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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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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 …
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Yes, Marco Rubio's Finances Are a Big Deal — We'll send you a reminder. — Your reminder will be sent — The big post-debate story is about the media. CNBC is being pilloried by Republicans for the way it conducted last night's event, in Boulder, Colorado.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Romney alum rebuts Bush whispers: Rubio passed our vetting — A longtime top aide to Mitt Romney is pushing back against charges from the Jeb Bush campaign that Romney came across unflattering information about Marco Rubio when he was vetted for the VP slot in 2012.
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Weekly Standard, Los Angeles Times, Hot Air, Political Wire, NBC News, US News and The Week
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Not Ready for Prime Time Bush — Like Scott Walker, Jeb couldn't rise to the demands of the national stage. — We'll begin with what went wrong with the Republican debate in Boulder, Colo., then look at what went wrong with Jeb Bush. — CNBC's debate moderators have famously come under fire …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook, presented by Comcast …
POLITICO Playbook, presented by Comcast …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Carson calls for change in debate format
Carson calls for change in debate format
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Talking Points Memo, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Outside the Beltway
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Can Jeb Bush come back?
Can Jeb Bush come back?
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NBC News:
U.S. to Deploy Special Operations Forces in Syria: Officials — The U.S. will send a small number of U.S. special operations forces into Syria as part of a shift in its strategy against ISIS, officials said Friday. — A senior administration official confirmed that President Barack Obama …
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NBC News:
U.S. to Deploy Special Operations Forces in Syria: Official — The White House will announce Friday that a small number of U.S. special operations forces will be sent into Syria, according to a senior U.S. official. — The senior U.S. official said that the forces will be stationed …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Policy and Character — David Brooks writes a pro-Marco-Rubio column, and in passing says this: … It won't surprise you to learn that I disagree deeply. My experience is that the best way to figure out a candidate's true priorities — and his or her character — is to look hard at policy proposals.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Marginal REVOLUTION and EconLog
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio Moment — So after all the meshugas on the right over the past few years, the Republicans could wind up with two new leaders going into this election, Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan. That's a pretty excellent outcome for a party that has shown an amazing tendency to inflict self-harm.
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Balloon Juice
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate approves two-year budget deal in 3 a.m. vote — The Senate passed a two-year budget deal that raises the debt ceiling early Friday morning, sending the agreement to President Obama's desk. — The deal was approved in a 64-35 vote after 3 a.m. after a late speech by Sen. Rand Paul …
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Speaker Paul Ryan Dodges Hug from Nancy Pelosi
Speaker Paul Ryan Dodges Hug from Nancy Pelosi
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Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Senate approves two-year bipartisan budget agreement
Senate approves two-year bipartisan budget agreement
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Hot Air
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
There's No Evidence In Clinton White House Documents For Clintons' Story On Anti-Gay Law — WASHINGTON — Over the past few years, some Democrats — including the Clintons — have offered a new explanation for why they supported the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996.
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Hit & Run, AMERICAblog News, Raw Story and Eschaton
Dave Urbanski / TheBlaze.com:
College Dean Accuses Texas Officers of Stopping Her for ‘Walking While Black’ — Police Claim Dashcam Video Tells a Different Story — Dorothy Bland, dean of the journalism school at the University of North Texas, is used to taking a walk at daybreak. But rain delayed her exercise regimen …
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Dallas Morning News, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, EAGnews.org and Liberty Unyielding
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Bill de Blasio endorses Hillary Clinton — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on Friday. — “She has said what she believes in. This is a very sharp progressive platform. I believe she will follow through on it,” de Blasio said during an interview with MSNBC's …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders: Aide's remark about Clinton for VP was ‘inappropriate’
Sanders: Aide's remark about Clinton for VP was ‘inappropriate’
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Shakesville
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
High-Profile New York Charter School Kept List of Kids It Wanted to Force Into Quitting — Charter schools! They're controversial. Some think they are the future of public education. Others believe that by separating themselves from “normal” public schools, charters undermine the idea of public education itself.
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Chalkbeat New York, Gothamist, Politico and American Power
KPNX:
Storm gusts blow giant, inflatable pumpkin through Peoria — Halloween came early for drivers and pedestrians as a giant, inflatable pumpkin emerged from a group of trees before bouncing through a Peoria intersection and down the roadway in video captured on Thursday.
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Daily Mail, USA Today and WCDC-TV
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Top Staffer Acknowledges Ben Carson Had ‘Contract’ With Supplement Maker (VIDEO) — Dr. Ben Carson's business manager acknowledged Thursday that the Republican presidential candidate did have a “contract” with a medical supplement company at some point. — Armstrong Williams told CNN's Jake Tapper …
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Daily Kos, National Review, The Atlantic and Right Wing Watch