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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Time for GOP panic? Establishment worried Carson or Trump might win — Less than three months before the kick-off Iowa caucuses, there is growing anxiety bordering on panic among Republican elites about the dominance and durability of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and widespread bewilderment over how to defeat them.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump begs Iowans not to believe Ben Carson: 'Don't be fools, okay?' — FORT DODGE, Iowa — As Donald Trump took the stage in a community college theater on Thursday night, something was off. — The usually punctual executive was nearly 40 minutes late. His voice was hoarse, his hair mussed, his tone defensive.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's 95-minute rant: ‘How stupid are the people of the country?’ — FORT DODGE, Iowa — For an hour and 35 minutes, Republican front-runner Donald Trump vented about everything that's wrong with this country and this election. — He said he would “bomb the s—” …
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Lisa Lambert / Reuters:
Carson's comeback to Trump's insults: ‘Pray for him’
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Bloomberg.com news:
After Iowa Rally, Trump Again Has Onlookers Asking If He's Gone Too Far
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Politico and Washington Post
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
In 95-minute tirade, Trump flips belt buckle to mock Carson
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American Spectator, NPR, Towleroad, Mediaite and Jezebel
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Trump likens Carson's ‘pathology’ to that of a child molester
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Taylor Lemmons / Medium:
Dear Claremont McKenna College Community — Dear CMC Community: Students, Faculty, Staff, Friends, Family: — I made a statement 24 hours ago, stating that because of Dean Spellman's failure to address her comment about the “CMC mold”, I felt uncomfortable as a student of color expressing …
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BREAKING: Mary Spellman Resigns as Dean of Students — At 12:02 p.m. on Thursday, November 12, Mary Spellman resigned as Dean of Students following calls for her resignation after students of color articulated concerns about the Dean of Students office being unsupportive towards students …
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The Claremont Independent:
We Dissent — The student protests that have swept through Claremont McKenna College (CMC) over the past few days—and the ensuing fallout—have made us disappointed in many of those involved. — First, former Dean Mary Spellman. We are sorry that your career had to end this way …
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Shannon Miller / Forum:
VIDEO: CMCers of Color Lead Protest of Dean of Students, Administration
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Chris Whipple / Politico:
‘The Attacks Will Be Spectacular’ — “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” The CIA's famous Presidential Daily Brief, presented to George W. Bush on August 6, 2001, has always been Exhibit A in the case that his administration shrugged off warnings of an Al Qaeda attack.
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Chris Whipple / Politico:
An exclusive look at how the Bush administration ignored this warning from the CIA months before 9/11, along with others that were far more detailed than previously revealed. — The CIA really does pull the trigger on lethal drone attacks. — Officially, it is a taboo subject.
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Johnmorenoktla / KTLA:
‘NCIS’ Actress Pauley Perrette Describes Being Viciously Assaulted Near Hollywood Hills Home; Man Arrested — Pauley Perrette, the actress best known for her role on the TV series “NCIS,” said she was attacked by a “VERY psychotic homeless man” near her Hollywood Hills home on Thursday …
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The Minnesota Republic / Campus Reform:
UMN student govt: 9/11 remembrance would violate our safe space — The student government rejected a resolution for a moment of recognition on future anniversaries of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the grounds it would create an ‘unsafe’ space on campus. — One student representative …
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Kasey Carpenter / The Minnesota Republic:
MSA Rejects Moment of Recognition Resolution for 9/11
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Pamela Geller and The Daily Caller
Mountain View PD / mountainviewpoliceblog.com:
Inquiring Minds Want to Know... Nov — This afternoon a Mountain View Police Department traffic officer noticed traffic backing up behind a slow moving car traveling in the eastbound #3 lane on El Camino Real, near Rengstorff Ave. The car was traveling at 24 mph in a 35 mph zone.
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KVUE-TV:
Autopsy: Teen committed suicide by multiple cobra bites — AUSTIN - A Central Texas teenager who died in a SUV earlier this year committed suicide by letting a deadly monocle cobra repeatedly bite him, according to the autopsy report obtained by KVUE's Tony Plohetski.
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Major donors consider funding Black Lives Matter — Some of the biggest donors on the left plan to meet behind closed doors next week in Washington with leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement and their allies to discuss funding the burgeoning protest movement, POLITICO has learned.
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RedState, Mediaite, Truth Revolt, The Week and Washington Free Beacon
Annie Karni / Politico:
With just three on stage, Democratic debate moderator plans to dive deep — This Saturday's second Democratic debate will be a much smaller affair than the first. With only three candidates on stage, CBS News plans to delve deep into the issues with each candidate and have taken advantage …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
White Supremacists Are Thrilled Donald Trump Mentioned “Operation Wetback” — “This represents a milestone in the immigration debate.” — Joshua Lott / AFP / Getty Images — White supremacists are praising Donald Trump for citing a 1950s U.S. government policy that deported hundreds of thousands of Mexican immigrants.
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CBS DC, Boston Herald and Mock Paper Scissors
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Republicans think America is doing terribly, but it isn't — Anyone watching the fourth Republican debate would be excused for thinking America is mired in a deep recession — that the economy is shrinking, foreign competitors are outpacing us, more Americans are uninsured, and innovators can't bring their ideas to market.
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Mother Jones and Prairie Weather
Billy House / Bloomberg Business:
House Republican Hard-Liners Drafting ‘Contract With America II’ — Freedom Caucus members seeking detailed agenda for 2016 — Plan tentatively named after 1994 Gingrich campaign manifesto — U.S. House Republican hard-liners who helped force out former Speaker John Boehner are readying their next act …
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Washington Monthly
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
The Self-Destruction of the American University … It's in a way ludicrous to mention in the same breath the childish idiocy at Yale, the Lord-of-the-Flies frenzy at the University of Missouri, and the embrace of National Socialism by the great philosopher Martin Heidegger.
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