- Matt Shuham @ Talking Points Memo: Kudlow: Unpaid Workers Are ‘Volunteering,’ Partially Out Of ‘Allegiance’ To Trump.
- Zack Ford @ Think Progress: Texas conservatives claim LGBTQ equality bill ‘bans the Bible’.
- David Neiwert @ Daily Kos: How the 'cultural Marxism' hoax began, and why it's spreading into the mainstream.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: After a weeklong standoff with Pelosi, Trump blinks.
- Jeffrey Schweers @ The Tallahassee Democrat: Florida Secretary of State Mike Ertel resigns after Halloween blackface photos emerge.
- John Dougherty & Michael Edison Hayden @ Hatewatch: How Gab Has Raised Millions Thanks to This Crowdfunding Company.
- Brad Reed @ Raw Story: Billionaire Trump official: ‘I don’t understand why’ unpaid federal workers need food banks during shutdown.