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10:45 AM ET, November 9, 2017

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Wall Street Journal:
The Anti-Trump Wave  —  Democrats come out in droves and the GOP is caught in the undertow.  —  Republicans took a thorough beating in Tuesday's elections, and no one should sugar coat the results because the voting was confined to a few states.  Democrats came out in droves to send a message …
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:   2016 is looking like the new normal … If you wanted to predict …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
GOP election drubbing scrambles tax reform outlook
Discussion: ABC News
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP faces wrenching call: Running with or away from Trump
Discussion: ABC News and The Hill
Associated Press:
Democratic wins: Start of anti-Trump surge or ‘not so fast?’
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
Top GOP senator says election losses could complicate tax reform
Joe McDonald / Associated Press:
Trump cooperates with Chinese effort to control image  —  BEIJING (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump was a cooperative partner for Beijing's sweeping efforts to control the message of his heavily choreographed visit to China.  —  Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping …
Discussion: Axios
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CNN:
Trump: 'I don't blame China' for taking advantage of US on trade
Antony J. Blinken / New York Times:   Trump Is Ceding Global Leadership to China
Dave Lawler / Axios:   Trump to Chinese leaders: I don't blame you for taking advantage of us
John Harwood / CNBC:
Gary Cohn: Trickle-down is good for the economy  — Gary Cohn says, “I don't believe that we've set out to create a tax cut for the wealthy.  If someone's getting a tax cut, I'm not upset that they're getting a tax cut.”  —  Gary Cohn, 57, was in some ways an unlikely choice for Donald Trump's White House.
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Gary Cohn: ‘The Most Excited Group Out There Are Big CEOs, About Our Tax Plan’  —  White House economic adviser Gary Cohn nearly quit the administration over President Trump's equivocations about a Nazi rally in Charlottesville, and then was denied his dream of becoming the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Discussion: Washington Post
John Harwood / CNBC:   Gary Cohn says repealing the estate tax helps ‘a lot of different people’
CNN:
Flynn worries about son in special counsel probe  —  Washington (CNN)Former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn has expressed concern about the potential legal exposure of his son, Michael Flynn Jr., who, like his father, is under scrutiny by special counsel Robert Mueller …
Discussion: AOL, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker calls for Mueller to be fired in speech on House floor
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Fox, facing new competitors, clings tighter to Trump  —  During the Republican primary contest, Donald Trump feuded frequently with Fox News, going after Megyn Kelly and, at the height of his pique, even skipping one of the network's debates.  That now seems like eons ago.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
As bigotry backfires nationwide, Fox News hires actual Nazi sympathizer from Trump's White House  —  Months after having his security clearance stripped, former Trump adviser and Nazi sympathizer Sebastian Gorka has just been hired by Fox News as a “national security strategist.”
CNN:
Roy Moore was removed from 1990s divorce case after he barred lesbian from seeing her children unsupervised  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for Senate in Alabama, ruled in a 1990s divorce case that a woman who had a lesbian affair couldn't visit …
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Kevin O'Leary / American Prospect:   Could Alabama Be Next?  —  Jeronimo Nisa /The Decatur Daily via AP
CNN:
Academic at heart of Clinton ‘dirt’ claim vanishes, leaving trail of questions  —  Poll: Americans concerned about Russia probe  —  (CNN)Joseph Mifsud, the Maltese academic suspected of being a link between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, was once a regular on the foreign policy circuit, attending conferences the world over.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Is the National Anthem Racist?  —  There are several possible answers to this question:  —  1) Of course, because everything is racist.  —  2) It's anyone's guess.  The word “racist” has no meaning.  —  3) Don't be stupid.  —  “Yes” isn't really on the list.
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Dana Griffin / San Francisco Chronicle:
California NAACP proposes removing ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem
Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Seek Plea Deal With Manafort's Former Son-in Law  —  Jeffrey Yohai, who worked with his father-in-law on real-estate deals, hasn't been charged with any crime  —  The Justice Department is seeking to reach a plea deal in its criminal investigation of the former son-in-law of Paul Manafort …
Discussion: Political Wire
Mike Allen / Axios:
Sean Parker unloads on Facebook: “God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains”  —  Sean Parker, the founding president of Facebook, gave me a candid insider's look at how social networks purposely hook and potentially hurt our brains.  —  Be smart: Parker's I-was-there account …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Gregg Re / Fox News:
More layoffs planned at Carrier plant Trump promised to save  —  Carrier Corp., the HVAC manufacturer that had planned to move its operations to Mexico before President Trump staged a much-heralded intervention, said Tuesday it is gearing up for yet another round of layoffs.
Discussion: RedState, Politicus USA and Raw Story
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Rand Paul's neighbors rip media ‘landscaping dispute’ reports  —  The Bowling Green, Ky. neighbor who allegedly sucker attack Sen. Rand Paul last weekend, causing six broken ribs, was aggressively anti-Trump and anti-GOP in his social media, calling for the impeachment of the president …
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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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Megan Cerullo / New York Daily News:
Palm Springs City Council now entirely queer after election of transgender, bisexual women  —  The Palm Springs, Calif., City Council is entirely LGBT or queer after two new members were elected to the council Tuesday.  —  Lisa Middleton made history Tuesday as the first openly transgender candidate elected …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
‘Canary in the coal mine’: Republicans fear Democratic wins mean more losses to come  —  Virginia republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie pauses in his concession speech Tuesday night in Richmond, Va. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)  —  A wave of Democratic victories ignited …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed:
InfoWars Has Republished More Than 1,000 Articles From RT Without Permission  —  The conspiracy site also copied content from many other mainstream publications.  —  Over the past three years, conspiracy site InfoWars has copied more than 1,000 articles produced by Russian state-sponsored broadcaster RT …
New York Times:
After Night of Drinking, F.B.I. Supervisor Wakes to Find a Woman Stole His Gun  —  WASHINGTON — An F.B.I. counterterrorism supervisor is under internal investigation after a woman stole his gun following a night of heavy drinking in a North Carolina hotel, according to documents and government officials.
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Shocker: Kevin Spacey Dropped From ‘All The Money In The World;’ J Paul Getty Role Recast With Christopher Plummer  —  EXCLUSIVE: In an unprecedented bold move, director Ridley Scott, along with Imperative Entertainment's Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas have decided to remove Kevin Spacey …
Suzy Khimm / NBC News:
Trump's Chinese Gas Deal Raises Ethics Issues for Wilbur Ross  —  WASHINGTON — On Sunday, thanks to a consortium of investigative journalists, the public learned that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross never fully divested himself of ownership in a big global shipping company …
 
 
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Diana Nyad / New York Times:
My Life After Sexual Assault
Discussion: Shakesville
Dara Lind / Vox:
A New York courtroom gave every detained immigrant a lawyer. The results were staggering.
Discussion: Vera and ImmigrationProf Blog
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Biden: ‘I regret that I am not president’ but ‘it was the right decision’ for family
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Corker announces Senate hearing to examine Trump's ‘authority to use nuclear weapons’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and IJR
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
He Solved The DNC Hack. Now He's Telling His Story For The First Time.
Heather Long / Washington Post:
GOP bill would hike taxes on 31 percent of middle-class Americans by 2027, study finds
 Earlier Items: 
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
The New Washington Drama: Treasury Secretary Versus Treasury Secretary
Discussion: Political Wire
Mark Brown / The Guardian:
Dead grasshopper discovered in Vincent van Gogh painting
Discussion: Althouse, Jezebel and AOL
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan erases any doubt: 'We're with Trump'
Ed Klein / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton is in ‘secret negotiations’ …
Discussion: Blunt Force Truth and CANNONFIRE
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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