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Investigation of fake net neutrality foes has been stymied by the FCC, New York attorney general says

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• The accusations have raised questions about the integrity of another public forum, this one run by the federal government, in a moment of growing national concern for the ways in which social media can be exploited for political purposes.
• A freelance reporter, Jason Prechtel, says he has been similarly stymied; he has filed a lawsuit against the FCC after it has not fulfilled a Freedom of Information request he filed requesting data about the commenters.
• Brian Schatz , have called for an investigation into what the FCC said was a cyber-hack that brought down its commenting site in May after a flood of commenters were prompted by HBO host John Oliver to visit the site.

'Art of the Deal' ghostwriter: Trump ‘frightened by black people’

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• The players faced potential jail sentences for the charge, but Trump, who was also visiting China at the time, spoke to President Xi Jinping about resolving the situation. The players were released and returned to the United States last week.

Manafort flight records show deeper Kremlin ties than previously known

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• Even after the February 2014 fall of Ukraine’s pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych, who won office with the help of a Manafort-engineered image makeover, the American consultant flew to Kiev another 19 times over the next 20 months while working for the smaller, pro-Russian Opposition Bloc party.
• "You can make a case that all along he ...was either working principally for Moscow, or he was trying to play both sides against each other just to maximize his profits," said Daniel Fried, a former assistant secretary of state who communicated with Manafort during Yanukovych’s reign in President George W.
• Manafort directed a trusted associate, Konstantin Kilimnik, to relay his message to Deripaska, remarking that it could be a way to make himself "whole" — possibly an allusion to a multimillion-dollar legal action Deripaska had filed against Manafort.

Kellyanne Conway must be fired after breaking federal law, say former White House ethics chiefs

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• She responded to a question about Mr Moore, who is accused of pursuing underage girls while he was in his 30s and working as an assistant district attorney in Alabama, by attacking his rival Doug Jones. Ms Conway sparked controversy after she attacked Republican Alabama Senate Roy Moore’s opponent on television on Tuesday.
• He is terrible for property owners," she said on Fox and Friends.
• Mr painter, who is a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s ethics practices, said: "This is an official interview. She has violated the Hatch Act by using her position to take sides in a partisan election.

Trump tweets–then deletes–at liberal columnist who criticized him

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Trump replies ‘MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!’ to tweet about his attacks on African Americans

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• Sargent had shared his opinion article about Trump’s latest tweetstorm related to LaVar Ball, whom the president has repeatedly called out for not thanking him properly for his role in resolving a shoplifting charge in China against Ball’s son.
• It’s unclear if Trump’s tweet was meant to agree with or acknowledge Sargent’s points that his behavior on social media fits a racist pattern against African Americans, or if it may have been sent by mistake.
• The president has spent the last few days engaging in a war of words with Ball, who has accused Trump of inflating his role in freeing his son, UCLA basketball player LiAngelo Ball, and two other teammates.

Obama wishes Americans a happy Thanksgiving

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r/politics Against Malaria and for charity - Subreddits Against Malaria Foundation fundraising drive

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• If you have a favorite charity or cause that you'd like to give a shout out to, now is the time! For our purposes, non-partisan means anything classified in the vein of a US 501 - that means no organizations that endorse political candidates, conduct political lobbying or are otherwise are actively engaged in the political process.
• AMF has received the 'Top Charity' rating from GiveWell in five of the last six years, as well as 'Top Charity' ratings from Giving What We Can and The Life You Can Save for six years running.
• There were times when he would be out for a week or two at a time because he would get so sick to not be able to function.

GOP insider Bruce Bartlett: “The Republican Party needs to die”

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American intelligence official warned Israelis Russia had 'leverage' on Trump: report

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• The meeting was largely uneventful, until an American "spymaster" announced the conclusion that Russian President Vladimir Putin had leverage over Trump. The official did not offer further specifics, Vanity Fair reported.