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Associated Press:   Florida election recount continues amid tensions, litigation
Steve Kornacki / NBC News:   ‘Nightmare in Florida II’: The odd ballot that could cost Sen. Nelson the race
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Scott blasts Nelson over count in Florida Senate race
Discussion: Breitbart and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Will Run Again  —  Reinventing herself as a liberal firebrand, Mrs. Clinton will easily capture the 2020 nomination.  —  Get ready for Hillary Clinton 4.0.  More than 30 years in the making, this new version of Mrs. Clinton, when she runs for president in 2020, will come full circle …
Adam Ganucheau / Mississippi Today:
Cindy Hyde-Smith blasted for ‘public hanging’ comments; she calls criticism ‘ridiculous’  —  A video featuring Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is spreading rapidly across social media as critics say her comments invoke Mississippi's violent history of lynching.
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Chas Danner / New York Magazine:
Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Joked About Going to a ‘Public Hanging’  —  Republican senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is facing a November 27 runoff election in Mississippi against Democrat Mike Espy, joked with supporters earlier this month about attending a “public hanging.”
Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Critics rebuke Mississippi senator's ‘public hanging’ remark  —  A newly published video shows a white Republican U.S. senator in Mississippi praising someone by saying: “If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row.”  —  Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who faces a black Democratic challenger …
Discussion: Politico
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
A senator from Mississippi joked about ‘public hanging.’ Her black opponent called it ‘reprehensible.’
Discussion: HuffPost
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump wants no more relief funds for Puerto Rico  —  President Trump doesn't want to give Puerto Rico any more federal money for its recovery from Hurricane Maria, White House officials have told congressional appropriators and leadership.  This is because he claims, without evidence …
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Richard Ojeda, West Virginia Lawmaker Who Led Teacher Strikes, Will Run for President  —  Richard Ojeda is running for president.  Ojeda, a West Virginia state senator and retired U.S. Army major, lost his congressional bid in the state's 3rd District on Tuesday, but saw the largest swing …
Discussion: Politico
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Should the Press Boycott Trump?  Political Strategists Weigh In  —  The CNN chief Jeff Zucker gave his troops unexpected orders the day after President Trump snatched the press credential away from Jim Acosta, one of the network's White House correspondents.  —  The temptation to play it big was strong.
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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
CNN gearing up to sue over Jim Acosta's suspended White House press pass
Discussion: Townhall
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
House Dems plan to investigate Trump targeting of CNN, Washington Post: report
Frances Stead Sellers / Washington Post:
‘Being silenced is not acceptable’: Doctors express outrage after NRA tells them ‘to stay in their lane’  —  At first, Judy Melinek didn't know how to respond when she learned about a National Rifle Association tweet last week telling doctors who dared enter the gun debate “to stay in their lane.”
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Laurel Wamsley / NPR:
After NRA Mocks Doctors, Physicians Reply: ‘This Is Our Lane’
Discussion: Salon, Louder With Crowder and Yahoo
Rachel Withers / Vox:
Macron denounces nationalism as avowed “nationalist” Trump stands steps away  —  The two leaders' “bromance” isn't what it used to be.  —  At the World War I Armistice Day commemoration on Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron took a pointed stand against nationalism — calling it a …
Discussion: YouTube and Breitbart
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The Daily Beast:
Putin: France Asked Trump and I Not to Meet in Paris
Discussion: Raw Story
Arizona Republic:
Kyrsten Sinema widens lead again over Martha McSally in pivotal day for Arizona's U.S. Senate race  —  Democrat Kyrsten Sinema widened her lead again over Republican Martha McSally on Sunday, a pivotal day in the U.S. Senate race as the number of uncounted ballots dwindled.
Discussion: Political Wire and twitchy.com
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Tim Steller / Arizona Daily Star:
Steller column: Slow Arizona vote-counting doesn't show fraud
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
More bodies found as officials fight California wildfire  —  PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — As relatives desperately searched shelters for missing loved ones, crews stepped up the search for bodies in the smoking ruins of Paradise on Sunday, loading the remains of at least one victim into a hearse.
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Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Death toll climbs to 29 in California's Camp Fire, state's deadliest in 85 years
Discussion: twitchy.com and LEX18.com
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
House Democrats to Probe Trump's Role in Hush Payments  —  Inquiry will look at the president's involvement in transactions that may have violated campaign-finance laws  —  House Democrats, set to take over majority control next year, plan to probe President Trump's involvement …
Discussion: ABC News and POLITICUSUSA
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Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Rep. Jerry Nadler says hush payments ‘might very well be an impeachable offense’
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
Saudis Close to Crown Prince Discussed Killing Other Enemies a Year Before Khashoggi's Death  —  WASHINGTON — Top Saudi intelligence officials close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked a small group of businessmen last year about using private companies to assassinate Iranian enemies of the kingdom …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Why Did Facebook Fire a Top Executive?  Hint: It Had Something to Do With Trump  —  Palmer Luckey, co-founder of virtual-reality pioneer Oculus, was ousted after his political activity sparked a furor within the social-media giant and Silicon Valley  —  Facebook Inc. FB -1.97% executive …
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
ICE Is Imprisoning a Record 44,000 People  —  Congress told the immigration agency to reduce its detentions.  Instead, ICE detained more people than ever, The Daily Beast has learned.  Where did it find the money?  —  The number of people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Trump's car obsession  —  Trump is as jazzed as ever about hitting foreign-made cars with steep tariffs.  Just about every member of his senior economic team besides Peter Navarro believes this is a terrible idea.  But they haven't swayed him.  —  What's happening: With each passing month …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Let the People Vote  —  America finally has a pro-democracy movement — and it did very well at the polls last week.  —  The United States finally has the pro-democracy movement that it needs.  —  Last week, ballot initiatives to improve the functioning of democracy fared very well.
Discussion: The Atlantic
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
SNL's Pete Davidson Apologizes to Rep.-Elect Dan Crenshaw's Face: 'I'm a Dick'
Discussion: Gothamist
 
 
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Michelle Obama reflects on being the first black first lady and her reaction to Donald Trump winning the presidency
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