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Lynn Neary / NPR:
Tom Magliozzi, Popular Co-Host Of NPR's ‘Car Talk,’ Dies At 77 — Tom Magliozzi, one of public radio's most popular personalities, died on Monday of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 77 years old. — Tom and his brother, Ray, became famous as “Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers” on the weekly NPR show Car Talk.
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Scott Neuman / NPR:
‘Car Talk’ Co-Host Tom Magliozzi Dies At 77 — Brothers Tom (left) and Ray Magliozzi pose under a car hood in Boston. The comic duo hosted NPR's Car Talk for a quarter of a century before retiring in 2012. Since then, the show has been heard in re-runs. Tom has died at age 77.
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Cruz declares war if GOP wins Senate — In a last-minute gift to Democrats on the eve of the midterm elections, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has announced his plan to push for Senate Republicans to declare a rightist war against Democrats if the GOP wins control of the Senate.
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Cruz aims to take on Obama if GOP wins Senate; won't vow support for McConnell — ANCHORAGE — Sen. Ted Cruz spent the final weekend of the midterms on the far edge of the country trying to help fellow Republican Dan Sullivan win a race the GOP is counting on in its effort to retake the Senate.
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Ben Shapiro / Truth Revolt:
Lena Dunham Threatens To Sue Truth Revolt For Quoting Her — Lena Dunham may not like our interpretation of her book, but unfortunately for her and her attorneys, she wrote that book.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Prosecutor Claims Perry Threatening Grand Jury After Indictment — A grand jury indicted Perry on abuse of office charges in August, after which Perry spoke out against the indictment. — “I am confident we will ultimately prevail, that this farce of a prosecution will be revealed for what it is …
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Laurel Brubaker Calkins / Bloomberg:
Texas Governor Intimidating Grand Jury, Prosecutor Claims
Texas Governor Intimidating Grand Jury, Prosecutor Claims
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Matt Higgins / CBS DC:
Ben Stein: Obama ‘Is The Most Racist President There Has Ever Been’ — WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Economist Ben Stein believes the White House is playing the race card in an effort to get African-Americans to vote against Republicans. — Speaking to Fox News, Stein called President Barack Obama the most racist president in U.S. history.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Holder sends poll watchers to 18 states — The Department of Justice plans to send federal monitors to 18 states to watch for discrimination against voters. — Monitors will head to Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Justice Department To Monitor Tuesday's Elections In 18 States
Justice Department To Monitor Tuesday's Elections In 18 States
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New York Times:
Cancel the Midterms — DURHAM, N.C. — By Tuesday night about 90 million Americans will have cast ballots in an election that's almost certain to create greater partisan divisions, increase gridlock and render governance of our complex nation even more difficult.
Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
Glenn Greenwald and Snowden: ‘Nobody Should Use Facebook’ — During a Q&A in Canada, Glenn Greenwald was asked why his colleague and NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, wasn't on any of the social media platforms — i.e., Facebook — and Greenwald didn't mince words.
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Paul Lewis / Guardian:
Heckled by his own party's millionaire donor: Mark Udall campaign hit by friendly fire — Colorado senator's focus on abortion rights in a tight re-election race is the wrong issue at the wrong time according to Democratic backer Leo Beserra — Colorado's senior Democratic senator …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
MORNINGS WITH JONI ERNST … NEWTON, Iowa — Well, this didn't end well. — It was the second stop on Joni Ernst's Just One Thing, 24-hour, Wingnuts Over Iowa Tour. It had begun that morning in Ankeny, at a bagel shop, and it had wound itself up through the sprawling …
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Live updates: Election 2014
Live updates: Election 2014
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Jon Stewart: Hillary Clinton's a ‘Little Hawkish for Me’ — Ahead of the November 13 release date of his directorial debut Rosewater, Jon Stewart sat down for a long interview with New York magazine writer Chris Smith that is featured on the cover of this week's issue.
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Undercover video shows North Carolina poll workers offering ballots to ineligible impostor - TWENTY TIMES - putting voter ID battle on the front burner — Conservative guerrilla filmmaker James O'Keefe pretended to be a series of North Carolinians who hadn't voted in years
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Mary Landrieu's Remark About Blacks in the South Was True—and Politically Shrewd. — As a Democrat, Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu is running up against the late stages of partisan realignment. But while the rise of the GOP in the South may end her political career …
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Democrats can't escape Obama
Democrats can't escape Obama
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
One Day in an Elevator With Obama, Then Out of a Job — ATLANTA — Kenneth Tate toiled for years as a construction worker and corrections officer, and he has no doubt that his last job — working as a $42,000-a-year private security guard at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — was the best he ever had.
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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Braley Donor Threatens Lawsuit Against National Review, Des Moines Register — A law firm aligned with Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Bruce Braley has threatened legal action against media outlets investigating a man featured in one of Braley's campaign ads, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
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Washington Post:
Maryland governor's race has turned unexpectedly tight — The race for Maryland governor was not supposed to be this close. — Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown crushed his Democratic primary competitors and told supporters that the general election would be “a little bit of a molehill” in comparison.
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
With Defeat Looming, Democrats Retreat Into Fantasy — With prospects of Republicans recapturing the Senate a chilling reality—though certainly not a given—I've noticed a number of pundits, including, the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson, embrace some conventional self-soothing myths about our political situation.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Is 2014 A Republican Wave? — If the polls are right, Republicans will take control of the United States Senate when it reconvenes next year. They'll retain the majority of the nation's governorships, although perhaps with a net loss of one or two seats. FiveThirtyEight hasn't issued …
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Scarce / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
NH GOP Chair Rallies Republican Faithful With Crazy Talk — Speaking to a group of republicans yesterday in Manchester, GOP Chair Jennifer Horn made this colorful metaphor about drowning all political opposition with your bare hands. — Horn was just one of the Speakers that also included Kelly Ayotte …
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John DiStaso / New Hampshire Journal:
Republicans hear strong anti-Obama, anti-Dem rhetoric at Manchester rally
Republicans hear strong anti-Obama, anti-Dem rhetoric at Manchester rally
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New York Times:
Who Would Have Health Insurance if Medicaid Expansion Weren't Optional — A new data set suggests that more than three million people would have gained health insurance across 24 states if the Supreme Court had ruled differently. — Credit: — THE NEW HEALTH CARE | NOVEMBER 3, 1:00 PM
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Lisa Fogarty / Opposing Views:
14-Year-Old Arrested For Wearing Rosary At Football Game — A 14-year-old boy from Amarillo, Texas, was reportedly hurt by a police officer after he refused to remove his rosary beads at a middle school football game Wednesday night. — Jacob Herrera's mother Lori Martinez says her son …
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CBS Los Angeles:
Civil Rights Activists Demand Probe Of Maxine Waters ‘Poverty Pimp’ Posters — LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Southland civil rights leaders Monday called for an investigation into what they described as a racially offensive campaign against local Congresswoman Maxine Waters.
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