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TMZ.com:
Michael Avenatti Arrested for Felony Domestic Violence, Confident He'll Be Exonerated  —  5:50 PM PT — Avenatti bailed out and held a brief news conference, saying, “I have never struck a woman.  I will never strike a woman.”  He added he's looking forward to the investigation and is confident he'll be “fully exonerated.”
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BuzzFeed News:
Stormy Daniels' Attorney Michael Avenatti Has Been Arrested On Suspicion Of Domestic Violence
Associated Press:
Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' lawyer, denies domestic violence accusation
Discussion: Althouse and Front Page Magazine
New York Times:
Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook's Leaders Fought Through Crisis  —  Sheryl Sandberg was seething.  —  Inside Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters, top executives gathered in the glass-walled conference room of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg.  It was September 2017 …
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Washington Post:
A White House aide picked a fight with Melania Trump.  The first lady won.  —  A transoceanic personnel crisis that engulfed the National Security Council this week is partly rooted in a bureaucratic dispute over the seating arrangements aboard first lady Melania Trump's plane to Africa last month during her maiden solo trip abroad.
Washington Post:
Federal judge gives Florida voters until Saturday to correct signature problems roiling close races  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida's historic recount was thrown once more into uncertainty Thursday when a federal judge ruled that voters whose mail-in and provisional ballots were rejected …
Discussion: Axios
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New York Times:
In Florida Recount, Sloppy Signatures May Disqualify Thousands of Votes  —  RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — The nuns at Zina Rodriguez's Catholic school in the Bronx thwacked her knuckles to punish sloppy handwriting, so she was shocked when her mail-in ballot in Florida was rejected because her signature …
Harry Enten / CNN:   Bill Nelson needs a miracle in Florida. It likely won't come.
Christina Tkacik / Baltimore Sun:
Man shouts ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’ during intermission of Baltimore performance of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’  —  The audience reacts after a man interrupts the “Fiddler on the Roof” performance at the Hippodrome Theatre.  (Video courtesy of Rich Scherr)  —  A man shouted a pro-Nazi …
Anna Schecter / NBC News:
Exclusive text messages show Roger Stone and friend discussing WikiLeaks plans  —  “Big news Wednesday ... Hillary's campaign will die this week,” Randy Credico appears to have texted Stone six days before WikiLeaks email dump.  —  Six days before WikiLeaks began releasing Hillary Clinton …
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Charlie Cooper / Politico:
Theresa May buffeted by resignations over her Brexit deal  —  LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May faced a slew of resignations from her Cabinet on Thursday in protest at her Brexit deal, complicating her efforts to sell it to the House of Commons and the British public and possibly jeopardizing her hold on office.
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Stephen Castle / New York Times:   Two U.K. Cabinet Ministers, Including Chief Brexit Negotiator, Quit
EU Press Room:
Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg
Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: President Trump Calls For Brenda Snipes To Be Fired  —  President Donald Trump believes that the embattled Broward County Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes is a “disgrace” and that she should be fired and removed from office.  —  President Trump spoke to The Daily Caller in an exclusive …
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Martin Vassolo / miamiherald:   Broward's Snipes says invalid ballots ‘were never counted,’ contradicting her attorney
Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Full Transcript Of Trump's Oval Office Interview With The Daily Caller
Discussion: ABC News
Washington Post:
‘He was yelling’: Whitaker pushed back against early fraud complaints about company he advised  —  Acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker received early warnings that customers were complaining that an invention-marketing company he advised might be a fraud, according to several people familiar …
Discussion: Splinter and The National Memo
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VICE News:
Acting AG Matt Whitaker worked for a company that hawked “time travel” technology and other insane products  —  Matthew G. Whitaker, the acting attorney general of the United States, spent over a year on the advisory board of an “invention-promotion scam” firm that hawked Bigfoot paraphernalia …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Jezebel
Courtney McBride / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Nominate Handbag Designer as Ambassador to South Africa  —  Lana Marks is a member of the president's Mar-a-Lago Club  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump intends to nominate Lana Marks, a Palm Beach, Fla.-based handbag designer and a member of Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club resort, to serve as the U.S. ambassador to South Africa.
Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty for five suspects in killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi  —  ISTANBUL — Saudi Arabia said Thursday it has indicted 11 people in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month and that it is seeking the death penalty against five …
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Borzou Daragahi / The Independent:   Jamal Khashoggi's killers carried syringes, electro-shock devices and cutting tools as they left Istanbul, says report
Ben White / Politico:
The looming threat to Trump's booming economy  —  President Donald Trump, already in a grumpy post-midterm mood, faces a growing list of economic problems that could irritate him even more next year.  Chief among them is a withdrawal from the economy's sugar high.
Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
Rep. Marcia Fudge weighing a bid for House Speaker  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Warrensville Heights Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge says she's considering challenging California Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi for House Speaker.  —  Fudge said she does not believe Pelosi has enough votes to win the job …
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Associated Press:
Pelosi unfazed as unhappy Dems claim votes to block her rise
Discussion: Instapundit
Walter M. Shaub Jr / Slate:
This Is the Saturday Night Massacre  —  With the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, America is in uncharted territory.  The last time a president made a personnel change to undermine an investigation of his associates, Congress forced him to resign.  That was when President Richard Nixon pushed …
Discussion: Raw Story
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Second Trump-Kim summit to go ahead without list of nuclear North Korean weapons, Pence says  —  “It will be absolutely imperative ... that we come away with a plan for identifying all of the weapons in question,” the vice president told NBC News.  —  SINGAPORE — The U.S. will not require North Korea …
Discussion: Politico
Mike Allen / Axios:
A presidential map for the 21st century  —  Note: Nebraska and Maine split their electoral college votes according to statewide popular vote and the vote within each congressional district; Data: Doug Sosnik; Chart: Axios Visuals  —  To win re-election, President Trump must wage a two-front war …
Discussion: Political Wire
Kate Riga / Associated Press:
In Change Of Tune, Mattis Now Labeling Border Mission ‘Very Good Training’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis defended the use of active duty troops on the U.S.-Mexican border, saying that in some ways it provides good training for war.  He argued that it's analogous …
Discussion: Political Wire and ABC News
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
MacArthur loses New Jersey House race to Democratic challenger Andy Kim  —  Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) lost his seat to Democratic challenger Andy Kim on Wednesday, resulting in a near-wipeout for the GOP in the state, The Associated Press reported.  —  With MacArthur's loss …
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
N.J. Democrat Defeats Trump Ally, Leaving the State With Just 1 Republican in Congress
Discussion: The Week
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The #FiveWhiteGuys Are Offering a Sucker's Bet to Anti-Pelosi Democrats  —  There is no need for any of this.  —  The battle for the leadership of the incoming Democratic majority in the House of Representatives is already a mess.  This is not necessarily a bad thing.
Discussion: Roll Call and Political Wire
New York Times:
New York's Amazon Deal Is a Bad Bargain  —  The city has what the company wants, talent.  Why pay them $1.5 billion to come?  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
This 31-year-old had had enough.  So she ran.  And won.  —  What finally did it for Kathy Hoffman was watching the confirmation hearing of Betsy DeVos nearly two years ago.  —  Hoffman, then a 31-year-old speech therapist in a suburban Phoenix public school district …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and New York Times
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
U.S. says defendant in Elliott Broidy hacking case has diplomatic immunity  —  The ex-diplomat accused of helping steal and distribute GOP fundraiser Elliot Broidy's emails is entitled to immunity, the U.S. government tells NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON — The former U.N. diplomat accused …
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Kevin Baron / Defense One:
Pentagon Began Clampdown on Senior Leaders' Public Speaking Months Ago, Memos Reveal  —  DOD says it's to save money and time.  Critics say it's to avoid conflict with the president.  —  Pentagon leaders nine months ago ordered a sharp clampdown on public appearances by senior U.S. military leaders …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
First Wave of Migrants in Caravan Reaches U.S. Border in Tijuana  —  TIJUANA, Mexico — Hundreds of migrants in the caravan traveling from Central America have begun arriving in the northern Mexico border city of Tijuana, setting up a potential confrontation with the American authorities that has been brewing for weeks.
 
 
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Washington Post:
School closings and delays in the D.C. area for Thursday, Nov. 15
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Yes, there's a political realignment. Just look at the Republican wins in Ohio
Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:
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Politico:
US says ex-Macedonian PM who fled to Hungary should face justice
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
House blocks bill to end support for Saudi coalition in Yemen as UK yields diplomatic progress
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Florida Recounts Are Going Nowhere
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
WATCH: Al Jazeera host corners Trump supporter on president's lies like few American journalists ever have
Discussion: HuffPost
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Anna M. Tinsley / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
‘This is not all of us.’ Call to remove Muslim from post divides Tarrant Republicans
Artemisia L / The Wellesley News:
Title IX protects those who Emily Yoffe and Wellesley College disempower
New York Times:
In Florida Recount Fight, Democratic Lawyer Draws Plaudits and Fire
John Bresnahan / Politico:
CBC votes no confidence in Democratic Chair Perez
Discussion: Breitbart
Michael Hirsh / Foreign Policy:
Iran Was Closer to a Nuclear Bomb Than Intelligence Agencies Thought
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Rep. Mia Love sues to halt vote count in Salt Lake County
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Raccoons drunk on crab apples cause false rabies scare in West Virginia
Discussion: Gizmodo