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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: From coast to coast, conservatives score huge victories in off-year elections — THE BIG IDEA: Just like the midterms one year ago, it was another awful night for Democrats. — Republican Matt Bevin won a big upset in the Kentucky governor's race.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: A brutal reality check for the Democratic Party — The news that Tea Party Republican Matt Bevin snatched the Kentucky governor's mansion away from Democrats is a particularly stark reminder of how deep a hole Democrats have dug for themselves on the level of the states …
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Analysis: Bevin Win in Kentucky Underscores Decimated Democratic Party Under Obama — Last night's off-year elections produced a number of noteworthy outcomes, none larger than Republican Matt Bevin's upset victory in Kentucky's gubernatorial race. Bevin ran as a hard-charging outsider conservative, warts and all.
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
GOP win in Kentucky sets up unprecedented Affordable Care Act fight
GOP win in Kentucky sets up unprecedented Affordable Care Act fight
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Harry Reid Torches ‘Morning Joe’ From Senate Floor Over Its Koch Bros Interview — Seasoned troll and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) took his beef with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski to the Senate floor on Wednesday, bashing the MSNBC hosts for their interview with the billionaire Koch brothers earlier this week.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Reid mocks ‘Morning Joe’ interview of Kochs — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid again took on his favorite archenemies on Wednesday: the Koch brothers. But this time, he took the “Morning Joe” hosts along for the ride. — Putting on his media critic hat, the Nevada Democrat mocked Joe Scarborough …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid suggests Dems will block defense spending bill
Reid suggests Dems will block defense spending bill
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CNN:
U.S. intelligence: Bomb likely brought down plane — The latest U.S. intelligence suggests that the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268 was most likely caused by a bomb on the plane planted by ISIS or an ISIS affiliate, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
First on CNN: U.S. officials believe ISIS planted bomb on Russian plane — (CNN)The latest U.S. intelligence suggests that the crash of a Russian passenger jet in the Sinai over the weekend was most likely caused by a bomb on the plane planted by ISIS or an ISIS affiliate, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
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A.J. Bayatpour / FOX6Now.com:
“On a school bus?!” Driver fired after he was caught on camera allegedly doing raunchy things on board — MILWAUKEE — A bus driver was caught in the act on Tuesday, November 3rd, and what was allegedly happening on the school bus was sick enough to make one neighbor take notice.
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Tampa Bay Times:
Marco Rubio spent lavishly on a GOP credit card, but some transactions are still secret — It has become legend in Florida political circles, a missing chapter in Marco Rubio's convoluted financial story: two years of credit card transactions from his time in the state House …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump courted mega-donors he now scorns
Trump courted mega-donors he now scorns
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Rubio knocks Trump for switching stances on immigration
Rubio knocks Trump for switching stances on immigration
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
How Bathroom Fears Conquered Transgender Rights in Houston — Houston would seem, at first glance, an unlikely the site for the gay-rights movement's first major setback since the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. — The nation's fourth-largest city has elected …
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Molly Hennessy-FiskeContact / Los Angeles Times:
Houston voters reject LGBT equal rights measure
Houston voters reject LGBT equal rights measure
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Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
Why Is The LGBT Movement Struggling To Uphold A Simple Law In Houston?
Why Is The LGBT Movement Struggling To Uphold A Simple Law In Houston?
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David Wasserman / FiveThirtyEight:
The GOP's Primary Rules Might Doom Carson, Cruz And Trump — In a few months, after Iowa and New Hampshire begin to winnow the field, the GOP nomination race could boil down to an epic final between a candidate with a more pragmatic image, such as Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina or Jeb Bush …
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Nate McDermott / BuzzFeed:
Ben Carson: Egyptian Pyramids Built For Grain Storage, Not By Aliens Or As Tombs — “...you know, it doesn't require an alien being when God is with you.” — View Video › — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told graduates during a commencement address in the late '90s …
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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
McAuliffe's hopes for Senate majority dashed — Republicans held onto the Virginia Senate in fiercely contested elections Tuesday, leaving Gov. Terry McAuliffe without legislative leverage or political momentum as he works to deliver Virginia for his friend Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016.
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Ed Kilgore / Talking Points Memo:
Why Ben Carson Isn't Going Away — And What Makes That So Scary — During the last month the long-awaited, heavily-promoted decline in Donald Trump's standing in the Republican presidential nominating contest has finally begun to occur. But aside from a small reshuffling of the order in the …
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Bryan Cranston's First Amendment Crusade: On ‘Trumbo,’ Trump, and Why He Respects Fox News — The award-winning actor sat down to discuss his fine turn as blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, the political divide in America, and his three words for Dick Cheney.
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addictinginfo.org, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Watch The Top Democrat In Kentucky's Epic Meltdown After Matt Bevin's Win — Kentucky Republicans had a very good election day. Matt Bevin defeated Democrat Jack Conway to become only the second Republican Kentucky governor in four decades. Jenean Hampton won her quest for lieutenant governor …
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David M. Ewalt / Forbes:
The World's Most Powerful People 2015 — Forget about the 1%. The 73 men and women who are featured on Forbes' annual ranking of the World's Most Powerful People are the 0.00000001% -the global elite whose actions move the planet. These heads of state, financiers, philanthropists and entrepreneurs truly run the world.
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Rush Limbaugh / National Review:
The Conservative-Media Revolution Has Forced the Liberal Media to Abandon Any Pretense of Objectivity — From the November 19, 2015, issue of NR — When I arrived in New York City 28 years ago to begin my national radio program, my objective was to have the most-listened-to show in the country.
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Fernando Gregory / National Review:
Obamacare Is Dead — It doesn't work because it couldn't work. — Regardless of whether there is a President Cruz or a President Rubio in January 2017, regardless of the existence or size of a Republican majority in Congress, the so-called Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has failed.
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Los Angeles Times:
Assailant killed by police after stabbing five in UC Merced campus attack — Daniel Garcia-Ceja was walking to class at UC Merced Wednesday morning and ran into a campus police barricade at the Scholars Lane bridge. Students stopped at the barricade were confused about why it was closed.
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