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11:10 AM ET, October 13, 2015

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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Gut Test For Sanders  —  Most of the talk about tonight's first Democratic debate has revolved around Hillary Clinton and her need to be “likable” or “personable” or “authentic” or what have you, and the “also run” candidates like O'Malley and Webb who have an opportunity for massive publicity …
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David Freedlander / Bloomberg Business:
Bernie Sanders Isn't Socialist Enough for Many Socialists
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary donors worry: ‘All the energy is with Bernie’
Discussion: New York Times and Towleroad
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Anderson Cooper prepares ‘pointed questions’ for first Democratic debate
Arit John / Bloomberg Business:
Martin O'Malley Has the Most to Prove and Least to Lose at Tuesday's Debate
Discussion: Baltimore Sun and Politico
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Nudes Are Old News at Playboy  —  Last month, Cory Jones, a top editor at Playboy, went to see its founder Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion.  —  In a wood-paneled dining room, with Picasso and de Kooning prints on the walls, Mr. Jones nervously presented a radical suggestion: the magazine …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Republicans' Incompetence Caucus  —  The House Republican caucus is close to ungovernable these days.  How did this situation come about?  —  This was not just the work of the Freedom Caucus or Ted Cruz or one month's activity.  The Republican Party's capacity for effective self …
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The Adults Take the Stage in the Democratic Debate
Discussion: RedState and Slantpoint
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
EXCLUSIVE: Records show Ben Carson became Republican less than one year ago
Discussion: Liberaland
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Latest Unease on Right: Ryan Is Too Far Left  —  WASHINGTON — Far-right media figures, relatively small in number but potent in their influence, have embarked on a furious Internet expedition to cover Representative Paul D. Ryan in political silt.  —  In 2012 when Mitt Romney picked Mr. Ryan …
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WTVT:
Police: Lakeland woman live streams herself driving drunk  —  Video courtesy Lakeland Police Department  —  LAKELAND (FOX 13) - A Lakeland woman was not only Periscoping while driving, police say she was live-streaming herself driving drunk and telling the world how drunk she was.
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10NEWS:
Florida woman Periscopes while drunk driving  —  LAKELAND, FL - Lakeland police believe a local woman is lucky to be alive today after going on a drunk driving trip she recorded and broadcast live on her own phone.  On Saturday, LPD took in 911 calls about a possible drunk driver using …
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Rift in Obama administration over Putin  —  <p>Vladimir Putin's intervention in Syria is creating new rifts inside an exhausted and in some cases demoralized Obama national security team, where officials pushing for bolder action see the president as stubbornly unwilling to assume new risk …
Discussion: Doug Ross
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Sundance / The Last Refuge:
Busted !  CNN Uses Jeb Bush Staffer Planted In Audience To Frame Donald Trump Narrative/Hit Job....  During an appearance at a Jon Huntsman “No Labels” event, a female audience member named Lauren Batchelder played the role of a female antagonist toward candidate Donald Trump.
Annie Karni / Politico:
A ‘Cancer’ on the Clinton Candidacy  —  <p>Halfway through her long and humbling summer, Hillary Clinton ran into an old friend who wanted to know how she was bearing up under the pressure of near-daily revelations about the use of her private email server during her time in the State Department.
Discussion: NBC News
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Clinton server's software had hacking risk  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The private email server running in Hillary Rodham Clinton's home basement when she was secretary of state was connected to the Internet in ways that made it more vulnerable to hackers …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
What The Big GOP Meltdown Reveals From A Guy Who Saw It All Coming  —  The epic GOP meltdown of 2015 should not come as a surprise.  —  The modern Republican Party had been careening toward this kind of wheels-off-the-track moment for a long time.  Its knee-jerk rejectionism …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
New York Times:
Is the Pentagon Telling the Truth About Afghanistan?  —  New data from the United Nations on the military advances by a resurgent Taliban is alarming for what it says about the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan — and what it suggests about the American military's honesty about what is happening there.
Discussion: RedState, CNBC and Hot Air
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Hope fades on Obama's vow to bring troops home before presidency ends
Discussion: New York Times and Prairie Weather
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Dan Rather's Big Lie hits the big screen  —  There are many things that real people do to become the subject of sympathetic movies.  Make a flawless emergency landing in the Hudson River with a disabled jet full of passengers.  Survive a devastating storm atop Mt. Everest.
Discussion: Power Line and Jewish World Review
New Jersey Online:
Is the Jersey Devil in Galloway Township?  |  Paranormal Corner  —  Little Egg Harbor resident Dave Black captured this photo in Galloway.  He believes it may be the Jersey Devil.  What do you think?  (Photo provided by Dave Black)  —  For more than 200 years, people living …
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Top Clinton aide worked on Abu Dhabi project while at State  —  Hilary Clinton's former chief of staff spent some of her time at the State Department working part time to build a campus for New York University (NYU) in Abu Dhabi.  —  Cheryl Mills disclosed the details of the special arrangement …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Politico:
DEBATE DAY!  - SHELDON LEANING RUBIO — ‘CANCER’ …
Discussion: National Review
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Sheldon Adelson warms to Marco Rubio
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jon Feere / The Hill:
10 immigration questions for the Democratic debate, Part I
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Gillibrand: I bet Biden will run for president
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Ben Carson Finds Momentum in Provocative Remarks
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Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz: The military shouldn't be a ‘cauldron for social experiments’
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Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic:
Amateurs in the Oval Office
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Rebecca Ford / Hollywood Reporter:
Volkswagen Scandal Movie in the Works From Paramount, Leonardo DiCaprio
Discussion: NBC News, Daily Mail and Mashable
Robert A. Cronkleton / Kansas City Star:
Two firefighters dead after building collapse in Kansas City
New York Times:
U.S.-Made Weaponry Is Turning Syrian Conflict Into Proxy War With Russia
Michael Rapoport / Wall Street Journal:
NYCC 2015: Paul Krugman and Brad DeLong Ponder the ‘Star Trek’ Economy
Barbara Starr / CNN:
U.S. delivers 50 tons of ammunition to Syria rebel groups
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