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Frances Robles / New York Times:
Nearly 3,000 Votes Disappeared From Florida's Recount.  That's Not Supposed to Happen.  —  Nearly 3,000 votes effectively disappeared during the machine recount of Florida's midterm races, according to election records, calling into question whether officials relied on a flawed process to settle the outcome of three statewide contests.
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Washington Post:
Trump says he'll speak with CIA about Khashoggi killing  —  President Trump said Saturday that he would speak with the CIA about its finding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.  The Washington Post first reported on Friday …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump hails Saudis as ‘spectacular ally’ in wake of CIA Khashoggi reports  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday heralded Saudi Arabia as a “spectacular ally” two days after his administration leveled sanctions against 17 Saudi officials for the death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   Trump Says Extradition Of Erdogan Foe Is ‘Not Under Consideration’
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
In Mississippi, Republican concern rises over a U.S. Senate runoff that should have been a romp  —  JACKSON, Miss. — A U.S. Senate runoff that was supposed to provide an easy Republican win has turned into an unexpectedly competitive contest, driving Republicans and Democrats to pour …
Discussion: Politico
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:   Controversies hamper candidates in Mississippi Senate race
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
RIP, California GOP: Republicans lash out after midterm election debacle  —  LOS ANGELES — In the wake of a near-political annihilation in California that has left even longtime conservative stronghold Orange County bereft of a single Republican in the House of Representatives …
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Los Angeles Times:
Going, going ... with midterm wipeout, California Republican Party drifts closer to irrelevance  —  For a party in freefall the last two decades, California Republicans learned that it's possible to plunge even further.  —  The GOP not only lost every statewide office in the midterm election …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
House GOP women confront a political crisis — their party is mostly men  —  About a half dozen House Republican women gathered this week for a somber, post-election dinner.  —  Exchanging thoughts about the brutal results for GOP candidates, they realized something depressing, according to one attendee.
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Sotomayor says Kavanaugh a part of the Supreme Court ‘family’  —  Washington (CNN)Justice Sonia Sotomayor in an interview with CNN's David Axelrod said that Justice Brett Kavanaugh was welcomed into the Supreme Court “family” in the wake of his polarizing confirmation process.
Discussion: Axios and Breitbart
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
‘This would be a very good time to do a shutdown,’ Trump says  —  President Trump suggested Saturday he was prepared to shut down the federal government next month if Congress fails to give him the money he wants to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times:
‘Unwanted subject’: What led a Kirkland yogurt shop to call police on a black man  —  He turned out to be supervising a parental visit, and is also a nine-year Air Force veteran.  But the employees were scared of him and the police asked him to leave anyway.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Democratic Rep. Moulton draws fire for campaign to deny Pelosi speaker's job  —  Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton, the hard-charging Marine who served four tours of duty in Iraq is leading the challenge to Rep. Nancy Pelosi and her bid for speaker — and is suddenly taking incoming fire from all quarters.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump says Republicans would save Pelosi, Pelosi world says she'll win with Dems
CNN:   Democrats, think twice before you reject Nancy Pelosi
New York Times:
Are Jared and Ivanka Good for the Jews?  —  Jewish communities stand more divided than ever on whether to embrace or denounce Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.  —  On election night in Beverly Hills, Jason Blum, the hot shot horror-movie producer, was accepting an award at the Israel Film Festival.
Discussion: TalkLeft
David E. Bernstein / Reason:
American Civil Liberties Union, RIP  —  The ACLU no longer even pretends to believe in civil liberties.  —  In the late 1960s, the ACLU was a small but powerful liberal organization devoted to a civil libertarian agenda composed primarily of devotion to freedom of speech, free exercise of religion, and the rights of accused criminals.
New York Times:
How the Trump Administration Stepped Up Pursuit of WikiLeaks's Assange  —  WASHINGTON — Soon after he took over as C.I.A. director, Mike Pompeo privately told lawmakers about a new target for American spies: Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.  —  Intent on finding out more about Mr …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
This prosecutor's cut-and-paste mistake revealed case against WikiLeaks founder
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Booting Jim Acosta from the White House was bad for press rights.  Charging Julian Assange might be worse.
Discussion: Breitbart and Bloomberg
Greg P. / twitchy.com:
‘Active criminal investigation’: No big deal, just Florida Dems lawyering up as feds and state investigate possible voter fraud  —  Politico's Marc Caputo and Matt Dixon are reporting that the Florida Democratic party has “lawyered up” as it has finally dawned on them that staffers …
Alex Stamos / Washington Post:
Yes, Facebook made mistakes in 2016.  But we weren't the only ones.  —  Alex Stamos is a Hoover fellow and adjunct professor at Stanford University.  He previously served as the chief security officer at Facebook until August.  —  Yup, Sheryl Sandberg yelled at me.
Amanda Mull / The Atlantic:
Smoke Days Are Now California's Snow Days  —  The particulates in smoke don't destroy homes.  They don't down trees.  But in the case of wildfires, smoke's impacts—and dangers—can reach hundreds of miles further than the flames themselves.  As of Friday evening, the Camp Fire raging in Butte County …
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Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
As Inmates, They Fight California's Fires. As Ex-Convicts, Their Firefighting Prospects Wilt.
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Democrats plot response to Trump on immigration amid fears they could go too far  —  Democratic candidates largely avoided engaging President Trump as he fanned public fears over a migrant caravan ahead of the midterm elections.  But they also avoided confronting a key question for themselves …
Discussion: RealClearPolitics
Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
A Gay Councilman in Texas, Ousted From Office, Says He Was Blackmailed With Naked Photos  —  This month's midterm elections resulted in the election of more openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people than ever before.  But for Cross Coburn, who served as an openly gay councilman …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
What has President Trump learned from defeat?  —  All presidents suffer defeats and setbacks, whether through elections, legislative battles, international events or scandals.  Most learn from them and adapt.  Will President Trump be an exception?  —  That's the question ahead for the president …
Billy Kenber / The Times & The Sunday Times:
Russian tipped to take over Interpol in Kremlin victory  —  A Russian official is favourite to be the next head of Interpol in spite of concerns that Moscow has been using the international policing agency to target political opponents.  —  British officials expect Alexander Prokopchuk …
Michael W. Chapman / CNSNews:
Number of Witches in U.S. on the Rise, May Surpass 1.5 Million  —  A report in the Christian Post contends that the number of witches (and Wiccans) has dramatically increased since the 1990s, to the degree that there may be at least 1.5 million witches in the United States, which is higher than the 1.4 million mainline Presbyterians.
 
 
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Yahoo News:
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 Earlier Items: 
Lawrence Lessig / USA Today:
Ranked-choice voting worked in Maine. Now we should use it in presidential races.
Discussion: Raw Story and Kennebec Journal …
Jonathan D. Salant / New Jersey Online:
The last Republican. Chris Smith is the lone survivor of N.J.'s blue wave in Washington.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Chuck Schumer Caved to Facebook and Donald Trump. He Shouldn't Lead Senate Democrats.
HuffPost:
D.C.'s Neo-Nazi Brothers Were Hiding In Plain Sight
Jonathan S. Tobin / National Review:
Why the Senate Shouldn't Grandstand on Mueller
Marissa J. Lang / Washington Post:
One of the oldest lesbian bars on the East Coast is to be demolished.  The city wants to put in a dog park.