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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Lawyers found classified docs in Trump's bedroom 4 months after Mar-a-Lago search  —  The revelation was contained in a newly unsealed opinion that a federal judge issued in 2023.  —  Four months after the FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago estate, Donald Trump's attorneys discovered four documents marked “classified” in his personal bedroom.
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Fox News:
Trump highlights Biden admin authorizing ‘deadly use of force’ in Mar-a-Lago raid
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Fani Willis and judge presiding over Georgia Trump election case defeat challengers  —  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought a sprawling racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and others, has won the Democratic primary in her bid for reelection.
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Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
Fani Willis, top prosecutor in Georgia Trump case, wins primary  —  Willis now proceeds to November's general election, where she will face Courtney Kramer, a Republican lawyer who interned in the Trump White House.  —  ATLANTA — Two of the most prominent figures in the Georgia criminal case …
Discussion: Fox News and Newsweek
Ian Ward / Politico:
The right's fascism problem  —  UNFORCED ERROR — Since Donald Trump emerged on the national political scene in 2015, journalists and pundits have been debating whether it's appropriate to compare him and the MAGA movement to the fascist movements of 20th-century Europe — and, more specifically …
Discussion: The Atlantic, Raw Story and Politico
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Gil Duran / FrameLab:
‘Unified Reich’: Trump campaign goes full Nazi
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Biden's approval rating falls to lowest level in nearly two years-Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  U.S. President Joe Biden's public approval rating this month fell to its lowest level in almost two years, tying the lowest reading of his presidency in a warning sign for his reelection effort, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.
Andy Kroll / ProPublica:
Scenes From a MAGA Meltdown: Inside the “America First” Movement's War Over Democracy  —  Across the country, the Republican Party's rank-and-file have turned on the GOP establishment.  In Michigan, this schism broke the party — and maybe democracy itself.
Politico:
The shadow war on the administrative state  —  A yearslong legal crusade to hobble Wall Street's top cop could have repercussions across the government.  —  A decade-long conservative crusade against financial regulators will come to a head soon with a crucial Supreme Court ruling …
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Meet Trump's ‘Human Printer’  —  WHENEVER DONALD TRUMP BRANDISHES a stack of papers or reads a printout of a social media post, he's relying on the work of Natalie Harp.  —  Harp, 32, occupies a unique role in the history of presidential campaigns: aide who travels with a portable printer …
Discussion: Daily Mail and Getty Images
Genevieve Gluck / Reduxx:
“Pro-Pedophile” Activist Group Celebrates As Germany Decriminalizes Child Porn Possession  —  Germany's Parliament (Bundestag) has received the votes necessary to remove a section of the Criminal Code which made the possession of child sexual abuse materials a felony crime.
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
Trump backtracks on “looking at” restrictions on contraceptives
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Kremlin TV Drops ‘New’ Tucker Carlson Show  —  THEY'LL NEVER LET GO  —  The former Fox News host has responded to becoming a fixture on Russian TV.  —  The Kremlin propaganda machine has made Tucker Carlson its newest star television host, whether he likes it or not.
Michael Graham / NH Journal:
SHOCK POLL: Trump Tied With Biden in Blue New Hampshire  —  Democrats have all but owned the Granite State's four Electoral College votes, winning seven of the past eight presidential contests - including Joe Biden's eight-point victory over President Donald Trump in 2020.
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
A Hidden Variable in the Presidential Race: Fears of ‘Trump Forever’
Discussion: Raw Story
Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Biden Widens Student Loan Relief to More Than 10% of Borrowers  — More than one in 10 borrowers are getting debt relief, US says  — Biden promotes moves to cancel debt amid legal challenges  —  More than one in 10 Americans with federal student loans have been approved for some measure …
The Big Picture:
The Right Has A Terrifying Second Trump Term Plan Called Project 2025  —  Many of our readers have asked us to explore the details and dangers of “Project 2025”—a right-wing plan for how to move America toward authoritarian rule under a second Trump term.  —  Few writers and scholars …
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Rep. Greg Murphy reveals skull tumor diagnosis, planned surgery … - He is an active member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on House Administration.  — “As a physician I have, for the last 30 years, taken care of thousands and thousands of patients.
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Scoop: Mike Johnson's communications director to leave Capitol Hill … - Shah's timeline on leaving Johnson's office is unclear, but he is expected to remain on through at least the end of the month.  — “It's an honor to serve Speaker Johnson, especially through such an historic time,” Shah said in a statement.
Discussion: Punchbowl News and Breitbart
NBC News:
Louisiana House passes bill to make abortion pills a controlled dangerous substance  —  The measure would make possession of the medications without valid prescriptions or orders from medical professionals punishable by up to five years in prison, with an exception for pregnant people.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Moves to Crack Down on Noncitizen Voting, Sowing False Narrative  —  The bills under consideration in the House have virtually no chance of becoming law, but Republicans are using them to amplify former President Donald J. Trump's false claims of widespread illegal voting by noncitizens.
Talking Points Memo:
Low Energy, Part 2  —  Let me follow up about the comment TPM Reader HS got when she called the office of her state's senior senator, Alex Padilla.  She called insisting there should be some kind of investigation into the Justice Alito flag controversy.  When HS got through to Padilla's office …
Discussion: Politico
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Giuliani says he will stop accusing Georgia workers of election tampering  —  A federal jury in December ordered Giuliani, a former attorney to Donald Trump, to pay $148 million to poll workers for falsely accusing them of election fraud.  —  Rudy Giuliani has agreed to no longer accuse …
Daybook:
Partner Manager, Content and Meme Pages  —  Apply to Job Share Job  —  Job Description  —  The Biden for President (BFP) campaign is looking for a Partner Manager to join the Digital Partnerships team.  In this role, you will initiate and manage day-to-day operations in engaging the internet's top content and meme pages.
CNN:
Key GOP senators criticize Alito over upside-down flag incident  —  Key Republican senators sharply criticized Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after news reports showed an upside-down American flag - a symbol used by some supporters of former President Donald Trump who challenged the legitimacy …
 
 
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MSNBC:
Fani Willis blasts ‘clown’ Jim Jordan and MAGA followers for trying to interfere in Trump case
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Live chat  —  Updates about tonight's presidential race  —  🌖Our chat has ended, but you can still read it back.
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 Earlier Items: 
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump
New York Times:
Trump's Reported Fund-Raising Tops Biden's for First Time
Associated Press:
Israeli officials seize AP equipment and take down live shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
An Alabama Trump appointee is threatening to jail LGBTQ civil rights lawyers
Jesse Wegman / New York Times:
There's No Sense of Shame at the Supreme Court
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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