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Jessie Balmert / USA Today:
Ohio race just got closer after county finds hundreds of uncounted votes  —  A special election in Ohio's 12th Congressional District was too close to call early Tuesday.  It could produce an automatic recount for Democrat Danny O'Connor and Republican Troy Balderson, who was backed by President Donald Trump.
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New York Times:
Republicans Gird for House Battle as Ohio and Kansas Races Remain Close  —  Alarmed by the tight race for a congressional seat in Ohio, Republicans are steeling for a 90-day campaign of trench warfare as they fight to keep control of the House, pinning their hopes on well-funded outside groups …
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Ohio county finds hundreds of uncounted votes in already too-close-to-call special election
Washington Post:
‘Nothing bodes well’: Lackluster election results spark debate over Trump's midterm role
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:   Trump Claims Election Night Credit. It's Not That Simple.
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Secret recording shows GOP's Nunes saying Rosenstein impeachment would delay Supreme Court pick  —  “Do you want them [the Senate] to drop everything and not confirm the Supreme Court justice?”  Rep. Devin Nunes said at a recent fundraiser.  —  Hard-line conservative Republicans …
Discussion: New Republic, HuffPost and MSNBC
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Devin Nunes, in secretly recorded tape, tells donors GOP majority is necessary to protect Trump: 'We're the only ones'  —  Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, appears to have moved from criticizing the investigation into Russian interference …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, CNBC and MSNBC
MSNBC:
TRMS Exclusive: Devin Nunes speaks candidly at fundraiser  —  The Rachel Maddow Show has obtained exclusive audio of Rep. Devin Nunes speaking candidly to donors at a private fundraiser.  —  Below are the transcripts of the portions aired on the August 8, 2018 episode of The Rachel Maddow Show:
Rachel Maddow / MSNBC:   TRMS Exclusive: Devin Nunes at fundraiser audio clip 3
Rachel Maddow / MSNBC:   TRMS Exclusive: Devin Nunes at fundraiser audio clip 1
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Rudy Giuliani's expectations game  —  With his constant commentating and public negotiating, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani is setting up unmeetable expectations for special counsel Robert Mueller — a kind of insurance policy with the president's base.  —  What he's saying: The former …
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and POLITICUSUSA
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:   Giuliani: This Case Isn't Going To Fizzle, It's Going To Blow Up On Mueller
New York Times:
Trump's Lawyers Counter Mueller's Interview Offer, Seeking Narrower Scope
Fox News:   Trump's legal team responds to Mueller request for interview
Associated Press:
Like father, like son: Trump Jr. defiant about Russia probe
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
CNN:   Giuliani says GOP could benefit if Trump's negotiations with Mueller drag on
The Daily Beast:
Omarosa Secretly Recorded Trump and Played the Audio to Others, Sources Say … Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, isn't the only one with secretly recorded audio of the president.  —  Multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation tell The Daily Beast …
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Tribune Terminates $3.9 Billion Sinclair Merger, Sues Broadcast Rival  —  FCC Chairman Ajit Pai had concerns about Sinclair's submissions and sent it to an administrative-law judge, a blow to the merger's approval chances  —  Tribune Media Co. TRCO .99% terminated its merger agreement …
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Washington Post:
Tribune withdraws from Sinclair merger, saying it will sue for ‘breach of contract’  —  Tribune Media said Thursday that it would withdraw from its $3.9 billion merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group, adding it would sue Sinclair for “breach of contract” over its failed negotiations with regulators over the deal.
Discussion: CBS Chicago
Hollywood Reporter:   Tribune Media Terminates $3.9B Sinclair Deal, Files Lawsuit for Breach of Contract
CBS News:
Chris Collins, a timeline — including video of that phone call at the White House picnic  —  Rep. Chris Collins' indictment on insider trading charges sent ripples through Washington on Wednesday.  Collins, the first member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump for president, was key in supporting Mr. Trump early on.
Discussion: Vox, Washington Post and CNN
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Nancy Cook / Politico:   Hope Hicks getting sucked back into Trump's orbit
Grant Stern / The Dworkin Report:
House Republican just arrested for committing a felony on the White House lawn
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Associated Press:
Prosecutor: Man at N.M. compound trained kids for school shooting  —  AMALIA, N.M. (AP) — The father of a missing Georgia boy was training children at a New Mexico compound to commit school shootings, prosecutors said in court documents obtained Wednesday, as authorities waited to learn …
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
The Case for Banning Alex Jones  —  There's no reason for conservatives to be defending this guy.  —  One of the downstream effects of Trumpism is that the fact of having a President Trump has given conservatives a hair-trigger on defending every marginal figure, no matter how stupid or malicious.
Discussion: infowars.com and The Federalist
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Sonny Bunch / Washington Post:
The untenable tension between freedom of speech and freedom of association
Tampa Bay Times:
Bill Nelson: The Russians have penetrated some Florida voter registration systems  —  Nelson amplified concerns about the 2018 midterms.  —  Russian operatives have “penetrated” some of Florida's election systems ahead of the 2018 midterms, Sen. Bill Nelson said Wednesday, adding new urgency about hacking.
Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Kobach refuses to recuse himself from election recount  —  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who holds a razor-thin lead over incumbent Jeff Colyer in Kansas' Republican gubernatorial primary dubbed too close to call, said Wednesday that he will not recuse himself from a recount process.
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Kansas City Star:
No law prevents Kris Kobach from overseeing the likely recount in his own race
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Whole Republican Party Seems to Be Going to Jail Now  —  The entire Trump era has been a festering pit of barely disguised ongoing corruption.  But the whole sordid era has not had a 24-hour period quite like the orgy of criminality which we have just experienced.  The events of the last day alone include:
Hartford Courant:
Regardless of Trial, New Britain Is Keeping ‘Paul Manafort Drive’  —  New Britain has no plans to change the name of Paul Manafort Drive, according to city officials.  It is named after a former mayor, Paul Manafort, whose son, also named Paul, is making national headlines in his tax fraud trial this week.
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Ken White / NBC News:
The Manafort trial judge keeps yelling at prosecutors. That's not good news for the defendant.
Discussion: Vox, Daily Kos and The Hill
CNN:
Dozens dead after school bus carrying children hit by airstrike  —  (CNN)Dozens of children, most believed to be under the age of 10, have been killed after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a school bus in northern Yemen Thursday.  —  The bus was hit as it was driving through a market …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Emails show 2016 links among Steele, Ohr, Simpson — with Russian oligarch in background  —  Emails in 2016 between former British spy Christopher Steele and Justice Department official Bruce Ohr suggest Steele was deeply concerned about the legal status of a Putin-linked Russian oligarch …
Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
GOP Rep's Arrest Gets 7x The Coverage of Entire Scandal for Democrat  —  If you're a politician with “D” at the end of your name, it grants you certain privileges from an all too friendly press.  They go easy on you in interviews, give you the benefit of the doubt, and if you're ever charged …
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Media boost security as Trump ramps up ‘enemy’ rhetoric  —  TV networks are employing security guards at the president's high-octane rallies.  —  Notebooks, mics, cameras, hairspray — those are all things TV reporters are used to having with them at political rallies.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
Why the Left Is So Afraid of Jordan Peterson  —  Two years ago, I walked downstairs and saw one of my teenage sons watching a strange YouTube video on the television.  —  “What is that?”  I asked.  —  He turned to me earnestly and explained, “It's a psychology professor at the University of Toronto talking about Canadian law.”
Weekly Standard:
A Tale of Two Cultures  —  Colombia is a functioning republic with a bright future.  Venezuela, its neighbor, is a nightmare.  What accounts for the difference?  —  A generation ago, Jared Diamond argued in his bestselling book Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies …
 
 
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff / New York Times:
The Marines Didn't Think Women Belonged in the Infantry. She's Proving Them Wrong.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Bill Shine Settles Lawsuit Alleging Fox News Smeared Man Via Media “Sock Puppets”
Shmuel Rosner / New York Times:
Does Sacha Baron Cohen Understand Israel?
Discussion: Althouse
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Stage Version of ‘Network,’ Starring Bryan Cranston, Sets Broadway Opening
Discussion: Gothamist
Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Democrats want Facebook to tell them who has seen disinformation
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Dianne Feinstein was an easy mark for China's spy
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Chris McKee / KRQE-TV:
Student accuses Santa Fe store clerk of racial profiling after police called
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Washington Post:
More than 40,000 Facebook users expressed interest in political protests with potential Russian ties
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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