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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Biden Eclipse and the Trump Plateau — Mrs. Clinton pre-empts her biggest challenge as Republicans consider their alternatives. — Something big happened at the Democratic debate. It didn't have to do with Hillary Clinton besting Bernie Sanders or Jim Webb.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
We Are Already Months Into the Biden Campaign — The only question he’s been mulling is how aggressive he should be. — On Wednesday, the day after the first Democratic presidential debate, almost the entire political and media Establishment was in agreement: Hillary Clinton …
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Weekly Standard
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Why The Fight Between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio Is Getting Ugly
Why The Fight Between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio Is Getting Ugly
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama passes on chance to talk about a Biden run
Obama passes on chance to talk about a Biden run
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: 9/11 happened on George W. Bush's watch — <p>Donald Trump slammed former President George W. Bush for the 9/11 attacks happening "during his reign" in an interview aired Friday, prompting a strong rebuke from a certain GOP presidential rival.</p><p>Asked by Bloomberg's Stephanie Ruhle …
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Daily Mail:
Trump blames George W. Bush for 9/11: ‘Say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time’ — Trump said New York's twin towers ‘came down during his reign’ as he tried to paint himself as ‘much more competent’ than other politicians — Donald Trump took an unprovoked slap …
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Bloomberg.com news:
Donald Trump on Yellen, Clinton, Sanders, and Taxes — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sat down with Bloomberg ‹GO› anchor Stephanie Ruhle at the Trump Towers in midtown Manhattan on Thursday. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Hits W: ‘The World Trade Center Came Down During His Reign’ (VIDEO)
Trump Hits W: ‘The World Trade Center Came Down During His Reign’ (VIDEO)
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Kaitlan Collins / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Malia, The Only Cool Obama, Plays Beer Pong During College Visit [PHOTOS] — Malia Obama was visiting Brown University in Rhode Island for a campus tour last weekend, and while she was there, the 17-year-old finally proved that there's at least one cool person in the Obama family.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
RNC Chief Priebus: Republican Party “Cooked” If We Lose 2016 — The Republican Party was “cooked” a long time ago when they started treating their base with outright contempt. — GOP leader Reince Priebus told The Washington Examiner the Big Tent party is “cooked” if they don't win the 2016 election.
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Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
RNC chair: GOP will be ‘cooked’ as national party with 2016 loss
RNC chair: GOP will be ‘cooked’ as national party with 2016 loss
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
How Trump almost blew up the third GOP debate
How Trump almost blew up the third GOP debate
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Washington Post
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Why the 2016 presidential race will be a historic ideological battle — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — Republican and Democratic voters, making drastically different assumptions about the politics of the 2016 presidential race, are pulling their parties even further apart …
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Stephanie Ebbert / BostonGlobe.com:
Poll finds Clinton, Sanders in dead heat in N.H.
Poll finds Clinton, Sanders in dead heat in N.H.
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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / The Week:
Democrats' 2016 strategy assumes America is lurching left. Are they wrong?
Democrats' 2016 strategy assumes America is lurching left. Are they wrong?
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Rand Paul Warns Sanders Presidency Could Lead To ‘Mass Genocide’ — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., joined South Carolina radio host Vince Coakley yesterday to discuss the first Democratic presidential debate, where he said the candidates were “all trying to outdo each other in their disdain …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Cable News Commentator Arrested and Charged with Fraud — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Wayne Shelby Simmons, 62, of Annapolis, Maryland, a former occasional on-air commentator who appeared on a cable news network, was arrested today after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Paranoid, Supremacist Roots of the Stabbing Intifada — In September of 1928, a group of Jewish residents of Jerusalem placed a bench in front of the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, for the comfort of elderly worshipers. They also brought with them a wooden partition, to separate the sexes during prayer.
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New York Times:
Obama's Comments on Clinton Emails Collide With F.B.I. Inquiry — WASHINGTON — Federal agents were still cataloging the classified information from Hillary Rodham Clinton's personal email server last week when President Obama went on television and played down the matter.
Los Angeles Times:
Drivers flee as mudslides engulf nearly 200 vehicles near Tehachapi; more rain coming — Nearly 200 vehicles, including 75 tractor-trailers, are trapped on California 58 east of Tehachapi in up to 20 feet of mud and debris after torrential rains pummeled the area and forced drivers to flee.
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Romney: Trump's controversial comments will hurt the GOP nominee — <p>Mitt Romney thinks that Donald Trump's controversial comments could taint the ultimate Republican nominee — even if it ends up being someone other than the businessman. </p><p>"Some of the things he's said …
Rodney Ho / Radio and TV Talk:
Steve McCoy let go from NewsRadio 106.7 after trumped-up Trump interview — Steve McCoy with his former radio co-host Vikki Locke. CREDIT: Jennifer Brett — By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Friday, October 16, 2015 — Steve McCoy was let go from NewsRadio 106.7 Friday following …
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Oliver Lane / BREITBART.COM:
‘It Makes Me Very Sad’ Says Open Borders Activist Brutally Stabbed by Migrant Gang — A pro-migrant, open borders activist is reported to be “very sad” after being stabbed twice in the back by a gang of “Arabs” as he stood outside a pizzeria in Dresden, east Germany.
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Colette DuChanois / WJXX-TV:
JSO: Woman demands sex from suspect, delays arrest — 3 in custody after SWAT situation on Westside — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two people were arrested Thursday after a 6 1/2 hour SWAT standoff on the city's Westside, authorities said. — Ryan Patrick Bautista, 34, and Leanne Hunn, 30 …
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
The American boy arrested for making a clock meets Sudan's president, an accused war criminal … The arrest of Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Texas student, in mid-September for bringing a homemade clock to his high school created a nationwide debate about racism and Islamophobia in the United States.
Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Aide Huma Abedin's Appearance Before Benghazi Committee Sparks Feud — Democrats questioning investigation as politically motivated — Republicans on committee say their focus is on 2012 attack — A top Democrat on the House panel investigating the Benghazi attack …
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