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Gary Legum / Salon:
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.
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Bush Derangement Syndrome: left, right, and Trumpian — Commeter “Eric” writes: … I'm not sure it's possible at this point, but I agree that it's desirable and might even be necessary. — I also wonder what Trump supporters have to say about Trump's attitude on the subject …
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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 blames George W. Bush for 9/11: ‘Say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time’
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Daily Wire, RedState, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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Donald Trump on Yellen, Clinton, Sanders, and Taxes
Donald Trump on Yellen, Clinton, Sanders, and Taxes
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: 9/11 happened on George W. Bush's watch
Trump: 9/11 happened on George W. Bush's watch
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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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Marco Rubio's wake-up call — <p>The hype surrounding Marco Rubio's presidential campaign just smashed into the wall of reality.</p><p>First, the Florida senator's team insisted it had stashed more campaign cash in the bank than fellow Floridian Jeb Bush — only it hadn't.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
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.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
We Are Already Months Into the Biden Campaign
We Are Already Months Into the Biden Campaign
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Biden Eclipse and the Trump Plateau
The Biden Eclipse and the Trump Plateau
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
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.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
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.
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Guess Who Else Is a Socialist? — One of the side benefits of a well-watched national political debate is the exposure it brings to something obscure and forgotten — like Denmark. Who doesn't love a country that gave us a dish of frikadeller and rugbrod to go with paid parental leave and universal health care?
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Florida Times Union:
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 …
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Colette DuChanois / WJXX-TV:
JSO: Woman demands sex from suspect, delays arrest
JSO: Woman demands sex from suspect, delays arrest
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Daily Mail
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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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dem proposes exec action to curb gun violence — Rep. Alcee Hastings, a 12-term Florida Democrat, is pressing President Obama to use his executive pen in an effort to stem gun violence. — In a Thursday letter to the president, Hastings laid out three reforms he thinks the administration …
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Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
7 Amazing Moments From The Fox News ‘Terrorism Expert’ Who Was Just Arrested For Fraud — On Thursday, a man named Wayne Simmons was arrested by the FBI for what the agency called “major fraud” — lying about having worked for the Central Intelligence Agency for nearly 30 years …
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
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.
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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