memeorandum: Trump Holding Steady Nationally (Tom Jensen/Public Policy Polling)

10:45 PM ET, October 6, 2015

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Christian Spencer / Campus Reform:

Ivy League prof. calls Ben Carson a ‘coon’ — U Penn Prof Anthea Butler tweeted “If only there was a ‘coon of the year’ award” in response to Ben Carson's claim that people have the right to display Confederate flags on private property. — In the past, Butler has tweeted that God is a …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Rush Limbaugh, Red Alert Politics, Independent Journal, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and The College Fix

Nick Gass / Politico:

Carson slams Obama for Oregon visit with shooting victims' families — <p>If he were president, Ben Carson would not visit Roseburg, Oregon, in the aftermath of last week's deadly shooting, as President Barack Obama is scheduled to do on Friday. The Republican presidential candidate …

Discussion: Mediaite, Taylor Marsh, addictinginfo.org, Daily Kos and Bloomberg Business

Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Ben Carson ‘Much More Comfortable’ If Kindergarten Teachers Had Guns

Discussion: New York Times

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Insistent Ben Carson Tells Whoopi That Hitler Really Could Happen Here

Discussion: The Week

USA Today:
Ben Carson: On gun control, Snowden — and Trump

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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:

Dems, Don't Freak Out About Rubio Just Yet — Sure, it's easy to understand why liberals would be worried about him. But let's take a look at his drawbacks, shall we? — So in the past week or so, it seems that people have decided that Marco Rubio is going to be the GOP nominee. What people, you ask?

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times, Washington Monthly, Bloomberg View and National Review

Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:

Hillary Clinton Trolls GOP Field, Sending Them Copies of Hard Choices — The Democratic front-runner has repeatedly been criticized by her Republican rivals over her record as secretary of state. — jeneps — Hillary Clinton sent copies of her most recent book to all the Republican …

Discussion: ABC News and Politico

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Trump Holding Steady Nationally — PPP's newest national Republican poll actually finds the top of the field in a pretty similar place to where it was in late August. Donald Trump leads the field with 27%, similar to the 29% he had on our last survey. Ben Carson is in second place with 17% …

Discussion: alicublog, Business Insider, The Last Refuge and Hot Air

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
In first national ad, Clinton hits GOP on Benghazi

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Will Rahn / The Daily Beast:
Jeb Bush Should Face Facts: It's Time to Drop Out

Discussion: Hot Air and The PJ Tatler

Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:

House Dem To Push Amendment Abolishing Benghazi Committee — A House Democrat will offer an amendment to abolish Congress' special committee on the Benghazi, in a move that simultaneously hits Republicans on Planned Parenthood and on House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) Benghazi “gaffe.”

Discussion: Mediaite, Daily Kos, BuzzFeed and Politico

Sean Davis / Salon:
Jason Chaffetz, grandstanding charlatan: What you need to know about the GOP's shameless up-and-comer

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Washington Monthly

David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Democrats seek to question anti-Planned Parenthood video hoaxster over potentially illegal activities

Discussion: LiberalAmerica.org and Common Dreams

Eli Lake / Bloomberg View:
Clinton Can Thank Obama for Her Benghazi Headache

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Dan Vergano / BuzzFeed:
Man Behind Abortion Videos Used Fake ID, House Democrats Say

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BobbyJindal.com:

We fill Our Culture With Garbage, And We Reap The Result — I'm going to start today by venting, and I will warn you in advance that this is going to be a sermon, but someone needs to speak the truth for a change: — Another week, another mass shooting, another press conference …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Jezebel, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, ThinkProgress, Friendly Atheist, NOLA River, Fusion, Raw Story, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and New York Times

Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:

Jindal: Oregon Gunman's Father Is A ‘Failure’ Who ‘Owes Us All An Apology’ — In a lengthy blog post published on his presidential campaign website Tuesday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) claimed the father of Oregon gunman Chris Harper Mercer was a “complete failure” and demanded that he apologize for the shooting.

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Marissa Mitchell / WAGA-TV:

Georgia Man Loses Job, Upsets Mother after Facebook Post — ATLANTA - A swirl of controversy over a Facebook post and its accompanying racially-charged comments have led to an Atlanta man's job termination. — Gerod Roth, who is white, was fired from the Polaris Marketing Group in Atlanta …

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Emily Greenhouse / Bloomberg Business:

Barry Diller Says He'll Leave the Country If Donald Trump Wins the White House — Media executive blames the influence of reality TV for poisoning politics. — emserre — Barry Diller, the founder and chairman of IAC Interactive, knows show biz and New York real estate …

Discussion: Power Line

Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Hey, let's all make our own Donald Trump hats

Discussion: Jezebel and Balloon Juice

Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
New Analysis Ranks Presidential Candidates By Their Supporters' Grammar

Discussion: OnPolitics, addictinginfo.org and Hullabaloo

Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:

Justice Department set to free 6,000 prisoners, largest one-time release — The Justice Department is set to release about 6,000 inmates early from prison — the largest one-time release of federal prisoners — in an effort to reduce overcrowding and provide relief to drug offenders …

Discussion: The Marshall Project, Weasel Zippers, Fox News, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Crime and Consequences Blog, Common Dreams, The Week, NBC News and Sentencing Law and Policy

Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times: U.S. to Release 6,000 Inmates From Prisons

Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

Hillary Clinton Readies Oppo-Research to Go to War Against Joe Biden — “This could be messier than Obama-Hillary '08.” — If Joe Biden jumps into the Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton will be ready to go on the offensive. According to a Clinton campaign source …

Discussion: Daily Mail, Telegraph, Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Exclusive: Biden himself leaked word of his son's dying wish

Hadas Gold / Politico:
The 'Morning Joe'-Clinton campaign stalemate

Discussion: Liberal Values and Talking Points Memo

Kim Fields / KTFT:

Fellow diners accuse Nampa family of ‘ruining their dinner,’ deliver nasty note — BOISE - A Nampa mom is upset after she says she received a nasty note from her fellow diners accusing her 10-month-old son of “ruining” their dinner with his yelling. — Katie Leach admits that her son's “new thing” is yelling.

Discussion: Eater, WGN-TV, FOX31 Denver and Daily Mail

Shawnmcginnis / KTLA:

Hollywood Mother Collapses, Dies While Feeding Baby Who Then Chokes to Death: Police — The bodies of a woman and her 1-year-old son, who were likely dead for days, were found inside a Hollywood apartment Monday along with a second boy who was suffering from severe dehydration after a worried neighbor called 911.

Discussion: WFLA-TV, Q13 FOX News, fox8.com, KFOR-TV and New York's PIX11

Julie Miller / Vanity Fair:

Rihanna Praises Rachel Dolezal: “I Think She Was a Bit of a Hero” — In Vanity Fair's November cover story, Rihanna weighs in on the controversial N.A.A.C.P. chapter president who was “outed” as white. — When Rachel Dolezal first made headlines this summer, after the N.A.A.C.P. chapter president was …

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Lisa Robinson / Vanity Fair:
Rihanna in Cuba: The Cover Story

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Matthew Mosk / ABC News:

US Officials Ask How ISIS Got So Many Toyota Trucks — U.S. counter-terror officials have asked Toyota, the world's second largest auto maker, to help them determine how ISIS has managed to acquire the large number of Toyota pick-up trucks and SUVs seen prominently in the terror group's propaganda videos …

Discussion: Fox News and The Week

Vindicator:

Man “too high” on marijuana calls Austintown police for help — AUSTINTOWN — Township police were called to a home Friday night by a man who complained he was “too high” after smoking marijuana. — According to a police report, authorities were called to the 100 block of Westminister Avenue …

Discussion: Mashable, Associated Press, Fox 59 and Sentencing Law and Policy

Allum Bokhari / BREITBART.COM:

Online retailer Direct 2 Drive trolls Social Justice Warriors — Direct 2 Drive, an online games retailer, has adopted the PR strategy of the moment: relentless mockery of hand-wringing social justice warriors on the web. — D2D recently launched a tongue-in-cheek “Trigger Warning Week …

Discussion: Vox Popoli