Tipsheet: Dems are confident about House despite painful 2016 memories

View in your browser     Dems are confident about House despite painful 2016 memories BY MIKE LILLIS   Democrats’ growing confidence heading into Election Day bears echoes of 2016, leaving some liberals fretting that party leaders took no lessons from their drubbing that year — and are now measuring the drapes before the Speaker’s office is secured. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made her boldest forecast of the year on Tuesday, vowing the Democrats will seize the lower chamber in the Nov. 6 elections — a shift from earlier sentiments that such a concrete prediction was premature.  Read the full story here     Dems fighting for political lives tout support for border security BY JORDAIN CARNEY Red-state Democrats are touting their border security bona fides as President Trump hammers the issue in the final week of the midterm election.  Read the full story here     Republicans put in bind over preexisting conditions BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL New actions from the Trump administration are complicating efforts of vulnerable Republicans to show their support for pre-existing condition protections heading into Tuesday's midterm elections. Read the full story here     Election Day: An hour-by-hour viewer’s guide BY REID WILSON For a solid hour on Tuesday, all eyes will be trained on Lexington, Ky., and its suburbs, where Rep. Andy Barr (R) is running for reelection against retired Marine Lt. Col. Amy McGrath (D). Read the full story here       More than 4.5 million people vote early in Texas BY ARIS FOLLEY Early voter turnout in this year’s midterm election in Texas has reportedly surpassed the entire voter turnout total in the state’s 2014 midterm election. Read the full story here     Midterm stakes high for Silicon Valley BY HARPER NEIDIG The outcome of Tuesday's midterm elections could have big implications for the tech industry. Read the full story here     Arizona man pleads guilty to using scam PACs to defraud donors BY JOHN BOWDEN An Arizona man pleaded guilty in a federal court in Manhattan Friday to creating six PACs and misrepresenting their activities to potential donors, resulting in tens of thousands of donors being defrauded. Read the full story here     Drama builds around Stone in Mueller probe BY MORGAN CHALFANT Robert Mueller continues to zero in on Roger Stone as speculation builds that the special counsel could take a major overt step in his Russia investigation following the midterm elections next week. Read the full story here     Senate panel asks DOJ to investigate 'fabricated allegation' against Kavanaugh BY EMILY BIRNBAUM Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) asked the Justice Department (DOJ) to investigate a "fabricated allegation" against newly minted Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh from a woman identified as Judy Munro-Leighton. Read the full story here     Trump: US open to new Iran deal BY EMILY BIRNBAUM President Trump reasserted his openness to reaching a new Iran deal, days before the U.S. is set to reimpose a final set of sanctions on Tehran. Read the full story here     America is one nation under God BY ALBERTO GONZALES OPINION| Like most Americans, I am dismayed over the massacre at the Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh last weekend that took 11 innocent lives. I stand with my Jewish brothers and sisters. All forms of violence are wrong and I condemn them in the strongest terms. To attack anyone in a place of worship is one of the most cowardly acts I can imagine, and the person responsible in this case should be punished to the fullest extent allowed by law. Read the full story here     Forcing asylum seekers to choose between indefinite detention and family separation is cruel BY MICHELLE BRANÉ OPINION| The Trump administration has waged a sustained and coordinated campaign of chaos to instill fear and deter families — including women and children fleeing danger and violence at home — from seeking asylum in the U.S. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump presidency faces high stakes in midterm elections BY ZEKE MILLER and CATHERINE LUCEY President Donald Trump has been acting like a candidate on the ballot this week, staging daily double-header rallies and blasting out ads for Republicans up for election on Tuesday. Given the stakes for his presidency, he might as well be. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Anxiety high in campaign’s final days as voters prepare to render judgment on Trumpism BY MATT VISER AND PHILIP RUCKER As the midterms roared into their final weekend — with the biggest names in both parties exhorting their followers to vote — tight races across the country were setting the stage for an uncertain, but dramatic, conclusion. Much is on the line as voters will render a nationwide judgment on whether Trumpism is a historic anomaly or a reflection of modern-day America. Read the full story here     CNN: Trump touts beating back a Democratic agenda 'from Hell' as liberal groups dig in for 'the last weekend' BY GREGORY KRIEG   For President Donald Trump, this one was personal. Back in Montana on Saturday afternoon, he slammed Democratic Sen. Jon Tester over his role in sinking former White House physician Ronny Jackson's nomination to become the secretary of veterans affairs. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: As midterm elections loom, candidates scramble to get out the  vote BY JOSHUA JAMERSON   A close House race in Virginia highlights the stakes for both parties. Read the full story here     The New York Times: How US law enforcement failed to see the threat of white nationalism BY  JANET REITMAN For two decades, domestic counterterrorism strategy has ignored the rising danger of far-right extremism. In the atmosphere of willful indifference, a virulent movement has grown and metastasized. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     You might like         Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.