1/ The Senate GOP tax plan would hurt the poor more than originally thought, according to a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. If the tax bill becomes law, 4 million Americans are projected to lose health insurance by 2019 and 13 million by 2027. The bill would add $1.4 trillion to the deficit over the next decade, and Republicans are aiming to have the full Senate vote on the plan as early as this week. (Washington Post)

2/ Trump tweeted that the media should get a “fake news trophy� for its distorted “coverage of your favorite President (me).� It’s not clear what prompted the tweet, but over the weekend Trump criticized CNN International for representing “our nation to the WORLD very poorly.� CNN responded: “It’s not CNN’s job to represent the U.S. to the world. That’s yours.� (Politico / New York Times / Washington Post)

We should have a contest as to which of the Networks, plus CNN and not including Fox, is the most dishonest, corrupt and/or distorted in its political coverage of your favorite President (me). They are all bad. Winner to receive the FAKE NEWS TROPHY!

It's not CNN's job to represent the U.S to the world. That's yours. Our job is to report the news. #FactsFirst �

3/ Trump repeated his support for Roy Moore, although Senate Republicans are still trying to force the nominee from the race. “The last thing we need in Alabama and the U.S. Senate is a Schumer/Pelosi puppet who is WEAK on Crime, WEAK on the Border, Bad for our Military,� Trump tweeted, adding that Democrat Doug Jones “would be a disaster!� A White House official said that Trump, however, would not be traveling to Alabama to campaign for Moore. (Washington Post / Associated Press)

The last thing we need in Alabama and the U.S. Senate is a Schumer/Pelosi puppet who is WEAK on Crime, WEAK on the Border, Bad for our Military and our great Vets, Bad for our 2nd Amendment, AND WANTS TO RAISES TAXES TO THE SKY. Jones would be a disaster!

I endorsed Luther Strange in the Alabam...

1/ Trump called LaVar Ball an “ungrateful fool� and said that getting his son home was “a really big deal.� Trump tweeted that “it wasn’t the White House, it wasn’t the State Department, it wasn’t father LaVar’s so-called people on the ground in China that got his son out of a long term prison sentence – IT WAS ME.� Ball is the father of one of the three UCLA basketball players detained in China for shoplifting and has refused to thank Trump for getting the players out of China. (CNN / NBC News)

It wasn’t the White House, it wasn’t the State Department, it wasn’t father LaVar’s so-called people on the ground in China that got his son out of a long term prison sentence - IT WAS ME. Too bad! LaVar is just a poor man’s version of Don King, but without the hair. Just think..

...LaVar, you could have spent the next 5 to 10 years during Thanksgiving with your son in China, but no NBA contract to support you. But remember LaVar, shoplifting is NOT a little thing. It’s a really big deal, especially in China. Ungrateful fool!

2/ Trump and the White House insisted that Trump was working from Mar-a-Lago and very busy today an hour before he went golfing. First, the White House told reporters that Trump “will NOT have a low-key day and has a full schedule of meetings and phone calls.� Soon after, Trump tweeted that he “will be having meetings and working the phones from the Winter White House in Florida.� But an hour later, Trump left Mar-a-Lago to spend the morning at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. Since the inauguration, Trump has spent 98 days at his private properties – one out of every 3.1 days – and played golf approximately 60 times, or every 5.1 days. (Washington Post)

Will be having meetings and working the phones from the Winter White House in Florida (Mar-a-Lago). Stock Market hit new Record High yesterday - $5.5 trillion gain since E. Many companies coming back to the U.S. Military building up and getting very strong.

3/ The former director of the Office of Government Ethics filed a complaint over Kellyanne Conway’s comments about the Alabama Senate race. Walter Shaub said Conway may have violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from using their positions for political purposes. Earlier this week, Conway attacked the Alabama Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones, saying Jones “will be a vote against tax cuts. He is weak on crime, weak on borders. He is strong on raising your taxes. He is terrible for property owners...

1/ The FCC announced plans to roll back net neutrality regulations, clearing the way for companies to charge more and slow or block access to some websites. Net neutrality rules are aimed at giving consumers equal access to web content and prevent broadband providers from charging consumers more for certain content. The commission will vote December 14th on the new rules, which include a transparency provision requiring internet service providers to inform customers about their blocking and throttling practices. (New York Times / Reuters / Politico)

2/ Trump defended Roy Moore, the Alabama Republican Senate candidate accused of sexual misconduct with minors, saying that Moore “totally denies� the allegations. “We don’t need a liberal person in there, a Democrat, Jones,� Trump said. “I’ve looked at his record. It’s terrible on crime. It’s terrible on the border. It’s terrible on the military.� (New York Times / NPR)

3/ A federal judge blocked Trump’s executive order to cut funding for so-called “sanctuary cities� that limit their cooperation with immigration authorities. US District Court Judge William Orrick said Trump cannot set new conditions on spending approved by Congress. (CNN)

4/ A second federal judge halted Trump proposed transgender military ban, saying that active-duty service members are “already suffering harmful consequences� because of the his policy. The preliminary injunction issued by the judge goes further than the earlier ruling and prevents the administration from denying funding for sex-reassignment surgeries. (Washington Post)

5/ Nearly 60,000 Haitians living in the US must leave within 18 months now that the Trump administration has ended their Temporary Protected Status. Temporary status was granted to Haiti in 2010, after an earthquake devastated the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The Department of Homeland Security said that the “extraordinary conditions� justifying their status in the US “no longer exist.� Haitians with protected status are expected to leave by July 2019 or face deportation. (Los Angeles Times / New York Times / Washington Post)

6/ The Senate GOP tax plan would raise taxes on 50% of Americans by 2027, the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center said. Trump, meanwhile, touted the plan as a Christmas miracle, saying: “We’re going to give the American p...

1/ Trump designated North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism and said the Treasury Department will announce new sanctions on the country. He described the move as “a very large one.� Trump said the designation will impose “further sanctions and penalties� on North Korea in support of his administration’s “maximum pressure campaign to isolate the murderous regime.� The designation was rescinded by George W. Bush in 2008 in an attempt to negotiate a nuclear deal. (New York Times / Bloomberg / CNN / Politico)

2/ Nebraska regulators approved the Keystone XL pipeline. The 3-2 vote came four days after the existing Keystone pipeline leaked approximately 5,000 barrels of crude oil in South Dakota. The pipeline will transport up to 830,000 barrels a day of crude oil from Canada’s oil sands and North Dakota’s shale fields to oil refineries on the Gulf Coast. (Washington Post / Politico)

3/ Kellyanne Conway suggested that the White House supports Roy Moore because “we want the votes� to pass tax reform. Conway was discussing tax reform on Fox News when she began hammering Doug Jones, the Democrat in the Alabama Senate race, saying “He will be a vote against tax cuts.� Fox News host Brian Kilmeade interrupted: “So vote Roy Moore?� Conway replied: “I’m telling you that we want the votes in the Senate to get this tax bill through. Conway’s comment comes less than a week after saying “no Senate seat is worth more than a child.� (CNN / Washington Post)

4/ Robert Mueller requested documents from the Justice Department related to the firing of James Comey. Investigators are seeking emails related to the firing, as well as to Jeff Sessions’ recusal from the investigation, not only those circulated between Justice Department officials, but any related communication they had with the White House. (ABC News)

5/ Kushner failed to disclose that a senior Russian official tried to arrange a meeting between Putin and Trump. The Senate Judiciary Committee accused Kushner of withholding an email from Aleksander Torshin, who claimed to be acting at the behest of Putin in a May 2016 email. The subject line read: “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite.� Torshin’s email came a few weeks after a professor with ties to the Russian government told George Pap...

1/ Trump scolded Al Franken on Twitter for his sexual misconduct. “The Al Frankenstien picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words,� Trump tweeted, adding that last week Franken was “lecturing anyone who would listen about sexual harassment and respect for women.� During Trump’s presidential campaign, 11 women accused him of unwanted touching or kissing over several decades. Trump called the allegations “pure fiction� and “fake news� and referred to the women as “horrible, horrible liars.� Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the White House position is that the women who have accused Trump of sexual harassment are lying. Franken, meanwhile, apologized for his behavior and encouraged a Senate Ethics Committee review of his actions. (Washington Post)

The Al Frankenstien picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words. Where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 while she sleeps? .....

.And to think that just last week he was lecturing anyone who would listen about sexual harassment and respect for women. Lesley Stahl tape?

2/ Trump has repeatedly declined to call on Roy Moore to quit Alabama’s Senate race despite several women accusing Moore of sexually assaulting them when they were teenagers. Trump has not publicly condemned Moore’s actions, or pulled his endorsement of the Republican candidate, even as Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan have called for Moore to drop out of the race. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, “The president believes that these allegations are very troubling� but that “the people of Alabama should make the decision on who their next senator should be.� (New York Times / Associated Press)

3/ Kellyanne Conway justified Trump’s silence on Roy Moore by saying the Al Franken story was a “brand new news story.� Conway told Fox News that “the Roy Moore story is eight days old and the president put out a statement,� which said Moore should step aside “if these allegations are true.� (Politico)

4/ Robert Mueller issued a subpoena to Trump’s campaign for Russia-related documents from more than a dozen officials. The subpoena, issued in mid-October, is the first time Trump’s campaign has been ordered to turn over information. It does not compel any officials to testify but it surprised the campaign, which had been voluntarily complying with Mueller’s requests for information. (Wall Street Journal)

George Papadopoulos claimed that Trump gave him a “blank check� to...

1/ House Republicans passed their tax bill, which would cut taxes by $1.5 trillion over 10 years in a rewrite of the tax code. The bill also cuts the corporate tax rate to 20% from 35%, collapses the number of tax brackets from seven to four, and eliminates or scales back many popular deductions of individuals, including the state and local tax deduction, medical expenses deduction, and student loan deductions but would double the standard deduction. The bill passed with 227 votes in favor and 205 against. (New York Times / Washington Post / Politico)

2/ The Senate tax bill would raise taxes on the middle class while giving large cuts to millionaires over the next decade, according to analysis by the Joint Committee on Taxation. Taxpayers would see their taxes cut by 7.4% on average in 2019, but by 2027 their taxes would rise by an average of 0.2%. Those making between $20,000 and $30,000 would have their tax bills rise 25.4% by 2027 while people earning over $100,000 continue to receive tax cuts. (Washington Post / The Hill)

3/ A radio newscaster accused Al Franken of kissing and groping her without consent during a 2006 U.S.O. tour of the Middle East before he took public office. Franken apologized to Leeann Tweeden, saying he doesn’t remember the events of a kiss rehearsal “the same way� as she described. Franken added that a photo of him with his hands over a sleeping Tweeden’s breasts “was clearly intended to be funny but wasn’t. I shouldn’t have done it.� (New York Times / Washington Post / KABC)

I’ve decided it’s time to tell my story. #MeToohttps://t.co/TqTgfvzkZg

4/ The Alabama Republican Party is sticking with Roy Moore despite at least nine women accusing him of inappropriate, unwanted sexual behavior. Mitc...

1/ The author of the Trump dossier believes his report is 70-90% accurate. Christopher Steele’s reports were commissioned by Fusion GPS as opposition report and detail allegations that the Kremlin had personally compromising material on Trump, including sex tapes recorded during a 2013 trip to Moscow, as well as evidence that Trump and his associates actively colluded with Russian intelligence to influence the election. (The Guardian)

2/ Nearly 1.5 million people have signed up for an Affordable Care Act health care plan in the first two weeks of open enrollment, outpacing last year’s sign ups by nearly 500,000. The Trump administration cut the 2018 open enrollment period from 12 to 6 weeks, and reduced the ACA advertising budget by 90%. (Reuters)

3/ The Trump administration rejected 4,000 “late� DACA renewals despite some applications sitting in its mailbox at the October 5th deadline. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) only counted applications it had marked as “received� before the deadline. USCIS did not honor the postmarked date. The plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Trump administration allege that many more DACA renewal applications arrived on time to USCIS mailboxes, but were rejected as late anyway. The US Postal Service has taken responsibility for an “unintentional temporary mail processing delay� in New York, Chicago, and two other states. (Vox / New York Times)

4/ A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration can’t withhold money from “sanctuary cities� for refusing to cooperate with federal authorities on immigration. Jeff Sessions and the Justice Department have argued that cities should hold foreign detainees until Immigration and Customs Enforcement can pick them up. (The Hill)

5/ Mitch McConnell proposed that Jeff Sessions could be run as a write-in candidate to replace Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race and reclaim his old seat. McConnell suggested that if Moore won the election, he could be sworn in but immediately subjected to an ethics investigation that would include his testifying under oath. Moore has made no public indication he plans to leave the race. (Wall Street Journal / CNN)

1/ Jeff Sessions told the House Judiciary Committee he didn’t lie under oath, but he has “no clear recollection� of the proposed Trump-Putin meeting. Despite repeatedly answering “I do not recall� to questions about a March 2016 meeting where George Papadopoulos proposed that Trump meet with Putin, Sessions said he believes he rejected the suggested meeting. Later during testimony, Sessions was more direct: “At the meeting, I pushed back.� In January, Sessions testified that he had no communications with Russians during the 2016 campaign. It was later revealed that he met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak at least twice during the campaign. (Politico / Reuters / New York Times)

2/ Sessions: There is “not enough basis� for assigning a new special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton. Earlier, Sessions sent the House Judiciary Committee a letter informing them that the Justice Department was looking into whether a special counsel should be appointed to investigate the Clinton Foundation and a 2010 deal to sell a US uranium company to Russia. On November 3rd, Trump said he was “very unhappy,� “disappointed,� and “frustrated� with the Justice Department for not investigating Hillary Clinton. (Washington Post / New York Times / The Guardian)

3/ Senate Republicans added a provision to their tax bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate. In order to be protected from a Democratic filibuster, the tax bill can’t add more than $1.5 trillion to federal deficit over a decade. The CBO said that repealing the mandate would free up more than $300 billion in funding over the next decade while also causing 13 million fewer people to have health insurance. Mitch McConnell said Republicans are “optimistic that inserting the individual mandate repeal would be helpful.� (Washington Post / New York Times)

4/ The US embassy in Moscow hired a security firm owned by Putin’s former KGB counter-intelligence director to provide “local guard services� for the US mission in Russia. Moscow forced Washington to cut its diplomatic staff in Russia from more than 1,200 to 455 in response to sanctions adopted against Russia in August. To make up for the loss of security guards, Washington awarded a $2.8 million no-bid contract to Elite Security, which was founded in 1997 by Viktor Budanov and his son Dm...

1/ Trump asked Putin if Russia meddled in the election. Putin said they didn’t. Trump believed him. After meeting on the sideline of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Vietnam, Trump said he was done asking Putin about election meddling. “He said he didn’t meddle — I asked him again. You can only ask so many times … Every time he sees me he says, ‘I didn’t do that,’ and I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it.� Trump added: “I think he is very insulted by it, which is not a good thing for our country.� The comments came during a question-and-answer session with reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday. (New York Times / CNN)

2/ Trump called US intelligence leaders “political hacks� and labeled the community’s conclusion that Russia interfered in the election as an “artificial Democratic hit job.� Later Trump tweeted: “When will all the haters and fools out there realize that having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing.� On Sunday, Trump walked back his comments, saying “I’m with our agencies.� (Politico / The Hill)

When will all the haters and fools out there realize that having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. There always playing politics - bad for our country. I want to solve North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, terrorism, and Russia can greatly help!

CIA Director Mike Pompeo said he stands by the US intelligence assessment that Russia meddled in the election. Pompeo had falsely claimed Russian meddling didn’t affect the election results. (CNN)

Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates called Trump “shamelessly unpatriotic� for accepting Putin’s denial that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. (The Hill)

POTUS embraces Putin yet again telling world he believes former KGB agent’s denial of attack on our election over our own Intel public servants, calling them “political hacks.� Disturbing and shamelessly unpatriotic, on Veterans Day no less.

3/ The former CIA director said Trump is being “played� by Putin regarding election meddling. “By not confronting the issue directly and not acknowledging to Putin that we know you’re responsible for this, I think he’s giving Putin a pass,� former CIA director J...

1/ Trump cast doubt on the accusations that Roy Moore initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old when he was 32. “Like most Americans, the president believes that we cannot allow a mere allegation – in this case, one from many years ago – to destroy a person’s life,� Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. “However, the president also believes that if these allegations are true, Judge Moore will do the right thing and step aside.� (Washington Post / ABC News)

2/ Roy Moore called the allegations against him “completely false and misleading� and that he would remain in the race for the Alabama Senate seat. Senate Republicans are trying to block their candidate, having discussed fielding a write-in candidate, delaying the December 12th special election, and possibly not seating Moore at all if he is elected. (CNN / New York Times)

3/ The Republican Party’s Senate campaign committee ended its fundraising agreement with Roy Moore. The joint fundraising committee involving Moore’s campaign, the Alabama Republican Party, the Republican National Committee, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee allowed Moore to raise $80,500 at a time from individual contributors. (Politico / The Daily Beast)

4/ Robert Mueller is investigating Michael Flynn’s role in a plan to extradite a Muslim cleric in the US and deliver him to Turkey in return for $15 million. Investigators are looking into the role Flynn and his son may have played in the alleged proposal to deliver Fethullah Gülen to the Turkish government. Erdoğan views Fethullah Gülen as a political enemy and has repeatedly pressed the US to extradite him. Flynn is facing military, congressional, and criminal investigations for concealing his financial ties to Turkey and Russia, and whether the ties played a role in his decisions as Trump’s national security adviser. Any deal where a government official is bribed to act on behalf of a foreign government would involve multiple federal crimes. (NBC News / Wall Street Journal)

5/ Mueller’s team is investigating a meeting between Michael Flynn and a pro-Russia congressman. The meeting between Dana Rohrabacher and Flynn took place in Washington on September 20th, 2016, while Flynn was an adviser to Trump’s campaign. Rohrabacher has pushed for better relations with Russia, traveled to Moscow to meet with officials, and advocated for overturning the Magnitsky Act, a 2012 bill that froze the assets of Russian investigators and prosecutors. It’s the first known time that Mueller’s investigation has touched a member of Congress. (NBC News)

6/ George Papadopoulos initially lied to the FBI out of loyalty to Trump. Papadopoulos has since pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, while Trump has tried to distance himself from Papadopoulos, tweeting that...