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8:30 AM ET, November 4, 2014

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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.
Discussion: The Daily Banter
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
Discussion: Gawker
Politico:
Viewer's guide to election night  —  Though the final makeup of the Senate and House might not be known for days or months, it should take only a few hours after polls start to close for solid clues to emerge about which party is in for a good night.  —  On the Senate side …
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Cruz declares war if GOP wins Senate
Discussion: Guardian and ABC News
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Hard Lesson: Statewide Poll Averages Are Usually Right.
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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New York Times:
On Election's Eve, G.O.P. Is Confident, but Voters Are Sour
Tarini Parti / Politico:
Obama cuts radio ad for Kay Hagan  —  President Barack Obama has cut a radio ad for North Carolina Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan's campaign, asking voters to “stand with” him in supporting the incumbent, who has tried to distance herself from the president for months.  —  “North Carolina, we need to send a message this election.
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
NEW EMAILS SHOW WHITE HOUSE ROLE IN SHERROD OUSTER … WASHINGTON (AP) — A 2010 email from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says his department was “waiting for the go-ahead” from the White House before accepting the resignation of employee Shirley Sherrod, according to newly released documents …
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 …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Laurel Brubaker Calkins / Bloomberg:
Texas Governor Intimidating Grand Jury, Prosecutor Claims
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Crystal Ball's Final 2014 Picks  —  Who we favor in all 507 of Tuesday's Senate, gubernatorial, and House races  —  If you're in Charlottesville tonight, please join the Crystal Ball team — Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley — for a free presentation on the 2014 midterms …
Discussion: First Draft and The Daily Caller
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Thomas Frank / Salon:
Righteous rage, impotent fury: Thomas Frank returns to Kansas to hunt the last days of Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts
Discussion: The Nation and Althouse
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  November 3, 2014 - Beauprez-45%, Hickenlooper-43% In Colorado Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Gardner At 45% To Udall's 43% In Senate Race  —  A late surge by Democrats in Colorado leaves the governor's race and the U.S. Senate race too close to call …
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Paul Lewis / Guardian:
Heckled by his own party's millionaire donor: Mark Udall campaign hit by friendly fire
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Beware a wounded Obama  —  IMMIGRATION BARACK OBAMA IRAN ISRAEL 2014 ELECTIONS 2016 ELECTIONS MAGAZINE 2014 MIDTERMS  —  No matter what the exact outcome of Tuesday's elections, there is little doubt that President Obama will come out of it wounded.  —  Whether or not Republicans take over the Senate, they will certainly gain seats.
Discussion: Hot Air
Robert Hannigan / Financial Times:
The web is a terrorist's command-and-control network of choice  —  People do not want social media platforms to facilitate murder, writes Robert Hannigan  —  The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) is the first terrorist group whose members have grown up on the internet.
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
House Republicans could see their first black, gay members in years  —  House Republicans are expected to expand their majority in Tuesday's election in part by welcoming a new crop of fiery conservatives - but also by adding something that has been missing from the GOP: diversity.
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Russian monument to Steve Jobs taken down after Apple CEO Cook says he is gay  —  A Russian monument to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been taken down, after Apple CEO Tim Cook's announcement last week that he is gay.  —  The monument, which is in the shape of an oversize iPhone …
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 …
Discussion: Truth Revolt and Power Line
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Activists challenge Los Angeles TV station for using ‘Redskins’ name  —  Activists are taking their fight to prevent broadcasters from using the Redskins team name across the country.  —  Three Native Americans filed a petition on Monday opposing the renewal of Los Angeles Fox affiliate KTTV-TV's broadcasting license.
Discussion: RedState
Thomas Fuller / New York Times:
In Malaysia, ‘Allah’ Is Reserved for Muslims Only  —  KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia — As the students knelt in a circle at a Christian kindergarten near the shores of the South China Sea, a 6-year-old girl in pigtails read out a chapter from a children's Bible: “Sepuluh hukum dari Allah” - God's Ten Commandments.
Discussion: The Dish and Religion Clause
New York Times:
Election Results 2014: The Vote Count  —  On election night, knowing who is ahead isn't enough.  —  In states like Virginia, Georgia and elsewhere, cities have traditionally been among the last to report their votes.  Because cities lean Democratic, this pattern means that returns …
Discussion: Bloomberg View and TalkLeft
 
 
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Washington Post:
Where did Obama go wrong?
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Senate Filibuster Rule
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Hot Air
Pew Internet:
Cell Phones, Social Media and Campaign 2014
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and OnPolitics
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Tom Tancredo: Republicans Should Impeach Obama If They Win The Senate
Discussion: WND and Liberaland
Washington Post:
Maryland governor's race has turned unexpectedly tight
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
One Day in an Elevator With Obama, Then Out of a Job
Discussion: Gawker, NBC News, NPR and New York Magazine
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Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
A Letter to New Hampshire Dems
Agence France-Presse:
FBI warns against homegrown terror threat
Discussion: Mashable and The Daily Caller
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Braley Donor Threatens Lawsuit Against National Review, Des Moines Register
Discussion: Power Line and Twitchy
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Mary Landrieu's Remark About Blacks in the South Was True—and Politically Shrewd.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Is 2014 A Republican Wave?
Discussion: The Dish, The PJ Tatler and Politico
 

 
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