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9:45 PM ET, October 15, 2015

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump threatens to pull out of next GOP debate  —  <p>A Republican National Committee conference call to discuss plans for the Oct. 28 GOP debate with top advisers to the presidential campaigns spiraled into chaos on Thursday afternoon, as Donald Trump threatened to pull out of the debate …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Campaign Raises Specter of Boycotting Next Debate  —  An aide to Donald J. Trump has raised the possibility of the candidate not attending the next Republican presidential debate unless the criteria set by CNBC are changed, according to two people briefed on a conference call where the matter was discussed on Thursday.
Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News:
Donald Trump, Ben Carson Threaten to Boycott The Next GOP Debate  —  Donald Trump and Ben Carson are both threatening to boycott the next Republican presidential debate if CNBC, who is hosting the event, and the Republican National Committee do not change the stated format of the event.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNBC says it's open to changing debate format
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:   Trump Campaign Manager: Americans Wouldn't Flee As Refugees Like Syrians Have
The Intercept:
THE DRONE PAPERS … DRONES ARE A TOOL, not a policy.  The policy is assassination.  While every president since Gerald Ford has upheld an executive order banning assassinations by U.S. personnel, Congress has avoided legislating the issue or even defining the word “assassination.”
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Ken Dilanian / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: US analysts knew Afghan site was hospital  —  3 photos  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — American special operations analysts were gathering intelligence on an Afghan hospital days before it was destroyed by a U.S. military attack because they believed it was being used by a Pakistani operative …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Why Talk of “Tyranny” Is Dangerous  —  So here was Ted Cruz' calm and reflective observations about the first Democratic presidential debate, as conveyed to an Iowa audience (per the Dallas Morning News' Todd Gillman): … I'm guessing a lot of observers hear this sort of thing and just shrug …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Keeping His Distance from the RINOizer
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: Republicans are destroying the House Benghazi probe's credibility.  But will it matter?
Marc Caputo / Politico:
New York Times staffer tweets, deletes ‘F— you’ to Bush  —  <p>A New York Times news assistant tweeted and then deleted a “F— you Jeb Bush” message Wednesday night after the Republican candidate delivered public remarks about dealing with poverty.</p><p>Bush spoke at a New Hampshire town hall …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Jeb cuts back  —  <p>On the first day of a two-day Iowa swing …
Jack Miles / Jeb 2016:
Jeb's Medical Records
noaanews.noaa.gov:
Strong El Niño sets the stage for 2015-2016 winter weather  —  Forecasters at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center issued the U.S. Winter Outlook today favoring cooler and wetter weather in Southern Tier states with above-average temperatures most likely in the West and across the Northern Tier.
Discussion: CBS Boston, US News, WWLP-TV and Rare
Gdrosenblum / CBS San Francisco:
X-Rated Audio Shocks Customers At San Jose Target Store  —  SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — Shoppers at a Target store in San Jose stopped in their tracks Wednesday morning when a sexually explicit recording began blaring over the store's public address system.  —  Chris Minor, who was shopping …
Discussion: KFOR-TV and Independent Journal
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Wayne Simmons, recurring Fox News guest, charged with lying about CIA ties  —  Wayne Simmons, a recurring guest on Fox News who claimed to have 27 years of experience with the CIA, was arrested Thursday after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he lied about his service.
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Huckabee Suggests Poor People Should Be Sold Into Slavery For Stealing  —  The United States criminal justice system could be improved if we sell poor people convicted of crimes into slavery, according to Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.  —  The former Arkansas governor weighed …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Graham: Dem debate ‘made me sick’  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said late Wednesday that the first Democratic presidential debate was nausea-inducing.  —  “It made me sick,” he told host and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on the organization's “Washington Watch” radio broadcast.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Lindsey Graham: Democratic Debate “Made Me Sick”
Discussion: Mediaite
Heba Amin:
“Arabian Street Artists” Bomb Homeland: Why We Hacked an Award-Winning Series  —  What's wrong with Homeland's political message?  The very first season of “Homeland” explained to the American public that Al Qaida is actually an Iranian venture.  According to the storyline …
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Sanders Catching Up to Clinton With Torrent of Small Donations  —  The Vermont senator is gaining on Clinton in the polls while raking in small-dollar donations and holding down spending.  —  jeneps  —  The two leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination are raising far …
Discussion: Politico
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Nirvi Shah / Politico:
American Federation of Teachers endorses Hillary Clinton for president
Discussion: Intercepts and American Prospect
Jason MeisnerContact / Chicago Tribune:
Lawyers for Dennis Hastert could reveal Thursday if plea deal reached … Lawyers for former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert could tell a federal judge Thursday if they have reached a plea deal with prosecutors that would keep bombshell allegations of hush-money payments from ever being aired in a public trial.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The State Department Clown Car Makes Things Worse In the Middle East  —  Palestinians have launched at least 28 attacks on Israeli Jews over the past week, leaving seven dead and more than 70 wounded.  These attacks, mostly using knives while a few involved guns or motor vehicles …
David Nather / BostonGlobe.com:
Bernie Sanders rejects CEO Martin Shkreli's campaign donation  —  WASHINGTON — The man who has become the public face of rising drug prices says he has donatedto presidential candidate Bernie Sanders — who has been bashing Big Pharma on the campaign trail — to try to get a meeting so the two can talk it out.
Frederic Hof / Politico:
I Got Syria So Wrong  —  I spent early 2011 trying to ease tensions between Syria and its neighbors.  I never predicted the brutality that would come from inside.  —  Getty  —  Now and then I am asked if I had predicted, way back in March 2011 when violence in Syria began …
Science:
The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons  —  1Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA.  —  2Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA.  —  3National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) …
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
What Do We Really Know About Osama bin Laden's Death? … Mark Bowden was watching a ballgame — the Phillies versus the Mets — on the night of May 1, 2011, when the network cut away to President Obama in the East Room of the White House.  “Tonight,” the president said …
Discussion: naked capitalism
Tjfang / CBS San Francisco:
Oakland Gospel Choir Draws Nuisance Complaint, Faces $500 A Day Fine  —  OAKLAND (KPIX 5) - Those who love Gospel music refer to it as “joyful noise” and it is anything but quiet.  —  “The music of the church reveals the life of the church, the enthusiasm of the church,” said Michael Wright, pastor at Solid Rock Baptist Church.
Discussion: Raw Story and Rare
Kyle Olson / EAGnews.org:
Panic strikes school after student says ‘gum’  —  Kyle founded Education Action Group in 2007.  —  Find Kyle on Twitter.  —  KYLE, Texas - Emotions are on a hair trigger in schools these days.  —  So much so, just hearing the word “gum” can cause a school-wide freak-out, as evidenced by an episode Wednesday.
Jim Webb / Washington Post:
People are criticizing my dad, Jim Webb, for killing a man.  Here's what they're missing.  —  If you watched the Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday night, you probably heard the closing comment by my father, Jim Webb.  Without hesitation he answered that the enemy he was 'most proud …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Carson puts public campaign events on hold  —  GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson is stepping away from the campaign trail to promote his new book, “A More Perfect Union,” according to ABC News.  —  The network reported late Wednesday that Carson is scheduled for over 20 private fundraisers during …
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Joe Biden Laughs Off Questions of Possible 2016 Run  —  As time ticks down for Vice President Joe Biden to make up his mind on a possible presidential run in 2016, he took some time to laugh off reporters shouting questions at him today.  —  “Are you running for President?” …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Politico
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Rand Paul, It Is Time to Take Your Campaign Out Back and Shoot It  —  “Go home to Kentucky, Senator, and save your Senate seat before Kentucky's voters take the incompetence of your Presidential campaign as a reflection on you and your Senate campaign.”  —  What is the most endearing moment …
 
 
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Bloomberg Business:
Putin Calls U.S. ‘Weak’ on Syria as Russia Talks Are Shunned
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Walker's Campaign Spent Heavily Before its Collapse
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Missouri GOPer wants to force Planned Parenthood to build ‘Vietnam Wall’ memorial for aborted fetuses
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The Cornell Daily Sun:
Cornell Faculty Donations Flood Left,Filings Show
Elspeth Reeve / New Republic:
Jim Webb Is the Ghost of Democrats' Recent Past—Especially Hillary's
Molly McHugh / Wired:
Tesla's Cars Now Drive Themselves, Kinda
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Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Illinois gives lottery winners IOUs
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Schock shells out $900K on legal fees
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Jeb Bush raises $13.4 million, more than Rubio and Cruz
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