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11:00 AM ET, November 23, 2018

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New York Times:
Saudis Want a U.S. Nuclear Deal.  Can They Be Trusted Not to Build a Bomb?  —  WASHINGTON — Before Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was implicated by the C.I.A. in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, American intelligence agencies were trying to solve a separate mystery …
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Reuters:   CIA Has Recording of Saudi Crown Prince Ordering Khashoggi Silenced, Turkish Media Reports
Reuters:
Turkish paper: CIA had recording of Saudi prince demanding Khashoggi be ‘silenced’
Discussion: Mediaite
Elana Schor / Politico:
Sherrod Brown sets his sights on Trump in 2020  —  Democrat Sherrod Brown just won reelection resoundingly in a Trump state running on Trump's issues — taking a hard line on trade and helping blue-collar workers.  —  Now the Ohio senator is talking increasingly like he's prepared to take on the president himself.
Discussion: Political Wire
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John Russo / American Prospect:
Ohio: Another Brick in the Red Wall?  —  Unsuccessful Ohio gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray speaks to reporters on Election Day 2018 in Columbus.  —  The midterm elections showed that the Democrats' blue wall is being rebuilt brick by brick in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and northern Illinois.
Rafael Carranza / Arizona Republic:
Last Slide  —  The mayor of Tijuana declared an international humanitarian crisis on Thursday over the arrival of more than 5,000 mostly Central American migrants traveling in a caravan.  —  The migrants have streamed into the border city in the past week to seek asylum in the United States.
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Wendy Fry / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Small group breaks from caravan to press within 500 feet of U.S. border in Tijuana
Discussion: Daily Wire
Tom Elliott / Grabien News:   Trump Warns: We May Close ‘the Whole Border’ with Mexico if Things Get ‘Uncontrollable’
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Warning signs mount for Trump reelection bid  —  Donald Trump insists the GOP's midterm election shellacking had nothing to do with him.  Things will be different, he says, when his name is actually on the ballot in 2020.  —  While it's true that most presidents who see their party suffer major losses …
Randall Eliason / Sidebars:
Judge in Mueller Case Upholds Legal Theory that Makes Collusion a Crime  —  Is collusion a crime?  Since the beginning of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, allegations of “collusion” have dominated the debate.  President Trump regularly claims there was “no collusion” …
Isobel Asher Hamilton / Business Insider:
‘We are not robots’: Thousands of Amazon workers across Europe are striking on Black Friday over warehouse working conditions  — Thousands of Amazon workers across Europe were striking and protesting on Black Friday in anger at the company's warehouse working conditions.
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Associated Press:   Amazon staff in Europe protest to coincide with Black Friday
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Is a Recession Coming?  —  In December 2007, Larry Kudlow, then a talking head for the business network CNBC, proclaimed, “There's no recession coming.  It's not going to happen.”  That same month, the economy plunged into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Page Six:
National Enquirer editor writing book about ‘Trump and his women’ … The National Enquirer's long-held secrets about Donald Trump may be about to get substantially less secret.  —  Page Six is told that the longtime executive editor of the tabloid, Barry Levine, is penning a book for Hachette about the president.
Discussion: Hill Reporter and Mediaite
CNN:
After his politicized Thanksgiving call, maybe Trump should not visit the troops  —  CNN national security analyst John Kirby, a retired rear admiral in the US Navy, was a spokesman for both the State and Defense departments in the Obama administration.  The opinions expressed in this commentary …
Carol Robinson / al.com:
Riverchase Galleria Thanksgiving shooting: 2 injured including girl, 12; suspect killed by Hoover police  —  Gallery: Deadly Shooting at Hoover, Ala., Mall  —  Two people were injured and a third killed when gunfire erupted Thanksgiving night at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover.
Discussion: Townhall
Alex MacDonald / Middle East Eye:
Prominent Syrian opposition activist Raed Fares shot dead in Idlib  —  Broadcaster was one of the best-known members of civil society opposing both militant groups and the Assad government  —  Raed Fares (L) takes part in a demonstration against the Islamic State group (Syria Untold)
RFE / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
One-Fifth Of Russians Live In Poverty, 36 Percent In ‘Risk Zone,’ Study Finds  —  More than one-fifth of the Russian population now lives in poverty, according to a new study by a research institute with ties to the Kremlin.  —  The November 21 report by the Russian Presidential Academy …
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
US media must ‘get smarter’ to tackle Trump, says Hillary Clinton  —  Exclusive: former presidential candidate criticises media for failing to challenge Trump  —  Hillary Clinton has criticised the US media over its coverage of Donald Trump, calling on the press to “get smarter” …
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Why the Announcement of a Looming White Minority Makes Demographers Nervous
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Multimillionaire Trump Fan and Fox News Advertiser Jumps Into Film Financing
Discussion: Daily Wire
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Media Availability with Secretary Mattis
Discussion: Military Times and Washington Post
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How Democrats Can Deliver on Health Care
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
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Wall Street Journal:
Clock Ticks on Trump Intel Picks Stalled by Republicans
Discussion: Raw Story
Joe Sanberg / The Nation:
This Thanksgiving, It's OK to Not Feel Thankful
Discussion: twitchy.com
Cas Mudde / The Guardian:
How populism became the concept that defines our age
New York Times:
On Thanksgiving Eve, Facebook Acknowledges Details of Times Investigation
 

 
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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

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

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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