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Brittany Shammas / Miami New Times:
Trump's Acting Attorney General Was Part of Miami-Based Invention Scam Company … Today, President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions and announced that his chief of staff, Matthew Whitaker, would become acting attorney general. Whitaker is a former U.S. attorney in Iowa …
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The Daily Beast:
Jeff Sessions' Replacement, Matthew Whitaker, Led Secretive Anti-Dem Group — Acting AG Matthew Whitaker ‘is on record as being more interested in propping up Trump than in upholding the rule of law,’ one Justice Department lawyer says. — Acting Attorney General Mark Whitaker …
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
A Thousand Cuts: How the Acting Attorney General Could Kill Russia Investigations Without Firing Mueller—and Only “Norms” Could Stop Him — The Acting Attorney General is in a position to seriously undermine the Russia investigation. He could potentially take several steps behind closed doors without …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“The President Is Very Depressed”: With Don Jr. Facing Possible Indictment, and Endless House Investigations Forthcoming, No Wonder Trump Is in a Bad Mood — He finally got rid of Jeff Sessions—but Donald Trump's life is about to get much harder. — BY - GABRIEL SHERMANNovember 7, 2018,
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump delivers first Dem probe on a silver platter — DRIVING THE DAY — BREAKING OVERNIGHT ... 13 DEAD IN MASS SHOOTING IN CALIFORNIA ... L.A. TIMES: “13 dead in mass shooting at Thousand Oaks bar packed with college students”: “At least 13 people are dead …
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Trump's acting attorney general was part of firm US accused of vast scam — Matthew Whitaker sat on advisory board of World Patent Marketing, which was ordered to pay $26m settlement in May — Donald Trump's new acting attorney general was part of a company accused by the US government of running a multimillion-dollar scam.
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
What Sessions's Resignation Means for Robert Mueller — President Donald Trump has forced out Attorney General Jeff Sessions just one day after the midterm elections and after nearly a year of berating him for recusing himself from the Justice Department's Russia investigation.
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New York Times:
Trump Installs a Critic of the Mueller Investigation to Oversee It
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Des Moines Register:
Matthew Whitaker's troubling opinion: Judges need a biblical view
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Sessions Out, Whitaker In — For Now, and Maybe for Good
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Sessions might run for old Senate seat in Alabama
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Annie Karni / Politico:
After Sessions, who will Trump dump next?
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Lawfare:
Jeff Sessions's Firing, Matthew Whitaker's Rise and the Attorney General's Role In the Mueller Investigation
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Washington Post:
In Matthew Whitaker, Trump has a loyalist at the helm of the Justice Department
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Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Matthew Whitaker, Acting Attorney General, Once Used His Justice Bona Fides to Tout ‘Scam’ Business
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Matt Whitaker's Small Russia Probe World
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Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
Breaking: 13 dead including deputy, gunman, in bar filled with college students in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Dozens injured. — Authorities in Thousand Oaks, Calif., northwest of Los Angeles, reported 13 fatalities at a bar and dance hall late Wednesday after multiple shots were fired by a man inside.
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New York Times:
Gunman Kills at Least 12 at Thousand Oaks Bar — THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — At least 11 bar patrons and a sheriff's deputy were killed late Wednesday in a shooting at a country and western dance hall in Thousand Oaks, Calif., that was holding an event for college students, officials said.
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Los Angeles Times:
Gunman kills 12 in ‘horrific’ mass shooting at Thousand Oaks bar packed with college students — A gunman threw smoke bombs and rained bullets on a crowd of hundreds inside a Thousand Oaks bar that is popular with college students Wednesday night, leaving 12 dead including a Sheriff's sergeant shot trying to stop the carnage.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
White House pulls CNN's Jim Acosta's pass after contentious news conference — (CNN Business)Breaking news update: — In a stunning break with protocol, the White House said Wednesday night that it's suspending CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta's hard pass “until further notice.”
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The Daily Beast:
A White Nationalist Leader Just Posted Pics From His White House Visit — The Trump White House has yet to explain how Identity Evropa's Patrick Casey apparently ended up on the grounds. — The leader of a white nationalist group whose members marched in the 2017 white supremacist rally …
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Axios:
Trump uses CNN's Jim Acosta to act on longtime fantasy against media
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Bars CNN's Acosta From the White House
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Sun-Sentinel:
Broward still counting votes, but elections supervisor doesn't know how many are left — Republican Rick Scott declared victory in Florida's U.S. Senate race, but with a such a slim lead over incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson, the race may be headed toward a recount. — South Florida Sun Sentinel
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Complaining About the ‘Senate Popular Vote?’ You Suffer From Civic Illiteracy
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Democrats' Gain Was More Impressive Than It Appears
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
A Mob Showed Up Outside Tucker Carlson's House And Ordered Him To ‘Leave Town’ — MEDIA — A left-wing mob showed up outside Fox News host Tucker Carlson's house Wednesday evening, posted pictures of his address online and demanded that he flee the city of Washington, D.C.
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Joseph A. Wulfsohn / Mediaite:
Mob Gathers Outside Tucker Carlson's Home: ‘We Know Where You Sleep at Night!’
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Jonathan Vankin / Yahoo News:
Florida Governor Race Recount Now Likely, Andrew Gillum Claims Vote Gap Down To 15,000 Votes Behind DeSantis — As the United States Senate race in Florida headed to a recount, the governor's race there on Wednesday morning also looked likely to go to a recount of its own even though Democrat Andrew Gillum, as
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
'Florida's Being Florida': Senate Race May Be Heading to, What Else? A Recount.
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Arizona Republic:
Election Day in Arizona: Ballots are processed … With the U.S. Senate seat hanging in the balance, the Yuma, Navajo, Apache and Maricopa County Republican parties filed a lawsuit against all Arizona county recorders and the Secretary of State late Wednesday.
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David Siders / Politico:
Decision time arrives for Democrats mulling 2020 bids — The midterms are over. So when will top-tier 2020 contenders announce, already? — The Democratic Party's victory in the House on Tuesday removed a major barrier for many likely candidates, who'd been waiting out the midterms …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
‘None of the above’ tops list of potential 2020 Dems, poll shows
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Incoming Democrat Chairman: Dems Will Go ‘All-In’ On Russia, Impeach Kavanaugh For ‘Perjury’ — Also laments that elite Republicans are joining Democrats. — Judiciary Committee ranking member Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., revealed plans for House Democrats to investigate …
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Keri Blakinger / Houston Chronicle:
Promise not to kill anyone? After losing election, TX judge wholesale releases juvenile defendants — After losing his bench in a Democratic sweep, Harris County Juvenile Court Judge Glenn Devlin released nearly all of the youthful defendants that appeared in front him on Wednesday morning …
Mark Niesse / politics.myajc:
Why did some voting machines sit unused on busy Election Day? — Metro Atlanta voters stood in long lines Tuesday, amid a surge in turnout that made the midterm election resemble a presidential contest. — As they waited — some for hours — hundreds of voting machines sat unused …
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