Above the Fold

**STOPGAP FUNDING BILL:** House votes to avoid government shutdown for a month, sending funding bill to Senate ([CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/19/house-passes-funding-bill-to-avoid-government-shutdown-sends-to-senate.html))

EPSTEIN PROBE: FBI looking into possibility that “criminal enterprise” was involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s death (National Review)

Government & Politics

**NEVER MIND:** Elizabeth Warren gives up on Medicare for All: By planning to pass single-payer in year three of her presidency, she’s acknowledging it will never happen at all ([Reason](https://reason.com/2019/11/19/elizabeth-warren-gives-up-on-medicare-for-all/))

GESTURES: Senate passes bill in support of Hong Kong protesters (UPI)

National Security

**PUSHBACK:** Navy seeks to eject four, including sailor championed by Trump, from elite SEALs ([NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/navy-seeks-eject-sailor-championed-trump-3-others-elite-seals-n1086496))

DOWN BUT NOT OUT: ISIS rebuilds in Syria after Turkish incursion and U.S. drawdown, Pentagon watchdog says (NBC News)

Culture & Heartland

**TOTAL SURRENDER:** GLAAD commends Chick-fil-A for dropping donations to Christian groups but demands franchise change “anti-LGBTQ” brand ([National Review](https://www.nationalreview.com/news/glaad-commends-chick-fil-a-for-dropping-donations-to-christian-groups-but-demands-franchise-change-anti-lgbtq-brand/))

BALTIMORE MAYOR CHARGED: Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh charged with fraud, faces up to 20 years in prison (National Review)

DIVINE INTERVENTION: Sixteen-year-old girl arrested before attack on predominantly black Georgia church (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Other Notables

**IRAN DISSENT:** Iran imposes “largest Internet shutdown ever” as protests spread ([National Review](https://www.nationalreview.com/news/iran-imposes-largest-internet-shutdown-ever-as-protests-spread/))

Closing Arguments

**POLICY:** How Medicare for All would make most families poorer ([The Daily Signal](https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/11/19/in-charts-how-medicare-for-all-would-make-most-families-poorer/))

POLICY: Trump admin is right to reapply sanctions to Iran’s uranium enrichment (The Federalist)

HUMOR: BREAKING: Two Epstein prison guards scheduled to be suicided tomorrow (Genesius Times)

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