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7:55 AM ET, November 19, 2018

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Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
Brenda Snipes submits her resignation as Broward elections supervisor  —  Broward Supervisor of Elections Dr. Brenda C. Snipes waves goodbye to the media, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, at the Broward Supervisor of Elections office in Lauderhill.  Broward County reported their recount results with 52 minutes to spare Sunday.
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Brenda Snipes / NBC 6 South Florida:
Brenda Snipes Submits Resignation as Broward County Supervisor of Elections  —  Brenda Snipes has submitted her resignation as the Broward County supervisor of elections.  —  A representative of Snipes confirmed the news to NBC 6 on Sunday.  —  Snipes became the Broward County supervisor …
Ema O'Connor / BuzzFeed News:   “A Separate Standard”: Voters In Florida Say Disability And Age Can Erase Your Vote
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Why Democrats Should Not Call the Georgia Governor's Race “Stolen”  —  There are three important reasons to cool this rhetoric, despite Brian Kemp's odious voter suppression efforts.  —  Many Democrats are understandably angry about efforts to suppress the vote in Georgia and elsewhere in the 2018 midterm elections.
Discussion: Althouse and Wonkette
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Weekly Standard:
Phantom Voter Suppression in Georgia
Discussion: CNN
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Abrams plans to run again
Discussion: Breitbart
Paul Sonne / Washington Post:
Trump suggests venerated Navy SEAL commander should have found bin Laden faster  —  President Trump derided retired Adm. William H. McRaven as a “Hillary Clinton fan” and an “Obama backer” and suggested that the venerated former head of U.S. Special Operations Command should have apprehended Osama bin Laden faster.
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Nick Anderson / Washington Post:
Bloomberg gives Johns Hopkins a record $1.8 billion for student financial aid  —  Former New York mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced Sunday he is giving a record $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins University to support student financial aid at his alma mater and make its admissions process “forever need-blind.”
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and New York Times
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Michael R. Bloomberg / New York Times:
Why I'm Giving $1.8 Billion for College Financial Aid
Discussion: Baltimore Sun, NPR and CNN
Kimberly Hefling / Politico:
Potential 2020 candidate Bloomberg gives $1.8B to Johns Hopkins
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:   Michael Bloomberg to Give Johns Hopkins Record $1.8 Billion
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Book Offers Firsthand Account of a Venomous Den Inside the White House  —  A firsthand account of the tumult inside President Trump's White House is scheduled to be published in January, the latest in a string of books that seek to decipher his unprecedented presidency.
David Siders / Politico:
'He's Barack Obama, but white': Beto O'Rourke blows up the 2020 Democratic primary  —  Sparked by his narrow defeat in a Texas Senate race, Beto O'Rourke is scrambling the 2020 presidential primary field, freezing Democratic donors and potential campaign staffers in place as they await word of his plans.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
With Facebook at ‘War,’ Zuckerberg Adopts More Aggressive Style  —  New approach causes turmoil, driving several key executives from the company and creating tensions with longtime Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg  —  Mark Zuckerberg gathered roughly 50 of his top lieutenants earlier …
CBS News:
California wildfires: Nearly 1,300 unaccounted for in Camp Fire - live updates  —  The death toll from the Camp Fire in Northern California increased Saturday to 76, while the number of people unaccounted for reached 1,276.  The blaze is now 60 percent contained after consuming more than 149,500 acres.
Discussion: CNN, TMZ.com, Gizmodo and Mediaite
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New York Times:   ‘Hell on Earth’: The First 12 Hours of California's Deadliest Wildfire
Sudhin Thanawala / Associated Press:   Searchers in California wildfire step up efforts before rain
Associated Press:
Finland's president rakes memory for source of Trump remark  —  HELSINKI (AP) — Finland's president isn't sure where U.S. President Donald Trump got the idea that raking is part of his country's routine for managing its substantial forests.  —  Trump told reporters Saturday while visiting …
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Why the blood of a 1955 Mississippi murder drenches today's U.S. Senate race  —  The cold-blooded killing of Lamar Smith — which occurred in broad daylight before a crowd of people outside the Lincoln County Courthouse in Brookhaven, Miss., on Aug. 13, 1955 — is still considered an unsolved murder …
Washington Post:
Trump says he won't listen to Khashoggi ‘suffering tape’  —  President Trump acknowledged the existence of an audio recording of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul but said he has not listened to what he called the “suffering tape” …
Discussion: CNN, VICE News, Axios and New Republic
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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Lindsey Graham: ‘Impossible to believe’ Saudi Crown Prince was unaware of Khashoggi killing
Discussion: AOL
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Anti-vaccination stronghold in N.C. hit with state's worst chickenpox outbreak in 2 decades  —  Chickenpox has taken hold of a school in North Carolina where many families claim religious exemption from vaccines.  —  Cases of chickenpox have been multiplying at the Asheville Waldorf School …
Axios:
Exclusive poll: America sours on social media giants  —  Silicon Valley has a big and growing problem: Americans have rising concerns with its most popular products and a growing majority wants big social media companies regulated, according to new poll conducted by Survey Monkey for “Axios on HBO.”
Discussion: CNBC
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: ‘My military’?  Trump has yet to visit U.S. troops in a combat zone  —  Good morning, Power people.  It's almost Thanksgiving!  We want to hear from you so please send me your tips, comments and family recipes.  Thanks for waking up with us, see you tomorrow and sign up here.
Discussion: Political Wire
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump targets Acosta ouster — again  —  After a federal court ruling on Friday restored the White House press pass of CNN's Jim Acosta, the West Wing moved almost immediately to once again contest his access, sources involved in the negotiations tell me.  —  What's happening …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
The Dueling Deities of Harvard  —  The institution is driven to protect legacy and wealth, but also to create a more diverse and egalitarian student body.  —  The Harvard College admissions office: more sinned against than sinning, and currently serving two masters.
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
'If We Pass Medicare for All, I'm Going to Be Silent as a Lamb'  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arrives in Congress with a bigger megaphone than any other House freshman.  How's she going to use it?  —  Queens, n.y.—"Choosing not to speak," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was telling me one day last month …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
David Lublin / Washington Post:
Eight white-majority districts elected black members of Congress this year.  That's a breakthrough.  —  This year, Americans appear to have elected a record 53 African Americans to the House — assuming that Republicans William Hurd of Texas and Mia Love of Utah will win their tight races, which haven't been called as of this writing.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Ultimate Fake News  —  Fake news is a serious problem in our political life.  I'm not referring to a pathetically small number of Facebook ads bought by Russian provocateurs.  I'm talking about the fake news that was paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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‘Takes all of the oxygen out’: Trump further divides political map for 2020
Holly Rosenkrantz / CBS News:
New members of Congress spar over Trump's treatment of the press
Caitlin Gibson / Washington Post:
40 years ago, this journalist survived the Jonestown massacre. He warns it could happen again.
Shahien Nasiripour / Bloomberg:
Trump Business to Be Hit by Sharp Scrutiny Under House Democrats
Discussion: Raw Story
Des Moines Register:
EXCLUSIVE: How Trump administration pressure to dump 4-H's LGBT policy led to Iowa leader's firing
Doug Saunders / Globe and Mail:
Canada's brain-injured Cuba diplomats speak out about Ottawa's silence
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Another baseless shot at Matt Whitaker
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A fire, a newborn baby and a pact: Tales of survival from Paradise
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Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times:
California fires: For one man in the Camp fire evacuation zone, caring for animals and checking properties keep him busy
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
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New York Times:
Tests Showed Children Were Exposed to Lead. The Official Response: Challenge the Tests
Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:
No Longer Leading State Senate, Republicans Plan to Go on Attack
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
How the Democrats Took Back Michigan
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says He's Unlikely to Sit for Interview in Russia Investigation
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