This Week's Haul, Nov. 13: Did that even count as the first snow?

And: James G. Blaine gets his pop culture due

Good morning from eastern Maine, where this week, compared to the firehose of news last week, it was very, very chill. The big news was that a bunch of Democrats (including Angus King) caved on the shutdown, which, to put it mildly, sucks. It’s also not surprising, is it? Disappointing, yes. Surprising, no.

• The other big news was that, even though it was…