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9:55 AM ET, November 12, 2015

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Populism on the Rise in GOP Race for President — Candidates bash big banks, the Fed, corporations and international trade deals in their latest debate — The latest presidential debate vividly captured how the 2008 financial crisis has reshaped the Republican Party by unleashing …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and New York Times

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

Confrontation Brews as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Vie for Conservative Vote — After a Republican presidential debate in which sober policy discussions edged out the loud personality clashes that have dominated so far, the campaign's focus narrowed on Wednesday into a battle for the party's most conservative voters.

Discussion: Washington Post, The Atlantic, Real Clear Politics, The Week, Hot Air, Bloomberg.com news, DownWithTyranny!, Weekly Standard, NumbersUSA Education …, Washington Times, Politico and Liberal Values

Wall Street Journal:
The GOP on Economics

Discussion: Politico and Washington Post

Frank Bruni / New York Times:
A Troubled G.O.P. Debate for Donald Trump and Jeb Bush

Discussion: Hit & Run, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Mediaite and Washington Post

Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump, Marco Rubio Won GOP Debate, Poll Finds

Discussion: Washington Post, Power Line, Los Angeles Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, Reuters, PoliticusUSA, Bangor Daily News, Telegraph, The Week and Vox

Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Cruz vs. Rubio: The Overture

Discussion: Washington Post, Breitbart, Betsy's Page, No More Mister Nice Blog, Politico, Independent Journal and BuzzFeed

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Charles Koch: We are doling out welfare for the wealthy — Billionaire Charles Koch said Wednesday that the federal government is widening the gap between America's rich and poor. — “For most of this nation's history, our country has been characterized by opportunity …

Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:

Charles Koch: No backing for candidate in GOP primary — WASHINGTON — Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch said Wednesday he's unlikely to back a candidate in the crowded Republican presidential primary, the latest sign that one of the most influential figures in conservative politics seems less than enthusiastic about his choices.

Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Algemeiner.com, Raw Story, Independent Journal, Telegraph and The Week

Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico: How the Kochs created Joni Ernst

Peter Hasson / Campus Reform:

Mizzou prof. resigns following outrage over his refusal to cancel exam — “If you don't feel safe coming to class, then don't come to class,” Dr. Brigham told his students. “I will be there, and there will be an exam administered in our class.” — Dr. Dale Brigham, considered …

Discussion: Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, KOMU-TV, The American Conservative, The PJ Tatler, FOX2now.com, twitchy.com, The Week, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit and Hot Air

Myles Artis / USA Today:
Suspect arrested over social media threats at U. of Missouri

Discussion: Care2 Causes, The Daily Caller, CNN, Sputnik International, Slantpoint, News Blog, Riverfront Times, ThinkProgress, The PJ Tatler, Washington Post, twitchy.com, AMERICAblog News, Mashable, NBC News, FOX2now.com and The Bob and Chez Show

Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
As death threats spread fear at Mizzou, professor asks students to defeat ‘bullies’ and attend class

Discussion: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The PJ Tatler, The Daily Caller, The Frisky, NBC News, Truth Revolt, Mediaite, Mashable, WTVR-TV, Independent Journal, Jezebel, Shakesville, Slantpoint, addictinginfo.org, WREG-TV and Raw Story

Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon:
White Missouri professor shames black students for heeding violent threats: “If you give into bullies, they win”

Discussion: Washington Post, The Daily Banter, The Daily Caller and BizPac Review

Nick Gass / Politico:

Postal workers union backs Bernie Sanders — Bernie Sanders snagged a major union endorsement on Thursday, with the American Postal Workers' Union announcing its backing of the Democratic presidential candidate. Sanders' largest union pickup comes as his chief rival, Hillary Clinton …

Discussion: Bloomberg.com news, Towleroad and The Week

New York Times:

Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Maintaining Lead Over Bernie Sanders — Despite a month of sharpened attacks, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has failed to significantly dent Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead in the Democratic presidential race, according to a New York Times/CBS News survey released on Thursday.

Discussion: Bloomberg.com news and The Week

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Rand Paul is right: The most economically unequal states are Democratic — During Tuesday night's Republican debate, Gerard Baker, editor in chief of the Wall Street Journal, posed a question to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.): “Does it matter at all that the gap between the rich and everyone else is widening?”

Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Transcript: Read the Full Text of the Fourth Republican Debate in Milwaukee

Discussion: Slate, OnPolitics, Hullabaloo, Media Matters for America, RH Reality Check and Daily Wire

Rafael Romo / CNN:

Human trafficking survivor: I was raped 43,200 times — Mexico City (CNN)Karla Jacinto is sitting in a serene garden. She looks at the ordinary sights of flowers and can hear people beyond the garden walls, walking and talking in Mexico City. — She looks straight into my eyes …

Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog

Peter Baker / New York Times:

Promised Bipartisanship, Obama Adviser Found Disappointment — WASHINGTON — When President Obama first won the White House, he recruited Ray LaHood, a Republican congressman, to join his cabinet. The appointment, Mr. Obama declared, “reflects that bipartisan spirit” that would distinguish his presidency.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, Algemeiner.com and Mediaite

Agence France-Presse:

EU flag burned as tens of thousands join Warsaw nationalist demo — Organisers said that up to 50,000 were on the march which marked the anniversary of Poland's independence after the First World War — Tens of thousands of protesters poured into Warsaw's streets on Wednesday …

Discussion: Vox Popoli and Chateau Heartiste

Devin Henry / The Hill:

EPA seeks to block chief's deposition in coal lawsuit — The Environmental Protection Agency is working to block a deposition for administrator Gina McCarthy as part of a coal industry lawsuit. — In a Tuesday court filing, the EPA asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit …

Cristina Flores / KUTV-TV:

Foster parents say child removed from their home because they are gay — (KUTV) April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce of Carbon County said the baby they've loved and raised for the last three months will be removed from their home and sent to heterosexual foster parents because a judge said the baby would be better-off.

Discussion: Mashable, Raw Story, Washington Blade and Towleroad

Ari Melber / MSNBC:

Driven to hospital, Virginia man tased, shackled and dies in police custody — When three Virginia police officers put Linwood Lambert in a squad car around 5 a.m. on May 4, 2013, they said they were taking him to the ER for medical attention because he was speaking delusionally.

Discussion: addictinginfo.org, Raw Story, Mediaite, WSLS-TV and ThinkProgress

Washington Post:

Mr. Trump praises a grotesquely inhumane immigration plan from the 1950s — “WE HAVE a country that's going to hell.” So pronounced Donald Trump, candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, at Tuesday night's debate. If Mr. Trump thinks that now, it's likely many Americans …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller and Breitbart

New York Post:

Hillary Clinton's bought-and-paid-for betrayal of charter schools — Whoosh! There goes Hillary Clinton, hurtling leftward after another 180-degree cartwheel on a critical issue — this time, a flip-flop on charter schools. — Charters once had no greater fan.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:

Race and the Free-Speech Diversion — Of the many concerns unearthed by the protests at two major universities this week, the velocity at which we now move from racial recrimination to self-righteous backlash is possibly the most revealing. The unrest that occurred at the University …

Discussion: Washington Post, Here & Now, The Atlantic and Los Angeles Times

Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:

Glenn Reynolds: After Yale, Mizzou, raise the voting age — to 25 — How can students too spoiled to tolerate debate weigh opposing political arguments? They can't. — CONNECT — In 1971, the United States ratified the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.

Discussion: New Republic, Lawyers, Guns & Money, AMERICAblog News, Jezebel, Above The Law and Instapundit

Geoff Manaugh / New York Times:

The Dream Life of Driverless Cars … On a brisk afternoon in October, an oddly-equipped Honda CR-V inched through London traffic. At the wheel was Matthew Shaw, a 32-year-old architectural designer; with him was a fellow designer, William Trossell, 30, and a small team of laser-scanner operators.

Discussion: Engadget and Gizmodo