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• 5 DailyKos Headlines
• Nov 12, 2018 Midday open thread: NRA outspent in midterms; tool Zinke bars public input on endangered species Today’s comic by Tom Tomorrow is On a rampage: What you may have missed on Sunday Kos: How the Brett Kavanaugh fight strengthens the case for the Democratic House to impeach, by David Adkajian Rising Arctic temperatures triggering alarms about climate change, by Sher Watts...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 Rick Scott denied: Florida judge can't find 'any evidence' to impound Broward voting machines A Florida judge on Monday morning denied Florida Governor and Senate candidate Rick Scott's request to impound Broward County voting machines and ballots when they were not in use, a move that appeared to be a nakedly partisan effort to cast doubt on the integrity of Broward's recount process....     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 First up for ambitious House Democrats: Strengthening democracy and ensuring voting rights In the last session of Congress, the Republican House made House Resolution 1 their budget and reconciliation bill created to allow them to jam Obamacare repeal through the Senate on a simple majority vote. Which failed. In contrast, the incoming House Democrats have reserved that special...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 Top Democrats serve notice on planned investigations into Trump Top House Democrats served warning to the Trump administration of what investigations it can look forward to as soon as the new Congress is sworn in in 2019. Reps. Jerry Nadler and Adam Schiff, the incoming chairs of the Judiciary and Intelligence Committees, unveiled some of those plans...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 House Democrats intend to exercise their healthcare mandate over the next two years Throughout the duration of the 2018 campaign, health care was the key issue for voters and the key issue for Democrats. It gave them the House of Representatives with a net gain of 33 seats and the chance of even more gains with eight races still uncalled. They are going to take that healthcare...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Daily Beast
• Nov 12, 2018 RIP Stan Lee, Co-creator of Marvel’s Most Iconic Superheroes GettyHe was born Stanley Martin Lieber in the Bronx. For nearly 22 years, beginning almost immediately after graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School, he labored in obscurity as a writer, editor and art director in a publishing industry just one cultural rung above pornography: comic books. And...     Daily Beast        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 Pope Francis Just Pulled a Power Play on American Bishops at Crucial Conference Franco Origlia/GettyROME—There has perhaps never been a more critical moment in the history of the American Catholic Church to appear to be doing the right thing on clerical child sex abuse than this week as their leadership meets in Baltimore. But in the hours before the U.S. Conference of...     Daily Beast        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 California Fires Scorch 200,000 Acres and 4 Other Videos You Have to See Right Now Welcome to the Video Cheat Sheet, your source for the videos you absolutely have to see right now. Today we have the deadly wildfire in southern California; “Avengers: Infinity War” actress Dania Gurira paying tribute to first responders; the topless Trump protester; Michelle Obama getting...     Daily Beast        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 Trump: Stop Counting Florida Votes, Republicans Already Won Carlos Barria/ReutersFORT LAUDERDALE, Florida—President Donald Trump demanded on Monday that Florida shut down its recount of last week’s election results, which is mandated under state law, and suggested that the final tally shouldn’t be trusted unless his preferred candidates are declared...     Daily Beast        more   
• Mother Jones Politics
• Nov 12, 2018 Florida Judge Rejects GOP Campaign’s Request for Recount Security Measures A Florida judge on Monday rejected Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott’s attempt to impose new security measures on the contentious recount in Scott’s race and the state’s gubernatorial election, finding that there was no evidence of a shortage of security....     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 Donald Trump’s Delusion du Jour: Blaming House Democrats for Sinking Stocks Days after threatening House Democrats who plan to investigate his administration, Donald Trump leveled a new, baseless claim against his rivals in Congress. The prospect of Presidential Harassment by the Dems is causing the Stock Market big headaches! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 Trump Demands Florida Elections Be Called in Favor of Republicans As Florida scrambles to complete recounts in three bitterly contested races, President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that two of the elections be called in favor of Rep. Ron DeSantis and Gov. Rick Scott—the Republican candidates in the respective gubernatorial and Senate elections. Trump...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 House Democrats May Investigate Alleged Trump Ties to Russian Money Laundering Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has signaled plans to use his newly won subpoena power to aggressively investigate whether Russian interests laundered money through Donald Trump’s businesses and used the connection as leverage over the...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Plunderbund
• Nov 7, 2018 Mike DeWine Launches Transition With New Tone In his first press conference as Governor-elect, Mike DeWine struck a humble tone, in contrast to his aggressive style as a campaigner and nothing like the swagger that John Kasich demonstrated after his election in 2010.     Plunderbund        more   
• Nov 5, 2018 How Republican Voter Suppression Affects Franklin County COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the state’s largest county and metropolitan area, Republicans are attempting to suppress votes by shutting down a public education campaign about early voting. Franklin County GOP officials Doug Preisse and Brad Sinnott have “made voter education a partisan issue,”...     Plunderbund        more   
• Nov 2, 2018 O’Connor – Balderson Debate Goes Satisfyingly Off The Rails Republican Congressman Troy Balderson and his challenger, Democrat Danny O'Connor, met in their only debate last night and it was a ton of fun to watch.     Plunderbund        more   
• Slate
• Nov 12, 2018 The View From the Ground So, California is burning again. Over the weekend, my buddy up in Los Angeles—another wildland firefighter—texted me a picture that was bouncing around on Instagram. Taken at Zuma Beach near Malibu, the beautiful sunset shot was made all the more dramatic by an apocalyptically black column of...     Slate        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 Help! If I Refuse to Get a Flu Shot, I Won’t Be Allowed to See My New Grandkid. Seriously? Daniel Mallory Ortberg is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat.      Slate        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 What’s Happening in Florida Is a Nightmare. 2020 Could Be So Much Worse. With Florida set this week to undertake a massive and massively politicized recount in the critical races for governor and senator, the way that election fight has played out so far has been an absolute nightmare. Perhaps most terrifyingly of all, the 2018 Florida elections has demonstrated the...     Slate        more   
• The Nation
• Nov 12, 2018 The New Death Penalty The Nation By Robert Morales. The post The New Death Penalty appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 The Shaping of a Convict The Nation By Humphrey. The post The Shaping of a Convict appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 Left Behind The Nation By Chasity C. West. The post Left Behind appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 Thank You for Creating a Beast The Nation By Billie Gomez. The post Thank You for Creating a Beast appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• The Hill
• Nov 12, 2018 Jeb Bush calls for Broward County official to be removed from post Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) called for the removal of Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes."There is no question that Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes failed to comply with...     The Hill        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 San Francisco threatens legal action over Trump’s acting AG pick San Francisco city attorney Dennis Herrera said Monday that his office may be forced to take court action over President Trump's appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general."I have serious questions...     The Hill        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 Pelosi: House Democrats are anything but lame ducks House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who's aspiring to be the next Speaker, said Monday that Democrats should seek bipartisanship while also standing their ground on certain issues during the upcoming lame-duck...     The Hill        more   
• Nov 12, 2018 Trump: Oil prices should be much lower President Trump on Monday said he hopes Saudi Arabia and OPEC don't cut oil production hours after the Saudi energy minister indicated the country would reduce its output next month."Hopefully, Saudi Arabia and OPE...     The Hill        more   
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