| No Images? Click here  Friday, November 9ACTING AG APPOINTMENT ‘UNCONSTITUTIONAL’ George Conway, the husband of White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, slammed the installation of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, calling it “unconstitutional” in a fiery op-ed in The New York Times. According to CNN, the backlash against President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Justice Department is causing concern at the White House. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]WHITAKER: PRESIDENT CAN END ANY PROBE The acting AG once argued that a president had broad executive power and could order any federal investigation stopped without obstructing justice. He has been critical of Robert Mueller’s probe in the past, but according to the The Washington Post, has no intention of recusing himself from involvement. [HuffPost]‘PROTECT MUELLER’ PROTESTS ERUPT Demonstrations broke out in New York City, Washington, Chicago and other parts of the country as Americans demanded their leaders protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. [HuffPost]CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES PROMPT EVACUATIONS Evacuations were ordered as strong Santa Ana winds fanned a Southern California wildfire a few miles from the site of the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks. The two blazes ranged from 2,000 to 10,000 acres, with reports that 30 homes had been engulfed. [AP/HuffPost]VIGIL FOR THOUSAND OAKS VICTIMS Hundreds crowded the Fred Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks to pay their respects at an emotional vigil for 12 people killed in a mass shooting Wednesday night. [HuffPost]WHITE HOUSE LIMITS ASYLUM CLAIMS The Trump administration unveiled new rules to sharply limit migrant asylum claims by barring individuals who cross the U.S. southern border illegally from seeking protection. [Reuters] ONE DEAD IN MELBOURNE TERROR ATTACK A man who set a car on fire and stabbed three people -- one fatally -- in the Australian city of Melbourne has died after being shot by police. [BBC]WHITE HOUSE PEDDLES DOCTORED VIDEO The White House disseminated a manipulated video identical to one posted by conspiracy theory website InfoWars, which has falsely claimed the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax.[HuffPost]FLORIDA GOVERNOR RACE HEADS TO RECOUNT The gubernatorial race between Democrat Andrew Gillum and Republican Ron DeSantis is heading to a recount, with DeSantis’ lead narrowing to 0.47 percent. [HuffPost]REPUBLICAN: ‘FRAUD’ IN FLORIDA SENATE RACE Florida Gov. Rick Scott claimed there was “rampant fraud” and called for an investigation into two counties’ election practices as the Republican’s lead in the state’s U.S. Senate race continued to shrink. [HuffPost]KEMP RESIGNS IN GEORGIA Republican Brian Kemp resigned as Georgia secretary of state, a day after his campaign said he’s captured enough votes to become Georgia governor, even though his election rival Stacey Abrams is conceding nothing. [HuffPost]NRA TO DOCTORS: ‘STAY IN YOUR LANE’ Physicians who treat bullet wounds and deal with gun-related deaths were stunned when the NRA directed “self-important anti-gun” doctors to “stay in your lane.” The Twitter attack just hours before 12 people were killed in a California bar triggered an avalanche of angry responses from physicians, other health care workers and their supporters. [HuffPost]MICHELLE OBAMA SLAMS TRUMP’S ‘BIGOTRY’ Former first lady Michelle Obama tears into Trump in her new book, saying his false “birther” claims against her husband threatened the safety of the family. “The whole [birther] thing was crazy and mean-spirited, of course, its underlying bigotry and xenophobia hardly concealed,” she wrote. [HuffPost]
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