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10:10 AM ET, November 15, 2018

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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 …
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.
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
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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.
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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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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Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Two U.K. Cabinet Ministers, Including Chief Brexit Negotiator, Quit  —  LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain faced a deep political crisis on Thursday after two cabinet ministers quit her government, including Dominic Raab, her chief negotiator on withdrawal from the European Union …
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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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The Hill:   Insurgents seek female challenger to replace Pelosi
Associated Press:
Pelosi unfazed as unhappy Dems claim votes to block her rise
Discussion: Instapundit
Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Full Transcript Of Trump's Oval Office Interview With The Daily Caller  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sat for an exclusive Oval Office interview Wednesday with The Daily Caller's Saagar Enjeti and Benny Johnson for approximately 31 minutes.  —  The transcript is as follows:
Discussion: ABC News
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Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: President Trump Calls For Brenda Snipes To Be Fired
Martin Vassolo / miamiherald:   Broward's Snipes says invalid ballots ‘were never counted,’ contradicting her attorney
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 …
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VICE News:
Acting AG Matt Whitaker worked for a company that hawked “time travel” technology and other insane products
Discussion: Jezebel and Mother Jones
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.
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: Washington Post and Politico
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.
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
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
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
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Will the Republican Party keep dancing with autocracy?  —  When a national leader urges that votes be ignored, or that an election result he doesn't like might best be set aside, we label him an autocrat or an authoritarian.  —  When it's President Trump, we shrug.
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
School closings and delays in the D.C. area for Thursday, Nov. 15  —  The following is a list of weather-related closings and delays for Thursday:  —  Schools  —  Culpeper County Public Schools will now be closed.  This is a change from being open on a two-hour delay.
Kelsey D. Atherton / New York Times:
Are Killer Robots the Future of War?  Parsing the Facts on Autonomous Weapons  —  It's a freezing, snowy day on the border between Estonia and Russia.  Soldiers from the two nations are on routine border patrol, each side accompanied by an autonomous weapon system, a tracked robot armed …
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
N.J. Democrat Defeats Trump Ally, Leaving the State With Just 1 Republican in Congress  —  [What you need to know to start your day: Get New York Today in your inbox.]  —  Andy Kim, a New Jersey Democrat who had been locked in a neck-and-neck race for Congress, has defeated his Republican opponent …
Discussion: The Week
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
MacArthur loses New Jersey House race to Democratic challenger Andy Kim
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Veterans aren't getting their GI Bill payments — because VA's 50-year-old computer system broke  —  Daniel Gorman knows what it's like to return from war, and he wants to help fellow veterans come home, too: The former sailor turned New York National Guardsman is finishing a graduate degree in social work at Fordham University.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump renews attacks on Mueller investigation after midterms  —  President Trump renewed his attacks on the credibility of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation in a series of Thursday morning tweets, using his oft-repeated refrain of “WITCH HUNT.”  —  The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess.
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
 
 
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Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Absentee ballots missing birth dates must be counted, judge orders
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Yes, there's a political realignment. Just look at the Republican wins in Ohio
Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:
She Accused A Cop Of Sexual Battery. Here's How Her Story Fell Apart.
Discussion: Clayton Cramer
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
House blocks bill to end support for Saudi coalition in Yemen as UK yields diplomatic progress
New York Times:
First Wave of Migrants in Caravan Reaches U.S. Border in Tijuana
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
U.S. says defendant in Elliott Broidy hacking case has diplomatic immunity
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Florida Recounts Are Going Nowhere
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The #FiveWhiteGuys Are Offering a Sucker's Bet to Anti-Pelosi Democrats
Discussion: Daily Kos, Roll Call and Political Wire
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
This 31-year-old had had enough. So she ran. And won.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and New York Times
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
WATCH: Al Jazeera host corners Trump supporter on president's lies like few American journalists ever have
Discussion: HuffPost
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
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Rep. Mia Love sues to halt vote count in Salt Lake County