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10:45 AM ET, December 13, 2017

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New York Times:
Once a Long Shot, Democrat Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate Race  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Doug Jones, a Democratic former prosecutor who mounted a seemingly quixotic Senate campaign in the face of Republican dominance here, defeated his scandal-scarred opponent, Roy S. Moore …
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Blue Stars Fell on Alabama  —  Jones win another confirmation of Democratic momentum, even taking Moore's horrible candidacy into account  —  Prior to the Alabama special Senate election on Tuesday night, there was an ongoing discussion in the media about whether the Republicans would lose either way in Alabama.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
It's not just scandal: Moore lost in Alabama because the GOP agenda is toxically unpopular  —  Republicans are now in trouble everywhere.  —  The easy thing for Republicans to tell themselves after the stinging loss of a Senate seat in Alabama is that they only went down to defeat …
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Republicans Now Have a Reason to Panic  —  Democrat Doug Jones won in deeply conservative Alabama.  Was it Trump's fault?  —  Democrats won a special Senate election in deeply conservative Alabama, narrowing the Republicans' slim majority in the chamber, and likely generating political panic and infighting among scared Republicans.
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Doug Jones's victory scrambles the Republican congressional agenda  —  Doug Jones's odds-defying victory in Alabama — handing Democrats a vanishingly rare Senate win in the Deep South — scrambles President Trump's legislative agenda for the coming year, threatens to heighten Republican infighting …
Alice Stewart / CNN:
Steve Bannon's political science experiment blew up in Trump's face  —  Alice Stewart is a CNN political commentator and former communications director for Ted Cruz for President.  The views expressed in this commentary are solely hers.  —  (CNN)Voters in The Cotton State listened …
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
David Byler / Weekly Standard:
Alabama Slamma: Four Takeaways from Roy Moore's Devastating Loss to Doug Jones  —  That.  Just.  Happened.  —  Last night, a Democratic candidate won a Senate seat in deep red Alabama.  —  Let that sink in.  —  Alabama is one of the worst places in the country to be a statewide Democratic political candidate.
New York Times:
Key Takeaways From Doug Jones's Alabama Victory  —  WASHINGTON — Doug Jones's defeat of Roy S. Moore in Tuesday's bitterly fought special Senate election was one of the most unlikely upsets in recent campaign history.  But the Democrats' victory in Alabama carries some more immediate political implications.
John Nichols / The Nation:
On a Wave of Votes From Selma, and the Civil-Rights Heartlands of Alabama, Doug Jones Sweeps to Victory  —  An overwhelming surge in votes from African-American counties tipped the balance against Roy Moore.  —  The moment when the spell was broken again came just a little after 10 pm Eastern Standard Time.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump suffers ‘big black eye’ in Alabama
Discussion: The Week and ABC News
NBC News:
Alabama results show that a 2018 wave is building
New York Times:
Alabama Election Results: Doug Jones Defeats Roy Moore in U.S. Senate Race
Wall Street Journal:
Alabama Sends a Message
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Wall Street Journal: Bannon ‘is for losers’
Discussion: RedState, Talking Points Memo and IJR
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Alabama election: Doug Jones scores stunning win, but Moore won't concede
New York Times:
Roy Moore Loses, Sanity Reigns
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Doug Jones wins Alabama Senate race in seismic Democratic victory; defiant Roy Moore does not concede
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
5 takeaways from Alabama's startling special election
Discussion: National Journal, Axios, Vox and The Week
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Democrats are jubilant — and newly confident about 2018 — as Alabama delivers win on Trump's turf
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:   Bannon's ‘kingmaker’ status tarnished by Moore defeat
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:   The Making of an Upset
New York Times:   Doug Jones: A Lawyer in the Thick of Alabama's Big Moments
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
In texts, FBI agents on Russia probe called Trump an ‘idiot’  —  Two FBI agents assigned to the investigation into alleged collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia exchanged text messages referring to the future president as an “idiot,” according to copies of messages turned …
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New York Times:
In Texts, F.B.I. Officials in Russia Inquiry Said Clinton ‘Just Has to Win’  —  WASHINGTON — Senior F.B.I. officials who helped investigate Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign last year told a colleague that Hillary Clinton “just has to win” and described a potential Trump victory as …
Discussion: New York Magazine, AOL and CNN
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI texts reveal anti-Trump, pro-Clinton comments
USA Today:
Will Trump's lows ever hit rock bottom?  —  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says President Donald Trump's latest tweet about her was a ‘sexist smear’ aimed at silencing her voice.  The New York Democrat says she won't be silenced on the issue of sexual harassment.  (Dec. 12) AP
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump's tweet creates a political opening for Gillibrand
Discussion: Washington Post and The Week
Mike Allen:
Schumer calls cops after forged sex scandal charge  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he was the victim of a fake news hit on Tuesday, and has turned over to Capitol Police a document that purports to detail lurid sexual harassment accusations by a former staffer.
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Prominent black supporter of Trump set to leave White House  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says Omarosa Manigault Newman — one of President Donald Trump's most prominent African-American supporters — plans to leave the administration next month.  —  White House press secretary …
Discussion: Axios
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Henry C. Jackson / Politico:
Trump After Dark: Empire Strikes Back edition
Discussion: The Week and Mother Jones
Mark Galli / Christianity Today:
The Biggest Loser in the Alabama Election  —  No matter the outcome of today's special election in Alabama for a coveted US Senate seat, there is already one loser: Christian faith.  When it comes to either matters of life and death or personal commitments of the human heart, no one will believe a word we say, perhaps for a generation.
Discussion: Vox and Raw Story
 
 
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