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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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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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New York Times:
Suburbs Rebel Against Trump, Threatening Republicans in Congress — RICHMOND, Va. — The American suburbs appear to be in revolt against President Trump after a muscular coalition of college-educated voters and racial and ethnic minorities on Tuesday dealt the Republican Party a thumping rejection …
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Philly.com, Washington Post and Politicus USA
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Democrats' Narrow Path to Winning the House
Democrats' Narrow Path to Winning the House
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The Guardian and Daily Kos
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, Fox News Insider and RedState
New York Times:
Virginia Rejects Your Hateful Politics, Mr. Trump
Virginia Rejects Your Hateful Politics, Mr. Trump
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Douglas E. Schoen / Fox News:
Big lessons learned from Virginia, New Jersey governor's races
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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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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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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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Trump wants to punish CNN by breaking up the AT&T/Time Warner deal
Trump wants to punish CNN by breaking up the AT&T/Time Warner deal
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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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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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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
A black student wrote those racist messages that shook the Air Force Academy, school says — In late September, five black cadet candidates found racial slurs scrawled on message boards on their doors at the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School. One candidate found the words “go home n—
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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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Weekly Standard, Raw Story, Deadspin, USA Today, Boing Boing, Hullabaloo and The Daily Caller
afsa-nfe2015.informz.net:
Time to Ask Why — As I have done a few times previously this year, I am sharing with you an advance copy of my President's Views column for the December edition of The Foreign Service Journal. — ADVANCE COPY — President's Views — By AFSA President Ambassador Barbara Stephenson
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Foreign Policy:
Top U.S. Diplomat Blasts Trump Administration for ‘Decapitation’ of State Department Leadership
Top U.S. Diplomat Blasts Trump Administration for ‘Decapitation’ of State Department Leadership
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Washington Post
Karen Deyoung / Washington Post:
White House implements new Cuba policy restricting travel and trade
White House implements new Cuba policy restricting travel and trade
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Axios
Maine.gov:
Governor LePage Issues Statement on Medicaid Expansion — Contact: Julie Rabinowitz, Press Secretary, 207-287-2531 — AUGUSTA - Governor Paul R. LePage has issued a statement in response to Mainers approving a referendum that will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars to give …
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Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Battered by Trump, Obamacare triumphs at the polls
Battered by Trump, Obamacare triumphs at the polls
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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
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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Axios and Political Wire
CBO's Publications:
Repealing the Individual Health Insurance Mandate: An Updated Estimate — CBO and the JCT estimate that, by itself, repealing the mandate would reduce federal deficits by about $338 billion over the 2018-2027 period and increase the number of uninsured people by 4 million in 2019 and 13 million in 2027.
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Ohio mayor who left Dem Party to back Trump goes down in humiliating electoral defeat — A mayor in Ohio who left the Democratic Party last year to endorse Donald Trump for president has gone down in defeat. — Tom Coyne, who was elected as mayor Brook Park in 2013, lost his reelection bid …
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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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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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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.
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Washington Post, Vox, Washington Free Beacon, IJR and Mashable
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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National Enquirer:
HIV Charlie Sheen Raped 13-Year-Old Corey Haim — Shocking Claim — Dying child star named monster who assaulted him on ‘Lucas’ film set! — HIV-infected Charlie Sheen is finally being unmasked by The National ENQUIRER as a twisted child molester — the ruthless adult rapist …
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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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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
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 …
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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The Root and Joe.My.God.