memeorandum: British extremists linked to jet bomb: London & Birmingham voices heard cheering disaster (James Murray Exclusive/Daily Express)

11:15 AM ET, November 8, 2015

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Hank Stuever Tv / Washington Post:

Trump's sorry night on ‘SNL’: An overhyped bummer for us all — Donald Trump's highly touted and almost certainly inappropriate hosting gig on NBC's “Saturday Night Live” turned out to be an anemic and halfhearted dud. — Once upon a time, not so long ago, there might be a lesson to learn …

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:

Larry David yells 'Trump's a racist' during ‘SNL’ monologue — Comedian Larry David claimed a $5,000 bounty by calling Donald Trump a “racist” during his opening monologue on NBC's “Saturday Night Live” (SNL). — “You're a racist!” he yelled, interrupting Trump.

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John Santucci / ABC News:

Donald Trump Hosts ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Looks Ahead to 2018 in the White House — Donald Trump stepped into his role as host of “Saturday Night Live” telling the crowd he is hosting because “I really have nothing better to do.” — The GOP hopeful was greeted in his opening monologue …

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Maureen Ryan / Variety:

Donald Trump on ‘Saturday Night Live’: Not Hugely Entertaining — The fevered lead-up to Donald Trump's “Saturday Night Live” episode turned out to be more exciting than the edition of the show he hosted. — Most of the sketches involving Trump were weak, timid or predictable …

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Ana Marie Cox / The Daily Beast:

Ben Carson Thinks You're the Crazy One — The real reason we should mock Ben Carson's pyramid theory? Because it reveals a very dim view of humankind. — Of all the gifts that Ben Carson has given comedy writers and Twitter wags in the past weeks, it's his stubborn belief …

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

Carson thanks ‘biased media’ for $3.5M fundraising haul — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson claims his campaign has pulled in $3.5 million in fundraising dollars this week thanks to “biased media” coverage. — “We the People have made 10,000 donations each day this week, raising $3.5M this week alone.

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ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript: Donald Trump and Ben Carson — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON NOVEMBER 8, 2015. GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Thanks to Jon Karl for that, and Dr. Ben Carson joins us now by phone. Dr. Carson, thank you so much for joining us this morning.

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Ben Carson / Guardian:

Ben Carson's house: an homage to himself - in pictures — The decor at Ben Carson's home in Maryland shows that Donald Trump may not have the biggest ego among the Republican candidates. On display are awards, certificates, medals, and a painting of himself with Jesus

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James Murray Exclusive / Daily Express:

British extremists linked to jet bomb: London & Birmingham voices heard cheering disaster — BRITISH extremists were behind the bombing of a Russian jet over Egypt, intelligence experts believe. — GETTY — British extremists have been linked to the Russian jet bomb

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Reuters:
Exclusive - Investigators ‘90 percent sure’ of bomb on crashed Russian plane

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Pauline Repard / The San Diego Union-Tribune stories:

Mystery light over ocean was missile test … A mysterious light that streaked across San Diego's night sky Saturday, visible as far away as Reno, was a Trident missile test-fired by the Navy. — Navy Strategic Systems Programs conducted the scheduled Trident II (D5) missile test flight …

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Jory Rand / abc7.com:
Secret military operations to divert LAX planes for a week

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:

Fiorina defends not correcting ‘black Muslim’ remark about Obama — Carly Fiorina is defending her decision not to correct a man who characterized President Obama as a “black Muslim” at a diner in New Hampshire. — Fiorina said it wasn't her job to defend the president, noting that he “isn't on the ballot.”

Gail Collins / New York Times:

Hillary in History — IT'S officially one year until the presidential election. Amazing how time flies, isn't it? Once again we're watching debates featuring what appears to be the entire supporting cast of “Ben-Hur.” Once again we're asking ourselves why Iowa always gets to be first.

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John Hinderaker / Power Line:

We Live In a World Gone Mad, Yale Edition — The Daily Mail recounts one of the strangest controversies we've seen in a while. It relates to offensive Halloween costumes at Yale. Or rather, the potential for offensive Halloween costumes. — The story starts with the wife of Nicholas Christakis …

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