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Poll Watch: Ben Carson Edges Ahead Nationally in Times/CBS News Poll — Ben Carson has taken a narrow lead nationally in the Republican presidential campaign, dislodging Donald J. Trump from the top spot for the first time in months, according to a New York Times/CBS News survey released on Tuesday.
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CBS/NYT Poll: Ben Carson edges out Donald Trump — Ben Carson has surpassed Donald Trump and now narrowly leads the Republican field in the race for the nomination in the latest national CBS News/New York Times Poll. — Twenty-six percent of Republican primary voters back Carson, giving him a four-point edge over Trump (22 percent).
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Donald Trump Explains Drop in Polls: They're ‘Not Very Scientific’ — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump explained on MSNBC's Morning Joe that the reason rival Ben Carson had surpassed him in recent polls was because they weren't “scientific.” — “I want to ask about once and for all your relationship with polls.
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New York Times and Independent Journal
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Ben Carson Erases Donald Trump's National Lead In New Poll
Ben Carson Erases Donald Trump's National Lead In New Poll
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Politico, Bloomberg.com news, Patterico's Pontifications and The Hill
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
Ben Carson Takes National Lead Over Donald Trump In NYT/CBS Poll
Ben Carson Takes National Lead Over Donald Trump In NYT/CBS Poll
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and RedState
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
3 sentences that explain just how clueless establishment Republicans are about 2016
3 sentences that explain just how clueless establishment Republicans are about 2016
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Vox Popoli, New York Times, The PJ Tatler and Bloomberg View
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Ben Carson Pulls Ahead Of Donald Trump
The Note: Ben Carson Pulls Ahead Of Donald Trump
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Doug Ross and AMERICAblog News
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Paul Ryan blasts Boehner over budget deal — <p>Rep. Paul Ryan blasted Speaker John Boehner, Senate leadership and the White House for cutting a budget and debt ceiling deal in secret and without input from lawmakers. </p><p>"I think the process stinks," the presumptive speaker said …
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Jamie Dupree, Booman Tribune, The Daily Signal and neo-neocon
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Conservatives already trashing new budget deal — <p>The ink isn't even dry on a tentative two-year budget agreement, but conservatives in Congress are already pouncing. </p><p>GOP leaders from both ends of the Capitol met privately with their rank-and-file Monday evening to outline …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan On Budget Deliberations: ‘I Think The Process Stinks’
Paul Ryan On Budget Deliberations: ‘I Think The Process Stinks’
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Political Wire
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Congressional leaders, White House reach two-year budget deal
Congressional leaders, White House reach two-year budget deal
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Roll Call, Washington Monthly, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Political Insider blog and TaxVox
Jeremy Turnage / WIS-TV:
Video shows confrontation between Spring Valley student and school resource officer — Spring Valley High School officials and Richland County sheriff's deputies are investigating after a video supposedly taken at the high school shows a confrontation between a female student and the school's resource officer.
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Aaron Johnson / Heavy.com:
Deputy Ben Fields: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know — Email Follow — Deputy Ben Fields. — A South Carolina sheriff's deputy is in hot water after a video was posted online Monday showing him violently throwing a high school student from her desk in a classroom.
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WIS-TV:
Sheriff contacts FBI, DOJ to investigate incident involving deputy at Spring Valley High School
Sheriff contacts FBI, DOJ to investigate incident involving deputy at Spring Valley High School
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Loren Thomas / WLTX-TV:
Student Arrested Says She Was Standing Up for Classmate
Student Arrested Says She Was Standing Up for Classmate
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Washington Post, Prison Culture, Common Dreams and bet.com
Melkorka Licea / New York Post:
FBI warns of anarchist plot to ambush cops on Halloween — The FBI released an alert Monday warning the NYPD and police departments nationwide of a potentially dangerous anarchist group that says it plans to ambush cops on Halloween. — The extremist group - known as the National Liberation Militia …
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FBI warns of possible “Halloween Revolt” by anarchists — The FBI has issued an alert to law enforcement about a possible “Halloween Revolt” by a dangerous anarchist group, an official has confirmed to CBS News. — Federal officials issued a bulletin to local police departments …
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Daily Mail, Scared Monkeys and CBS New York
New York Times:
Political Lies About Police Brutality — Video recordings of police officers battering or even murdering unarmed black citizens have validated longstanding complaints by African-Americans and changed the way the country views the issue of police brutality. Police officers who might once …
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Kyung Lah / CNN:
Shifting the blue line: Why a black woman is joining LAPD
Shifting the blue line: Why a black woman is joining LAPD
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Truth Revolt and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Candida Moss / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Feds Investigate Hobby Lobby Boss for Illicit Artifacts — One of America's most famously Christian businesses is amassing a vast collection of Biblical antiquities. The problem is some of them may have been looted from the Middle East. — In 2011, a shipment of somewhere between 200 …
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Diana Fakhouri / hillaryclinton.com:
Texts from Hillary and 4 other DIY Hillary Clinton costumes for Halloween — What's in Hillary's closet? A lifetime of looks. — From her simple beginnings in Park Ridge, Illinois, to her statement-making years as secretary of state, Hillary has always showcased her signature style.
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Featured News:
REI Closing its Doors on Black Friday - Invites Nation to OptOutside — $2.2 billion specialty outdoor retailer will pay 12,000 employees to not work on November 27 — SEATTLE - In a letter addressed to its 5.5 million members, REI, the nation's largest consumer co-op and specialty outdoor retailer …
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ThinkProgress, Washington Post, EcoWatch, Forbes and CNNMoney
Daria Grastara / Jeb 2016:
Jeb Bush: My Plan to Preserve, Protect and Reform Medicare and Social Security — As a great, prosperous and compassionate nation, we must ensure access to health care and retirement income security for our seniors. But we must also face the fact that changes are needed to preserve and protect these programs for future generations.
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New York Times and Washington Post
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Jeb: Brother's response to 9/11 was ‘awe-inspiring’ — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says his brother George W. Bush responded in an “awe-inspiring” way to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and suggests he would learn from his sibling's leadership if he wins the presidency.
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David Jackson / OnPolitics:
Jeb Bush and George W. Bush chide Donald Trump
Jeb Bush and George W. Bush chide Donald Trump
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RedState and addictinginfo.org
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Ted Cruz's plan to pick off the competition — <p>GLENWOOD, IOWA — It was a rainy morning when Ted Cruz arrived for the first of five stops on his Iowa schedule. He could barely squeeze in the door. So many people were stuffed in the three-room coffee shop that some opted to stand outside …
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Washington Post, Right Wing Watch, Towleroad and Political Wire
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Takes Jab at Bernie Sanders's ‘Shouting’ Remark — Hillary Rodham Clinton has seized on remarks Senator Bernie Sanders made in the first Democratic debate that “all the shouting in the world” would not keep guns out of the wrong hands, suggesting that Mr. Sanders used those words because of Mrs. Clinton's gender.
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J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Mother of Slain Benghazi American Explodes on Andrea Mitchell Reports: 'You Can't Understand!' — Last week we reported on a passionate CNN appearance by Patricia Smith, the mother of one of the American victims of the Benghazi attacks, Sean Smith. Today she made an appearance on MSNBC …
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Allen B. West, Independent Journal, Power Line and The Daily Banter