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11:25 AM ET, November 10, 2015

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New York Times:
Jeb Bush Allies Threaten Wave of Harsh Attacks on Marco Rubio, an Ex-Mentee  —  The cash-rich group aiding Jeb Bush's White House run has filmed a provocative video casting his rival Marco Rubio as ultimately unelectable because of his hard-line stand against abortion.
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
How Ben Carson and Marco Rubio Outfoxed the Media  —  Two Republican candidates.  Two sets of potentially damaging stories.  So far, not a great deal of damage.  What happened?  —  In one case, much-anticipated credit-card records from Marco Rubio produced ... not a great deal.
Discussion: Vox, Washington Post and Care2 Causes
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Yale Classmate: We Did The Prank Test That Ben Carson's Talking About  —  A former staff member of the Yale Record says that he recalls many of the details of a prank that Dr. Ben Carson wrote about in an autobiography.  —  The incident has been the subject of media coverage in recent days …
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Republicans Wrangle in Wisconsin  —  NOTABLES  —WHY SCOTT WALKER IS GRABBING THE SPOTLIGHT BEFORE TUESDAY'S DEBATE: He may not be on stage for the Republican debate tonight, but that doesn't mean that Scott Walker won't be getting attention.  The Wisconsin governor …
The Hill:
Clinton, allies set sights on newly surging Rubio  —  Clinton World is stepping up its attacks on Sen. Marco Rubio, signaling the Democratic presidential front-runner sees the rising Florida Republican as a significant threat.  —  Priorities USA, a super-PAC aligned with Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: ABC News, The Week and Political Wire
NBC News:
Bush Vs. Rubio Sets The Stage For Tonight's Debate  —  Another Bush-vs.-Rubio fight sets the stage for tonight's GOP debate: Tonight's fourth Republican presidential debate picks up where the last one left off — with Jeb Bush in desperate need of a strong showing, and with his team …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Self-Awareness Mr Magoo  —  In case you missed the late news yesterday evening, the Carson-Yale mystery has taken a paradoxical turn in which all can apparently rejoice: new evidence both suggests the possibility that Ben Carson may be telling some version of the truth as he remembers it …
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Bush, Carson Under Pressure Ahead of Critical Fourth Debate
Discussion: Politico
Joe Concha / Mediaite:
Burden of Truth Back on Media as BuzzFeed Finds Confirmation from Carson's Mom on Stabbing Incident
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Meet The Mizzou Media Professor Who's Trying To Ban Media Coverage  —  After desperately trying to gin up media coverage of student protests at the University of Missouri, one of the school's media professors is now furiously trying to “muscle” the press off campus to prevent …
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New York Times:
As Missouri Activists Block Journalists, a Divide Over ‘Respect’ and Rights  —  COLUMBIA, Mo. — A video that showed University of Missouri protesters restricting a student photographer's access to a public area of campus on Monday ignited discussions about press freedom.
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
A Young Journalist Setting an Example for the Rest of Us  —  It's too easy, and also rash and risky, to criticize people on the basis of perhaps-out-of-context social media snippets.  —  So let me compliment someone!  You may already have seen the video below, shot this afternoon at the University of Missouri.
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Donald Trump: ‘Maybe we should boycott Starbucks’  — “If I become president, we're all going to be saying Merry Christmas again, I can tell you,” Trump told a crowd in Springfield, Illinois  —  Washington (CNN)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump weighed in on the day's controversy on Monday …
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Out Magazine:
Out100 2015 Cover Revealed: President Barack Obama … The 44th President of the United States is our Ally of the Year—a president who came to office on a wave of euphoria, appeared to lose momentum halfway through, and has since rallied, helping us secure marriage equality …
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Aaron Hicklin / Out Magazine:
Editor's Letter: Why We Shot the President of the United States of America
Discussion: Washington Post, BuzzFeed and Fusion
Rachael Bade / Politico:
FBI steps up interviews in Clinton email probe  —  Even as Hillary Clinton tries to put questions about her private email server behind her, the FBI has stepped up inquiries into the security of the former Secretary of State's home-made email system, and how aides communicated over email, POLITICO has learned.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:   Reid rips Grassley over Clinton-Abedin probe
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Appeals court keeps block on Obama immigration actions  —  A federal appeals court has rejected President Barack Obama's effort to move forward with a series of executive actions he announced last year seeking to give quasi-legal status and work permits to millions of undocumented immigrants.
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Associated Press:
AP: Appeals court rules against Obama immigration plan
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Even as House Speaker, Paul Ryan Sleeps in His Office  —  WASHINGTON — The speaker has no house.  —  Of all his unusual traits for his new role — relative youth, a love of Clif bars for lunch and an excessive interest in tax policy — the most notable may be Speaker Paul D. Ryan's insistence on sleeping in his Capitol Hill office.
Discussion: The Week
Seton Motley / RedState:
Cronyism: For the Likes of Google, It is Really, REALLY Good to be a Friend of Obama  —  If President Barack Obama doesn't like you - his government tends to make your life really, REALLY miserable.  Ask Tea Party and conservative groups - when Obama's Internal Revenue Service (IRS) …
Discussion: ZDNet
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Ben Carson's Roman fixation  —  Ben Carson doesn't have a detailed foreign policy platform, but he does have a clear worldview: the evangelical precept that the greatest danger facing America is moral and spiritual decline at home — a decline he often compares to a Roman Empire collapsing under …
Discussion: The Week
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Candidates Push Bold Tax Plans  —  Proposed changes go well beyond the party's previous platforms and ensure the issue will play a central role in the general election  —  Republican presidential candidates are competing to propose dramatic changes to tax policy that go well beyond …
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Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
For GOP Candidates, the Best Bet Is for Instability
Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush's Comeback Plan Looks Weaker Than Advertised  —  Though the Republican presidential candidate's team says they're focused on March contests, there are few signs of enthusiasm in those states.  —  michaelcbender  —  As Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush's poll numbers dropped …
Discussion: Washington Post
Adrienne Green / The Atlantic:
The Financial Calculations: Why Tim Wolfe Had to Resign  —  The University of Missouri's president Tim Wolfe has resigned after months of protest from students, faculty, and community members over the administration's handling of recent instances of racism targeted at black students.
 
 
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Peter Weber / The Week:
Watch Sen. Claire McCaskill take a strong, politically questionable stand against mansplaining
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
I Am Libeled. I Respond.
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Oliver Lane / Breitbart:
Germany To Lower Educational Standards For Benefit Of Migrants
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Vlad Tepes
John Bowden / Washington Examiner:
Clinton has highest percentage of fake followers
Discussion: Progressives Today
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
The New Intolerance of Student Activism
Brad Witter / Us Weekly:
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