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5:35 PM ET, November 2, 2015

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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Read the new debate demands Ben Ginsberg has compiled from Republican campaigns  —  Ben Ginsberg, the Republican attorney who's become the pro bono debate negotiator for frustrated GOP candidates, has amended his initial letter of questions to TV networks.  When Sunday night's meeting …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump campaign to negotiate directly with TV networks on debate formats  —  Donald Trump and his advisers have decided to work directly with television executives and take a lead role in negotiating the format and content of primary debates, which have become highly watched and crucial events …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: Republicans shoot themselves in foot with Latinos, again  —  Republicans are pulling out of their only scheduled debate that would be aired on a Spanish-language TV network.  So Democrats may respond by holding a second gathering aired on one.
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Read the letter that Ben Ginsberg drafted for the GOP summit
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Debate Over Debates Riles GOP
Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story and The Week
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida poll shows Trump in front, with Bush's help  —  MIAMI — Donald Trump remains the clear frontrunner in Florida and, a new poll of likely Republican voters shows, he can partly thank the unlikeliest of people for that: Jeb Bush.  —  With the former Florida governor in the crowded primary …
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Kendall Breitman / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump Gets Personal in Attacks on Marco Rubio  —  The Republican front-runner noted Rubio's perspiration when calling for more air conditioning at debate venues.  —  Republican front-runner Donald Trump is worried about rival Marco Rubio.  —  Discussing the proposed changes …
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Rubio's polling numbers skyrocket in NH  —  Sen. Marco Rubio's star turn in last Wednesday's GOP presidential debate is already paying off, with a new poll showing his numbers rocketing upward in New Hampshire.  —  The Florida senator surged to third place behind Donald Trump and Ben Carson …
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Eschaton
Paul Starr / American Prospect:
A Shocking Rise in White Death Rates in Midlife—and What It Says about American Society  —  In a reversal of earlier trends, death rates among white non-Hispanic Americans in midlife increased sharply between 1999 and 2013, according to a new study by economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton …
Discussion: Guardian and NPR
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Gina Kolata / New York Times:
Death Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Americans, Study Finds  —  Something startling is happening to middle-aged white Americans.  Unlike every other age group, unlike every other racial and ethnic group, unlike their counterparts in other rich countries, death rates in this group have been rising, not falling.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump: DNC Chairwoman ‘crazy,’ ‘neurotic woman’  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump on Monday knocked the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee as a “highly neurotic woman.”  —  Trump criticized the debate process of his own party speaking with Breitbart News on Siriux XM radio …
Discussion: Balloon Juice, Mashable and Mediaite
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Katie McHugh / Breitbart:
Donald Trump: ‘Terrible Person’ Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Negotiated ‘Great Deal’ for Hillary Clinton During Debates
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump slams Wasserman Schultz as ‘crazy’ and ‘highly neurotic’
Discussion: OnPolitics, Shakesville and The Week
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Muslim activists alarmed by the FBI's new game-like counter-terrorism program for kids  —  The FBI has designed a game-style Web site about extremism meant to be used by teachers and students to spot and prevent radicalization of youth, say Muslim and Arab advocacy groups who were briefed …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Daniel Larison / The American Conservative:
Bush's Lies About the Nuclear Deal  —  Jeb Bush delivered a speech today meant to relaunch his flagging campaign.  Among other dubious foreign policy claims he made, this was the most remarkable for its dishonesty: … Bush's statement is just one falsehood after another.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush's big speech: What he said, and what he meant
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Lessig drops out of presidential race  —  Harvard University professor Lawrence Lessig abandoned his Democratic presidential run on Monday, capping a candidacy that failed to get any real traction at all.  —  Lessig, an outspoken academic who had been a vocal proponent of campaign finance reform …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Larry Lessig ends presidential campaign, citing unfair debate rules
Dana Schuster / New York Post:
'He's a mess': Insiders worry Fallon's partying is getting out of hand  —  He's one of NBC's biggest success stories — keeping “The Tonight Show” at the top of the late-night ratings with bouncy show tunes and campy games.  —  Now Jimmy Fallon is also one of NBC's biggest worries.
Ari Melber / MSNBC:
Obama bans the box  —  On Monday, President Obama is announcing a new order to reduce potential discrimination against former convicts in the hiring process for federal government employees.  —  It is a step towards what many criminal justice reformers call “ban the box” …
Isabelle Fraser / Telegraph:
Russian plane crash: Final moments of doomed airliner revealed in flight data as it emerges crew went unpaid for two months  —  Roland Oliphant in St Petersburg and Raf Sanchez in Cairo  —  Suspicions that foul play or terrorism caused the passenger jet crash in Egypt were growing on Monday …
Stephen L. Miller / National Review:
South Park Shows How to Defeat the Social-Justice Warriors  —  South Park's PC Principal and fraternity
The Independent:
Bill Gates says that capitalism cannot save us from climate change  —  There's no fortune to be made.  Even if you have a new energy source that costs the same as today's and emits no CO2, it will be uncertain compared with what's tried-and-true and already operating at unbelievable scale …
Dave Boucher / Tennessean.com:
Ben Carson touts creationism during Nashville speech  —  Republican presidential contender Ben Carson restated his views on creationism Sunday, wrapping up his weekend in Tennessee with a visit to one of Metro Nashville's largest churches.  —  Carson delivered two speeches Sunday morning at Cornerstone Church in Madison.
Daily Mail:
The frightening moment a despondent teacher is bullied by students in her US classroom who tell her to ‘sit her a** down’ and threaten her with a chair  —  Frightening footage has emerged of a group of US high school students subjecting a despondent teacher to a barrage of abuse and intimidation inside the classroom.
New York Daily News:
Notre Dame academic coach fired amid claims she coerced athletes into having sex with her daughter  —  Notre Dame fired a female academic coach amid allegations she coerced young football and basketball players into having sex with her daughter, according to an internal school report obtained by the Daily News.
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Washington Post reporter removed from meeting with Kerry  —  A correspondent for The Washington Post was escorted out of a meeting between Secretary of State John Kerry and Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov on Sunday.  —  Carol Morello asked a question about the State Department's critique …
Andy Puzder / Wall Street Journal:
The Slow-Motion Implosion of ObamaCare  —  I see firsthand in my company why not enough people are signing up and premiums are rising.  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced recently that she expects 10 million people to be enrolled in health-care coverage through …
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Chicago Boyz
Rob Collins / Enid News & Eagle:
UPDATED: ‘Halloween prank’ with KKK robes, bonfire reported near Lahoma  —  LAHOMA, Okla. — Garfield County Sheriff Jerry Niles described a Saturday night event involving Ku Klux Klan robes and a bonfire near Lahoma as a “Halloween prank gone bad.”  —  The incident occurred at the 200 block …
Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Ralph Nader Bizarrely Lectures Janet Yellen About Interest Rates, Says She Should Listen More to Her Husband  —  Ralph Nader is a fairly easy figure to ignore these days.  But it's worth addressing this bizarre rant addressed to Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen that the man recently wrote …
Discussion: Mother Jones, Weekly Standard and Salon
 
 
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Reuters:
Beijing's covert radio network airs China-friendly news across Washington, and the world
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Obama Announces New Actions to Promote Rehabilitation and Reintegration …
Discussion: CNN, Common Dreams and The Week
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
THE BIG IDEA: Gay marriage may be settled law, but it's …
Discussion: Metro Weekly and Joe.My.God.
Sol Stern / City Journal:
What I Saw in the Schools  —  Twenty years on the New York education beat
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
New ‘Star Trek’ TV Series a Go at CBS All Access
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Lionsgate Seeks to Build on Its Library of Film Properties With Theme Parks
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Swears He's Tough: ‘I Eat Nails When I Wake Up’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mediaite and Hot Air
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton: “I Feel Very Disturbed” By Video Of Officer Throwing Girl To The Ground
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Partisan Growth Gaps
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Cruz's silent super PACs a growing worry for campaign
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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