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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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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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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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FiveThirtyEight and The Guardian
New York Times:
With Virginia, Voters Give Democrats First Big Wins of the Trump Era — FAIRFAX, Va. — Voters delivered their first forceful rebuke of President Trump and his party on Tuesday night, with Democrats exploiting Mr. Trump's deep unpopularity to capture the governorships in Virginia and New Jersey …
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Michael Tackett / New York Times:
Trumpism Without Trump: A Losing Formula in Swing-State Virginia
Trumpism Without Trump: A Losing Formula in Swing-State Virginia
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Washington Post, CNN, Breitbart, Bloomberg, JustOneMinute, RedState, WTVR-TV, Blunt Force Truth, Weekly Standard, PEN America, bizpacreview.com, New Republic, Vox, Raw Story, AOL and ABC News
Douglas E. Schoen / Fox News:
Big lessons learned from Virginia, New Jersey governor's races
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, Talking Points Memo, New York Times and Fox News Insider
Media Matters for America:
Fox News' solution to Tuesday's GOP bloodbath: Candidates should embrace Trump more closely
Fox News' solution to Tuesday's GOP bloodbath: Candidates should embrace Trump more closely
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RedState, Mediaite, New York Magazine and New Jersey Online
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Anti-Trump backlash fuels a Democratic sweep in Virginia and elections across the country
The Daily 202: Anti-Trump backlash fuels a Democratic sweep in Virginia and elections across the country
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Vox, Outside the Beltway, ThinkProgress, Refinery29 and CNN
New York Times:
Virginia Rejects Your Hateful Politics, Mr. Trump
Virginia Rejects Your Hateful Politics, Mr. Trump
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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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Steven Overly / Politico:
Sources: AT&T, Time Warner under pressure to dump CNN
Sources: AT&T, Time Warner under pressure to dump CNN
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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 — Ashley Bennett, 32, a psychiatric emergency screener from Egg Harbor Township who showed up at an Atlantic County Freeholder's meeting to protest comments made by Freeholder John Carman mocking …
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Vox, Refinery29, Mashable, Daily Kos and IJR
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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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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afsa-nfe2015.informz.net:
Time to Ask Why — As I have done a few times previously this year …
Time to Ask Why — As I have done a few times previously this year …
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Vox, ABC News, The Daily Caller and Axios
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
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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Deadspin, Raw Story, Boing Boing and The Daily Caller
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
A black student wrote those racist messages that shook the Air Force Academy, school says
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RedState, Fox News, The Root and The Daily Caller
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
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
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
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Trump Tells Democrats He'll ‘Get Killed’ Financially in GOP Tax Bill — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called 12 Senate Democrats Tuesday, hoping to sway them in favor of the Republican tax cut bill, and told them he would personally “get killed” financially by the GOP bill.
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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
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 …
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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Mashable
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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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 and Political Wire
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Inside secret court hearing in Mueller's Trump-Russia probe — One of the first court appearances by special counsel Robert Mueller's team got off to an inauspicious start with a federal magistrate scolding prosecutors for being late. — “Where were you all?
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Axios