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10:25 AM ET, November 5, 2017

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Jesse Ferguson:
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.
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Four Viral Claims Spread by Journalists on Twitter in the Last Week Alone That are False  —  There is ample talk, particularly of late, about the threats posed by social media to democracy and political discourse.  Yet one of the primary ways that democracy is degraded by platforms …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Donna Brazile: I considered replacing Clinton with Biden as 2016 Democratic nominee
Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton's scheme in ‘rigging’ the nomination may have been criminal
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
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: RedState and rbc.ru
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Washington Post:
Trump's approval rating remains historically low and confidence has declined  —  Poll Questions  —  Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?  —  Hide Results  —  Q: Trump has been president for about nine months.
Discussion: Axios, Politico and Mediaite
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 …
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
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:   Slouching Toward War With North Korea
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
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.
Discussion: Reuters and The Week
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Bloomberg:   Saudi Arabia Purge Leaves Crown Prince With All Levers of Power
Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Princes, Former Ministers Arrested in Apparent Power Consolidation
Discussion: CNBC and NPR, more at Techmeme »
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
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Police arrest neighbor after Rand Paul is assaulted at Kentucky home
Discussion: Instapundit
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Rand Paul assaulted at Kentucky home: police
Discussion: RT, Politico, Raw Story, RedState and Instapundit
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Sen. Rand Paul Allegedly Assaulted at His Kentucky Home, Suspect Arrested
Discussion: Power Line and UPI
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Rand Paul Assaulted At His Kentucky Home
Discussion: IJR
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
A year after Trump's election, York, Pa., is forever changed  —  One in a series of occasional articles examining how President Trump's ascendance and early moves have altered expectations and reality.  This story is the first of three gauging those effects in one Pennsylvania county.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Shutdown threat growing over immigration fight  —  Lawmakers are gearing up for an end-of-year fight over a key Obama-era immigration program, raising the chances of a government shutdown.  —  Senate Republicans and President Trump agreed during a closed-door White House meeting on Thursday …
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Tax bill raises red flags for Senate GOP  —  The House Republican tax reform package has put Senate Republicans in a tough spot, much like the House-passed ObamaCare repeal bill did earlier this year.  —  The legislation is expected to pass the House, starting a tougher battle in the Senate …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump claims credit for stock market's success: 'I've always been great with money'  —  President Trump appeared to take credit for the stock market's success on Saturday.  —  Trump told reporters on Air Force One that “the reason our stock market is so successful is because of me,” according to a pool report.
Discussion: RedState and Politicus USA
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: Politicus USA and NBC News
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 …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:   Virginia's election serves as a road map for 2018 congressional races
 
 
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Puts It All on the Line in Tax Fight
Caitlyn Hitt / New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Larry David slammed on social media for ‘Saturday Night Live’ Holocaust, Harvey Weinstein jokes
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
House GOP's Child Tax Credit Expansion Excludes Millions of Children in Lower-Income Working Families
Discussion: ThinkProgress
John Bowden / The Hill:
Trump wins visas to hire 70 foreign workers at Mar-a-Lago
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
AP finds hackers hijacked at least 195 Trump web addresses
New York Times:
Poised for West Coast Dominance, Democrats Eye Grand Agenda
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's latest impeachable actions
Discussion: Vox
 

 
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