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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 …
NBC News:
White House weighs booting Erdogan foe from U.S. to appease Turkey  —  “Once they realized it was a serious request, the career guys were furious,” a U.S. official said of request tied to Khashoggi killing.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is looking for ways to remove an enemy …
Discussion: Axios, New Republic and Political Wire
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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 …
Ana Ceballos / Naples Daily News:
Florida Dems planned to use altered forms to fix mail ballots across state after deadline  —  Senator Bill Nelson has called for a recount.  Do the vote margins in his race against Rick Scott call for one?  —  CONNECT  —  TALLAHASSEE — A day after Florida's election left top state races …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Breitbart
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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: miamiherald, TheBlaze and Axios
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Judge sides with Nelson, rules Florida law on matching ballot signatures being applied unconstitutionally
Harry Enten / CNN:
Bill Nelson needs a miracle in Florida. It likely won't come.
Discussion: Townhall, Breitbart and Politico
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Scott appeals judge's decision to give Florida voters extra time to fix ballot issues
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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:
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Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Is a Storm Brewing?  The Likely Reason Trump Chose Now to Trash the Mueller Probe All Over Again  —  President Donald Trump has once again lashed out against Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation, sparking legal experts to speculate that another proverbial big shoe is about to drop.
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.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says she has the votes to become the next House speaker  —  An unbowed House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) insisted Thursday that she has the votes to become the chamber's speaker despite solid opposition from more than a dozen Democrats who want fresh leadership …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Democratic Rep. Fudge says she's ‘overwhelmed’ by support as she weighs speaker bid
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Ocasio-Cortez's ‘Green New Deal’ becomes flash point for Pelosi
Discussion: Breitbart and Grist
The Hill:
Insurgents seek female challenger to replace Pelosi
Discussion: Politico and RedState
The Daily Beast:
Even Trump Can't Stop Mocking Sean Hannity's ‘Dumb’ Softball Questions  —  Trump craves friction to set off sparks and drama.  Hannity's slobbering extinguishes them.  —  Donald Trump's close relationship—on air and off—with Sean Hannity hasn't stopped the president from mocking …
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Facebook Betrayed America  —  Seven months ago, Mark Zuckerberg sat before Congress and said he was sorry about the fake news and the data breaches—and that it wasn't really Facebook's fault.  The company's founder and CEO had been hauled before Congress to answer for what became known …
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Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
A Top George Soros Aide Called For An Independent Investigation Of Facebook's Lobbying And PR
Discussion: Politico, Breitbart and ThinkProgress
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Becomes Twitter Laughingstock Over ‘Envy Of The World’ Boast  —  “Take it from an outsider: we feel sorry for Americans.”  —  Donald Trump on Thursday sought to stifle media reports that his administration is engulfed “in chaos” and “in meltdown” by claiming that the U.S. under his presidency was “the envy of the world.”
The Trace:
The NRA Has Killed Free Coffee for Employees  —  The National Rifle Association is doing away with free coffee and water coolers for employees at its Fairfax, Virginia, headquarters — a cost-cutting move that has NRA insiders “freaking out,” The Trace has learned.
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Splinter
The Daily Beast:
Navy SEALs, Marines Charged With Green Beret Logan Melgar's Murder  —  The victim allegedly discovered SEALs in Mali were stealing money from an informant fund and soliciting prostitutes.  —  The military has formally charged two Navy SEALs and two special-forces Marines in one of the most grisly cases …
Discussion: USNI News
Axios:
The warning signs for Republicans ahead of 2020  —  With changing demographics across the country and waning support in the Midwest, President Trump and the GOP could face a tough slog in the 2020 presidential election, according to Doug Sosnik, a White House adviser to President Bill Clinton …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Demographic shifts and Trump effect move southern states into 2020 toss-up territory
Discussion: Political Wire
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Insanity,” “Furious,” “On His Own”: Trump's Post-Midterms Blues Are Vexing His Staff and Roiling the White House  —  He's lashing out at aides and press and foreign leaders, and threatening to roll West Wing heads—but at least he didn't get his hair wet at the Belleau Wood memorial.
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Kevin Miller / Press Herald:
Golden wins Maine's 2nd District race following historic ranked-choice count  —  Democrat Jared Golden won 50.5 percent of the vote versus 49.5 for incumbent Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin after the elections results were run through the ranked-choice tabulation software.
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
NBC 10 Philadelphia:
NJ Couple and Homeless Man in GoFundMe Controversy Accused of Making Up Story, Source Says  —  Mark D'Amico, Kate McClure and Johnny Bobbitt will face charges including conspiracy and theft by deception, according to the source.  —  NJ Couple and Homeless Man to Be Charged With Lying About GoFundMe Story
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NBC News:
Homeless man and N.J. couple concocted story for GoFundMe fundraiser, complaint says
Discussion: fox13now.com
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Taxpayers' cost for Trump Jr.'s business trip to India nearly $100K, documents show  —  Donald Trump Jr.'s lavish trip to India to sell his family's luxury condominium projects cost U.S. taxpayers nearly $100,000, documents obtained by The Washington Post show.
Discussion: Axios and Jezebel
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.”
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: HuffPost
Beto O'Rourke / Beto O'Rourke:
I woke up after a good night's sleep.  - Beto O'Rourke - Medium  —  I was concerned that I might slip, that the ground would be too slick, but it was wet and grainy enough that traction wasnt a problem.
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
Pete Wells / New York Times:
10 of the Best Pizza Slices in N.Y.C.  —  Pete Wells, our restaurant critic, on old-school pizzerias.  —  Pete Wells, The New York Times's restaurant critic since 2012, eats hundreds and hundreds of meals every year, searching for the best food the city has to offer.
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Trump-appointed judge upholds Mueller's indictment against Russian troll farm  —  CNN visits Russian ‘troll farm’ from indictment  —  (CNN)A federal judge on Thursday upheld a federal indictment against the Russian troll farm accused of meddling in the 2016 election, handing a victory to special counsel Robert Mueller.
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
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
 
 
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Dailystar.co.uk:
Jacob Rees-Mogg begins COUP against Theresa May with vote of no-confidence over Brexit
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jason Cherkis / Highline:
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Wall Street Journal:
'It's a Crisis of Civilization in Mexico.' 250,000 Dead. 37,400 Missing.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP money group prepares opposition research blitz against Mike Bloomberg if he runs for president in 2020
Discussion: Political Wire
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Influential president of Human Rights Campaign stepping down
Discussion: Washington Blade
Susan Chira / New York Times:
Banner Year for Female Candidates Doesn't Extend to Republican Women
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Emma Best:
Sealed transcripts show Assange and WikiLeaks solicited hacks against governments, politicians …
Anna Denejkina / Foreign Policy:
In Russia, Feminist Memes Buy Jail Time, but Domestic Abuse Doesn't
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Veterans aren't getting their GI Bill payments — because VA's 50-year-old computer system broke
Kevin Baron / Defense One:
Pentagon Began Clampdown on Senior Leaders' Public Speaking Months Ago, Memos Reveal
Washington Post:
School closings and delays in the D.C. area for Thursday, Nov. 15
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
U.S. says defendant in Elliott Broidy hacking case has diplomatic immunity
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Anna Schecter / NBC News:
Exclusive text messages show Roger Stone and friend discussing WikiLeaks plans
 

 
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