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12:20 PM ET, November 11, 2018

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Rachel Donadio / The Atlantic:
Trump's Bromance With Macron Fizzles Spectacularly  —  PARIS—The ceremony was planned long in advance.  A chance for French President Emmanuel Macron to welcome world leaders to mark the centenary of the Armistice that ended the hostilities of World War I. A way to decry nationalism …
Discussion: The Guardian
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New York Times:
Trump's Nationalism Rebuked at World War I Commemoration  —  PARIS — President Trump's brand of “America First” nationalism was repudiated on Sunday as leaders from around the globe gathered to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I and reaffirm …
David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
Macron takes implicit dig at Trump, denouncing ‘nationalism’  —  PARIS — It was a day to remember the bloodshed that ultimately made European solidarity a political imperative, a matter of survival.  —  Scores of presidents, prime ministers and other dignitaries from around the world gathered under …
David Jackson / USA Today:
Critics denounce ‘low energy’ Donald Trump for skipping WWI cemetery ceremony
Discussion: Washington Post
Michael E. Ruane / Washington Post:
The day the guns fell silent
Discussion: Hit & Run and Althouse
Zachary Basu / Axios:
What we're watching: Dems preview investigation onslaught on Sunday shows  —  In the first round of Sunday morning talk shows since the midterm elections, Democrats warned of the coming storm of investigations that they plan to unleash against the Trump White House now that they have taken control of the House of Representatives.
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Nadler: Whitaker will be first witness summoned by the Judiciary Committee
ABC News:
Sunday on ‘This Week’: Rep. Elijah Cummings, Rep. Jerrold Nadler and Kellyanne Conway
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
The Latest: Broward recount delayed because of problem  —  The Latest on the Florida election recount (all times local):  —  The recounting of Senate and gubernatorial ballots has been delayed in Florida's second most-populous county because of problems with the machines.
Discussion: ABC News
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Scott claims Nelson embraces ‘fraud to win’ Florida Senate race
Discussion: Political Wire
Scott Bland / Politico:
Sinema lead grows again as Arizona Senate vote count continues
Discussion: Townhall
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Dana Rohrabacher Loses, Eroding Republican Foothold in California  —  Representative Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican fixture in California who represented Orange County for 15 terms, lost his bid for re-election.  His defeat underlines the party's setbacks in a part of the state that was long a symbol of its political dominance.
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Why California counts its ballots so slowly
Discussion: Breitbart
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Dan Crenshaw started the week as an SNL joke and ended it as a GOP star.  The real story came before that.  —  HOUSTON — Dan Crenshaw's good eye is good enough, but it's not great.  The iris is broken.  The retina is scarred.  He needs a special oversized contact lens, plus bifocals sometimes, to correct his vision.
Discussion: YouTube
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
SNL's Pete Davidson Apologizes to Rep.-Elect Dan Crenshaw's Face: 'I'm a Dick'
Discussion: Gothamist
Al Jazeera:
'I'm suffocating': Khashoggi's last words, says Turkish reporter  —  Senior Turkish journalist tells Al Jazeera what Khashoggi's last words were, according to unpublished audio recording.  —  The head of investigations at the Turkish Daily Sabah newspaper has told Al Jazeera that Jamal Khashoggi's …
Discussion: rbc.ru and Al Jazeera English
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
Top Obama-era officials urge immediate end to U.S. involvement in Yemen war
Discussion: ABC News and Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:   Once Censored, Billionaire Saudi Prince Returns to Spotlight
Daniel Moritz-Rabson / Newsweek:
Proud Boys, Laura Loomer Join Gathering of Conspiracy Theorists, Celebrity Trolls, in Florida to Stop Votes Being Counted  —  Far-right agitators and conspiracy theorists are protesting outside the Broward County Board of Elections, claiming that Democrats are trying to steal Florida's senate race, The Daily Beast reported.
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National Review:   Fire Brenda Snipes
Monica Showalter / American Thinker:
Two fists: Trump and Rubio fight Florida election fraud united
John Bowden / The Hill:
Conservative magazine posts recording of King using derogatory language against immigrants  —  Conservative policy magazine The Weekly Standard on Saturday posted audio of Iowa Rep. Steve King (R) using derogatory language to apparently refer to Mexican immigrants at a campaign event after King …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
A Note on Steve King
Axios:
Scoop: Democrats to probe Trump for targeting CNN, Washington Post  —  House Democrats plan to investigate whether President Trump abused White House power by targeting — and trying to punish with “instruments of state power” — The Washington Post and CNN, incoming House intelligence committee …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Karl Rove sounds the alarm about GOP losses in the suburbs  —  SEA ISLAND, Ga. — Republican guru Karl Rove is sounding the alarm after steep losses in suburbs across America cost his party control of the House of Representatives.  —  Rove, chief adviser to George W. Bush during …
Bob Bauer / The Atlantic:
An Open-and-Shut Violation of Campaign Finance Law  —  It is a strange turn of events when a president famous for denouncing “fake news” is discovered to have entered into an agreement with a media organization to finance the concealment of very real, but politically unfavorable, newsworthy information.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
New York Times:
A White House Challenge: Balancing the Roles of the First Lady and First Daughter  —  WASHINGTON — When Melania Trump's chief of staff announced at a staff meeting months ago that the first lady would be traveling to Africa for her first solo journey abroad, aides to Ivanka Trump …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Resistance Strikes Back  —  Two years of progressive organizing built the blue wave.  —  In April 2017, progressives across America turned toward Georgia's Sixth District for the race to fill the House seat vacated by Tom Price, who'd become President Trump's (short-lived) secretary of health and human services.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Nancy Pelosi: Mueller Doesn't Have to Indict Trump for Congress to Impeach Him  —  Nancy Pelosi really does not want to impeach Donald Trump—and she's prepared to take all the heat from her party and from the new House Democratic majority she's hoping to lead, unless she sees something wildly different emerge.
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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New York Times:
California Hasn't Seen Fires Like This: Pictures of a State in Flames
Discussion: LifeZette and The Last Refuge
Jathon Sapsford / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Threatens Funding to California Over Wildfires
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. on a Course to Spend More on Debt Than Defense
Mike Pence / Fox News:
Vice President Mike Pence: Veterans Day - Veterans have no better friend than President Trump
Discussion: IJR
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Beto 2020 calls multiply among Dems
Discussion: Daily Wire and POLITICUSUSA
New York Times:
America Needs A Bigger House
CNN:
Trump properties received $3.2 million during midterms, FEC records show
Discussion: Political Wire, HuffPost and Raw Story
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
McSally-Sinema update: As uncounted ballots dwindle, Kyrsten Sinema's lead falls slightly
Discussion: Political Wire and Splinter
 

 
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