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7:55 PM ET, November 10, 2018

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Washington Post:
‘Real low energy’: Critics pile on after Trump cancels visit to U.S. military cemetery outside Paris  —  PARIS — President Trump flew 3,800 miles to this French capital city for ceremonies to honor the military sacrifice in World War I, hoping to take part in the kind of powerful ode …
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Luke Baker / Reuters:
Trump cancels WW1 memorial at U.S. cemetery in France due to rain  —  PARIS (Reuters) - President Donald Trump could not attend a commemoration in France for U.S. soldiers and marines killed during World War One on Saturday because rain made it impossible to arrange transport, the White House said.
Henry Austin / The Independent:
Trump cancels First World War memorial visit to US cemetery because of ‘poor weather’
BBC:
Armistice Day: Trump-Macron smooth over defence spat
Discussion: NPR and FOX 61
Alex Harris / miamiherald:
Whoops!  Brenda Snipes' office mixed bad provisional ballots with good ones  —  Broward's elections supervisor accidentally mixed more than a dozen rejected ballots with nearly 200 valid ones, a circumstance that is unlikely to help Brenda Snipes push back against Republican allegations of incompetence.
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Orlando Sentinel:
Florida vote: Recounts ordered for U.S. Senate, governor, agriculture commissioner  —  The Florida governor's race will face a recount now that the margin is within 0.5 points.  The Senate race will face a hand recount since the margin is within 0.25 points  —  Privacy Policy
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Gillum, Nelson Lawyers Fight To Include Non-Citizen's Vote In Florida  —  Lawyers for Florida Democratic candidates Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson both fought to prevent a non-citizen's vote from being excluded Friday night, according to a transcript of a Palm Beach County Canvassing Board proceeding obtained …
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Rick Scott's monitors agree with state cops: No Florida voter fraud  —  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott asked state law enforcement to investigate Broward County election officials because of potential “rampant [voter] fraud,” even though monitors from his own administration say they have seen none in that county.
Daniel Molina / The Floridian:
More Provisional Ballots Found in Broward
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
See How the Close the Results Are in Florida, Georgia and Arizona  —  Two races for governor and two for Senate have margins so slim that they might trigger a recount.  We're tracking the votes as they are tallied.  —  Senate Forecast  —  U.S. Senate in Florida›  —  Candidate Party Votes Pct.
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Andrew Gillum withdraws concession as Florida recount begins
Discussion: Political Wire, KAJ-TV and Axios
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Wife of GOP megadonor to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  President Donald Trump is set to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation's highest civilian honor — to the wife of one of the Republican Party's most prominent patrons, the White House announced Saturday.
Discussion: Axios and Joe.My.God.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Even for This President, It Was a Remarkable Week of Attacks on American Institutions  —  WASHINGTON — In the three days after the Democrats captured the House, President Trump fired his attorney general and replaced him with a loyalist critical of both the courts and the Russia investigation.
Discussion: SHUGERBLOG and Vox
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emptywheel:
The Kremlinology (Ha!) of the Sessions' Huddle
Cristina Cabrera / Associated Press:
Whitaker May Have Violated Group's Tax-Exempt Status By Criticizing Clinton
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Deployed Inside the United States: The Military Waits for the Migrant Caravan  —  With little electricity, no combat pay and holidays away from home, the 5,600 American troops on the southwest border are on a mission ordered by a politically determined commander in chief and a Pentagon unable to convince him of its perils.
Discussion: Jezebel
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Avenatti takes on Tucker Carlson after bar incident involving Fox News host's children  —  Michael Avenatti, who was once dubbed a “creepy porn lawyer” on Tucker Carlson's Fox News program, claimed Saturday he's “investigating an alleged assault ... committed by T. Carlson” stemming from an incident at a Virginia restaurant.
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
McSally-Sinema update: As uncounted ballots dwindle, Kyrsten Sinema's lead falls slightly  —  Ballot-counting in Arizona's epic Senate race continued Saturday with Republican Martha McSally cutting slightly into Democrat Kyrsten Sinema's lead and Republicans increasingly taking issue with the election process.
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New York Times:
Democrats Have Two Paths for 2020: Daring or Defensive.  Can They Settle on Either?  —  WASHINGTON — For Democrats, the victories, near wins and stinging losses on Tuesday have intensified a debate in the party about how to retake the White House, with moderates arguing they must find …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
April Ryan / Washington Post:
I'm a black woman.  Trump loves insulting people like me.  —  The type of comments he makes, over and over, leaves little doubt about what he really thinks of us.  —  April Ryan is White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
‘What a stupid question’: Trump demeans three black female reporters in three days
Discussion: AOL, Common Dreams and Townhall
Wall Street Journal:
California Bar Shooter Posted on Social Media Shortly Before and During Massacre  —  Ian Long reached out to former Marine comrades in days before shooting  —  The gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar was posting on Facebook and Instagram immediately before and during the massacre …
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Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
Why didn't they commit him? …
Discussion: Townhall and twitchy.com
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Sneak peek of House Dems' agenda
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Mother Jones
USA Today:
Medical professionals to NRA: Guns are our lane.  Help us reduce deaths or move over.  —  The NRA should work with us to reduce the death toll from guns.  We bear witness to this devastating epidemic.  We're not-anti-gun, we're anti-bullet hole.  —  CONNECT
Discussion: Mashable and Raw Story
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Politico:   Trump blames California forest policies for deadly wildfires
CNN:
Trump properties received $3.2 million during midterms, FEC records show  —  (CNN)Campaigns and PACs spent at least $3.2 million at Trump-owned and branded properties throughout the two-year midterm election cycle, a CNN analysis of Federal Election Commission filings shows.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Turkey's President Says Recording of Khashoggi's Killing Was Given to U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — Turkey said on Saturday that it had turned over audio recordings of the brutal killing of a Saudi journalist to the United States and other Western countries, intensifying the pressure on President Trump …
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Washington Post:
Tape of Khashoggi's killing has been given to U.S., Saudi, Europeans, Erdogan says
Discussion: CNBC, Gizmodo and The Week
 
 
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
A Note on Steve King
New York Times:
Republicans Dominate State Politics. But Democrats Made a Dent This Year.
Associated Press:
Tight race in Georgia shines light on voting restrictions
Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
As Democrats try to steal elections, their dishonesty threatens the very fabric of our country
Discussion: RedState and Arizona Republic
Leah Willingham / Concord Monitor:
Girl Scout who pioneered child marriage bill elected to N.H. House
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Adeel Hassan / New York Times:
17 Black Women Sweep to Judgeships in Texas County
Los Angeles Times:
GOP Rep. Denham falls behind Democrat as 3 other Republicans lose ground in Friday's ballot tally
New Yorker:
The Mystery of the Havana Syndrome
Christopher Hooks / The Atlantic:
What Beto Won  —  They said it couldn't be done and, in the end, they were right.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 

 
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