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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Campaigns erupt over greenrooms at third GOP debate — <p>DENVER, Colo. — Just hours before GOP candidates take the stage here Wednesday night, tensions over the Republican National Committee's handling of the debates are flaring anew.</p><p>At issue this time: greenrooms.</p><p> During …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Donald Trump: CNBC debate will be ‘unfair’ — <p>Donald Trump is already convinced the CNBC GOP primary debate on Wednesday night will be stacked against him. </p><p>Despite <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/ 2015/10/cnbc-was-trumps-home-turf- 215221">his long history with CNBC …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Leaked memo shows Clinton campaign still sweating Bush
Leaked memo shows Clinton campaign still sweating Bush
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David French / National Review:
The Spring Valley Arrest Video Isn't Disturbing: Here's Why — The latest viral video of alleged “police brutality” is remarkably short and devoid of context. According to cell-phone video - apparently shot by students at Columbia, S.C.'s Spring Valley High School - a “student resource officer …
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Craig Melvin / NBC News:
S.C. Deputy Who Slammed Student to Be Fired: Sources — South Carolina authorities will announce Wednesday that Richland County Senior Deputy Ben Fields, the school resource officer who was caught on camera violently flipping a high school student in her classroom, will be relieved of duty, sources told NBC News.
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Craig Melvin / NBC News:
Sheriff to Announce South Carolina Deputy Ben Fields to Be Fired: Sources — South Carolina authorities will announce Wednesday that Richland County Senior Deputy Ben Fields, the school resource officer who was caught on camera violently flipping a high school student in her classroom, will be relieved of duty, sources told NBC News.
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CNN:
Arrest video fallout: Spring Valley High Officer Ben Fields fired — (CNN)[Breaking news update, 12:13 p.m. ET] — The Richland County, South Carolina, deputy who slammed a student on a floor and tossed her several feet has been fired, Sheriff Leon Lott said Wednesday.
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Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Sheriff Says ‘Third Video’ Shows South Carolina Student Punching Officer in Classroom
Sheriff Says ‘Third Video’ Shows South Carolina Student Punching Officer in Classroom
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Paul Ryan will support budget deal — <p>After sharply criticizing how it came together, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan announced he would support the budget deal Wednesday.</p><p>" What I've heard from members over the last two weeks is a desire to wipe the slate clean, put in place a process …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Ben Carson vs. Ben Carson
Ben Carson vs. Ben Carson
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Budget Deal Is A Disaster For Republicans
The Budget Deal Is A Disaster For Republicans
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Is the GOP now Paul Ryan's party? Or is it still K Street's party?
Is the GOP now Paul Ryan's party? Or is it still K Street's party?
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Rand Paul will filibuster debt ceiling bill
Rand Paul will filibuster debt ceiling bill
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Senate's Republican Presidential Hopefuls Come Out Swinging Against Budget Deal
Senate's Republican Presidential Hopefuls Come Out Swinging Against Budget Deal
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South Florida / Sun-Sentinel:
Marco Rubio should resign, not rip us off — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board … After five years in the U.S. Senate, Marco Rubio does not like his job. A long-time friend told The Washington Post “he hates it.” Rubio says hate might be too strong a word, but he sure acts like he hates his job.
John Heilemann / Bloomberg Business:
The Sanders Brain Trust's Plan to Beat Hillary Clinton — Top aides Tad Devine and Jeff Weaver lay out his path to victory. Step one: take the gloves off. — jheil — The pizzas ordered in by the Bernie Sanders brain trust had just been delivered to the DoubleTree hotel near …
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Norm Ornstein / The Atlantic:
Republicans Remain Divided as Democrats Unite — It is a good time to review the unusual—maybe unprecedented—presidential contest, which exhibits striking fluidity and uncertainty, with a huge group of candidates on the Republican side, and an equally striking coalescence toward an early consensus on the Democratic side.
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Abigail Crutchfield / CNN:
Lindsey Graham describes why the kids table debate ‘sucks’ — (CNN)For a presidential candidate who believes Washington “needs to drink more,” Sen. Lindsey Graham got a good head start at CNN's Politics on Tap event Tuesday. — Graham got behind the bar, serving up beers in downtown Boulder …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Graham Would Date Sarah Palin But Marry Carly Fiorina For Her Money
Graham Would Date Sarah Palin But Marry Carly Fiorina For Her Money
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Theodore R. Johnson / National Review:
Yes, Republicans Can Win Black Voters — From the November 2, 2015, issue of NR — In October 2012, just as presidential campaigning had reached fever pitch, I was raking leaves in the front yard of my northern-Virginia home when I noticed a pack of volunteers clad in “Romney 2012” …
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Sherrilyn A. Ifill / The Atlantic:
Freedom Still Awaits
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release — Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Household spending and business fixed investment have been increasing at solid rates in recent months …
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Josh Chapin / KHOU-TV:
Student says teacher taught ‘God is not real’ — A Katy seventh grader has some strong accusations. — She says her teacher asked the class to deny God exists. — Jordan Wooley says it all happened during a class assignment and now the school is apologizing.
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The News Star:
Louisiana man cashes in life savings in pennies — Ruston resident Otha Anders started saving his first penny more than 45 years ago when he found it on the ground. — The coin reminded him to pray and give thanks. — “I became convinced that spotting a lost or dropped penny …
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Baltimore Sun:
JLENS blimp has come free of its tether at APG, now floating over Pennsylvania; fighter jets monitoring … One of the two military surveillance blimps that has been watching the East Coast from Maryland has broken free of its mooring at Aberdeen Proving Ground and is now drifting over Pennsylvania, authorities said.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Ben Carson's Stabbing Story Is Full of Holes — In one version of the story, Carson attempts to stab a bully with a large camping knife he had been holding. In another, he pulls a pocketknife on his friend while listening to classical music at the friend's house. So which is it?
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Allum Bokhari / BREITBART.COM:
The Left's War on Comment Sections — The internet was born open but is becoming closed everywhere. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the rush to shutter readers' comments sections at major news organisations. Cheered on by intolerant, snobbish cultural elites, news organisations …
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Tim McDonnell / Mother Jones:
This Commerical Might Be One of the Only Factual Things to Air During Tonight's GOP Debate — If you watch tonight's Republican primary debate on CBNC, you can expect to hear opinions on the economy and pot, attacks on newly annointed front-runner Ben Carson, and more.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation:
License Plate Readers Exposed! How Public Safety Agencies Responded to Major Vulnerabilities in Vehicle Surveillance Tech — Law enforcement agencies around the country have been all too eager to adopt mass surveillance technologies, but sometimes they have put little effort into ensuring …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How 4 Federal Lawyers Paved the Way to Kill Osama bin Laden — WASHINGTON — Weeks before President Obama ordered the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in May 2011, four administration lawyers hammered out rationales intended to overcome any legal obstacles — and made it all but inevitable …
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Chuck Hickey / FOX31 Denver:
Missing sleepwalker in Arvada found safe nine miles from home … ARVADA, Colo. — A 19-year-old sleepwalker who went missing Tuesday morning was found safe at her uncle's home about nine miles from her residence, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said. — Taylor Gammel, 19 …
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