"There are no signs that the wave is ebbing, " Amy Walter, senior editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, said of the sweeping changes she predicts will occur in the House on Tuesday.

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"Whenever file-sharing services go down, scammers and opportunists work quickly to ride on the wave of publicity generated by the targeted site's demise, " said Andy Maxwell, co-editor of Torrentfreak.com.

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