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10:35 AM ET, November 8, 2017

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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 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.
Discussion: Power Line and Hullabaloo
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
Danica Roem is Va.'s first openly transgender elected official, unseating conservative in House race  —  Democrat Danica Roem ousted longtime incumbent Del. Robert G. Marshall (R) Tuesday, becoming the first openly transgender elected official in Virginia — and one of very few in the nation.
New York Times:
Live Election Results and Estimates: Virginia Governor Race  —  Dem.  —  1,390,597  —  Ed Gillespie  —  Rep.  —  1,160,314  —  Lib.  —  30,020  —  99% reporting (2,561 of 2,566 precincts)  —  Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, won a decisive victory in the race for governor of Virginia …
The Charlotte Observer:
Democrat Vi Lyles makes history in Charlotte mayoral win  —  Casting herself as a unifier after two years of tumult, Democrat Vi Lyles easily defeated Republican Kenny Smith on Tuesday to become Charlotte's first African-American female mayor.  —  Lyles took about 58 percent to Smith's 42 percent in unofficial returns.
Discussion: ABC News, HuffPost, Daily Kos, The Hill and CNBC
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Anti-Trump backlash fuels a Democratic sweep in Virginia and elections across the country  —  THE BIG IDEA: Tuesday was the best day for Democrats politically since Barack Obama won reelection in 2012.  Remember, conservatives scored significant victories in the November 2014, 2015 and 2016 elections.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Vox
New York Times:
Virginia Rejects Your Hateful Politics, Mr. Trump
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Five takeaways from the Virginia governor's race
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Republicans seek new path after failure of Gillespie's ‘Trumpism without Trump’
Discussion: New Republic, Althouse and Joe.My.God.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Dems win from coast to coast
Discussion: Governing magazine and TalkLeft
Fenit Nirappil / Washington Post:
Democrats poised to make significant gains in Virginia legislature
HuffPost:
Watch Out, Donald Trump. Here Come The Democrats.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Democrats euphoric after Tuesday election romp
Discussion: Mother Jones
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Dem Wins in Virginia, New Jersey: Not a Repudiation of Trump, but a Warning
Discussion: Business Insider
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Northam beats Gillespie in Virginia governor's race
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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Washington Post:
Trump woos Democrats as conservatives demand changes to House GOP tax bill
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 …
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.
Discussion: TheBlaze, Mediaite and Instapundit
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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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Associated Press:
Politician Who Joked About Women's March Defeated
Discussion: The Hill
Trudy Ring / Advocate:
Jenny Durkan Elected Seattle Mayor … Jenny Durkan has been elected mayor of Seattle, making her the city's first out lesbian mayor and its first woman mayor since the 1920s.  —  Durkan won 61 percent of the vote, more than 21 percentage points ahead of her opponent, Cary Moon, The Seattle Times reports.
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times:
Jenny Durkan defeats Cary Moon to become Seattle's first woman mayor since the 1920s
Discussion: GeekWire and Joe.My.God.
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?
Discussion: Axios
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.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
H.W. Vail / Vanity Fair:
Gay Talese Would Like to Profile Kevin Spacey  —  And not necessarily for the reason one might imagine.  Plus more scenes from the New York Public Library's Literary Lions Gala.  —  One night a year, the New York Public Library, the Beaux-Arts bastion of the city's literary life, becomes a shade less public.
Discussion: Jezebel and Mediaite
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Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Author Gay Talese feels sorry for Kevin Spacey, says his accusers should ‘suck it up’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Joseph O'Sullivan / The Seattle Times:
Manka Dhingra leading Jinyoung Englund in pivotal 45th District Senate race  —  Democrat Manka Dhingra held a double-digit lead over Republican Jinyoung Englund Tuesday night for the 45th District state Senate seat.  —  Holding a double-digit lead Tuesday night over her 45th District Senate opponent …
James Griffiths / CNN:
Trump to become first foreign leader to dine in Forbidden City since founding of modern China  —  Trump's whirlwind Asia tour: The big issues  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Hong Kong (CNN)Donald Trump will receive an honor in Beijing not granted to any US President since the founding …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, KTLA and The Guardian
New York Times:
De Blasio Coasts to Re-election, as Second-Term Challenges Await  —  Now comes the hard part.  —  Gliding to his second landslide victory, Bill de Blasio was re-elected on Tuesday as the mayor of New York City, overwhelming his Republican challenger, Nicole Malliotakis …
Discussion: NPR, www.wnyc.org and The Root
Corey W. McDonald / New Jersey Online:
Ravi Bhalla wins Hoboken election, becomes N.J.'s first Sikh mayor  —  HOBOKEN — City Councilman Ravi Bhalla has emerged victorious in the six-person mayoral race, becoming the first Sikh mayor of the Mile Square City — and the state of New Jersey.  —  Bhalla, an Indian-American born in New Jersey …
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Russia Activated Twitter Sleeper Cells for Election Day Blitz … As U.S. polling places opened last Nov. 8, Russian trolls in St. Petersburg began a final push on Twitter to elect Donald Trump.  —  They used a combination of high-profile accounts with large and influential followings …
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
 
 
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Mike Pence / USA Today:
‘It has been a year of accomplishments’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jim Puzzanghera / Los Angeles Times:
GOP tax bill would end deduction for wildfire and earthquake victims — but not recent hurricane victims
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple to Ramp Up Work on Augmented Reality Headset
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
How Trump Brought the Political Media Class to Its Knees
Josh Meyer / Politico:
Russia investigators probe 2016 GOP platform fight
Discussion: New York Times
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Tee times, smoothie diets, and fat paychecks: A look inside post-Trump life
Discussion: Axios and Mediaite
Andrew J. Bacevich / New Republic:
Leave It to the Generals  —  Win or quit, or win and then quit.
New York Times:
Let the People Pick the President
 Earlier Items: 
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Time to Ask Why  —  As I have done a few times previously this year …
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Melvin Carter Elected Mayor Of St. Paul
Discussion: Shareblue Media and The Hill
New York Times:
Election Results: Virginia
Discussion: ThinkProgress and IJR
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
New York Voters Reject a Constitutional Convention
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Democrats picked up 2 seats in the Georgia state legislature, too
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Maine just became the 33rd state to expand Medicaid
Bloomberg:
Senator Menendez Juror Asks Trial Judge: ‘What Is a Senator?’
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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