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Financial Times:
US regulators demand CNN sale to approve AT&T-Time Warner deal … AT&T has been told by the US Department of Justice that it needs to sell CNN, Time Warner's cable news channel, to get its $84.5bn acquisition of the media company approved, according to three people with direct knowledge of the negotiations.
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Talking Points Memo, The Verge, TVNewser and Mashable
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New York Times:
U.S. Said to Seek Sale of CNN or DirecTV in AT&T-Time Warner Deal — By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED, EMILY STEEL and ANDREW ROSS SORKINNovember 8, 2017 — The Justice Department has called on AT&T and Time Warner to sell Turner Broadcasting, the group of cable channels that includes CNN …
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Recode, Vox, ThinkProgress, Joe.My.God., The Verge and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Steven Overly / Politico:
Sources: AT&T, Time Warner under pressure to dump CNN — AT&T and Time Warner are under pressure from the Justice Department to offload CNN to win the Trump administration's approval of their $85 billion merger, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
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Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Tae Kim / CNBC:
Time-Warner stock down after DOJ demands CNN to be sold as condition for AT&T deal
Time-Warner stock down after DOJ demands CNN to be sold as condition for AT&T deal
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Talking Points Memo and The Gateway Pundit
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Fox News Went 100 Minutes Tuesday Night Without Discussing the Republican Loss in Virginia — The biggest political story of the hour is that Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie went down big in Virginia after running a Trump-esque campaign fixated on inflammatory culture-war issues …
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Philly.com and Shareblue Media
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Five takeaways from the Virginia governor's race
Five takeaways from the Virginia governor's race
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CNN, Politico, New York Times, Talking Points Memo and RedState
Douglas E. Schoen / Fox News:
Big lessons learned from Virginia, New Jersey governor's races
Michael Martz / www.richmond.com:
Democrats erase 32-seat GOP advantage in House; recounts likely to determine control — Virginia Democrats are poised to claim at least a share of control of the House of Delegates after erasing a 32-seat Republican advantage in a “tsunami election,” with control of the chamber likely to be ultimately decided by vote recounts.
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Politico, Axios, Washington Post, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Crooked Media, Associated Press, New York Times, BillMoyers.com, IJR, Hullabaloo and Power Line
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Democrats' Narrow Path to Winning the House — The Democrats' “coalition of transformation” flexed its muscles Tuesday to deliver a resounding repudiation of Donald Trump and crystallize the risk the GOP has taken by allowing him to redefine the party in his image.
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The Guardian and Daily Kos
New York Times:
With Virginia, Voters Give Democrats First Big Wins of the Trump Era
With Virginia, Voters Give Democrats First Big Wins of the Trump Era
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Thomas Plank / Helena Independent Record:
Collins unseats Mayor Smith; ‘progressive ticket’ sweeps Helena City Commission — Wilmot Collins will be Helena's new mayor, unseating incumbent Jim Smith in a close race Tuesday. — Collins, 54, will be the city's first new mayor in 16 years after running a long campaign based in progressive principles.
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Joe.My.God.
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Associated Press:
Politician Who Joked About Women's March Defeated — A New Jersey politician who shared a meme on Facebook during January's Women's March in Washington asking whether the protest would be “over in time for them to cook dinner” is eating his words. — MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) …
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The Hill
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Amy S. Rosenberg / Philly.com:
Woman who ran after Atlantic County Freeholder mocked the Women's March knocks him off the board
Woman who ran after Atlantic County Freeholder mocked the Women's March knocks him off the board
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Vox, Mashable, Refinery29, Daily Kos and IJR
Tom Roeder / Gazette:
Air Force Academy finds cadet candidate responsible for racist messages — An Air Force Academy cadet candidate once thought the victim of racial slurs at the preparatory school on campus was actually the vandal who scrawled the threatening messages across the note boards outside his room and the dwellings of classmates.
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Air Force Times, ABC News, VICE, IJR and NPR
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
A black student wrote those racist messages that shook the Air Force Academy, school says
A black student wrote those racist messages that shook the Air Force Academy, school says
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Fox News, RedState, KKTV-TV, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Root and The Daily Caller
Michael Kruse / Politico:
Johnstown Never Believed Trump Would Help. They Still Love Him Anyway. — JOHNSTOWN, Pa.—Pam Schilling is the reason Donald Trump is the president. — Schilling's personal story is in poignant miniature the story of this area of western Pennsylvania as a whole—one of the long-forgotten …
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Raw Story, USA Today, Deadspin, Boing Boing and The Daily Caller
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
Donna Brazile: Jake Tapper betrayed me after debate questions controversy — Former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile said she felt betrayed by CNN anchor Jake Tapper in the controversy over her decision to share Democratic debate questions with Hillary Clinton last year, an act she has since admitted.
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IJR, TheBlaze, Mediaite and Instapundit
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
How Brazile's book exposes liberal media's Hillary health coverup
How Brazile's book exposes liberal media's Hillary health coverup
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IJR
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Foreign Policy:
Top U.S. Diplomat Blasts Trump Administration for ‘Decapitation’ of State Department Leadership — Weakening State cedes diplomacy to U.S. adversaries, say current and former officials. — Two former ambassadors have rebuked the White House in an increasingly vocal backlash against its efforts to sideline the State Department.
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Washington Post
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Former top Trump official: I forgot about crucial Russia email because it was Father's Day — During an interview on Fox News on Tuesday evening, former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski claimed the distraction created by Father's Day resulted in him being unable to remember an email sent …
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Mother Jones, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Joe Mayes / Bloomberg:
Bill O'Reilly's Fox Deal Shielded Him From Getting Fired Over Allegations — Fox director Nasser reveals contract terms to U.K. regulators — Sexual-harassment handling is weighing on Fox's bid for Sky — Former Fox News star Bill O'Reilly had a deal with 21st Century Fox Inc …
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Talking Points Memo and Jezebel
James Dator / SBNation.com:
This ‘Price is Right’ contestant who gave up a new car for $1,500 is actually a secret genius — The audience booed, but Kevin was right. — PIN — This is a story about Kevin, who had an incredible chance to win a car on The Price is Right but refused and instead took $1,500.
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USA Today
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Drake's Hotline to Hollywood: Inside an Ambitious Push Into Film and TV — At home in Toronto with music's reigning (and restless) hitmaker as he shifts his focus to new projects with Netflix and Apple and unveils plans to “take six months or a year to myself and do some great films.”
Bloomberg:
Icahn Subpoenaed by U.S. Over Biofuel Policy While Trump Adviser — U.S. Attorney for Southern District of N.Y. seeks information — Icahn Enterprises discloses request in securities filing — Federal investigators have issued subpoenas for information on Carl Icahn's efforts …
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Raw Story
Chicago Tribune:
Obama reports for jury duty at Daley Center but is dismissed a short time later — Former President Barack Obama arrives for jury duty at the Daley Center, Nov. 18. 2017. — The former leader of the free world reported for Cook County jury duty Wednesday morning at the Daley Center but ultimately was dismissed, officials said.
Lindy West / New York Times:
Brave Enough to Be Angry — Last month, an Access Hollywood correspondent asked the actress Uma Thurman to comment on abuse of power in Hollywood, presumably in light of the sexual assault allegations against the producer Harvey Weinstein. Speaking slowly and deliberately, through gritted teeth …
Anthony Zurcher / BBC:
George Papadopoulos meeting with UK during Trump campaign revealed — Dismissed by the White House as a “low-level volunteer”, more about the true status of adviser George Papadopoulos seems to emerge by the day. — The Trump campaign foreign policy aide's contacts with Russians have already got him in trouble.
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Political Wire
Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:
The Internet is Laughing at Melania Trump Getting Upstaged By a K-Pop Star — Melania Trump was in South Korea on Tuesday, where she appeared in Seoul with K-Pop singer Choi Min-ho of the group SHINee, who goes by the name “Minho.” Mrs. Trump and Minho spoke at an event in Seoul …
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The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Members irate after elite NY golf club refuses to hang Trump portrait — MORE FROM: … President Donald Trump is a member of the elite Winged Foot Golf Club in Westchester, and members have come out swinging because the club will not honor him by putting up a POTUS portrait.
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The Daily Caller
Maya Prabhu / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Democrats pick up three legislative seats in special elections — Georgia Democrats have gained three legislative seats in Tuesday's special elections. — Deborah Gonzalez bested Houston Gaines to represent the Athens area, replacing former Athens Republican Rep. Regina Quick, who was appointed to a judgeship in August.
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Washington Monthly, Political Insider and Vox
Mike Pence / USA Today:
‘It has been a year of accomplishments’ — With President Trump's leadership, we will Make America Great Again: Opposing view — One year ago Wednesday, President Donald J. Trump won a historic victory. But even more historic has been President Trump's record of accomplishment ever since.
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The Daily Caller