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TRUMP\u2019S WORST THURSDAY<\/strong>. Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O\u2019Donnell discuss Trump\u2019s very bad day: \u201cIf the president turned in written answers that basically gave the same lies that Michael Cohen had previously been trying to get away with, Mueller\u2019s office knew at that time they were lies, then they make their decision they\u2019re going to go ahead and put forward the evidence those are lies the president\u2019s already made a submission. I mean, they\u2019ve got him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n TRUMP TOWER MOSCOW<\/strong>. Plan was to give Vladimir Putin a $50 million penthouse<\/a>: \u2018President Donald Trump\u2019s company planned to give a $50 million penthouse at Trump Tower Moscow to Russian President Vladimir Putin as the company negotiated the luxury real estate development during the 2016 campaign, according to four people, one of them the originator of the plan. Two US law enforcement officials told BuzzFeed News that Michael Cohen, Trump\u2019s personal lawyer at the time, discussed the idea with a representative of Dmitry Peskov, Putin\u2019s press secretary.\u2019<\/p>\n STARBUCKS TO COFFEE DRINKERS<\/strong>. No porn for you<\/a>!<\/p>\n NYT<\/strong>. On Twitter\u2019s ban on deadnaming<\/a>.<\/p>\n MICHAEL COHEN<\/strong>. Trump \u201cfixated\u201d on Cohen\u2019s guilty plea, say aides<\/a>: \u2018Even as he was preparing for a full day of meetings with world leaders during the G-20 summit here, the president couldn\u2019t seem to shake his fury over the Mueller probe, which on Thursday ensnared his former lawyer Michael Cohen who pleaded guilty to lying about the extent to which he and Trump discussed a Moscow-based real estate deal during the 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n Oh, I get it! I am a very good developer, happily living my life, when I see our Country going in the wrong direction (to put it mildly). Against all odds, I decide to run for President & continue to run my business-very legal & very cool, talked about it on the campaign trail\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2026.Lightly looked at doing a building somewhere in Russia. Put up zero money, zero guarantees and didn\u2019t do the project. Witch Hunt!<\/p>\n \u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n GEORGE SOROS<\/strong>. Facebook COO asked\u00a0communications staff to research George Soros\u2019s financial interests after he criticized tech companies<\/a>: \u2018Ms. Sandberg, Facebook\u2019s chief operating officer, asked for the information in an email to a senior executive in January that was forwarded to other senior communications and policy staff, the people said. The email came within days of a blistering speech Mr. Soros delivered that month at the World Economic Forum, attacking Facebook and Google as a \u201cmenace\u201d to society and calling for the companies to be regulated.<\/p>\n CAMILA CABELLO<\/strong>. I\u2019ll turn down Steven Spielberg\u2019s West Side Story<\/em>\u2026if he asks me<\/a>.<\/p>\n PLAY IT AGAIN<\/strong>. Ellen Page is doing a reading of a queer remake of Casablanca<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n AUSTRALIA<\/strong>. Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes denied visa<\/a>: \u2018Right-wing provocateur and founder of the Proud Boys group Gavin McInnes has had his visa application blocked by the Home Affairs Department, failing the character test to enter Australia. Critics of Mr McInnes were urging the department and Immigration Minister David Coleman to ban him from travelling to Australia for a speaking tour next year, concerned about his extreme views and promotion of violence.\u2019<\/p>\n DEAR EVAN HANSEN<\/strong>. There\u2019s a movie in the works, and it\u2019ll probably star Ben Platt<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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