| Thursday, November 29TRUMP FLOATS MANAFORT PARDON President Donald Trump publicly suggested he might pardon his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort in connection with the special counsel investigation. In an interview with the New York Post, Trump made the dubious claim that he’d never discussed pardoning Manafort, but said he wouldn’t “take it off the table.” [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]RUSSIA PROBE EXPLAINED This is how WikiLeaks, Paul Manafort and Roger Stone all fit into special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. [HuffPost]MUELLER PROTECTION BILL GOES DOWN Legislation to protect the special counsel stalled in the U.S. Senate, spurring Republican Senator Jeff Flake to make good on his threat of opposing judicial nominations until the bill moves forward. [Reuters]CONTROVERSIAL JUDGE ADVANCES Despite Flake’s efforts, the Senate moved closer to confirming Thomas Farr to be a lifetime federal judge, despite strong opposition from civil rights groups and Democrats over his long career of trying to weaken black voters’ rights. [HuffPost]COTTON TARGETS JUSTICE LEGISLATION Congress could pass a bill before the end of the year to make the criminal justice system less racist. There’s just one problem: Senator Tom Cotton. “Thousands of people will be released within weeks or months of a bill like this passing,” the Arkansas Republican told HuffPost. “I think it’s a danger to public safety and not sound policy.” [HuffPost]BIPARTISAN MAJORITY REBUKES TRUMP OVER YEMEN A majority of senators voted to move forward a bill ending U.S. support for a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen — the biggest condemnation to date of a three-year policy linked to tens of thousands of deaths. [HuffPost] STORMY RIFT WITH AVENATTI Stormy Daniels said her lawyer Michael Avenatti sued Trump for defamation despite her urging him not to, and now she’s not sure if she’ll keep him as her lawyer. [HuffPost]MOONVES ‘TRIED TO SILENCE ACCUSER’ The New York Times released a report that threatens to topple Les Moonves’ chances at a $120 million exit package from CBS, alleging the disgraced TV executive tried to silence one of his accusers. [HuffPost]WHY THE U.S. CAN’T SOLVE PROBLEMS After the federal government released a devastating report documenting the immense economic and human cost of climate change, The Atlantic explains why America is useless at solving big problems. [The Atlantic]RUSSIA ‘BLOCKADES’ UKRAINE SEAPORTS Two Ukrainian Sea ports are effectively under blockade by Russia, with vessels barred from leaving and entering, according to Ukraine’s infrastructure minister. [Reuters]NRA TELLS KIDS TO RUSH SHOOTER Chuck Holton, a correspondent for NRATV, offered up some advice for preparing children to tackle active shooters: they should be trained to rush a gunman. [HuffPost]GORE SLAMS TRUMP ON CLIMATE Former Vice President Al Gore said Trump is now the global poster boy for denying climate change. [HuffPost] Leaders of a New Jersey university removed Chick-fil-A as an option for a new restaurant on campus, citing the chain’s perceived position on LGBTQ issues. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the second largest in history, according to figures from the World Health Organization. This 90-year-old businessman gave out $1,000 checks to every Paradise high school student. Patagonia said it planned to donate $10 million to environmental causes, money the company saved due to Trump’s massive tax breaks for corporate America last year. Nancy Pelosi cruised through an internal House Democratic Caucus vote to effectively secure the nomination of her party to return as speaker. U.S. life expectancy continues to fall as overdose and suicide rates soar. These are the radical tools that could save coral reefs. This bride handed her bouquet to her bridesmaid — who received an instant proposal. Here are five ways you might be committing mortgage fraud. A Florida woman and her boyfriend are accused of disemboweling her estranged husband with a sword on Thanksgiving morning. Paul Manafort’s nonstop lying may have done Robert Mueller a huge favor. A mother and her 10-month-old baby were killed by a grizzly bear while taking a walk around their remote cabin in Canada’s Yukon territory. These wedding guests wore blindfolds so they could experience the ceremony the same as the bride, who lost her sight. Trump predicted he’ll “never” win a Nobel Peace Prize in an interview with the New York Post — then compared it to the time he lost out on an Emmy Award for his former reality TV show “The Apprentice.” Trump went on a retweeting spree, including a meme that suggested former President Barack Obama, the Clintons and his own deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein should be thrown in jail for treason. A man who suffered a heart attack shortly after Hawaii mistakenly issued an alert about a ballistic missile has filed a lawsuit against the state. Margaret Atwood is currently writing a sequel to her best-selling dystopian novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Love this newsletter? Share it with a friend!
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