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6:10 PM ET, October 19, 2015

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Gowdy appears to accidentally release CIA source's name  —  <p>House Benghazi Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy appears to have accidentally released the name of a CIA source in the midst of a back-and-forth with Democrats about how sensitive the information was and whether its presence …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
‘These have been among the worst weeks of my life’  —  <p>House Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy, a former federal prosecutor, used to get death threats in his previous line of work.  But watching his Benghazi investigation get slammed by accusations that it's a partisan assault on Hillary Clinton …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The women in the van  —  <p>A few dozen reporters who regularly cover Hillary Clinton gathered last August to watch the first GOP debate at her headquarters in Brooklyn.  MSNBC's Alex Seitz-Wald stopped for a moment and looked around.</p><p> A second later, he realized what seemed strange …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Dems: No Evidence For GOP ‘Conspiracy Theories’ About Clinton And Benghazi
Discussion: Daily Kos
Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Looks to Turn Benghazi Hearing Into Next Boost
Discussion: Politico
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Democrats are in denial.  Their party is actually in deep trouble.  —  The Democratic Party is in much greater peril than its leaders or supporters recognize, and it has no plan to save itself.  —  Yes, Barack Obama is taking a victory lap in his seventh year in office.
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CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Hillary Clinton wins debate, but Bernie Sanders rises  —  Washington (CNN)With the first Democratic debate in the books, a new CNN/ORC poll finds most who watched think Hillary Clinton had the best performance of the night, but her strong showing hasn't boosted her standing in the race for the party's nomination.
Judd Gregg / The Hill:
The problems with progressives
Joe Battenfeld / Associated Press:
Franklin Pierce-Herald poll: Sanders keeps lead over Clinton
Discussion: Slantpoint and OnPolitics
Jay Carney / Medium:
What The New York Times Didn't Tell You  —  “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk.”  —  If you read the recent New York Times article about Amazon's culture, you remember that quote.  Attributed to Bo Olson, the image of countless employees crying at their desks set …
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NYTCo Communications / Medium:
Dean Baquet Responds To Jay Carney's Medium Post
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
House GOP Brings Back Debt Ceiling Cop-Out Bill For A Floor Vote This Week  —  As a Nov. 3 deadline to raise the debt ceiling looms, the House is set to vote on a bill this week that critics have labeled a cop out on Congress' duty to raise the debt limit and avoid defaulting on the national debt.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Bloomberg View
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
On Your Knees!  —  So after a few days of silence a new word …
NBC News:
First Read: Jeb Bush Finds His Fight
Discussion: Hullabaloo, CNN and Bloomberg Business
WNYW-TV:
VP Joe Biden to enter presidential race, reports FOX News  —  NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) - Sources tell FOX News Senior White House Correspondent Ed Henry that Vice President Joe Biden will enter the presidential race. … There has been heavy speculation that Biden would run for the Democratic nomination.
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MSNBC:
Sources: Biden could announce decision within 48 hours  —  Vice President Joe Biden is nearing a decision on if he will enter the presidential race, which could come within 48 hours, two sources tells NBC News.  —  Biden has been contemplating a presidential run for months and has delayed …
Lauren Zakalik / WFAA-TV:
Dramatic motorcycle crash caught on video; DPS investigating  —  GRANBURY - The road rash and deep cuts all over Eric Sanders' body only begin to tell the story.  —  “I've got a gouge in my elbow that is bone-deep,” Sanders said.  —  The video tells the rest.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, KFOR-TV and KTLA
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: Trump Hits Highest Mark Yet, But Carson Is Close Behind  —  Real estate mogul Donald Trump remains the frontrunner in the Republican presidential field, while former neurosurgeon Ben Carson holds a close second place, a new NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll shows.
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
The Establishment Thinks the Unthinkable: Trump Could Win the Nomination
Discussion: Erick on the Radio and Hot Air
Art Swift / Gallup:
Americans' Desire for Stricter Gun Laws Up Sharply  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty-five percent of Americans say they want laws covering the sale of firearms to be stricter than they are now, a distinct rise of eight percentage points from 2014.
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Obama Regains Majority Job Approval; Most See GOP Infighting as Dysfunction (POLL)  —  More than half of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll approve of Barack Obama's job performance, a first in nearly two and a half years.  That compares with 71 percent disapproval of the Republicans …
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Peyton M. Craighill / Washington Post:
Poll: Obama's approval rating hits an 18-month high, is back over 50 percent
Karin Sun / Opposing Views:
‘I Will Take Something Good Out Of This’: Bride-To-Be's Family Turns Cancelled Wedding Into Banquet For Homeless  —  A California family has turned their bride-to-be's heartbreak into something positive.  —  Quinn Duane, 27, was looking forward to a lavish wedding at Citizen Hotel in Sacramento …
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Tom Miller / KQCA-TV:
Canceled Sacramento wedding leads to meal for homeless
Moriba Cummings / bet.com:
Anthony Mackie Endorses Donald Trump: He Worked His Way Up From Nothing  —  The Our Brand Is Crisis actor said he is “drinking the Kool-Aid.” … Looks like we might see Anthony Mackie on the campaign trail with Donald Trump.  During a sit-down chat with BET.com during the promotional trail …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
It Has Been The ‘Beginning Of The End’ Of Donald Trump's Campaign Since July
New York Post:
Stoner high school student says he hacked the CIA  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's e-mail scandal didn't stop the head of the CIA from using his own personal AOL account to stash work-related documents, according to a stoner high-school student who claims to have hacked into them.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Jim Webb to consider running as an independent  —  Jim Webb, the longshot Democratic presidential candidate, may run as an independent, his campaign said in an email to reporters on Monday evening.  —  The former Virginia senator, who complained last week about not having enough talking …
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Right About 9/11  —  Donald Trump utters plenty of ugly untruths: that undocumented Mexican immigrants are “rapists,” that Syrian refugees are committing “all sorts of attacks” in Germany and represent a “Trojan Horse” for ISIS.  But he tells ugly truths too: that “when you give …
 
 
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Over A Year Before 9/11, Trump Wrote Of Terror Threat With Remarkable Clarity
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Texas cancels contracts with Planned Parenthood
Scott Wise / WTVR-TV:
'Yo dog, that's me' Man sees picture on WTVR app, surrenders to police
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Al Jazeera English:
Israel mob lynches Eritrean after bus station attack
Discussion: Slate, New York Times and U.S. Uncut
The Atlantic:
America's Unfinished Second Founding
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 Earlier Items: 
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The GOP's Problems Go Way Deeper Than the Speaker Mess
Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
What are Bill and Melinda Gates talking about?
Discussion: Diane Ravitch's blog
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Man Busted For Wiping Butt With Summons
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Daily Caller
 

 
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