memeorandum: Bannon: Trump, Stewart Voters Going to Win Virginia Governorship for ‘Bush Guy’ Gillespie (Ian Mason/Breitbart)

7:25 AM ET, November 5, 2017

Top Items:

OPEN LETTER FROM HILLARY FOR AMERICA 2016 TEAM — We were shocked to learn the news that Donna Brazile actively considered overturning the will of the Democratic voters by attempting to replace Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine as the Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees.

Discussion: Politico and Mediaite

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Donna Brazile: I considered replacing Clinton with Biden as 2016 Democratic nominee — Former Democratic National Committee head Donna Brazile writes in a new book that she seriously contemplated replacing Hillary Clinton as the party's 2016 presidential nominee with then-Vice President Biden …

Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton's scheme in ‘rigging’ the nomination may have been criminal

Discussion: CANNONFIRE

Japan Times:

Trump said Japan should have shot down overflying North Korea missiles — WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump has said Japan should have shot down the North Korean missiles that flew over the country before landing in the Pacific Ocean earlier this year, diplomatic sources have said …

Discussion: Politicus USA

Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump sets aside bellicose rhetoric in opening address to Asia trip

Discussion: ABC News

Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump calls Japan ‘treasured partner,’ ally

Discussion: Politico and ABC News

Don Sergent / Daily News:

BG man charged with assaulting Paul at senator's home — A Bowling Green man was arrested Friday and charged with fourth-degree assault following an incident at the Bowling Green home of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul. — Rene Boucher, 59, is in the Warren County Regional Jail in lieu of a $5,000 bond …

Discussion: USA Today, viraltop1 and RedState

Kelly Dean / WBKO-TV:

Senator Rand Paul assaulted at Bowling Green home — BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) — On Friday, the Kentucky State Police responded to Rand Paul's residence in Bowling Green at 3:21 p.m. — When they arrived, troopers say they discovered that Rene Boucher, 59, of Bowling Green …

Discussion: Washington Times, twitchy.com, Townhall.com and Axios

Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Rand Paul assaulted at Kentucky home: police

Discussion: Politico, RT, Raw Story, RedState and Instapundit

Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Police arrest neighbor after Rand Paul is assaulted at Kentucky home

Discussion: Instapundit

Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Sen. Rand Paul Allegedly Assaulted at His Kentucky Home, Suspect Arrested

Discussion: Power Line

Fox News:
Sen. Rand Paul assaulted at Kentucky home, reportedly by neighbor

Discussion: bizpacreview.com and Mediaite

Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Police: Rand Paul assaulted in Bowling Green

Discussion: New York Times and Talking Points Memo

Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Rand Paul Assaulted At His Kentucky Home

Discussion: IJR

David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:

Saudi Arabia Arrests 11 Princes, Including Billionaire Waleed bin Talal — LONDON — Saudi Arabia announced the arrest on Saturday night of the prominent billionaire investor Prince al-Waleed bin Talal, plus at least 10 other princes, four ministers and tens of former ministers.

Bloomberg:

Saudi Arabia Purge Leaves Crown Prince With All Levers of Power — Arrests reported hours after anti-corruption campaign revealed — Sweeping changes also hit national guard, economy ministry — Saudi Arabia's King Salman removed one of the royal family's most prominent princes …

Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Princes, Former Ministers Arrested in Apparent Power Consolidation

Discussion: CNBC and NPR, more at Techmeme »

Washington Post:

Poll: Trump's performance lags behind even tepid public expectations — A majority of Americans say President Trump has not accomplished much during his first nine months in office and they have delivered a report card that is far harsher even than the tepid expectations they set for his tenure …

Discussion: rbc.ru

Gary Langer / ABC News:

A year after his surprise election, 65 percent say Trump's achieved little (POLL) — A year after his surprise election victory, President Donald Trump is underperforming expectations and lagging behind his predecessors, with the lowest job approval of any postwar president at this point in office …

Ian Mason / Breitbart:

Bannon: Trump, Stewart Voters Going to Win Virginia Governorship for ‘Bush Guy’ Gillespie — Following headliner Stephen K. Bannon, executive chairman of Breitbart News, populist-nationalist 2018 U.S. Senate candidate Corey Stewart addressed the Remembrance Project National Conference in Washington, DC, Saturday.

Heather Long / Washington Post:

Some middle-class Americans would pay higher taxes under GOP bill, despite Trump's promise — President Trump promised to cut taxes for the middle class, but some would end up paying more under the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” according to a report released Friday night by Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation …

Discussion: Tax Foundation, Politicus USA and NBC News

James Rogers / Fox News:

Twitter security slammed after rogue employee deactivates Trump's account — Twitter's internal security is in the spotlight after a rogue employee briefly deactivated President Donald Trump's account on Thursday. — The social media site said that the account was taken …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Vox, RT, Townhall.com, Washington Post, CNN, Business Insider, Daily Kos and KQED News, more at Techmeme »

Josh Delk / The Hill:

Daily Caller fires opinion editor over Milo controversy — The Daily Caller has fired its opinion editor amid controversy over the site's publishing of a column by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, the editor-in-chief confirmed to a CNN reporter Saturday.

Discussion: Mashable, Raw Story, Balloon Juice and Mediaite

Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Daily Caller EIC Defends Milo Column By Comparing Him to ‘Putin and a Hamas Terrorist’

Discussion: The Hill and CNNMoney

John Bowden / The Hill:

Trump wins visas to hire 70 foreign workers at Mar-a-Lago — The Trump Organization has won the permission to hire 70 foreign workers to serve as maids, cooks and servers for the 2017-2018 tourist season, according to data from the U.S. Labor Department. — The Palm Beach Post reported Friday …

Discussion: RedState

Washington Post:

Ed Gillespie wages war on his own principles — AS VIRGINIA'S gubernatorial campaign intensified just after Labor Day, we published an editorial criticizing Ed Gillespie, the Republican candidate once known as a fixture of the GOP establishment, for flirting with the electorate's …

Paul Kane / Washington Post: Virginia's election serves as a road map for 2018 congressional races