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NBC News:
Trump accuses Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death,’ for urging military to ignore illegal orders  —  Trump called for the Democratic lawmakers to be “arrested and placed on trial” in social media posts.  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday accused several Democratic lawmakers of …
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Mark Satter / Roll Call:
Democratic hawks defiant after Trump accuses them of ‘seditious’ act  —  The lawmakers called for Americans to condemn the president's comments  —  A small group of defense-minded Democrats, buoyed by broad support from their party, doubled down on their call for troops and intelligence personnel …
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Mike Johnson defends Trump's ‘sedition’ attacks on Democrats
Washington Post:
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols  —  The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”  —  The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika …
Sophie Gardner / Politico:
Cassidy after CDC vaccine website change: ‘Life is lived forward’  —  Republican members of Congress pushed back on Thursday — albeit lightly — on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's controversial update to its webpage on vaccines and autism.  On Wednesday, the CDC changed its website …
Discussion: STAT
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Vaccine Safety:
Autism and Vaccines  —  KEY POINTS … Vaccines do not cause Autism*
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump Wants to Bullshit the Economy Into Greatness
Discussion: Raw Story
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Dick Cheney's Long, Strange Goodbye  —  On seeing Rachel Maddow at the former Vice-President's funeral, while Donald Trump threatened Democrats on social media with death by hanging.  —  On Thursday morning, not long after entering Washington National Cathedral for the funeral of Dick Cheney, I ran into Rachel Maddow.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
What the Cheney funeral says about current U.S. and GOP politics
Discussion: NewsNation
CNN:
Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheney's funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
A bipartisan show of respect and remembrance is set for Dick Cheney's funeral, absent Trump
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Elon Musk Could ‘Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,’ Grok Says  —  Elon Musk is a better role model than Jesus, better at conquering Europe than Hitler, the greatest blowjob giver of all time, should have been selected before Peyton Manning in the 1998 NFL draft …
Discussion: Mediaite and TMZ.com
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Washington Post:
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot ranks him as world history's greatest human  —  Users on X shared examples of the “truth-seeking” AI chatbot praising its owner as “strikingly handsome,” a “genius” and fitter than LeBron James.  —  Just now  —  Elon Musk has touted Grok, the AI chatbot built …
CNN:
Justice Department is investigating handling of Adam Schiff mortgage fraud probe led by Ed Martin and Bill Pulte  —  The Justice Department is investigating possible issues with the mortgage fraud investigation into California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff that is run by two Trump administration …
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Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
Grand jury investigating potential misconduct in probes of Trump critics
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story
ABC News:
DOJ, FBI probing top Trump administration officials over investigations of president's adversaries: Sources
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Associated Press:
U.S. and Russia draw up peace plan for Ukraine that includes big concessions from Kyiv  —  The U.S. and Russia have drawn up a plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine that calls for major concessions from Kyiv, according to a person familiar with the matter, including granting some demands …
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New York Times:
Short on Cash, D.N.C. Took Out $15 Million Loan in October  —  The move, unusual for a year without a midterm or presidential election, is the latest sign of financial distress for the Democratic Party.  —  The Democratic National Committee took out a $15 million loan last month to replenish …
Discussion: Politico
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
DNC takes out a $15 million loan as cash reserves run low
Discussion: Fox News
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
ICE Suddenly Loses Key Evidence One Day After Being Sued … ICE is claiming the computer ate its records the day after it was sued for abuse.  —  404 Media reports that after ICE's Bridgeview Detention Center outside Chicago was sued October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees …
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:   ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In ‘System Crash’ a Day After It Was Sued
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks  —  Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros Discovery  —  Senior White House officials have discussed internally their preference for Paramount Skydance …
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Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein  —  Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, wants to examine how the nation's largest bank handled the reporting of more than $1 billion in suspicious transactions.  —  The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee issued …
Associated Press:
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns  —  The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.
Isabela Dias / Mother Jones:
Meet the Veteran Who Chases ICE on a Scooter  —  Recently, Clifford “Buzz” Grambo decided to upgrade his electric scooter.  The old one he had purchased online reached only 16 mph and wasn't cutting it anymore.  He needed to go faster to keep up with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement cars he chases around Baltimore.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators warn Bondi not to slow-walk release of Epstein files  —  Republican senators are warning Attorney General Pam Bondi not to slow-walk the public release of records and documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following votes by the House and Senate demanding the documents.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Yesterday the House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. …
Discussion: JURISTnews
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Cory Mills Was Caught With Sex Workers Before Mission to Afghanistan in 2021, Sources Say  —  The group Mills had traveled with to Afghanistan parted ways with the then-congressional candidate in Tbilisi, Georgia, after they found out about the sex workers.  It appears Mills went to Afghanistan on his own.
Discussion: Mediaite, CNN, Axios, HuffPost, ABC News and Fox News
Reuters:
White House was unaware US ambassador to Israel met with convicted spy  —  The White House was unaware of a meeting between U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Navy analyst who spent three decades in prison for spying for Israel, spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday.
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Meet the Ambitious, Duplicitous, Semi-Fictitious MAGA Upstart Driving Trump World Nuts  —  REP. BYRON DONALDS (R-Fla.) should be cruising into the Florida governor's mansion, primarily because he possesses the most important currency in GOP politics: Donald Trump's endorsement.
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Red alert … - In a Fox News Poll out last evening, voters said the White House is doing more harm than good on the economy: 46% said they've been hurt by the administration's economic policies, 15% say they've been helped and 39% said Trump has made no difference.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The hidden axis: the left-right spectrum has a non-ideology problem  —  This article presents more results from our November Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll.  You can read the first article about this poll here:  —  Introduction to this essay  —  Dissatisfaction with American politics …
Discussion: The Cross Section and The Preamble
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
US added 119K jobs in September after August decline, delayed report shows  —  The U.S. added 119,000 jobs in September as the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released Thursday, more than six weeks after it was initially set to be published.
 
 
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Maya King / New York Times:
Nydia Velázquez, a New York Trailblazer in Congress, to Retire Next Year
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Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Karoline Leavitt Defends Trump's ‘Quiet, Piggy’ Insult By Suggesting We Should Be... Grateful?
Fox News:
Uncovered docs show top teachers union guiding gender transitions, bashing conservatives: ‘Insane asylum’
Discussion: RedState
Michael Crowley / New York Times:
U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.
Discussion: The Sun
Brad Plumer / New York Times:
Energy Department Reorganization Reflects Shift Away From Renewable Energy
Discussion: NOTUS
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Judge Temporarily Blocks Deployment of National Guard in Washington
 Earlier Items: 
Chicago Tribune:
More texts uncovered from Border Patrol agent who bragged about ‘shooting skills’ after wounding woman in Brighton Park
David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
How the FBI Became the Face of Deprofessionalization