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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Panicked establishment gets ready for war against Trump — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — This weekend was an inflection point in the Republican presidential race — a moment in which some significant part of the GOP establishment came out of denial and realized Donald Trump might well become their party's nominee.
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CNN:
Poll: Trump, Carson dominate GOP field as Fiorina falters — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump and Ben Carson now stand alone at the top of the Republican field, as Carly Fiorina's brief foray into the top tier of candidates seeking the GOP nomination for president appears to have ended, a new CNN/ORC poll finds.
Ann Coulter / The Hill:
Trump is like Reagan and the media is clueless about it — Neurotically ignoring the fact that Donald Trump's position on immigration has catapulted him to the lead for the Republican presidential nomination, the media diminish his soaring poll numbers with a scrolling series of rationalizations.
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Politico and The Gateway Pundit
Bryan Busovicki / National Review:
A Clear Choice on National Security — In the latest episode of the reality show that is Donald Trump's campaign, he has blamed my brother for the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our nation. — That Trump echoes the attacks of Michael Moore and the fringe Left against my brother is yet another example …
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Talking Points Memo, The Week and The Daily Caller
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Reid offers surprise support for Ryan as speaker — <p>Harry Reid just gave Paul Ryan an unwelcome endorsement for speaker. </p><p>The Democratic leader offered his surprise backing for Ryan (R-Wis.) to assume the House speakership, saying he hopes Ryan runs and wins the job because he's …
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Emmarie Huetteman / New York Times:
G.O.P. to Meet With Paul Ryan on House Speaker Post
G.O.P. to Meet With Paul Ryan on House Speaker Post
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Bloomberg Business:
Ryan Willing to Run for U.S. House Speaker as ‘Unity’ Candidate
Ryan Willing to Run for U.S. House Speaker as ‘Unity’ Candidate
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Politico
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Republicans votes scarce in House on debt-ceiling hike
Republicans votes scarce in House on debt-ceiling hike
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Politico, Bloomberg Business, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg View, The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Jim Webb drops out of Democratic race — <p>Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb announced Tuesday that he will drop his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.</p><p> "I fully accept that my views on many issues are not compatible with the power structure and the nominating base of the Democratic Party …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Chelsea Clinton: Hillary's testimony will be ‘remarkable’
Chelsea Clinton: Hillary's testimony will be ‘remarkable’
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Washington Free Beacon and Mediaite
Dan Merica / CNN:
Jim Webb to drop out of Democratic presidential primary
Jim Webb to drop out of Democratic presidential primary
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US News, LiberalAmerica.org and Ben Swann's Truth In Media
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Webb exits the Democratic presidential primary
Webb exits the Democratic presidential primary
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New York Times, Defense One, ABC News and Shakesville
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Jim Webb Exits Democratic Primary, Leaves Door Open For Independent Bid
Jim Webb Exits Democratic Primary, Leaves Door Open For Independent Bid
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PoliticusUSA, VICE and Washington Free Beacon
George Dvorsky / Gizmodo:
Unexpected Asteroid to Zip Past Earth On Halloween — We can expect a totally different kind of trick-or-treater this coming Halloween. A rather large asteroid—discovered less than three weeks ago—is set to to fly past the Earth at a distance not seen in nearly a decade.
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New York's PIX11, abc7news.com and Shakesville
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton reclaims NH lead; Trump still up big — PPP's new New Hampshire Democratic poll finds that Hillary Clinton's moved back into the lead in the state. She gets 41% to 33% for Bernie Sanders with Joe Biden at only 11%, Martin O'Malley at 4%, and Lincoln Chafee and Jim Webb each at 2%.
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Business Insider, Daily Kos and Political Wire
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Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg.com news:
Mike Murphy of Right to Rise Explains His Theory That Jeb Bush Is Still the Candidate to Beat
Mike Murphy of Right to Rise Explains His Theory That Jeb Bush Is Still the Candidate to Beat
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Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar … Less than 24 hours after Ahmed Mohamed met President Obama, his family decided it's time to leave America for good. — The 14-year-old Texas boy who was arrested for bringing to school a homemade clock that authorities said resembled a bomb will soon be living in Qatar.
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Avi Selk / The Scoop Blog:
Ahmed Mohamed will move to Qatar — After finally meeting President Obama last night, Ahmed Mohamed and his family plan to leave the United States for the foreseeable future. — Schools from across the country have made offers to Ahmed since he was arrested at Irving's MacArthur High last month …
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Talking Points Memo, The Week, Dallas Morning News, Mashable and Trail Blazers Blog
Los Angeles Times:
Garcetti's South L.A. forum ends abruptly because of Black Lives Matter protesters — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti faced throngs of hostile protesters at a community meeting Monday night as chaos descended on a gathering that had been intended as a forum for him to improve his fraught relationship …
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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Biden Says He Didn't Oppose Raid That Killed Bin Laden — WASHINGTON — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has still not announced whether he will run for president, but he sought on Tuesday morning to dispel at least one criticism that might dog him on the campaign trail …
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Brian Maloney / Media Equalizer:
WaPo accidentally publishes Biden candidacy story, abruptly yanks
WaPo accidentally publishes Biden candidacy story, abruptly yanks
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Politico, ABC News, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, FishbowlDC and The Week
ESPN:
Former Louisville recruit about his visit: ‘It was like I was in a strip club’ — 6m - MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL LOUISVILLE CARDINALS
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Mark Tran / Guardian:
Justin Trudeau anointed by Richard Nixon - at four months old — Former US president offered a toast to ‘the future prime minister of Canada’ during a state visit to Ottawa in 1972 — Even as a baby, great things were expected of Justin Trudeau, who has just been elected Canada's prime minister, ending a decade of conservative rule.
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JTA / Jerusalem Post:
Protesters in Malmo chant ‘slaughter the Jews’ — Sweden to become first European country to recognize ‘Palestine’ - Israel needs to reshape its relations with Sweden — “These are extremely troubling instances of a grotesque but nevertheless very real - and murderous - incitement,” says ambassador to Sweden.
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Jihad Watch, The Daily Caller and Pamela Geller
Michael D. Young / FOX6Now.com:
“Wouldn't wish this on anyone:” Bucks forward claims he was racially profiled at jewelry store — MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Bucks forward John Henson is claiming he was racially profiled at a jewelry store in Whitefish Bay on Monday, October 19th. The claim resulted in Whitefish Bay police …
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Ktviintern / FOX2now.com:
Man shuts down cheating ex with one word text message — ORANGE COUNTY, CA - A man found out his ex-fiancée was cheating on him and ended his 5-year long relationship. He got the last word when she started text messaging him, trying to rekindle their love.
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Daily Mail, WTVR-TV and WGN-TV
Jeremy Brilliant / WALV-TV:
Suspect no longer at IU after attack on Muslim woman — The 19-year-old IU sophomore accused of attacking a Muslim woman in Bloomington over the weekend is no longer a student at IU as a result of the incident, according to a university spokesperson. — Triceten Bickford, 19 …
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Associated Press, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, USA TODAY College and WTTV CBS4Indy
Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
Federal ruling protects pot dispensaries that follow state law — Congressional action prohibits federal drug enforcers from shutting medical marijuana dispensaries that comply with state law, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Monday in a potentially precedent-setting case.
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Drug Policy Alliance, Common Dreams and Hit & Run
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
State Department objects to email release by Benghazi panel — <p>The State Department is objecting to the House Benghazi Committee's plan to release more than 200 documents in connection with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's much-anticipated testimony to the panel Thursday …
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Daily Kos
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
For Offenders Who Can't Pay, It's a Pint of Blood or Jail Time — MARION, Ala. — Judge Marvin Wiggins's courtroom was packed on a September morning. The docket listed hundreds of offenders who owed fines or fees for a wide variety of crimes — hunting after dark, assault, drug possession and passing bad checks among them.
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