Politico)
• Yemen war: US Senate advances measure to end support for Saudi forces (BBC)
• Senate Defies Trump With a Vote on U.S. Support for the Saudi-Backed War in Yemen by Mark Clare Jalonick, Susannah George (TIME)

Climate Change

• Trump dismantling US climate efforts as warnings grow dire by Ellen Knickmeyer (AP)
• Trump’s EPA chief blames climate assessment’s dire warnings on Obama administration by Mark Hand (ThinkProgress)
• A New Report Finds That Climate Change is the World’s Worst Public Health Crisis by Rowan Walrath, Rebecca Leber (Mother Jones)

Other News

• Trump retweets item saying GM should pay back bailout money (Reuters)
• Trump appears to accuse Rosenstein of treason in tweeted meme by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• Trump retweets meme calling for imprisonment of his own deputy attorney general by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
• Trump’s Ignorance Is Exacerbating an Ecological Apocalypse by Maya Kosoff (Vanity Fair)
• Trump officials accused of using deadly wildfires to boost logging by Oliver Millman (The Guardian)
• Senate panel cancels votes on Trump court picks amid Flake standoff by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
• Papadopoulos’s Russia Ties Continue to Intrigue the FBI by Natasha Bertrand, Scott Stedman (The Atlantic)
• Trump administration finalizing bump stock ban by Alicia Cohn (The Hill)

Analysis

• Lost jobs, shrinking growth, and rotting crops — here are the ways Trump’s trade war is hurting America by Will Martin (Business Insider)
• Fact-checking President Trump’s interview with The Washington Post by Glenn Kessler and Salvador Rizzo (Washington Post)
• The American Casualties of Trump’s Trade War by Guy Lawson (NY Times)
• How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime by Julie K. Brown (Miami Herald)

Opinion

• Cindy Hyde-Smith Is Teaching Us What Segregation Academies Taught Her by Nowele Rooks (NY Times)

Mueller Investigation / Manafort

• Paul Manafort: Trump ex-aide lied to FBI, Mueller said (BBC)
• Robert Mueller’s Endgame May Be in Sight by Garrett M. Graff (Wired)
• Criminal defense attorney explains how Mueller just outsmarted Trump and Rudy Giuliani by Travis Gettys (AlterNet)
• Manafort held secret talks with Assange in Ecuadorian embassy, sources say by Luke Harding, Dan Collyns (The Guardian)
• Bombshell Report: Paul Manafort Met Secretly With WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Guardian Report: Manafort Met With Assange Three Times by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
• Jerome Corsi Says He Won’t Plead Guilty in Mueller Probe, Claims to Have Joint Defense Agreement With Trump by Matthew Zeitlin (Slate)
• Trump is panicked because Robert Mueller has turned on Paul Manafort by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Trump claims ‘heroes’ will emerge from Mueller’s Russia probe by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Mueller protection bill could get Senate vote by Burgess Everett (Politico)
• Did President Trump Just Prepare America For a Manafort Pardon? by Ed Krassenstein (Hill Reporter)
• Report: Mueller Has Emails That Show Jerome Corsi Told Roger Stone About WikiLeaks’ Email Trove by zmatthew Zeitlin (Slate)
• Manafort attorney relayed info about Mueller probe to Trump lawyers: report by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Paul Manafort’s Lawyer Told Trump Team What His Client Said To Mueller: Report by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
• A leaked Mueller draft document provides a glimpse into the investigation’s future by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• Manafort’s Lawyer Provided Trump Legal Team Details on Mueller Questioning Even After Plea Deal with Special Counsel by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• Corsi provided early alert to Stone about WikiLeaks release, according to draft special counsel document by Carol D. Leonnig, Rosalind S. Helderman, and Manuel Roig-Franzia (Washington Post)

Border / Immigration / Asylum

• Migrant caravan: Trump defends tear gas on Mexico border (BBC)
• Trump Falsely Claims Border Agents Were Badly Hurt In Migrant Tear Gas Clashes by Willa Frej (Huffington Post)
• Trump denies use of tear gas on migrant kids at border despite evidence: We don’t use it on children by Rachel Leah (Salon)
• Mexico asks US to investigate use of tear gas on migrants along border by Aris Folley (The Hill)
• US waived FBI checks on staff at growing teen migrant camp by Garance Burke and Martha Mendoza (AP)
• The U.S. Is Being Sued for $60 Million After a 1-Year-Old in Detention Later Died by Nomaan Merchant (TIME)

Trade / Tariffs / China / GM / G-20

• Wall Street flat as tech gains soothe tariff nerves by Amy Caren Daniel (Reuters)
• A Wall Street Journal interview on trade shows Trump has no idea what he’s doing by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
• White House hopes for trade ‘breakthrough’ with China at G-20 by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• Trump threatens to slash GM subsidies after the automaker announced layoffs, factory closings by Bob Bryan (Business Insider)
• Trump eyes more China tariffs, pushing total upwards of $500bn by News Agencies (Al Jazeera)
• Kushner pressured US officials to inflate Saudi arms deal: Report (Al Jazeera)
• Trump Administration Threatens To Withhold Subsidies From GM by Scott Horsley (NPR)
• Trump says he is considering cutting GM subsidies in response to layoffs by Rebecca Rainey (Politico)
• Trump blasts Fed chair over stock market slide, GM layoffs by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• Trump says he may cancel G-20 meeting with Putin over clash with Ukraine by Brett Samuels (The Hill)

Khashoggi

• John Bolton says he hasn’t listened to audio of Khashoggi killing because he doesn’t speak Arabic by John Haltiwanger (Business Insider)
• WH Won’t Allow Intel Officials To Brief Senate On Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder by Steph Bazzle (Hill Reporter)
• John Bolton Has a Baffling Excuse for Refusing to Review the Khashoggi Tape by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Bolton defends not listening to audio of Khashoggi murder by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• McConnell Vows Congressional Response To ‘Abhorrent’ Khashoggi Slaying by Tim Mak (NPR)

Other News

• Expert: Trump’s FDA rollbacks may have triggered E. coli outbreak by Nicole Karlis (Salon)
• Supreme Court poised to drastically reverse LGBTQ equality by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
• Five things to watch in Mississippi Senate race by Lisa Hagen (The Hill)
• Trump ‘asked Iraqi prime minister for oil as repayment for Iraq War’ by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Racial Concerns Fuel Opposition to Judicial Nominee by Todd Ruger (Roll Call)
• Sarah Sanders: Climate change report ‘not based on facts’ by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• The Trial Over Trump’s Census Citizenship Question Did Not Go Well for the Administration by Ari Berman (Mother Jones)
• Trump slams Fed chair, questions climate change and threatens to cancel Putin meeting in wide-ranging interview with The Post by Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey, and Damian Paletta (Washington Post)
• Trump on climate change: ‘People like myself, we have very high levels of intelligence but we’re not necessarily such believers.’ by Josh Dawsey, Philip Rucker, Brady Dennis, and Chris Mooney (Washington Post)

Opinion

• As a warming world wreaks havoc, Trump wages war on climate science by John Podesta (Guardian)

Border / Immigration / Asylum

• Mexico to deport asylum seekers who tried to breach US border (Al Jazeera)
• Trump’s Cheerleaders Praise the Border Patrol for Tear Gassing Toddlers by Luke Darby (GQ)
• Trump threatens border shutdown if Mexico doesn’t remove migrants by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Trump threatens to close Mexico border ‘permanently’ after US police fire tear gas at migrant caravan by Chris Baynes (Independent)
• Trump threatens to ‘close the border permanently’ amid heightened tensions by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Mexico’s Government Will Increase Security at U.S. Border in Tijuana by Christopher Sherman (TIME)
• President Trump Threatens to Close Border With Mexico ‘Permanently If Need Be’ by Bloomberg (TIME)
• Fox News wants you to be very afraid of what’s happening at the border by Emily Stewart (Vox)
• Trump urges Mexico to send migrants home; 42 arrested (Reuters)
• Is Tear Gas at the Border the New Normal? by Eric Each (NewYorker)
• This is what Trump’s caravan ‘invasion’ really looks like by Bryan Mealer (Guardian)
• How a march at the US-Mexico border descended into tear gas and chaos by Dara Lind (Vox)
• Opinion: Trump is failing miserably on his biggest issue. And he’s covering it up with lies. by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
• How a march at the US-Mexico border descended into tear gas and chaos by Dara Lind (Vox)

Mueller Investigation / Manafort

• How Trump’s new acting attorney general can protect Don Jr. from a Mueller indictment by Travis Gettys (Salon)
• Trump accuses Mueller of ignoring 2016 staffers who ‘want to be’ questioned by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• A New Indictment Looms in the Mueller Probe by Natasha Bertrand (Atlantic)
• Jerome Corsi: rightwing author rejects plea deal offered by Mueller by David Taylor (The Guardian)
• A New Indictment Looms in the Mueller Probe by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
• Paul Manafort breached plea deal by repeatedly lying in Russia inquiry, Mueller says by Jon Swaine (The Guardian)
• Mueller’s Team Just Said Manafort Lied to Investigators After His Plea Deal by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• This reporter argues that Trump used Manafort as a ‘mole’ inside Mueller’s investigation — but it just blew up in their faces by Cody Fenwick (AlterNet)
• Special Counsel Says Paul Manafort ‘Breached’ Plea Deal, Lied to FBI by Carrie Johnson (NPR)

Climate Change

• The Trump administration tried to bury its own climate change report — and right-wing media helped by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Trump on climate change report: ‘I don’t believe it’ (BBC)
• G20 draft statement on climate change crafted to appease Trump, report says by Mark Hand (ThinkProgress)
• ‘I Don’t Believe It’: Trump Rejects Administration’s Dire Warning About Economic Impact of Climate Change by AP (TIME)
• Trump White House issues climate change report undermining its own policy by Umair Irfan (Vox)
• Climate Change Already Reshaping U.S., Says National Climate Assessment by Chelsea Harvey (Scientific American)
• Trump says he doesn’t believe his administration’s climate report (Al Jazeera)
• Trump Dismisses His Own Administration’s Devastating Climate Change Report by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Opinion: The Depravity of Climate-Change Denial by Paul Krugman (NY Times)

News Network

• Trump suggests creating U.S. ‘worldwide network’ to compete with CNN by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• Trump suggests creating his own ‘worldwide’ news network to combat CNN’s ‘false’ reporting by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Trump suggests government start its own worldwide television network by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Trump Suggests the US May Start a State-run Media Organization by Brian Krassenstein (Hill Reporter)

Other News

• Melania’s White House Christmas decorations are up, and there are blood red trees by Nicole Gallucci (Mashable)
• Research predicted this wave of right-wing domestic terrorism. Republicans tanked the report. by Josh Isreal (ThinkProgress)
• UN ambassador Haley condemns Russia’s seizure of Ukraine ships by Morgan Chalfont (The Hill)
• Trump’s trusted body man to depart White House by Nancy Cook (Politico)
• Trump Starts New Week By Tweeting Up A Storm, Omitting Some Major Headlines by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
• Watchdog office to probe Mar-a-Lago members’ influence at VA by Lorraine Woellert (Politico)
• Trump wants GM to halt car production in China: WSJ by Jeff Mason, David Shepardson (Reuters)
• Trump Inherited Obama’s Drone War and Made It Bigger by Matthew Zeitlin (Slate)
• Goodlatte: ‘It’s awfully tough’ for Ivanka Trump to comply with email standards by Quint Forgey (Politico)
• Trump says he expects to raise China tariffs: Wall Street Journal (Reuters)

Analysis

• What Trump’s Legal Battles Tell Us About Presidential Power by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (FiveThirtyEight)
• Is Trump Compromised by Saudi Money? by Andrew Kragie (The Atlantic)
• How Politics in Trump’s America Divides Families by Kiley Bense (The Atlantic)
• Is the Trump Administration Pivoting the Fight in Syria Toward a War with Iran? by Seth Harp (NewYorker)
• The G20 summit is a reminder of how little the US is doing for American workers by Alexia Fernández Campbell (Vox)
• Trump’s rescue mission to Mississippi may drag Cindy Hyde-Smith across the finish line by James Hohman (Washington Post)

Opinion

• How Politics in Trump’s America Divides Families by Kiley Bense (Atlantic)
• Trump’s incoherence is too much — and it’s getting worse by Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post)

Border / Immigration / Asylum

• Mexico denies deal with US to host asylum seekers (Al Jazeera)
• Incoming Mexican Government Denies It’s Struck a Deal with Trump on Asylum Seekers by Bryan Schatz (Mother Jones)
• After Trump’s threat, Mexico announces asylum agreement may be off by Casey Michel (ThinkProgress)
• Incoming Mexican Government Says There’s No Deal to Host U.S. Asylum-Seekers by Amy Guthrie (TIME)
• U.S. fires tear gas into Mexico to repel migrants, closes border gate for several hours by Lizbeth Diaz (Reuters)
• U.S. Agents Use Tear Gas on Migrants Approaching Border by AP (TIME)
• US authorities fired tear gas to disperse migrants at border, witnesses say by Emanuella Grinberg and Mariano Castillo (CNN)
• Mexico’s incoming government denies report Mexico supports Trump admin’s new asylum proposal by Sophie Tatum, Caroline Kelly and Rafael Romo (CNN)
• U.S. closes major crossing as caravan migrants mass at border in Mexico by Sarah Kinosian and Joshua Partlow (Washington Post)
• Mexico to immediately deport 500 migrants who ‘violently and illegally’ tried to cross US border by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• Agents fire tear gas at migrants seeking to breach US-Mexico border by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• Mexico to deport migrants who tried ‘violently’ to breach US border (The Guardian)
• U.S. Agents Spray Tear Gas At Migrants, Briefly Close Tijuana Border Entry by Clare Lombardo (NPR)

Papadopoulos

• Ex-Trump Aide Papadopoulos Heads to Jail Monday After Judge Rejects Bid to Delay Sentence by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• A Federal Judge Just Ordered George Papadopoulos to Report to Prison on Monday by Amanda Silverman (Mother Jones)
• Papadopoulos ordered to jail Monday by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• And Another Trump Associate Heads to Jail by Luke Darby (GQ)
• Former Trump Campaign Adviser George Papadopoulos’ Bid to Delay Prison Term Denied by Hope Yen (TIME)

Mueller Investigation

• ‘He has moved incredibly quickly’: Mueller nears Trump endgame by David Taylor (The Guardian)
• Dershowitz: Mueller report will be ‘devastating’ politically for Trump by Brett Samuels (The Hill)

Khashoggi

• Saudi Prince Turki says CIA cannot be trusted on Khashoggi (Al Jazeera)
• Top Democrats accuse Trump of lying about CIA’s Jamal Khashoggi report by Jon Swaine (The Guardian)
• Lawmakers disagree with Trump on Khashoggi assessment by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• More Republicans challenge Trump on defense of Saudi crown prince by Karoun Demirjian (Washington Post)

Other News

• New federal climate assessment for U.S. released by NOAA (Science Daily)
• Trump Push For ‘Energy Dominance’ Boosts Drilling On Public Land by Cooper Mckim (NPR)
• Trump Administration’s Strategy on Climate: Try to Bury Its Own Scientific Report by Coral Davenport (NY Times)
• It’s Not Just Trump in House Democrats’ Cross Hairs. His Family Is, Too. by Maggie Haberman and Nicholas Fandos (NY Times)
• Trump criticizes French protests for not focusing on his priorities by James McAuley (Washington Post)
• Trump demands action to reduce deficit, pushes new deficit spending by Josh Dawsey and Damian Paletta (Washington Post)
• Trump Takes a Tougher Line on Pakistan, but the 2008 Mumbai Attack Goes Unpunished by Sebastian Rotella (ProPublica)

Analysis

• Trump’s Christian Apologists Are Unchristian by William Saletan (Slate)

Opinion

• Trump at bay: failure looms as Democrats load ‘subpoena cannon’ by David Smith (The Guardian)

Transgender Ban

• Trump Pulls Supreme Court Into Political Waters by Calling for Ruling on Transgender Military Ban by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Trump Administration Seeks Quick Supreme Court Ruling on Transgender Military Ban by Jessica Gresko, Mark Sherman (TIME)
• Government seeks quick ruling on transgender troops case by Jessica Gresko and Mark Sherman (AP)
• White House Asks Supreme Court To Fast-Track Ruling On Transgender Military Ban by Clare Lomnbardo (NPR)

Border / Immigration / Asylum

• Trump Claims He Already Shut Down The Border In Puzzling Exchange With Reporters by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Don’t Bet on Comprehensive Immigration Reform in the New Congress by Priscilla Alvarez (The Atlantic)
• Trump Administration and Mexico May Have Just Reached a New Asylum Deal by Nathalie Baptiste (Mother Jones)
• Mexico backs Trump’s plan to overhaul asylum rules: Washington Post (Reuters)
• Tijuana declares ‘humanitarian crisis’ and asks UN for help with migrant caravan by Zamira Rahim (Independent)
• Trump says asylum seekers to wait in Mexico, incoming government denies by Diego Ore, Dave Graham and Delphine Schrank, Lucia Mutikani, and David Brunnstrom (Reuters)

Climate Change

• 3 big takeaways from the major new US climate report by Umair Irfan (Vox)
• Trump’s Economic Boom Can’t Outrun Climate Change by Kerensa Cadenas (Vanity Fair)
• White House admits Trump climate policies will cost Americans $500 billion a year by Joe Romm (ThinkProgress)
• Climate report: Trump administration downplays warnings of looming disaster by Oliver Milman (The Guardian)
• Five major takeaways from the federal climate change report by Emily Birnbaum (The Hill)

Other News

• Bernie Sanders lays out bold 10-point plan for Democrats by Jon Queally (AlterNet)
• Senior Saudi prince says CIA cannot be trusted on Khashoggi conclusion by Katie Pauk (Reuters)
• Rudy Giuliani thinks Trump’s tweets are enough for Mueller to conclude investigation by Brad Reed (Salon)
• Trump’s communications director will get $7 million from Fox News while working in the White House by Frank Dale (ThinkProgress)
• Associate of Trump confidant says he’s mulling a plea deal by Chad Day (AP)
• Judge Rules New York State’s Lawsuit Against The Trump Foundation Can Proceed by Shannon Van Sant (NPR)

Analysis

• AP FACT CHECK: On break, no break by Trump in twisting facts by Calvin Woodward and Hope Yen (AP)

Opinion

• If Trump is cornered, the judges he disdains may finally bring him down by Walter Shapiro (Guardian)

Border / Immigration / Asylum

• Trump’s New Asylum Policy Is the Definition of Entrapment by Angelo Guisado (Slate)
• Trump demands wall funding in ‘major border security package’ by Emily Birnbaum (The Hill)
• US creating border crisis by stalling asylum cases, advocates say by Sandra Cuffe (Al Jazeera)

Climate Change/Report

• A Grave Climate Warning, Buried on Black Friday by Robinson Meyer (The Atlantic)
• Trump’s failure to fight climate change is a crime against humanity by Jeffrey Sachs (CNN)
• Climate change ‘will inflict substantial damages on US lives’ by Oliver Milman (The Guardian)
• Major Trump administration climate report says damage is ‘intensifying across the country’ by Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney (Washington Post)
• Climate Change Is Already Hurting U.S. Communities, Federal Report Says by Rebecca Hersher (NPR)
• The Trump Administration Just Buried Its Own Devastating Climate Report by Alexander C. Kaufman, Chris D’Angelo (Mother Jones)
• Clashing with Trump, U.S. government report says climate change will batter economy (Reuters)

Mueller Investigation

• Jerome Corsi: rightwing author pursuing plea deal with Robert Mueller by Martin Pengelly and Jon Swaine (The Guardian)
• Associate of Roger Stone in plea talks with Mueller by AP (Politico)
• Roger Stone Associate in Plea Talks With Mueller by AP (TIME)

Transgender Ban

• Trump asks US court for review of transgender military ban (BBC)
• Trump asks supreme court to fast track transgender military ban cases by AP (The Guardian)

Other News

• Warning signs mount for Trump reelection bid by Steven Shepard (Politico)
• Former National Enquirer Editor Writing Book About “Trump and His Women” by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Lawsuit against Trump family charity can proceed, judge rules by Victoria Bekiempis (The Guardian)
• House Democrats will investigate Trump’s response to Khashoggi murder Reuters (The Guardian)
• Trump questions technology central to Pentagon’s plans for launching aircraft at sea by Missy Ryan (Washington Post)
• Judge Rejects Trump’s Request To Dismiss Lawsuit Against Trump Foundation by Hilary Hanson (Huffington Post)
• Trump fails to end New York lawsuit over his charity by Jonathan Stempel (Reuters)
• Trump Lied When He Said CIA Didn’t Link Saudi Prince To Khashoggi Killing: Senator Jack Reed by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)

Opinion

• Mueller and a Blue House Could Bring Down Trump by Joshua Zoffer (The Atlantic)

Thanksgiving

• This Thanksgiving, The Trump Administration Is Taking Land From The Tribe That Welcomed The Pilgrims by Rebecca Nagle (Huffington Post)
• Trump Rants About Khashoggi, Judges, Borders In Thanksgiving Call With Troops by Willa Frej (Huffington Post)
• Trump says he loves the military? He’s at Mar-a-Lago for Thanksgiving, instead of visiting troops. by Danielle Mclean (ThinkProgress)
• Thanksgiving with the troops at Mar-a-Lago by Lucian K. Truscott IV (Salon)
• President Trump Delivers Thanksgiving Message to U.S. Service Members by AP (TIME)
• Trump politicizes Thanksgiving call with troops to attack migrants, judges by Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan, (CNN)

Judicial Independence / Chief Justice Roberts

• Trump Doubles Down on Fight Against Chief Justice by Continuing Tirade Against Judges by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Trump Resumes Spat With Roberts, Calls 9th Circuit ‘A Complete & Total Disaster’ by Vanessa Romo (NPR)
• Trump keeps up Roberts dispute: 9th Circuit ‘a complete & total disaster’ by Jesse Byrnes (The Hill)
• Analysis: AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s misinformation on appeals court by Calvin Woodward and Mark Sherman (AP)
• Trump warns of ‘bedlam, chaos, injury and death’ if US judges allowed to do their job by Alex Lockie (Business Insider)

Saudia Arabia / Khashoggi

• Trump: CIA ‘didn’t conclude’ Saudi crown prince ordered Khashoggi death by Martin Pengelly (The Guardian)
• Trump denies CIA implicated Saudi crown prince in Khashoggi murder by Lily Stephens (Politico)
• Turkish paper: CIA had recording of Saudi prince demanding Khashoggi be ‘silenced’ (Reuters)
• Republicans Divided as President Trump Stands by Saudis After Journalist’s Murder by Deb Riechmann (TIME)
• Trump on Khashoggi killing: Saudi crown prince ‘hates it more than I do’ by Michael Burke (The Hill)
• Trump says CIA has not found Saudi prince culpable in murder by Deb Riechmann and Jill Colvin (AP)
• Turkey says the CIA has a ‘smoking gun’ tape nailing the Saudi crown prince in the Khashoggi case by Alex Lockie (Business Insider)

Border / Immigration

• Trump May Move Ahead With Plans To Make Asylum Seekers Wait In Mexico: Report by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
• Trump issues Thanksgiving threat: I’ll close border if I have to (Al Jazeera)
• Fiery West Wing meeting led to more power for military at U.S.-Mexico border by Eliana Johnson (Politico)
• President Trump Issues Thanksgiving Threat to Close U.S.-Mexico Border (TIME)
• Trump threatens to close the ‘whole border’ with Mexico by Michael Burke (The Hill)
• Trump warns of government shutdown next month over border security by Roberta Rampton (Reuters)
• White House considers plan to keep asylum seekers in Mexico by Ian Jullgren (Politico)

Other News

• Trump confuses climate change with weather, prompting widespread despair by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Mueller may not be done questioning Trump over obstruction, says Giuliani by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Inside Trump’s Refusal To Testify In The Mueller Probe by Eric Tucker, Chad Day, Jonathan Lemire (Huffington Post)
• Trump on G20: ‘China wants to make a deal; if we can make a deal we will.’ (Reuters)
• House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Comey, Lynch by Karoun Demirjian (Washington Post)

Activism

• 10 Native Activism Organizations to Show Your Support This Thanksgiving by Maka Monture (Teen Vogue)

Saudia Arabia / Khashoggi

• Senate Demands Answers On Khashoggi Murder After Trump Stands By Saudis by Willa Frej (Huffington Post)
• Trump thanks Saudis for falling oil prices, making nice amid Khashoggi fallout by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Trump Thanks Saudi Arabia For Low Gas Prices After Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing by Paige Lavender (Huffington Post)
• Saudi Arabia accused of torturing women’s rights activists with electric shocks, flogging by D. Parvaz (ThinkProgress)
• Khashoggi’s editor calls for Congress to probe Trump, Kushner ties to Saudis by Chris Mills Rodrigo (The Hill)
• Killing of Khashoggi tests U.S. defense industry as backlash builds on Capitol Hill by Beth Reinhard, Tom Hamburger, and Emma Brown (Washington Post)
• Analysis: Exaggerating economic numbers is nothing new for Trump. Doing so to give the Saudis cover is. by JM Rieger (Washington Post)

Mueller Investigation

• Mueller urges court to reject Papadopoulos’ bid to delay his prison sentence by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
• Giuliani: Mueller did not ask about obstruction in questions to Trump by Emily Birnbaum (The Hill)

Immigration / Border

• White House authorizes use of force for troops stationed at border: report by Rafael Bernal (The Hill)
• Stalemate on Trump’s wall amid threat of shutdown by Burgess Everett (Politico)
• White House gives Mattis expanded powers for U.S. troops on border by Idrees Ali (Reuters)
• Why Big Law Is Taking On Trump Over Immigration by Annie Correal (NY Times)
• Asylum Seekers Being Turned Away No Matter Where They Cross the Border by Katherine Hawkins (Just Security)
• ICE agents accused of stalling undocumented immigrant’s marriage paperwork before hearing by Alan Pyke (ThinkProgress)

Judicial Independence / Chief Justice Roberts

• Trump lashes out at Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts after he reminded the president that judges are supposed to be independent by Sarah Gray (Business Insider)
• Chief Justice Roberts Issues Rare Rebuke To Trump; Trump Fires Back by Brian Naylor, Nina Totenberg (NPR)
• Chief Justice Defends Judicial Independence After Trump Attacks ‘Obama Judge’ by Adam Liptak (NY Times)
• Chief Justice Roberts Issues Extraordinary Thanksgiving Rebuke of Trump’s Attacks on the Judiciary by Elliot Hannon (Slate)

Other News

• Trump Really, Really Wants to Be ‘TIME’ Person of the Year by River Donaghey (VICE)
• Trump Administration Defends Legality of VA Shadow Rulers by Isaac Arnsdorf (ProPublica)
• U.S. Judge Strikes Down Mississippi Law That Bans Abortions After 15 Weeks by Emily Sullivan (NPR)
• Trump says he may attend next WHCA dinner after news it won’t feature comedian by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• FEMA won’t enact a major housing program that would help California wildfire survivors by Danielle Mclean (ThinkProgress)
• Right-Leaning Nonprofit Paid Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Nearly $1 Million by Michael Balsamo, Chad Day (TIME)
• Federal investigators probing possible Whitaker Hatch Act violations by Tad Axelrod (The Hill)
• Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s Corporate Donors Want Their Money Back by Emily Kopp (Roll Call)
• The President’s company braces for Democratic investigations by Erica Orden, Cristina Alesci, Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb (CNN)

Analysis

• House Democrats Don’t Know What to Make of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Elaine Godfrey (The Atlantic)
• The Military Has Become Trump’s Favorite Prop by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Trump Isn’t Crazy to Question Mike Pence’s Loyalty by Mckay Coppins (The Atlantic)
• ‘Playing with fire:’ Economists say the fallout of Trump’s trade war is showing up and things could get a lot worse by Gina Heeb (Business Insider)

Opinion

• Ivanka Trump ignores rules because she doesn’t treat the White House as a real job by Elizabeth Spiers (Washington. Post)
• How Long Before Trump Destroys the Rule of Law? by Harry Litman (NY Times)