Jeb Bush's epic implosion: Why it's high time he gave up his presidential fantasy  —  Let's face it: Jeb sucks at this whole running-for-president thing, and he's just wasting our time now  —  Memo to Jeb Bush: Ignore mash notes like this one from Jennifer Rubin.  Your presidential run is likely done.

Borrower returns books 52 years late to Portland State University's library, with unsigned note  —  Memo to the person who anonymously returned two books to the Portland State University Library 52 years after borrowing them: … It's a fact.  Approximately 52 years after taking out a couple …

Larry Lessig: I'm All In  —  I had an idea.  It proved right.  It proved wrong.  Can I act on the right bit, despite the wrong?  —  In July, I decided to try something that no one else had done: to launch a campaign for a “referendum president,” focused on ending the system of corruption that has crippled our government.

What Bernie Sanders doesn't understand about economic equality  —  America is more distant from the 1933 beginning of the New Deal (82 years) than that beginning was from the 1865 end of the Civil War (68 years).  Both episodes involved the nation's understanding of equality …

What Could Raising Taxes on the 1% Do?  Surprising Amounts  —  When it comes to paying taxes, most Americans think the wealthy do not pay their fair share.  —  There is a sharp divide, however, between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to taxing the rich, who provide most of the cash for political campaigns.

The Great ‘Sanctuary City’ Slander  —  Lawmakers in Washington and around the country are in an uproar over what they derisively call “sanctuary cities.”  These are jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, or try in other ways to protect unauthorized immigrants from unjust deportation.

Bill Maher Pushes Bernie Sanders to Face ‘Socialist’ Moniker Head-On  —  On Friday night's Real Time on HBO, host Bill Maher opened the show by sitting down with Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and attempted to “undemonize the word Socialism”.  The segment from the bombastic Maher …

Abedin says she answered Benghazi questions ‘to the best of my ability’  —  Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin emerged from a nearly eight-hour closed-door meeting of the House Select Committee on Benghazi late on Friday afternoon, claiming to have done her best to answer the panel's extensive questions.

Biden would run ‘optimistic campaign’  —  A top adviser to Vice President Biden sent a letter to former staffers Thursday indicating his decision on 2016 will happen soon and laying out the themes of a possible presidential campaign, according to The Associated Press.

Obamacare Delivers.  Just Not Very Much.  —  The administration is expecting barely any increase in enrollment in Obamacare next year.  The forecast is for enrollment of only 10 million, just a smidge higher than the 9.9 million currently enrolled.  —  If enrollment growth has truly stalled out, that would be big news.

The bloody Palestinian war on reality  —  13-year-old Ahmed Manasra, whom Palestinian officials said had been ‘executed’ by Israel, rests in a hospital bed in Jerusalem.  —  The belief that reality is a contest between narratives, rather than a series of facts, has consequences …

Sex delay extends night-long standoff with police on Jacksonville's Westside  —  A woman who told police she preferred sex to surrender was arrested Thursday after she and a man she was with refused to come out of a mobile home on Jacksonville's Westside.  —  A SWAT team called to the 9700 block …

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)