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6:10 PM ET, November 9, 2018

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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Played Central Role in Hush Payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal  —  Federal prosecutors have gathered evidence of the president's participation in deals to buy the silence of a former adult-film actress and an ex-Playboy model.  The deals have led Trump's former lawyer …
Wall Street Journal:
FBI Is Investigating Florida Company Where Whitaker Was Advisory-Board Member  —  Active case is being handled by FBI Miami office; acting attorney general oversees FBI  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting a criminal investigation of a Florida company accused of scamming millions …
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
'He's a F*cking Fool': Justice Department Officials Trash Matt Whitaker, Their New Boss  —  The new, acting attorney general will have profound powers on things not just related to the Russia probe.  —  The appointment this week of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general …
Benjamin Wittes / The Atlantic:
It's Probably Too Late to Stop Mueller  —  At the end of last month, with the midterms looming, I gave a talk before a small private audience in California in which I argued for optimism because—among other things—the moment for firing Robert Mueller had passed.
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Trump's acting attorney general involved in firm that scammed veterans out of life savings  —  Donald Trump's new acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, was involved in a company that scammed US military veterans out of their life savings, according to court filings and interviews.
Discussion: New Republic and BloombergQuint
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Matthew Whitaker is a crackpot  —  The acting attorney general of the United States is a crackpot.  —  Matthew G. Whitaker, installed in the job by President Trump to replace Jeff Sessions, was asked in 2014, during an ill-fated run in the Republican senatorial primary in Iowa, about the worst decisions in the Supreme Court's history.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Momentum builds against acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker
Associated Press:   Trump on new acting AG: 'I don't know Matt Whitaker'
Stephen I. Vladeck / New York Times:
Whitaker May Be a Bad Choice, but He's a Legal One
Reuters:
Top Senate Democrat challenges Trump on Whitaker appointment
Discussion: The Week
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Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Something Looks Weird In Broward County.  Here's What We Know About A Possible Florida Recount.  —  The Florida U.S. Senate race is still too close to call.  According to unofficial results on the Florida Department of State website at 11:45 a.m. Eastern on Friday, Nov. 9 …
miamiherald:
Rick Scott sues Broward, Palm Beach elections supervisors over ballot delays
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Freak Out as New Ballots Threaten Florida Senate Win
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Florida Law Enforcement: We Have No Voter Fraud Allegations To Investigate
Tampa Bay Times:   Broward County officials need police protection to tally Florida election results
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Rick Scott Cites Rampant Fraud in Florida, as Senate and Governor Races Tighten
Kansas City Star:
Inside Kris Kobach's losing Kansas campaign: ‘Check logic and reason at the door’  —  Kris Kobach blamed money.  He blamed history.  He didn't blame himself for losing a race for governor in a state where Republicans outnumber Democrats nearly 2 to 1.  —  “Obviously, if we'd had more money …
Washington Post:
Trump administration to end refueling for Saudi coalition aircraft in Yemen  —  The Trump administration is ending the practice of refueling Saudi coalition aircraft, halting the most tangible and controversial aspect of U.S. support for the kingdom's three-year war in Yemen, people familiar with the situation said.
Anna Silman / The Cut:
We Thought We Knew Faith, Until We Didn't The making of a white-nationalist poster girl.  —  Long before Faith Goldy became a poster girl for white nationalism, she was one of the most popular students at our all-girls private school in Toronto, Havergal College.
Discussion: VICE News
Washington Post:
Zinke is the Cabinet official most vulnerable to Democratic probe, White House fears  —  White House officials have identified Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke as the Cabinet member most vulnerable to a congressional probe under a Democratic majority in January, putting the colorful secretary closer …
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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Zinke Says He Loves His Job, Even With 2 A.M. Calls From Trump
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Why Aren't Democrats More Excited About the 2018 Results  —  For a party that had a great night on Tuesday, Democrats aren't really acting like it.  Yes, they lost at least three Senate incumbents, but given the exposure they were up against, this is not such a bad result.
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Plan to Pursue Most Aggressive Gun-Control Legislation in Decades  —  Focus spurred by an incoming class of lawmakers with ‘F’ NRA ratings who campaigned on the issue  —  WASHINGTON—Democrats say they will pass the most aggressive gun-control legislation in decades when they become …
Discussion: Axios
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Tensions rising between Mueller, Manafort over level of cooperation: Sources  —  Talks between Special Counsel Robert Mueller and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort have grown increasingly tense over Manafort's apparent lack of cooperation with the investigation, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump Threatens to Retaliate Against Reporters Who Don't Show ‘Respect’  —  President Trump said on Friday that he might revoke the credentials of additional White House reporters if they do not “treat the White House with respect,” lobbing another threat at the news media two days …
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump is telling people he wants to replace Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross by the end of the year  — President Donald Trump is telling people he wants to replace Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross by the end of the year, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Law & Crime and Political Wire
Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
Leak: Axios Editor Concedes Problems With HBO ‘S**tshow’ But Assures Staff That Haters Are Just Jealous  —  “They hate ya cause they ain't ya,” one employee wrote.  —  Their weekly staff meeting had become a crisis debriefing, and Axios employees were wondering where things had gone wrong.
Associated Press:
Bodies found in burnt cars as Calif. fire incinerates town  —  PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Five people were found dead in their burned-out vehicles after a Northern California wildfire incinerated most of a town of about 30,000 people with flames that moved so fast there was nothing firefighters could do, authorities said Friday.
Discussion: KTLA
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Los Angeles Times:
Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom names former Clinton advisor his chief of staff … Moving swiftly to fill the highest-ranking member of his nascent administration, Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom tapped Ann O'Leary, a longtime policy advisor to Hillary Clinton, to serve as his chief of staff and a leader of the transition team this fall.
Will Oremus / Slate:
A Vox Co-Founder Got Doxed on Twitter by a Hate-Spewing Incel, and Twitter Allowed It  —  If verified users with huge followings can't get Twitter to enforce its safety rules, what hope does everyone else have?  — It Took Me Less Than an Hour to Find Illegal Animal Products at a Chinese Traditional Medicine Market
Discussion: Bearing Arms and Breitbart
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Flake floats GOP primary run against Trump: ‘Somebody needs to run’  —  The retiring Arizona senator isn't ruling out a 2020 bid.  John Kasich or Ben Sasse would be good, too, he said.  —  Jeff Flake said Friday that a Republican needs to challenge Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2020.
Discussion: Political Wire
Michael Shepherd / Bangor Daily News:
Exit polling gives Golden an edge in 2nd District ranked-choice count.  See each candidate's road to victory.  —  AUGUSTA, Maine — Assistant Maine House Majority Leader Jared Golden is favored to beat U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in a ranked-choice voting count that could decide the tight race …
Discussion: Political Wire, IVN.us and KAJ-TV
Spiegel Online:
'We Can't Stop Brexit'  —  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn believes that politics have left young people behind.  In an interview with DER SPIEGEL, he speaks about Brexit, the crisis of social democracy in Europe and the uphill battle to unite his party.  —  The man upon whom the hopes …
Discussion: Jo Johnson, Politico and The Guardian
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
America's Fever Is Still Rising  —  Tuesday, if you step back, was an ordinary election in an extraordinary time.  The swing against the president's party in the first midterm election was not far off the historical range.  The average loss for the president's party in the House two years into a first term over the last century is 29.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Vox
 
 
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I was at the protest outside Tucker Carlson's house. Here's what actually happened.
Discussion: New York Post, IJR and Shadowproof
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Trump says Macron's “EU army” plan is “insulting”
Discussion: Bloomberg, Politico and Mediaite
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Four ways the midterm results challenged conventional wisdom
Norman J. Ornstein / New Republic:
The Republicans Broke Congress. Democrats Can Fix It.
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Emma Roller / HuffPost:
Scott Walker Tried To Get Me Fired. Now He's Out Of A Job.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Arizona Republic:
Last Slide  —  But state Republican Chairman Jonathan Lines raised …
Discussion: The Week, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
CBS San Francisco:
Actor James Woods Aids In Search For Camp Fire Missing
TMZ.com:
Thousand Oaks Bar Shooter Ian Long Posted on Instagram During Killings
Discussion: Breitbart
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Democrats could win 40 House seats, the most since Watergate
The White House:
Presidential Proclamation Addressing Mass Migration Through the Southern Border of the United States
Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
Katie Arrington blames Mark Sanford and his supporters for her defeat in SC
Discussion: Political Wire
 

 
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Om Malik / On my Om:
AI platforms are unlikely to become a major source of traffic or ad revenue for media outlets, with content deals offering only a short-term revenue boost

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at Crunchyroll's challenges, including current and former employees saying its management is out of touch, as Disney and Netflix's expand into anime
 
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