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4:50 AM ET, November 5, 2015

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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: GOP nomination race coming into focus, Trump holds edge  —  Is the race for the Republican nomination finally shaking out?  Four candidates get double-digit backing — and then there's a steep drop-off to the rest of the field.  —  The latest Fox News national poll …
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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 …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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 …
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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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.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: A brutal reality check for the Democratic Party
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.
NBC News:
ISIS Bomb May Have Downed Russian Jet, U.S. Officials Say
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: HW Bush jabs at Cheney, Rumsfeld in new book  —  In this April 25, 2013 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush (2nd L) attends the dedication ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas.  (Reuters)  —  As an ex-president, George H.W. Bush has generally maintained …
Discussion: Guardian, The Week and Mediaite
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Eric Walsh / Reuters:
Former President George H.W. Bush raps Cheney, Rumsfeld in biography: Fox News
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Bryan Cranston's First Amendment Crusade: On ‘Trumbo,’ Trump, and Why He Respects Fox News
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.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Hill
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid suggests Dems will block defense spending bill
Discussion: Daily Kos
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Reid mocks ‘Morning Joe’ interview of Kochs
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Hill
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 …
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.
Discussion: WGN-TV, Daily Mail and FOX31 Denver
CJCiaramella / BuzzFeed:
Sanders Introduces Bill To Lift Federal Ban On Marijuana  —  Democratic presidential candidate and Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a bill Wednesday to end the federal prohibition on marijuana, the first such bill to ever be introduced in the Senate, according to marijuana legalization advocates.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and New York Times
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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.
Discussion: The Hayride and Washington Times
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders Takes Gloves Off Against Hillary Clinton in Interview  —  Democratic presidential candidate draws sharper distinctions with front-runner, casting her policy reversals as a character issue  —  Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is drawing sharper distinctions …
Discussion: Mediaite
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Who will take the main stage in the next GOP debate?  —  Fox Business Network will announce which candidates make the cut for next week's Republican debate on the Lou Dobbs show at 7 p.m. Thursday, the network informed campaigns Wednesday afternoon.  —  The network held a conference call …
Discussion: ABC News and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Iran President Pushes Back Over Anti-U.S. Crackdown  —  TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani of Iran on Wednesday criticized the recent arrests of journalists and others by the Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has accused detainees of being part of seditious plots hatched by the United States.
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Fair And Balanced’ News Channel Comedy Starring Kal Penn From ‘Harold & Kumar’ Writers In Works At ABC  —  Harold & Kumar star Kal Penn is reuniting with the writers of the hit feature franchise, Hayden Schlossberg and Jon Hurwitz, for Fair And Balanced, a single-camera comedy, which has been set up at ABC.
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 …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Rubio Defends Bernie Sanders: He's Honest and Upfront About Socialist Beliefs  —  Marco Rubio defended Bernie Sanders from a questioner at a New Hampshire event today over his socialist views.  Not that Rubio agrees with Sanders or anything, but he did want to set the record straight and commend him for his honesty.
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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Damon Linker / The Week:
Where are all the conservative university professors?
Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush: I'm Walking Over Hot Coals to Win New Hampshire
Discussion: Politico
Kevin Miller / The Portland Press Herald:
Mainers approve clean election expansion and $100 million in bond issues
Discussion: NPR and The Bob and Chez Show
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Super PACs, Outside Groups Dominate GOP '16 Ad Spending
David WillmanContact / Los Angeles Times:
Pentagon suspends troubled missile defense system at center of ‘runaway blimp’
Esther Yu-Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
Border Patrol Employee Wouldn't Give Halloween Candy To Kids Who Aren't U.S. Citizens
Tom Parfitt / Daily Express:
Islamic extremists ‘break into church and spray Allah on walls before destroying crucifix’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch
Paul Ryan / USA Today:
‘Get serious about enforcing our laws’
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and National Review
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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