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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Jeb Bush Says He Was Wrong about France's Workweek — “I really did a disservice to the French,” he joked — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush lightheartedly apologized to the people of France on Tuesday for making fun of their work week during last week's Republican debate.
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CNN, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Slantpoint
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Is Ben Carson Running for President? — Or is he running a clever marketing scam? — On February 7, 2013, Ben Carson appeared at a National Prayer Breakfast, where he visibly annoyed President Obama by delivering a right-wing speech denouncing Obamacare and cultural liberalism, and calling for a flat tax based on the biblical tithe.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and bradford-delong.com
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Clinton, Carson in Dead Heat in 2016 Matchup, New Poll Finds — One year out before the 2016 general election, Hillary Clinton and Ben Carson are tied in a hypothetical matchup, but Clinton leads three other major Republican candidates, according to brand-new numbers from the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Diary of a Mad Voter, Political Wire, Business Insider, Horizons, American Spectator, WANE-TV, ThinkProgress, Hot Air, Shakesville, Daily Kos and Telegraph
Erick Erickson / Erick on the Radio:
Ben Carson's Burn Rate
Ben Carson's Burn Rate
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The PJ Tatler and VodkaPundit
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Republican Bevin wins Kentucky governor's race — Republican Matt Bevin easily won Kentucky's governorship on Tuesday as the GOP made major inroads in a state that had stubbornly resisted the party at the state level even as it voted reliably Republican in federal contests in recent years.
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Hot Air, RedState, Hit & Run, Truth Revolt and Bloomberg.com news
CNN:
Obama rips into 2016 GOP field, mocks their debate complaints — (CNN)President Barack Obama tore into Republican presidential candidates Monday night at a Democratic fundraising event in New York, saying their complaints about CNBC's debate moderation aren't an encouraging preview for their governing abilities.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
How The Debate Debacle Could Backfire On Republicans
How The Debate Debacle Could Backfire On Republicans
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Tales from the Trail, The Daily Caller, Politico, CNN, Naked Politics and Washington Post
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Megyn Kelly Ridicules GOP Debate Letter: Want A Foot Massage Too? — Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Monday night mocked the letter drafted by Republican presidential campaigns listing a series of rules and questions for networks hosting future debates. — After listing some of the demands …
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New York Daily News, No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Post
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Republicans struggle with defections from debates plan
Republicans struggle with defections from debates plan
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Talking Points Memo
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Carson Blames Enemy ‘Submarine’ For Questions About Ties To Company (AUDIO) — Dr. Ben Carson on Tuesday suggested that a rival presidential campaign had leaked information about his relationship to a medical supplement company to a conservative news outlet in order to discredit him.
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Bloomberg Business and addictinginfo.org
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Katie McHugh / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Ben Carson: ‘Obvious’ GOP Opponents Use National Review ‘As Their Political Tool’ to Attack Me
Exclusive — Ben Carson: ‘Obvious’ GOP Opponents Use National Review ‘As Their Political Tool’ to Attack Me
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National Review, Politico, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Ben Carson on Americans: “Many of Them Are Stupid.”
Ben Carson on Americans: “Many of Them Are Stupid.”
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The Daily Banter, Washington Monthly and Talking Points Memo
Gizmodo:
Hey Ted Cruz, You're Holding Your Gun Backwards — Staunch gun rights advocate Ted Cruz is here seen holding a shotgun while being interviewed by CNN. Can you see what he's doing wrong? That's right, he's violating the first two rules of gun safety. — When you learn to shoot …
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Talking Points Memo and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Eitan Hersh / FiveThirtyEight:
How Democrats Suppress The Vote — In the ongoing fight between Democrats and Republicans over election procedures like voter ID and early voting, the Democrats are supposedly the champions of higher turnout and reducing barriers to participation. But when it comes to scheduling off-cycle elections6 …
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Independent Journal, Outside the Beltway, Balloon Juice and Washington Monthly
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Nicholas Stephanopoulos / The Atlantic:
A Feasible Roadmap to Compulsory Voting
A Feasible Roadmap to Compulsory Voting
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Hit & Run and Hullabaloo
Glenn WhippContact / Los Angeles Times:
Quentin Tarantino says police boycotts don't intimidate him: 'I'm not a cop hater' — Under fire from law enforcement groups across the country, director Quentin Tarantino said Tuesday that his remarks condemning police brutality have been misrepresented to “demonize” him and deflect attention away from the issue.
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addictinginfo.org, Mediaite, Associated Press, Deadline, Tech Times, New York Post, Fox News Insider, Mashable, Gothamist, Updates and Guardian
Hbo Pr / Medium:
JON STEWART AND HBO CONCLUDE EXCLUSIVE FOUR-YEAR PRODUCTION PACT — Deal Kicks Off With Creation Of Topical Short-Form Digital Content — Jon Stewart and HBO have concluded an exclusive four-year production pact, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.
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addictinginfo.org, Guardian, The Verge, NPR, Mediaite, WGN-TV, The Daily Caller, Gizmodo, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Tech Times and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
fox13now.com:
Fight over Confederate Flag decal could be investigated as hate crime, police say — WARNING: Video above may be violent for some viewers. Watch with discretion. — SALT LAKE CITY — A fight outside a Salt Lake City hotel early Sunday morning could possibly be investigated as a hate crime, authorities said Monday.
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The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and Q13 FOX News
Denver Post:
Jefferson County Public Schools see new five-member board take over after election — LAKEWOOD — Voters overwhelmingly chose to recall three members of the Jefferson County school board Tuesday night and elected two others to form an entirely new board in Colorado's second-largest school district.
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Washington Post and Diane Ravitch's blog
Peter Fricke / Campus Reform:
VIDEO: Administrators literally shred Constitution after reporter calls it ‘oppressive’ and ‘triggering’ — A reporter from Project Veritas covertly filmed administrators at Vassar College agreeing to shred the Constitution. — Other profs. at Oberlin are shown in the video seemingly agreeing …
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Truth Revolt, The College Fix, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and twitchy.com
Ynetnews:
Sudanese citizen tried to kill Israeli on int'l flight — Israeli worker in Africa attacked by Sudanese citizen during an Ethiopian Airlines flight; crew members, Lebanese passenger save the Israeli and overpower attacker. — Itai Blumenthal — Ethiopian authorities arrested …
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The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Bygones: Israel and the U.S. Try to Move Beyond Iran — Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatched his defense chief, Moshe “Bogie” Ya'alon, to Washington, to help smooth the way for his own visit next week, which will be his first since President Barack Obama defeated …
Rob Polansky / WFSB-TV:
Joe Ganim claims victory in Bridgeport mayor's race — According to unofficial results, the city of Bridgeport has a new mayor. — On Tuesday evening, Joe Ganim claimed victory in the race for mayor, as he received more than 59 percent of the votes. — “Tonight we won overwhelmingly …
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CBS New York and Political Wire
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
U.S. Republicans ask IRS to audit Clinton charity's finances — The U.S. Republican Party filed a formal complaint against one of Hillary Clinton's family charities with the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday and is calling for an audit after the charity said this week it would not refile erroneous tax returns.
Heidi Beirich / Southern Poverty Law Center:
What's the Matter with Kansas' Kris Kobach? — On Oct. 25, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was a featured speaker at a “writers' workshop” put on by the white nationalist The Social Contract Press (TSCP), according to a report from the Center for New Community. For an elected official, this is a problem.
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Talking Points Memo, Salon, ThinkProgress and AMERICAblog News
Nick Gass / Politico:
Texas man snaps up JebCanFixIt.com — Jeb Bush could fix this. — The former Florida governor apparently failed to secure the JebCanFixIt.com domain name when he rolled out the slogan as part of the relaunch of his sagging presidential campaign. — In the meantime, Jimmy Flannigan …
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Mediaite, All Ablog Austin, Raw Story, Towleroad and Daily Mail
Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
Larry Summers: Advanced economies are so sick we need a new way to think about them — Lawrence H. Summers, the Charles W. Eliot university professor at Harvard, is a former treasury secretary and director of the National Economic Council in the White House.
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JustOneMinute and The Moderate Voice
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iran Ayatollah: ‘Death to America’ refers to US policies — 1 photo — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The slogan “Death to America” is not aimed at the American people, but rather American policies, Iran's supreme leader said in comments reported on his official website Tuesday.
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Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Algemeiner.com and The Daily Beast