memeorandum: How Democrats Can Deliver on Health Care (Paul Krugman/New York Times)

Democrats must hold Trump accountable on Saudi Arabia. Adam Schiff explains how. — President Trump has again brushed off the horrifying murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, blithely claiming that the Saudi crown prince “vehemently denied” any role in the killing.

Discussion: One America News Network and Axios

New York Times:

Saudis Want a U.S. Nuclear Deal. Can They Be Trusted Not to Build a Bomb? — WASHINGTON — Before Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was implicated by the C.I.A. in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, American intelligence agencies were trying to solve a separate mystery …

Discussion: Middle East Eye and Washington Post

The Daily Beast:
CIA Heard Audio of Saudi Crown Prince Giving Order to ‘Silence’ Jamal Khashoggi: Report

Discussion: Informed Comment, POLITICUSUSA, One America News Network and Common Dreams

Reuters: CIA Has Recording of Saudi Crown Prince Ordering Khashoggi Silenced, Turkish Media Reports

Reuters:
Turkish paper: CIA had recording of Saudi prince demanding Khashoggi be ‘silenced’

Discussion: Mediaite

Randall Eliason / Sidebars:

Judge in Mueller Case Upholds Legal Theory that Makes Collusion a Crime — Is collusion a crime? Since the beginning of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, allegations of “collusion” have dominated the debate. President Trump regularly claims there was “no collusion” …

Elana Schor / Politico:

Sherrod Brown sets his sights on Trump in 2020 — Democrat Sherrod Brown just won reelection resoundingly in a Trump state running on Trump's issues — taking a hard line on trade and helping blue-collar workers. — Now the Ohio senator is talking increasingly like he's prepared to take on the president himself.

Discussion: Political Wire

John Russo / American Prospect:

Ohio: Another Brick in the Red Wall? — Unsuccessful Ohio gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray speaks to reporters on Election Day 2018 in Columbus. — The midterm elections showed that the Democrats' blue wall is being rebuilt brick by brick in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and northern Illinois.

Steven Shepard / Politico:

Warning signs mount for Trump reelection bid — Donald Trump insists the GOP's midterm election shellacking had nothing to do with him. Things will be different, he says, when his name is actually on the ballot in 2020. — While it's true that most presidents who see their party suffer major losses …

Rafael Carranza / Arizona Republic:

Last Slide — The mayor of Tijuana declared an international humanitarian crisis on Thursday over the arrival of more than 5,000 mostly Central American migrants traveling in a caravan. — The migrants have streamed into the border city in the past week to seek asylum in the United States.

Wendy Fry / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Small group breaks from caravan to press within 500 feet of U.S. border in Tijuana

Discussion: Daily Wire

Tom Elliott / Grabien News: Trump Warns: We May Close ‘the Whole Border’ with Mexico if Things Get ‘Uncontrollable’

Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:

Is a Recession Coming? — In December 2007, Larry Kudlow, then a talking head for the business network CNBC, proclaimed, “There's no recession coming. It's not going to happen.” That same month, the economy plunged into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

Discussion: Bloomberg

Isobel Asher Hamilton / Business Insider:

‘We are not robots’: Thousands of Amazon workers across Europe are striking on Black Friday over warehouse working conditions — Thousands of Amazon workers across Europe were striking and protesting on Black Friday in anger at the company's warehouse working conditions.

Discussion: Common Dreams, Gothamist, Mashable, The Daily Caller and Daily Kos

Miriam Herschlag / The Times of Israel:

Israeli named by Trump Russia probe convict dismisses ‘absurd’ spy allegations — After George Papadopoulos, the first Trump official to plead guilty in Mueller probe, dragged him into the headlines, businessman Charles Tawil gives his side of the story — DUBAI — Israeli businessman Charles Tawil …

CNN:

After his politicized Thanksgiving call, maybe Trump should not visit the troops — CNN national security analyst John Kirby, a retired rear admiral in the US Navy, was a spokesman for both the State and Defense departments in the Obama administration. The opinions expressed in this commentary …

Page Six:

National Enquirer editor writing book about ‘Trump and his women’ … The National Enquirer's long-held secrets about Donald Trump may be about to get substantially less secret. — Page Six is told that the longtime executive editor of the tabloid, Barry Levine, is penning a book for Hachette about the president.

Discussion: Raw Story, Hill Reporter and Mediaite

CNN:

Young, rich and loyal: Nick Ayers could be Trump's next chief of staff — Washington (CNN)As President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence prepared to gather for their weekly lunch in August 2017, the President told his staff to add two more plates. — Both men had just welcomed …

Eugene Scott / Washington Post:

Disapproval of Trump's handling of race relations hits 60 percent — One of the first polls published after the midterm elections gives President Trump low marks in an area where he has been viewed negatively since the days before he occupied the Oval Office: race relations.

Discussion: Mother Jones

Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:

US media must ‘get smarter’ to tackle Trump, says Hillary Clinton — Exclusive: former presidential candidate criticises media for failing to challenge Trump — Hillary Clinton has criticised the US media over its coverage of Donald Trump, calling on the press to “get smarter” …

Discussion: Mediaite

Carol Robinson / al.com:

Riverchase Galleria Thanksgiving shooting: 2 injured including girl, 12; suspect killed by Hoover police — Gallery: Deadly Shooting at Hoover, Ala., Mall — Two people were injured and a third killed when gunfire erupted Thanksgiving night at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover.

Discussion: Townhall

RFE / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:

One-Fifth Of Russians Live In Poverty, 36 Percent In ‘Risk Zone,’ Study Finds — More than one-fifth of the Russian population now lives in poverty, according to a new study by a research institute with ties to the Kremlin. — The November 21 report by the Russian Presidential Academy …

Washington Post:

Fear and faith: Inside the last days of an American missionary killed by remote island tribe — NEW DELHI — The night before John Chau returned for the last time to India's remote North Sentinel Island, he struggled with a sense of fear that his death might be imminent.

Discussion: Faithwire, KFOR-TV, The American Conservative and Raw Story