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Roy Moore appeared on Breitbart‘s radio show today to repeat his lawyer’s claim that his signature on the yearbook owned by one of his accusers has been faked. Via Breitbart: The yearbook in question contains the only piece of physical evidence to be presented in the cases of numerous women who have gone public with stories alleging inappropriate conduct between …

The Birmingham News reports: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said today she plans to vote for Roy Moore in the Dec. 12 election for the U.S. Senate despite allegations of Moore’s sexual encounters with teenage girls about 40 years ago, which Moore has adamantly denied. “I believe in the Republican Party, what we stand for, and most important, we need to …

Talking Points Memo reports: White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday once again refused to say whether President Donald Trump believed the accusations against U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore. Asked about Moore, Sanders pointed to a statement the White House released last week, when revelations of sexual misconduct against Moore were first published in the Washington Post. When …

Kayla Moore appeared at a Women For Moore rally in Alabama just now to attack the media, the DNC, the Human Rights Campaign, and anybody else who objects to her husband’s hatred of “transgender bathrooms” and “transgenders in the military.” There was the usual blather about “God-given rights” and other Christianist tropes, but most are keying in on Kayla’s assertion …

“Al Franken was a new news story yesterday and the president weighs in as he does on the news of the day. The Roy Moore story is eight days old. The president put out a statement on his Asia trip and the press secretary says the people of Alabama will sort out what to do with Roy Moore.” – Propaganda …

The Hill reports: A new Fox News poll released Thursday shows Democrat Doug Jones leading by 8 points in the Alabama Senate race in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against GOP candidate Roy Moore. The poll, conducted Nov. 13-15, shows that 50 percent of likely voters in deep-red Alabama and 49 percent of registered voters said they would vote …

“Ladies and gentlemen, please, I’m begging you, really, especially those of you in Alabama, not to stay home. Do not let the ‘ick’ factor set in because that’s what the establishment in Washington wants. They want to cast enough taint on Judge Moore – and it will be somebody else next. Trust me. If they can destroy him, honestly, I …

ABC News reports: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore is speaking Thursday afternoon at a faith leaders press conference in Birmingham. Moore has come under fire for allegations of sexual misconduct. Many of the allegations come from women who said they were under the age of 18 when they had interactions with Moore. Moore has denied all of the allegations. …

The Hill reports: Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who’s facing a series of sexual misconduct allegations, ripped Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday for his response to allegations that Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) groped a woman without her consent. McConnell called for a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into Franken after TV host and sports broadcaster Leeann Tweeden on …

The Birmingham News reports: As sexual misconduct claims plague the campaign of Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is considering a scenario where Sen. Luther Strange steps down from the seat to trigger a new special election, Politico reported Thursday. It’s unclear whether Strange — who was appointed to the seat by then-Gov. Robert Bentley in …

Unshocking: After a provocative call Tuesday night for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore to address looming allegations of sexual assault of minors or drop out of the December race, Fox News host Sean Hannity backed off the ultimatum. Instead, he ended his Wednesday show by reading a letter to him from Moore and with a call to Alabama voters to …

Mediaite reports: The candidate’s website now features a form where eagle-eyed Alabama residents can report, anonymously, on members of the media, decrying their foul attempts to smear the good name of a good man… who allegedly liked signing high school yearbooks and badgered teenagers at the mall well into his 30s. According to his wife, Kayla Moore, the form has …

The Birmingham News reports: A Gadsden woman says Roy Moore groped her while she was in his law office on legal business with her mother in 1991. Moore was married at that time. In the past week, Moore has been accused by five other women of a range of behaviors that include sexual misconduct with a woman when she was …

This should be interesting: Roy Moore’s attorney will hold a press conference at 5 p.m. ET on recent allegations against Moore. Attorney Phillip L. Jauregui will be speaking on recent allegations against Judge Moore. National Republicans, including one of the biggest voices in conservative media, are pressuring Alabama’s GOP to stop a defiant Roy Moore from persisting in his campaign …

“You don’t ever want to give these leftists another head to mount on their mantel. They’re head-hunters, they like to destroy people, they like to destroy Christian conservatives, particularly. They’re filled with hatred and animosity and they love killing folks. I’m serious, folks. I think a lot of ’em would kill people physically if they thought they could get away …

The Hill reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Wednesday that allegations that Roy Moore was banned from an Alabama mall are the latest indication that the GOP candidate shouldn’t serve in the Senate. “I’ve got a general rule, if you can’t be in a mall, you shouldn’t be in the Senate,” Graham told reporters. He added that Moore was …

The Washington Examiner reports: Judge Roy Moore made clear Wednesday that he will not be quitting his campaign for the Alabama Senate special election, even as calls for his exit from the race intensify. The comment from Moore’s campaign comes as influential conservatives have rallied against him over the past 24 hours. Fox News’ Sean Hannity said on his show …

A new hero for Breitbart: An Alabama pastor is not pleased with the way some Republicans have publicly reacted to a Washington Post report published last week that accused Moore of engaging in inappropriate conduct with four teenage girls more than 34 years ago. In an interview with Mobile, AL FOX affiliate WALA, Dr. David Gonnella, pastor of Magnolia Springs …

CNN reports: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell floated Attorney General Jeff Sessions as a replacement for Roy Moore, the Alabama Senate candidate accused of sexual misconduct and assault of teenagers when he was in his 30s. McConnell brought up the idea Tuesday night at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council’s annual meeting in Washington, proposing Sessions as a write-in candidate …

Politico reports: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans say that Alabama Senate GOP candidate Roy Moore is virtually certain to face a formal ethics complaint — which would lead to expulsion proceedings — should he be elected next month. It’s an outcome that senior Republicans say privately is all but unavoidable after the embattled Senate hopeful was accused …