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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Rush Limbaugh Threatens To Sue Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — Radio host Rush Limbaugh has threatened to sue the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) for defamation, The Daily Caller has learned. — Limbaugh retained the services of lawyer Patty Glaser …
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Scared Monkeys, The PJ Tatler, “The Lid” and FOX News Radio
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Limbaugh threatens to sue DCCC for ‘out of context’ quotes about sexual consent — Rush Limbaugh is hopping mad at the Democratic Party — but this time he's threatening to do more than just talk about it on the radio. — The conservative pundit is threatening to sue the Democratic …
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Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos and Bloomberg Politics
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Obama: Government Should Regulate Internet to Keep it Free — So President Obama has announced that the Internet should be regulated as a public utility. He's asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reclassify internet service providers (ISPs) from “information services” …
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Patterico's Pontifications
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Obama Asks F.C.C. to Adopt Tough Net Neutrality Rules
Obama Asks F.C.C. to Adopt Tough Net Neutrality Rules
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CANNONFIRE, No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Monthly
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Waiting for Republicans to Act on Immigration Is Pointless — The metaphors are flying. Last week, House Speaker John Boehner said President Obama should not take executive action to limit deportations of undocumented immigrants because “when you play with matches, then you take the risk …
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
WND Columnist: ‘Congress Must At Once Announce An Investigation’ Into Obama's Birth Certificate
WND Columnist: ‘Congress Must At Once Announce An Investigation’ Into Obama's Birth Certificate
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WND and FOX News Radio
Josh Zumbrun / Wall Street Journal:
Younger Generation Faces a Savings Deficit — Postrecession Thrifty Ways Fade Amid Weak Jobs Market, Hefty Student Debt — After a flirtation with thrift after the recession, young Americans have stopped saving. — Adults under age 35—the so-called millennial generation …
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US News, TheBlaze.com and The Daily Caller
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Police Use Department Wish List When Deciding Which Assets to Seize — The seminars offered police officers some useful tips on seizing property from suspected criminals. Don't bother with jewelry (too hard to dispose of) and computers ("everybody's got one already"), the experts counseled.
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Business Insider, Daily Signal, NPR, Washington Free Beacon, Liberal Values, Hit & Run, Prairie Weather and BillMoyers.com
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ben Stein: America's Race Problem Is “Pathetic, Self-Defeating Black Underclass” — “I mean, the real problem with race in America is a very, very beaten-down, pathetic, self-defeating black underclass that is — uh, just can't seem to get its way going in the way that blacks were able …
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Talking Points Memo, PoliticusUSA and New York Magazine
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
Craig Spencer, New York Doctor With Ebola, Will Leave Bellevue Hospital — Craig Spencer, the New York City doctor who became the first person in the city to test positive for Ebola, is being released from Bellevue Hospital Center on Tuesday morning, people familiar with his treatment said on Monday.
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Mediaite, Mashable, Gawker, The Verge, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway and New York Magazine
Adelle Nazarian / BREITBART.COM:
RICK PERRY: AMERICA'S NEXT PRESIDENT WILL NOT BE A SENATOR — LOS ANGELES, California—In an exclusive interview at Breitbart News Network's headquarters, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said President Barack Obama would cement a legacy of being the worst president in American history if he moves forward on executive amnesty.
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Newsmax.com, Hot Air, OnPolitics, The Right Scoop and Fox News
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Trevelyan Wing / The Dartmouth:
Perry talks midterms success
Perry talks midterms success
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The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Mediaite and New York Magazine
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul Takes Shot At Hillary Clinton's Age — The likely Republican presidential candidate suggests that Clinton, who is 67, may not be able to handle the “rigorous physical ordeal” of the campaign trail. — Jim Young / Reuters — Mike Theiler / Reuters — He brings her up in stump speeches.
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Mediaite
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Rand's grand plan
Rand's grand plan
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Hot Air, Washington Times, Mediaite, Yahoo! News, Daily Kos and No More Mister Nice Blog
CNN:
Gun sales spike as Ferguson area braces for grand jury decision — Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) — Lately, Dan McMullen has been bringing an extra gun to his office in Ferguson, Missouri. — McMullen runs Solo Insurance on West Florissant close to where looting and vandalism briefly broke …
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Hinterland Gazette and FOX News Radio
Jason Keisling / Hit & Run:
Guns and Pot: Which States Are Friendly to Both? — A Reddit user recently posted a graphic called “The Venn Diagram of Cultural Politics,” showing which states allow at least some citizens to use marijuana, which states recognize gay marriages, and which do both.
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The Dish
Sen. Rand Paul / The Daily Beast:
Obama's ISIS War Is Illegal — The president is subverting the Constitution—and America's latest undeclared war in the Middle East is just the latest example. — For a generation, Democrats stood up against Republican presidents who they deemed to be too eager to go to war …
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The PJ Tatler, Hot Air, Hit & Run, National Review, The Daily Caller, CNN and Washington Times
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer: Impeachment ‘A Possibility’ If Obama Moves Ahead On Immigration — Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) said on Monday that impeaching President Obama “would be a consideration” if he moves forward unilaterally on immigration. — Barton's comments were made during an interview with former Rep. J.D. Hayworth …
Blupman / Our Bad Media:
Newsweek Corrected 7 of Fareed Zakaria's Plagiarized Articles; The Washington Post Needs To Do The Same For These 6 — UPDATE, 11/10/14, 2:45 PM: BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski has pointed out that Slate appears to have updated one of Zakaria's “Wine's World” columns with an editor's note regarding plagiarized text.
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New York Magazine and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
Susan Snyder / Philly.com:
A college president's words to young women about men — With an auditorium full of female students, Lincoln University president Robert R. Jennings offered the sort of fatherly advice he believes many of them need when it comes to sex and men. — “We have, we had, on this campus …
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Hinterland Gazette, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Associated Press:
N Korea Rescue Mission Delayed by Plane Trouble — Last week's high-stakes mission to retrieve two Americans jailed in North Korea was delayed by nearly two days because the aircraft carrying Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to Pyongyang broke down, U.S. officials said Monday.
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New York Magazine and Washington Post
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Obama Opposition — The president came to Washington thinking he could change Washington, make it better, unite it and the nation. He was wrong. As he ascended, the tone of political discourse descended, as much because of who he was as what he did.
Peter A. Brown / Wall Street Journal:
For Republicans Considering a 2016 Run, Some Same-State Blues — The uncertain shape of the 2016 Republican presidential field is, to an unusual degree, a product of a historically large number of potential aspirants coming from the same states. — Four states-Wisconsin, Texas, Florida …
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Tom Cotton Campaign Bars Liberal Editor From Press Call — As a liberal in a red state, Max Brantley is used to being unwelcome in certain political circles. So the editor of the left-leaning Arkansas Times wasn't too surprised when he was denied access last week to a press call with members …