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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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Mother Jones, Althouse, Smart Remarks, Slate and American Power
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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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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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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Matt Bevin is the next governor of Kentucky. He has President Obama to thank.
Matt Bevin is the next governor of Kentucky. He has President Obama to thank.
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Hot Air, RedState, Courier-Journal and Outside the Beltway
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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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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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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Mother Jones, Washington Monthly, Democratic Strategist and Outside the Beltway
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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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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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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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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Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Daily Kos, Washington Post, Florida Politics, Daily Mail and Taylor Marsh
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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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The Daily Caller, New York Times, Immigration Reform Law … and Slantpoint
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Rubio knocks Trump for switching stances on immigration
Rubio knocks Trump for switching stances on immigration
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Fox News Insider, RedState, Hot Air, ABC News, Bloomberg.com news and Florida Politics
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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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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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.
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Ohio just rejected legalizing marijuana. What that means for the future of pot.
Ohio just rejected legalizing marijuana. What that means for the future of pot.
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TaxVox, Bloomberg View, Hit & Run, Brookings Institute, Drug Policy Alliance, Tech Times and Scared Monkeys
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 …
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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
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 …
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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.
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Mediaite, The Verge and Talking Points Memo
Eric Walsh / Reuters:
Former President George H.W. Bush raps Cheney, Rumsfeld in biography: Fox News — Former President George H.W. Bush takes some unexpected swipes at Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, key members of his son's administration, over their reaction to the Sept. 11 attacks, in a new biography of the 41st president …
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Patricia Mazzei / Naked Politics:
Cuba policy questions stump Ben Carson ahead of Miami book stop — Ben Carson has defied the traditional presidential playbook, taking time off from the campaign trail to promote his latest book and sign copies for hundreds of fans, even in Democratic strongholds like Tallahassee.
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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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Mediaite, Rush Limbaugh and Washington Post
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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Liberaland, Rush Limbaugh and The Daily Caller
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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