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Jimmy Kimmel | On Roy Moore and His "C hristian Values"

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Jimmy Kimmel | On Roy Moore and His "Christian Values" 
 
Jimmy Kimmel, The Washington Post 
Kimmel writes: "Roy Moore is this guy running for Senate in Alabama, even though multiple women accused him of hitting on them, groping them, etcetera, before they were 18 years old. Well, Roy Moore is not happy with me." 
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Trump Faces New Obstruction Allegations in Russia Scandal 
Steve Benen, MSNBC 
Benen writes: "For months, the nation has faced the very real possibility that Donald Trump obstructed justice in the federal investigation into the Russia scandal. Indeed, Special Counsel Robert Mueller already appears to be examining allegations that the president allegedly pressured the director of the FBI in the matter, and then fired him in order to help derail the probe." 
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Official Cost Analysis of GOP Tax Bill Wasn't Published Until After Republicans Voted for It 
Brandon Carter, The Hill 
Carter writes: "The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) appeared to publish its final analysis of the cost of the Senate GOP tax bill after the legislation had already passed the upper chamber." 
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What Went Wrong in Charlottesville? Almost Everything, Says Report 
Laurel Wamsley, NPR 
Wamsley writes: "An independent review of Charlottesville's handling of the white nationalist rally there in August found that law enforcement and city officials made several significant mistakes, resulting in violence and distrust."
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Cities Across the US Join Movement to Impeach President Trump for Violating the Constitution 
John Bonifaz and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "In November, a half-dozen Democrats introduced articles of impeachment against Trump, accusing him of obstruction of justice and other offenses. This comes as a petition for impeachment launched in October by Democratic donor Tom Steyer now has more than 3 million supporters." 
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Salvadoran Official Jailed Pending Trial for 1989 Murder of Jesuits 
Aritz Parra, Associated Press 
Parra writes: "A Spanish judge on Thursday ordered a former Salvadoran colonel jailed while he awaits trial for alleged involvement in the killing of five Jesuit priests in 1989." 
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4 Ways the Republican Tax Plan Could Harm the Planet 
Kate Yoder, Grist 
Excerpt: "On Friday, Senate leaders announced they had the votes to pass the tax bill thanks to some frantic last-minute revisions. In the ado surrounding the sweeping overhaul, the bill's potential environmental effects have gone under the radar." 
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FOCUS | Accuser to Roy Moore: "I Sat Quietly for Too Long. No More." 
 
Paul Gattis, AL.com 
Excerpt: "I am not getting paid for speaking up. I am not getting rewarded from your political opponents. What I am getting is stronger by refusing to blame myself and speaking the truth out loud." 
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n an impassioned letter released exclusively today to AL.com, Leigh Corfman, who accused Roy Moore of undressing her when she was 14 and he was 32, demanded the Republican Senate candidate stop calling her a liar, and attacking her character and end his "smears and false denials."

AL.com received a copy of the letter in person from Corfman. She declined to comment beyond what was contained in the letter.

"I am not getting paid for speaking up. I am not getting rewarded from your political opponents. What I am getting is stronger by refusing to blame myself and speaking the truth out loud," the letter states.

"The initial barrage of attacks against me voiced by your campaign spokespersons and others seemed petty so I did not respond."

However, Corfman decided to write the open letter after hearing Moore's own remarks last night at a rally in Henagar, his first public appearance in nearly two weeks.

Moore on Monday gave no new insight on the allegations that have hounded his campaign for the past 21/2 weeks, saying again the accusations he made unwanted romantic or sexual advances on teenage girls almost 40 years ago are "completely false."

"I don't know any of (the women)," he said.

Corfman has said that when she was 14 Moore, who was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney, took her to his home where he removed her clothes and touched her over her bra and underwear. He was wearing his underwear at the time, Corfman said.

"I felt like I was the one to blame," she told The Today Show . "I was a 14-year-old child trying to play in an adult's world and he was 32-years-old."

Here is the letter in its entirety: 

Mr. Moore,

When the Washington Post approached me about what you did to me as a child, I told them what happened, just as I had told family and friends years before. I stand by every word.

You responded by denying the truth. You told the world that you didn't even know me. Others in recent days have had the decency to acknowledge their hurtful actions and apologize for similar behavior, but not you.

So I gave an interview on television so that people could judge for themselves whether I was telling the truth.

You sent out your spokesmen to call me a liar. Day after day.

Finally, last night, you did the dirty work yourself. You called me malicious, and you questioned my motivation in going public.

I explained my motivation on the Today show. I said that this is not political for me, this is personal. As a 14-year old, I did not deserve to have you, a 32-year old, prey on me. I sat quietly for too long, out of concern for my family. No more.

I am not getting paid for speaking up. I am not getting rewarded from your political opponents. What I am getting is stronger by refusing to blame myself and speaking the truth out loud.

The initial barrage of attacks against me voiced by your campaign spokespersons and others seemed petty so I did not respond.

But when you personally denounced me last night and called me slanderous names, I decided that I am done being silent. What you did to me when I was 14-years old should be revolting to every person of good morals. But now you are attacking my honesty and integrity. Where does your immorality end?

I demand that you stop calling me a liar and attacking my character. Your smears and false denials, and those of others who repeat and embellish them, are defamatory and damaging to me and my family.

I am telling the truth, and you should have the decency to admit it and apologize.

Leigh Corfman

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Evangelical Pervert Flip Benham defends Roy Moore PEDOPHILE

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Pastor Goes Full Y’all Qaeda Defending Roy 

Moore: He Only Wanted Teen Girls For 

Their ‘Purity’

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November 21, 2017

A pastor who appeared alongside Senate candidate Roy Moore at a campaign rally just days ago just gave a defense of the Alabama Senate candidate that makes Christian purity balls seem even creepier. Flip Benham has quite a history as an anti-gay pastor who was also convicted of stalking a doctor who performed abortion procedures in North Carolina. In reaction to that in 2011, Benham said outside the courtroom while holding a Bible,”I can’t speak. I can’t get within 500 feet. They’ve stolen from innocent babies a voice that has spoken for them.”



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William Boardman | Megadeaths From America - Yemen Is the Worst Case Among Many

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William Boardman | Megadeaths From America - Yemen Is the Worst Case Among Many 

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Boardman writes: "As Americans get ready for Thanksgiving 2017 over-eating, their government is on the verge of successfully starving millions of Yemenis to death by siege warfare."
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Jeff Sessions Says He 'Always Told the Truth' in Describing Russia Contacts
Matt Zapotosky and Sari Horwitz, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday that he has 'always told the truth' in describing his knowledge of Trump campaign contacts with Russians, although he acknowledged that he now recalls an interaction with a lower-level adviser to Donald Trump who said he told Sessions about contacts who could help arrange a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladi­mir Putin."
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Female Democrat Says at Least Two Current Members Engaged in Sexual Harassment
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Excerpt: "In fact, there are two members of Congress, Republican and Democrat, right now, who serve, who have been subject to review or have not been subject to review, but have engaged in sexual harassment."
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Roy Moore's Local Mall Reportedly Banned Him for Harassing Teenage Girls
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Hanan Ashrawi Says Israel Is Attempting to 'Eradicate' Palestinians
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Effects of Increased CO2 Levels on Diet Hit Poorer Populations Most
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Happening Today

Public defenders rally, House criminal–justice debate and more … -- Hundreds of public defenders will rally this morning outside district courthouses across Massachusetts and walk in together before court begins to demand collective bargaining rights, District courthouses. -- U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III speaks at the New England Council about issues before Congress and his own legislative agenda, Seaport Hotel, Lighthouse Room, One Seaport Lane, Boston, 8:30 a.m. -- Gov. Charlie Baker, Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matthew Beaton, Department of Conservation and Recreation Commissioner Leo Roy and local officials participate in a tree planting ceremony to commemorate the 10,000th tree planted as part of the Greening the Gateway Cities Program, Lynn Commons Bandstand, 120 Commons Street, Lynn, 9 a.m. -- The Committee on Labor and Workforce Development will hear a number of bills dealing with independent contractors and other matters, Room B-2, 10 a.m. -- The House will start its debate on criminal-justice reform legislation, State House, 11 a.m. -- The Mashpee Wampanoag will host a Thanksgiving Unity Reception to promote peace and unity for all Americans, Great Hall, State House, 11 a.m. -- Gov. Charlie Baker attends the Semper Fi Society of Boston’s United States Marine Corps 242nd Birthday Luncheon with First Lady Lauren Baker, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, 415 Summer St, Boston, 12 p.m. -- The Transportation Committee will review legislation dealing with safety matters, including jaywalking and wrong-way driving, Room A-1, 3 p.m. -- Emerge Massachusetts honors Auditor Suzanne Bump during the organization's 10th anniversary ‘Women of the Decade" celebration and annual fundraiser; Treasurer Deborah Goldberg is expected to attend, Foley & Lardner LLP, 111 Huntington Ave Suite 2600, Boston, 5:30 p.m. -- The Cannabis Advisory Board's Market Participation Subcommittee holds a public listening session on economic development issues related to the new pot industry, UMass Center, 1500 Main St., Springfield, 6:30 p.m. --Attorney General Maura Healey speaks at a University of Massachusetts Amherst at event hosted by the UMass Democrats, Monday, 41 Campus Center Way, Amherst, 6:30 p.m.

Today's News

Despite State Police chief’s resignation, second trooper files lawsuit over arrest report Col. Richard McKeon, Gov. Charlie Baker’s head of State Police, may have announced late last week his plans to retire, effectively taking the fall over accusations he improperly ordered a trooper to delete embarrassing details from an arrest report for the daughter of a state Trial Court judge, as reported by SHNS’s Mat Murphy at Wicked Local. But that move didn’t deter a second state trooper from filing a federal lawsuit against McKeon and other troopers over the redaction, reports Scott Croteau at MassLive. Trooper Ali Rei filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Friday, just days after trooper Ryan Sceviour filed a similar federal lawsuit, writes Croteau. Leonard Kesten, attorney for the two troopers, is telling the Herald he intends on “going right up the chain” in deposing people in the case, from lower-level supervisors to Baker’s Secretary of Public Safety Daniel Bennett. In a column, the Herald’s Howie Carr, while vainly pushing for elected judges, finds an interesting pattern in the case: All the major players in the controversy – McKeon, Bennett, District Court Judge Timothy Bibaud and his daughter – used to work for the Worcester County DA’s office. Separately, Howie is also praising Sceviour and Rei for standing up to their commanders.

‘Jarring early warning shots for Gov. Charlie Baker’ What do last week’s anti-Trump election results and the current controversy engulfing the Massachusetts State Police have in common? “They are jarring early warning shots for Gov. Charlie Baker,” writes the Herald’s Joe Battenfeld. We’re not sure about the latter – yet. But the former definitely spells trouble for the Republican governor’s re-election bid next year. Boston Herald

GE’s big ‘reset’ day This is a big day for the beleaguered Boston-based General Electric, as CEO John Flannery prepares to unveil plans to transform the giant company, as Bruce Gellerman reports at WBUR. At our deadline time, Bloomberg News was reporting that GE is indeed "shrinking the company" and "planning to focus on aviation, power, renewable-energy and health-care equipment."  Earlier, the BBJ's Greg Ryan was reviewing speculation that GE may sell or spin out some of its units, possibly some units in Massachusetts. The Globe’s Jon Chesto said Flannery, who took command of the company this past August, has already signaled future cost-cutting measures, “including layoffs, asset sales, and wiser deployment of the company’s money.” Fyi: In a separate story, the BBJ confirms that GE is indeed conducting layoffs in Boston, though it sounds like they’re “limited” in nature. WBUR

National Grid enlists N.H. lawmakers to pressure DeLeo on clean energy This is ‘novel’ indeed. From Bruce Mohl at CommonWealth magazine: “National Grid, which has been raising concerns about the Massachusetts procurement process for clean energy, found a novel way to make its case: enlist the help of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Forty-four of the 200 members of the New Hampshire House recently sent a letter to House Speaker Robert DeLeo and other political leaders in Massachusetts urging the adoption of a number of policies favored by National Grid.”   Mohl explains why Granite State lawmakers are getting involved in a seemingly Massachusetts issue. Hint: It has to do with hydroelectricity from Quebec, of course.  CommonWealth

Meanwhile, transmission developer dangles $20 million in front of western Massachusetts What, no free toasters? From Mary Serreze at MassLive: “A company that wants to lay a high-voltage transmission cable under Lake Champlain in Vermont has pledged $20 million for low-income energy retrofits in Western Massachusetts if its New England Clean Power Link wins a major utility contract in the Bay State.” And, yes, this one also involves hydroelectricity from Canada, via a TDI New England project. “The race is on and the stakes are high for the multi-billion-dollar energy contracts,” writes Serreze. No kidding. MassLive

Court orders halt to Rockwell sale, backs up Healey claim This was a surprise development late Friday. From Malcom Gay at the Globe: “A last ditch effort by the Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to block the Berkshire Museum’s planned sale of many of its most valuable artworks was successful late Friday after a state Appeals Court granted a temporary injunction halting the sale, which was set to begin this Monday at Sotheby’s in New York. ... Healey’s challenge came after a judge in Berkshire County sided with the museum earlier this week.” Boston Globe

As Mitt calls for Moore to step aside, Herald pundit points out Romney’s ‘brazen double standard’ In a tweet on Friday, former Massachusetts Gov. and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney declared Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama “unfit for office” and he “should step aside” amid allegations Moore sexually abused teen girls years ago. CNN has more on Mitt’s tweet – and the Herald’s Hillary Chabot has more on a long-ago incident in which Mitt defended a former state rep and Wareham police sergeant against charges he did nothing to stop a police stripsearch of teen girl in Massachusetts.

State Houses across the country are grappling with sexual harassment charges Speaking of sexual abuse/harassment issues, Beacon Hill has been hit with its own sexual harassment charges of late – and may yet get hit by more accusations later today (see note below). But the allegations, so far, are nothing like those flying in other State Houses across the nation, where accusers are naming names and lawmakers are losing coveted posts, as the NYT reports this morning. Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, Minnesota and Colorado are among the states where high-profile lawmakers have been publicly fingered and, in some cases, are paying the consequences.  Fyi: WBUR’s ‘Radio Boston’ talks today with an anonymous woman who “still works at the State House about sexual harassment she has faced on Beacon Hill,” according to a WBUR producer, as SHNS reports. The show is at 3 p.m. on WBUR-FM 90.9 NYT

Prosecutor to meet with teen allegedly groped by actor Kevin Spacey We’re starting to feel like we’re morphing into Hush-Hush magazine with all the recent posts on sex, bad behavior, pols and Hollywood celebrities, etc. Anyway, from Brian MacQuarrie at the Globe: “The Cape and Islands district attorney said Friday he has scheduled a meeting with the teenage son of Heather Unruh, a former Boston television news anchor, who has accused actor Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting him at a downtown bar here in July 2016. District Attorney Michael O’Keefe said the meeting will occur soon and said he is interested in ‘everything that’s relevant and material’ to the alleged assault.” Boston Globe

‘Lying under oath about sexual activity in government offices' OK, one more Hush-Hush post. From Shawn Musgrave at the Globe: “An investigation into a former top official with the US Marshals office in Boston found a range of misconduct, including lying under oath about sexual activity in government offices, then lying about his actions and urging some of the women to withhold details from investigators. Federal investigators characterized his false statements as criminal violations, although prosecutors declined to file charges.” Boston Globe

Warren brings resistance message to Greenfield U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren brought her message to rural Massachusetts over the weekend, telling a Town Hall meeting in Greenfield that even as the GOP is busy “hacking away at the foundation of our democracy,” a grassroots resistance movement is gathering steam and power, Marcy Serreze of MassLive reports.  Miranda Davis of the Daily Hampshire Gazette reports a crowd of close to 1,000 people jammed in to hear Warren cover topics from gun control to health care.  MassLive

Getting the hint: Ayyadurai to run as Independent, says Republicans ignored him Shiva Ayyadurai, the self-described inventor of email and a speaker at this summer’s controversial right-wing “Free Speech” rally in Boston, is switching his party affiliation, saying he’s now running for U.S. Senate as an independent, not as a Republican, according to a report at WBUR. Spencer Buell writes at Boston Magazine that Ayyadurai, in an interview, accuses the Mass. GOP of being “irrelevant” and in “collusion” with Democrats -- and he says Republicans didn’t lift a finger to help him. After he launched his bid, he says, “No one even called me.” We can’t imagine why. WBUR

The ghost of King Arthur’s strip club still lingers in Chelsea For decades, it seemed every other sensational crime and political scandal in Massachusetts had a King Arthur’s strip club angle of some sort. A Middletown firm is now trying to resurrect the abandoned King Arthurs in Chelsea, promising a “new era of adult entertainment” – and some city officials aren’t happy. The Globe’s Laura Crimaldi has more. Boston Globe

Vanu Bose, 52, RIP Another sad passing in Massachusetts. From David Harris at the BBJ: “Vanu Bose, the son of Bose Corp. founder Amar Bose and a technology pioneer in his own right, died on Saturday at the age of 52 after suffering a pulmonary embolism. Bose was the founder and CEO of Vanu Inc., a Lexington firm that provides wireless infrastructure and was the first company to receive certification for software-defined radio from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, according to MIT.” BBJ

After nearly a year of all-electronic tollways, motorists rack up $16.6 million in unpaid tolls First, the bad news: Drivers without E-Z passes racked up $16.6 million in unpaid tolls during the first eleven months of all-electronic tolling along state roadways. Now the good news, for those of you who pay tolls and resent freeloaders: The same motorists racked up $14.3 million in late fees. Coleman Herman at CommonWealth magazine has the details. CommonWealth

Anti-abortion activists out to make lawmakers squirm The issue is ostensibly about public funding of abortions in Massachusetts. But as the Globe’s Stephanie Ebbert notes, the drive to change the state Constitution to restrict Medicaid funding for abortions will also “return a thorny political debate long silenced by the judiciary to the legislative arena, where activists could then try to pressure their representatives to cut off public funding.” Boston Globe

Airbnb’s ‘smoke and mirrors’ tax ploy Paul Sacco, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Lodging Association, isn’t buying Airbnb’s “smoke and mirrors” call for lawmakers to tax the budding apartment-rental business, saying Airbnb just wants to “appear sympathetic to taxation” in order to avoid full regulation and taxation that other lodging establishments have to comply with in Massachusetts. CommonWealth

Dairy farmers seek tax credit help amid souring sales From Christian Wade at the Eagle-Tribune: “Beleaguered dairy farmers could be getting more money from the state to offset losses from souring milk sales. A bipartisan proposal gaining traction on Beacon Hill would double the state’s dairy farm tax credit to $8 million, which supporters say would prevent more farms from going bust. The measure, which was cleared two weeks ago by the Legislature's Revenue Committee, has support from dozens of lawmakers.” Eagle Tribune

If history is any guide, Dan Koh faces uphill battle to win Tsongas seat Attention Dan Koh, Nadeem A. Mazen, Abhijit “Beej” Das and possibly Rufus Gifford: Merrimack Valley voters haven’t been exactly kind to candidates who move into the district to run for Congress. Just ask John Kerry. The Globe’s Frank Phillips has more on the history of voters there rejecting blow-in candidates. Boston Globe

As property values rise, Worcester tax bills will soon follow Worcester property owners are about to be reminded that a rising tide lifts all boats—including the one carrying the tax bill. As values finally recover from a long post-recession lull, the city may face pressure to use the city’s budget surplus and its dual tax rates to cushion the blow for residential property owners as it sets tax policy for the coming year, Nick Kotsopolous of the Telegram reports.   Telegram

Forgotten Revolutionary War veteran, a slave, honored for his service With the holiday weekend over, here’s one last Veterans Day story, and it’s a good one, on a writing tutor and self-described history buff who this year made sure a Revolutionary War hero and slave, Charles Paine, was honored in Franklin. Scott Calzolaio has the details at Wicked Local. Wicked Local

Lynnway auto auction facing lawsuit Just days after being hit with $267,000 in fines from OSHA for safety lapses, the Lynnway Auction in Billerica has been served with a wrongful death lawsuit from the family of one of the five victims killed in a 2014 crash at the facility, Rick Sobey of the Lowell Sun reports. Lowell Sun

Amid low turnout in elections, activists push for automatic voter registration Competitive races are a far better way to get voters revved up and headed to voting stations, but that’s not always going to happen, unfortunately. From the AP’s Steve LeBlanc at Boston.com: “The lackluster turnout in some municipal elections this week has energized advocates hoping to make it easier for people to register to vote. The activists want state lawmakers to adopt something known as automatic voter registration — a system that automatically updates voters’ information whenever they alert one of several state agencies of a change of address or other pertinent change in their status.” Boston.com

Today's Headlines Metro Democracy cafe comes to Boston - WGBH How much is a liquor license? In Cambridge, it depends - Boston Globe Massachusetts After 11 months, unpaid tolls hit $32 million - CommonWealth Magazine North Adams mayor to propose tax plan that would ease commercial burden - Berkshire Eagle AG steps in to address Braintree apartment living conditions - Patriot Ledger Special election win gives Vargas head start on 2018 campaign - Eagle-Tribune Billerica auto auction faces wrongful-death suit - Lowell Sun Nation Crucial moment in gun debate, 5 years after Sandy Hook - New York Times Tough decisions loom as congressional GOP moves closer to tax-cut plan - Washington Post

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