Twitter will verify candidates running for Congress and governorships, next week’s debate is going on exactly as planned, get ready for an Education Town Hall this weekend, the impeachment update, Mike Bloomberg donates to House Democrats, President Trump privately considers skipping the presidential debates in 2020, Julián Castro and John Delaney fail to file for the Virginia primary ballot, and Bill Weld says he will not run as an independent.

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• Chris Higgins on Twitter
• Chris Higgins on Instagram
• Election Ride Home on Twitter
• Election Ride Home on Facebook
• Chris Higgins interview on Words Matter podcast (Words Matter Media)
• Twitter to verify all congressional and gubernatorial primary hopefuls (Politico)
• “Humblebrag” definition (Merriam-Webster)
• Seven Candidates Have Qualified For The December Democratic Debate (FiveThirtyEight)
• Livestream of MSNBC’s Public Education Forum (MSNBC)
• After day-long debate, House Judiciary postpones vote on impeachment articles until Friday (ABC News)
• Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Friday (The Guardian)
• Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Thursday (The Guardian)
• Bloomberg to donate $10 million to House Democrats targeted by GOP (ABC News)
• Will Trump Debate a Democrat in 2020? He’s Not So Sure. (NYT)
• Actually, a Malfunction Did Affect Donald Trump’s Voice at the Debate (NYT)
• All but Castro and Delaney file signatures in effort to get on Virginia's Democratic primary ballot (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
• Trump challenger Bill Weld rules out 2020 independent bid (The Hill)

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