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Simon Romero / New York Times:
Kyrsten Sinema Declared Winner in Arizona Senate Race  —  PHOENIX — Representative Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat and former social worker, scored a groundbreaking victory in the race for a Senate seat in Arizona, defeating her Republican opponent after waging a campaign in which she embraced …
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Arizona Republic:
Sinema vs. McSally … Democrat Kyrsten Sinema's unbreakable hold on Maricopa County, along with overwhelming support for her from Martha McSally's Tucson-based congressional district, gave her an electoral edge Republicans could not erase in the race for Arizona's open U.S. Senate seat.
Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Kyrsten Sinema has flipped Jeff Flake's Senate seat to the Democrats  —  Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema has picked up an insurmountable lead over Republican opponent Rep. Martha McSally, handing Democrats a seat Republicans have held since 1994, the AP projects.
Discussion: NPR, ABC News and Mother Jones
NBC News:
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema wins Arizona Senate race after nail-biter against Martha McSally
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CNN and Vox
Rachel Leingang / Arizona Republic:
Sinema vs. McSally
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Trump, without evidence, calls Florida ballots ‘massively infected,’ demands end to recounts  —  Just after returning from his trip to Europe, President Donald Trump on Monday morning turned back to the increasingly bitter battle over recounts in the Senate and governor's races in Florida …
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
What's Happening in Florida Is a Nightmare.  2020 Could Be So Much Worse.  —  With Florida set this week to undertake a massive and massively politicized recount in the critical races for governor and senator, the way that election fight has played out so far has been an absolute nightmare.
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Gillum bets future on defending Floridians' right to vote
Discussion: The Nation and twitchy.com
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:   President Trump effectively demands soldiers stationed abroad be excluded from voting in Florida midterms
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed News:
Republican Gov. Rick Scott Was Just Sued Over His Role In The Florida Recount
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and VICE News
Kirby Wilson / miamiherald:
In 26 recounts in major races around the nation since 2000, only 3 outcomes changed
Discussion: Associated Press
Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Special counsel witness says he expects to be charged in Mueller probe  —  The former Infowars Washington bureau chief, who recently testified before a federal grand jury in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election …
Discussion: Washington Times, Axios and Mediaite
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Shannon K. Crawford / ABC News:
Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, mysteriously arrives in Washington, D.C.  —  Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney and close associate, arrived in Washington, D.C., Monday morning, accompanied by one of his own criminal defense lawyers.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Washington Post:   Conservative author and Stone associate Jerome Corsi said he expects to be indicted by special …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:   Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen takes the train to Washington to talk to special counsel Robert Mueller's team
Wall Street Journal:   Conservative Activist Jerome Corsi Says He Expects to Be Indicted in Mueller Probe
Adam B. Schiff / Washington Post:
Matthew Whitaker, we're watching you
The Hill:
Stone associate says he expects to face Mueller indictment in next couple of days
Discussion: The Guardian and Splinter
New York Times:
‘Tell Your Boss’: Recording Is Seen to Link Saudi Crown Prince More Strongly to Khashoggi Killing  —  WASHINGTON — Shortly after the journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed last month at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, a member of the kill team instructed a superior over the phone to …
WGN-TV:
Officer shoots, kills armed security guard outside south suburban bar  —  Share Update: … For the latest updates on this story, click here.  —  ROBBINS, Ill. — Witnesses say a Midlothian police officer responding to a shooting inside a south suburban bar shot and killed the wrong person early Sunday morning.
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
No ‘blue wave,’ but Democrats' midterm success sinking in  —  NEW YORK (AP) — No it wasn't a blue wave.  But a week after the voting, Democrats are riding higher than they thought on Election Night.  —  As vote counting presses on in several states, the Democrats have steadily chalked …
New York Times:
In North Korea, Missile Bases Suggest a Great Deception  —  WASHINGTON — North Korea is moving ahead with its ballistic missile program at 16 hidden bases that have been identified in new commercial satellite images, a network long known to American intelligence agencies but left undiscussed …
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Jason Lewis / Wall Street Journal:
Who Lost The House?  John McCain  —  His July 2017 vote killed ObamaCare repeal and made Democratic lies impossible to refute.  —  The Republican Party lost its House majority on July 28, 2017, when Sen. John McCain ended the party's seven-year quest to repeal ObamaCare.
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Associated Press:
Ousted Republican faults McCain for losing House
Discussion: Politico
Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is weighing a presidential run  —  WASHINGTON, D. C.  - After comfortably winning re-election to his U.S. Senate seat last week in a state that President Donald Trump won comfortably two years ago, Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is weighing a run for president.
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Whitaker's Unofficial Role as Adviser to Trump Campaign is a Clear Red Line  —  The most concerning question involving Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's relationship to Sam Clovis, the national co-chairman of the 2016 Trump campaign, has been missed by many.
Discussion: Washington Post, Mediaite and Hot Air
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New York Times:
Facebook Failed to Police How Its Partners Handled User Data  —  Facebook failed to closely monitor device makers after granting them access to the personal data of hundreds of millions of people, according to a previously unreported disclosure to Congress last month.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
White House confirms Trump will not visit Arlington cemetery on Veterans Day as rain is expected  —  The White House on Monday confirmed that President Donald Trump will not visit Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day.  —  According to Washington Post correspondent Josh Dawsey …
Peter Overby / NPR:
Democrats Say Their First Bill Will Focus On Strengthening Democracy At Home  —  Democrats will take control of the U.S. House in January with big items topping their legislative to-do list: Remove obstacles to voting, close loopholes in government ethics law and reduce the influence of political money.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Political Wire and Unfogged
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Death toll rises to 42 in California's Camp Fire, making it the deadliest wildfire ever in the state  —  BREAKING: Death toll rises to 42 in California's Camp Fire, making it the deadliest wildfire ever in the state.  —  PARADISE, Calif. — The thing about Paradise is that people expected to live out their lives here in the hills.
Jack Crowe / National Review:
Kat Timpf Chased Out of Brooklyn Bar  —  Fox News personality and National Review contributor Kat Timpf was forced to leave a bar in Brooklyn over the weekend after a woman she had never met became enraged upon learning she worked in conservative media.  —  Timpf, who has twice previously …
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
Baraboo High School Students Did The Nazi Salute In Their Prom Photo And Police Are Investigating  —  A Wisconsin school district and local police are investigating an incident in which male high school students appeared to be doing the Nazi salute in their prom photo.
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia secretary of state tells election officials to count absentee ballots  —  Georgia Secretary of State Robyn Crittenden instructed county election officials Monday to count absentee ballots even if they lack a voter's date of birth, as long as the voter's identity can be verified.
Discussion: Splinter and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Pelosi moves aggressively to snuff out challenge to her bid for House speaker  —  House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is moving aggressively to snuff out a challenge from some lawmakers who are demanding new party leadership, while powerful allies outside Congress are helping rally support for her bid for speaker.
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
New York Times:
They Were Stopped at the Texas Border.  Their Nightmare Had Only Just Begun.  —  After crossing the Rio Grande, three immigrant women were picked up by a Border Patrol agent.  Their relief soon turned to terror.  —  MCALLEN, Tex. — The Border Patrol agent, she remembers …
Discussion: Jezebel
TMZ.com:
Marvel Comics Legend Stan Lee Dead at 95  —  Stan Lee, the man responsible for much of the Marvel Universe, has died ... Stan's daughter tells TMZ.  —  We're told an ambulance rushed to Lee's Hollywood Hills home early Monday morning and he was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Trump skipped a U.S. cemetery visit abroad.  The French army trolled him for avoiding the rain. … A century and some change after bugle calls for cease-fire drifted over European trench lines, the French launched a salvo.  —  “There is rain, but it does not matter,” …
Chris Kitching / Mirror.co.uk:
Men burnt alive by mob after false WhatsApp messages accuse them of child kidnap  —  WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: The men were dragged out of a jail cell and killed as hundreds cheered  —  Two innocent men were dragged out of a jail cell and burned alive by a cheering mob as rumours of child abductors spread rapidly on WhatsApp.
 
 
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Gina Ortiz Jones for Congress:
Make Sure Your Vote Gets Counted
Ian Bassin / New York Times:
We're Suing the Florida Governor. He Should Not Oversee His Own Election.
Adam Beam / Associated Press:
Kentucky House leader files to raise money for governor
Discussion: Raw Story
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Biden, Bernie, Beto lead 2020 Dem field
Discussion: The Daily Caller
McKenna Oxenden / Tampa Bay Times:
Naked Florida man revealed on video sneaking into restaurant and munching on ramen
Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Mississippi US senator won't discuss ‘public hanging’ remark
Discussion: The Week
Kim Hart / Axios:
Poll: Majority of Democrats think Republicans are “racist,” “bigoted” or “sexist”
Discussion: The Week and Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Steve King dared a conservative outlet to release audio of him calling immigrants ‘dirt.’ It did.
Wale Aliyu / NBC New York:
Woman Beaten in Subway Station by Man Yelling Racially Charged Words: Family, Police
Discussion: The Root and Gothamist
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Meet the New House Democrats: They Could Be a Management Headache
Discussion: Politico
John Ziegler / Mediaite:
Here's What Happened When a Conservative Tried to Convince a Top House Democrat That Trump Should be Impeached
Kerry Howley / The Cut:
Everyone Believed Larry Nassar The predatory trainer may have just taken down USA Gymnastics.
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