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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Reid calls on Rubio to resign — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid tore into Sen. Marco Rubio on Thursday, calling on the Florida Republican and 2016 presidential contender to resign his Senate seat as he racks up no-shows on his voting record while campaigning for the White House.
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David Catanese / US News:
A 112-page internal document provided to U.S. News includes more dirt on Marco Rubio, Iowa vote goals and a January advertising plan. — Jeb Bush looks on during the third Republican debate on Wednesday in Boulder, Colo. — Even before Jeb Bush's uninspiring debate performance Wednesday night …
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Fred Bauer / National Review:
2016: The Nostalgia Trap — How Republicans can avoid the mistakes Democrats are making now. — As Jeb Bush's campaign continues to struggle, the former Florida governor's team has taken to attacking Marco Rubio as a “GOP Obama” by outlining the two men's “strikingly similar profiles …
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John Heilemann / Bloomberg Business:
Bush's Big Bomb — It was even worse than it looked. — jheil — A few hours before the third Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night at the University of Colorado at Boulder, I was hunched over my laptop, either hard at work or studying Google Maps to determine the nearest dispensary …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Peace Breaks Out Among the Republican Candidates
Peace Breaks Out Among the Republican Candidates
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
This GOP underdog was the debate's big winner
Amy Davidson / New Yorker:
In (Partial) Defense of CNBC
In (Partial) Defense of CNBC
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Has the Marco Moment arrived?
Has the Marco Moment arrived?
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Exclusive: GOP campaigns plot revolt against RNC — Republican presidential campaigns are planning to gather in Washington, D.C., on Sunday evening to plot how to alter their party's messy debate process — and how to remove power from the hands of the Republican National Committee.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Ted Cruz's best moment of the debate was also completely wrong — “The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people don't trust the media,” Ted Cruz said with considerable disgust. “This is not a cage match.” — Cruz ticked off the insults …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Ben Carson calls on rival campaigns to help him end ‘gotcha’ debate questions
Ben Carson calls on rival campaigns to help him end ‘gotcha’ debate questions
Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNBC's GOP debate draws in 14 million viewers
CNBC's GOP debate draws in 14 million viewers
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Vote: Who won the Republican presidential debate?
Vote: Who won the Republican presidential debate?
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New York Times:
Gov. Christie, Time to Go Home — It's that time in the ever-long presidential campaign when candidates lacking money and mojo are starting to go back to their plows. Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey should join them. — Mr. Christie has been called a lot of things …
Bloomberg Business:
Bill to Avoid Default on U.S. Debt Advances in Senate Vote — Final vote on bipartisan budget plan may occur within hours — House already passed bil that dodges Nov. 3 default deadline — The Senate advanced a two-year budget plan that would avoid a U.S. debt default just days …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Clinton on scandals: ‘Go back and read the history’ — Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Thursday squared off with a town hall questioner over her past scandals, urging the audience member to “go back and read the history.” — During the New Hampshire event …
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Sentenced to Be Crucified — Any day now, our Saudi Arabian allies may behead and crucify a young man named Ali al-Nimr. — His appeals following his court sentence for this grisly execution have been exhausted, so guards may lead Nimr to a public square and hack off his head with a sword as onlookers jeer.
Erik Slavin / Stars & Stripes:
Russian aircraft approach USS Ronald Reagan, prompting US fighter jet scramble — YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The USS Ronald Reagan scrambled its fighter jets earlier this week after two Russian naval reconnaissance aircraft flew within one nautical mile of the U.S. aircraft carrier …
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Geoff Earle / New York Post:
Spitzer: I buried plan to give illegal immigrants licenses to help Hillary — WASHINGTON - In a stunning admission, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer says he buried a plan to give drivers' licenses to illegal immigrants just to help Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign back in 2007.
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
A D.C. cop tried to break up a group of teens. It ended in this impressive dance-off. — On Monday afternoon, D.C. police officers broke up two groups of fighting teenagers. A few minutes later, a female officer approached the lingering crowd and told the teens to disperse.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
AR-15s Are Fun to Shoot — For the last 24 hours I have been focused on, and writing about, the GOP presidential debate. I spent three hours talking about it while hosting the Laura Ingraham show this morning. So now it's time for something completely different. If you're not interested in guns, skip this post.
The Times of Israel:
Landing in Tel Aviv, Iberia pilot says ‘Welcome to Palestine’ — 'He didn't mention Israel once,' passengers say; Spanish carrier apologizes, says pilot taken off Israel route pending probe — Israeli passengers on an Israel-bound Iberia flight were astonished late Wednesday …
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Allyson Blair / Hawaii News Now:
In lawsuit, lesbian couple alleges they were arrested in Pupukea for kissing — In March, Courtney Wilson and her girlfriend Taylor Guerrero came to the islands from Los Angeles for what was supposed to be a restful vacation. — Instead, the trip turned into a nightmare when the pair was arrested after kissing in Foodland Pupukea.
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