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Richard Wolf / Associated Press:
Gay marriage bans in four states upheld on appeal — The same-sex marriage movement lost its first major case in a federal appeals court Thursday after a lengthy string of victories, creating a split among the nation's circuit courts that virtually guarantees Supreme Court review.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Sixth Circuit: Now, a split on same-sex marriage — UPDATED 9:56 p.m. The American Civil Liberties Union, one of the legal advocacy groups involved in the case, said “we will be filing for Supreme Court review right away.” Presumably, the other attorneys involved will coordinate their filings …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Marriage Equality Just Got A First Class Ticket To The Supreme Court
BREAKING: Marriage Equality Just Got A First Class Ticket To The Supreme Court
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Court Upholds Marriage Bans in Four States
Court Upholds Marriage Bans in Four States
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Four States' Same-Sex Marriage Bans
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Four States' Same-Sex Marriage Bans
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Ben Carson video to air in 22 states — Ben Carson is introducing himself as a potential 2016 presidential candidate in a 40-minute video that will be aired on TV stations in 22 states and Washington, D.C. — Armstrong Williams, a conservative commentator who is Carson's business manager …
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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Meet Ben Carson: First Republican to Throw His Hat in 2016 Ring … Yes, the 2016 race for the White House has already gotten started — and it looks like Dr. Ben Carson is first in the ring. — Carson, a famous pediatric neurosurgeon and conservative political star, will air …
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Eddie Scarry / Mediaite:
Ben Carson TV Documentary Set to Air Across Country — Conservative hero Dr. Ben Carson, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, will star in a 40-minute TV documentary about himself that is set to air across the country sometime this weekend, according to ABC News.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Hatch: Reid ‘a pathetic majority leader’ — The Senate's most senior Republican on Thursday bashed current Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), saying with the GOP in charge, there was potential for real accomplishments. — In a phone interview with The Hill, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) …
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Democrats scrap ad buys for Mary Landrieu — The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is canceling at least some of its advertising reservations for Sen. Mary Landrieu ahead of the December runoff in Louisiana. — The committee canceled buys planned from Monday through December 6 in the Lafayette …
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Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
Senate Democrats dump ads in Louisiana
Senate Democrats dump ads in Louisiana
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare — Chase whistle-blower Alayne Fleischmann risked it all.
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The Hill:
Has the Tea Party been tamed? — Establishment Republicans are crowing that their resounding wins Tuesday night repudiated the Tea Party's insistence that ideological purity is key to electoral success. — But don't tell that to conservatives, who aren't admitting defeat.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Triumph of the Wrong — The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet midterms to men of understanding. Or as I put it on the eve of another Republican Party sweep, politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.
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Matt O'Brien / Washington Post:
This billionaire thinks the Fed is missing the hyperinflation in the Hamptons — Hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer is pretty clueless about economics (Remy Steinegger/WEF) — Never underestimate the ingenuity of inflation truthers. Every time it seems like they've hit rock bottom intellectually …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Meager Returns for the Democrats' Biggest Donor — WASHINGTON — In the last days before the midterm elections, Tom Steyer, the billionaire environmentalist who spent at least $57 million of his own money to influence Tuesday's outcome — more than any other single donor …
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Wrote Secret Letter to Iran's Khamenei About Fighting Islamic State — Presidential Correspondence With Ayatollah Stresses Shared U.S.-Iranian Interests in Combating Insurgents, Urges Progress on Nuclear Talks — WASHINGTON—U.S. President Barack Obama secretly wrote Iran's Supreme …
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
ISIS Wave of Might Is Turning Into Ripple
ISIS Wave of Might Is Turning Into Ripple
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Rice: Dem racial attacks ‘appalling’ — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday slammed Democrats who sought to use race against Republicans in the midterm elections, saying they were offensive and out of touch. — “The idea that you would play such a card …
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Frank Luntz / New York Times:
The Midterms Were Not a Republican Revolution — ON election night 1994, as Republicans recaptured the House for the first time in 40 years, I stood in the audience and watched my client Newt Gingrich, who would soon become speaker of the House, declare the beginning of the “Republican revolution.”
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Looking Back, Looking Forward — The Republicans proved Tuesday …
Looking Back, Looking Forward — The Republicans proved Tuesday …
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