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8:50 AM ET, November 7, 2014

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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 …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Marriage Equality Just Got A First Class Ticket To The Supreme Court
Discussion: Addicting Info
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Court Upholds Marriage Bans in Four States
Discussion: Washington Post
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Four States' Same-Sex Marriage Bans
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and Washington Post
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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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) …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Politico
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Wall Street Journal:
After Harry Reid, the GOP Shouldn't Unilaterally Disarm
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Midterm disaster rips apart awkward ties between Obama and Senate Democrats
Discussion: Power Line and Bloomberg Politics
Politico:
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
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.
Discussion: CNSNews
New York Times:
Decision Time on Immigration  —  President Obama said on Wednesday that he would act on his own by the end of the year to “improve” the immigration system, presumably by giving many — perhaps millions — of the country's unauthorized immigrants temporary protection from deportation and permission to work.
Discussion: CNN and ImmigrationProf Blog
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.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Bloomberg View
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 …
Agence France-Presse:
32 tanks enter Ukraine from Russia: Kiev  —  Kiev (AFP) - A column of 32 tanks and other heavy weapons has entered Ukraine from Russia, the Ukrainian military said Friday, after the latest fighting left five dead and at least 31 injured.  —  Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said a convoy …
Discussion: Hot Air
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
Discussion: Defense One and War on the Rocks
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 …
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.”
Discussion: Gawker, Washington Post and Mediaite
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Looking Back, Looking Forward  —  The Republicans proved Tuesday …
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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US News:
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart:
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Discussion: Truth Revolt and Mediaite
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Democrats Can't Keep Playing Not to Lose
Discussion: The Agonist and Bloomberg Politics
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Ex-SEAL Robert O'Neill reveals himself as shooter who killed Osama bin Laden
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
GOP thanks Democrats for sidelining ‘best messenger’ Obama
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Sen. Mike Lee / The Federalist:
Mike Lee's Plan To Fix Congress
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Politico:
Frustration with Pelosi simmers among Democrats
Discussion: National Review
 

 
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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