memeorandum: New Hampshire political legend falls prey to Trump effect (David Siders/Politico)

10:15 AM ET, November 25, 2018

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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:

Parliament seizes cache of Facebook internal papers — Parliament has used its legal powers to seize internal Facebook documents in an extraordinary attempt to hold the US social media giant to account after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly refused to answer MPs' questions.

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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:

Internal documents Facebook has fought to keep private obtained by UK Parliament — New York (CNN)The British Parliament has obtained a set of internal Facebook documents the social media giant has fought for months to stop from being made public, according to Facebook and a lawyer involved in a suit against the company.

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CNN:

Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith pushed resolution praising Confederate soldier's effort to ‘defend his homeland’ — Photo surfaces of Senator with Confederate artifacts — (CNN)Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith once promoted a measure that praised a Confederate soldier's effort to …

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A former Klansman and Cindy Hyde-Smith

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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Across South, Democrats Who Speak Boldly Risk Alienating Rural White Voters

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BBC:

Migrant caravan: Mexican officials deny US border deal — Mexico's incoming foreign minister has said discussions on how to deal with migrants travelling to the United States are continuing despite reports a deal has been reached. — Marcelo Ebrard denied reaching an agreement …

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Kate Linthicum / Herald-Mail Media: A border clash turns deadly

Amy Guthrie / Associated Press:
Incoming Mexico gov't: No deal to host US asylum-seekers

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Reuters: Mexico has no deal with U.S. to overhaul asylum rules: incoming minister

Washington Post:
Deal with Mexico paves way for asylum overhaul at U.S. border

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David Taylor / The Guardian:

‘He has moved incredibly quickly’: Mueller nears Trump endgame — A new urgency surrounds the Russia investigation, with Donald Trump Jr and longtime Trump ally Roger Stone in legal peril — Donald Trump only has himself to blame for Robert Mueller's return to public life.

Economist:

Donald Trump is attacking the rule of law and may well get away with it — On the evidence available, most Americans do not think President Donald Trump has committed a high crime or misdemeanour. Only a third of voters say he should be impeached over his alleged complicity …

David Siders / Politico:

New Hampshire political legend falls prey to Trump effect — Secretary of State Bill Gardner has had a decades-long run as the legendary, hard-nosed guardian of New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary. But he may not make it through the Trump era. — Gardner, a fixture …

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James Arkin / Politico:

Alabama GOP: Sessions not guaranteed to win back his old seat — Republicans are certain they can win back the Alabama Senate seat they lost in spectacular fashion last year. They just aren't sure whether Jeff Sessions is the one to do it. — Sessions' name surfaced as a potential candidate immediately …

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

New book by Trump advisers alleges that the president has ‘embedded enemies’ — Two of the president's longest-serving advisers allege in a new book that scores of officials inside the White House, Congress, the Justice Department and intelligence agencies are “embedded enemies of President Trump” …

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BBC:

EU leaders agree UK's Brexit deal at Brussels summit — EU leaders have approved an agreement on the UK's withdrawal and future relations - insisting it is the “best and only deal possible”. — After 20 months of negotiations, the 27 leaders gave the deal their blessing after less than an hour's discussion.

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Bloomberg:
Theresa May Bets the House on Campaign to Win Brexit Deal Vote

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Katie Paul / Reuters:

Senior Saudi prince says CIA cannot be trusted on Khashoggi conclusion — ABU DHABI (Reuters) - A senior Saudi prince cast doubt upon the reported CIA finding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month …

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Christal Hayes / USA Today: Finland, Denmark and Germany stop arm sales to Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi's death

Christina Caron / New York Times:

Students Who Made Apparent Nazi Salute in Photo Won't Be Punished — The Wisconsin students who appeared to make a Nazi salute in a widely criticized photo will not be punished, the school's superintendent said this week in a letter to parents. — The superintendent, Lori Mueller …

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Juliet Linderman / Associated Press:

Memos to Nobody: Inside the work of a neglected fed agency — WASHINGTON (AP) — Mark Robbins gets to work at 8:15 each morning and unlocks the door to his office suite. He switches on the lights and the TV news, brews a pot of coffee and pulls out the first files of the day to review.

Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:

Black Man Killed by Officer in Alabama Mall Shooting Was Not the Gunman, Police Now Say — The police in Alabama said an officer fatally shot a 21-year-old black man on Thursday night who they said shot at least one person at a mall near Birmingham, turning a Thanksgiving holiday shopping scene into chaos.

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:

When it comes to undermining faith in democracy, another low point — For more than two years, voters have heard Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to undermine confidence in the American democratic system. — The charge was thrown about repeatedly in the 2016 presidential election …

Andrea Long Chu / New York Times:

My New Vagina Won't Make Me Happy — And it shouldn't have to. — Ms. Chu is an essayist and critic. — Next Thursday, I will get a vagina. The procedure will last around six hours, and I will be in recovery for at least three months. Until the day I die, my body will regard the vagina as a wound …

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