memeorandum: Sherrod Brown sets his sights on Trump in 2020 (Elana Schor/Politico)

9:45 AM ET, November 23, 2018

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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

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.

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 …

Discussion: Middle East Eye

Reuters:

CIA Has Recording of Saudi Crown Prince Ordering Khashoggi Silenced, Turkish Media Reports — Prominent Turkish columnist says CIA director Gina Haspel had ‘signaled’ the existence of the recording in a visit to Ankara — The CIA has a recording of a phone call in which Saudi Crown Prince …

Reuters:

Turkish paper: CIA had recording of Saudi prince demanding Khashoggi be ‘silenced’ — (Reuters) - A Turkish newspaper reported on Thursday CIA director Gina Haspel signaled to Turkish officials last month that the agency had a recording of a call in which Saudi Arabia's crown prince gave instructions to …

Discussion: Mediaite

The Daily Beast:
CIA Heard Audio of Saudi Crown Prince Giving Order to ‘Silence’ Jamal Khashoggi: Report

Discussion: Washington Post, One America News Network, POLITICUSUSA and Informed Comment

Washington Post:
Trump contradicts CIA on killing of Khashoggi, says agency ‘had feelings’ …

Discussion: Axios

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.

Tom Elliott / Grabien News:

Trump Warns: We May Close ‘the Whole Border’ with Mexico if Things Get ‘Uncontrollable’ — ‘Our southern border is going to be very strong’ — During an extended conversation with the press following a Thanksgiving call with military leadership, President Trump said he might shut down the entire southern border.

Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:

Is a Recession Coming? — In December 2007, Larry Kudlow, then a talking head for the business network CNBC, proclaimed that “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

Washington Post:

Fear and faith: Inside the last days of an American missionary killed by remote island tribe — NEW DELHI — The night before John Chau returned for the last time to India's remote North Sentinel Island, he struggled with a sense of fear that his death might be imminent.

Discussion: KFOR-TV, Faithwire, The American Conservative and Raw Story

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 …

Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Trump politicizes Thanksgiving call with troops to attack migrants, judges

Discussion: Washington Press, AOL, fox13now.com, Axios, The Guardian and Washington Post

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 …

Esther King / Politico:

Spanish PM threatens Brexit ‘veto’ over Gibraltar — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has vowed to “veto Brexit” if the terms of the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union are not amended to reflect Spanish concerns about negotiations over the future of Gibraltar.

Discussion: One America News Network, Leave.EU, France 24 and Bloomberg

Tamar Auber / Mediaite:

TPUSA Staffer Shut Down by Fox News Host After Comparing Hillary to Herpes: ‘Not Appropriate’ — Turning Point USA's Director of Spanish Engagement Anna Paulina found herself quickly booted from the air Thursday morning after comparing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to “herpes.”

Wall Street Journal:

Washington Asks Allies To Drop Huawei — U.S. worried about potential Chinese meddling in 5G networks, but foreign carriers may balk — The U.S. government has initiated an extraordinary outreach campaign to foreign allies, trying to persuade wireless and internet providers in these countries …

Discussion: RT, more at Techmeme »

CNN:

Comey to fight subpoena from House Republicans for private deposition — House Republicans subpoena Comey and Lynch — Washington (CNN)An attorney for former FBI Director James Comey said Thursday his client will fight a subpoena to privately testify before House Republicans next month about FBI actions in the 2016 campaign.

Discussion: New York Post, KTLA, AOL, Bloomberg and POLITICUSUSA