memeorandum: With just three on stage, Democratic debate moderator plans to dive deep (Annie Karni/Politico)

2:30 PM ET, November 13, 2015

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Time for GOP panic? Establishment worried Carson or Trump might win. … Less than three months before the kickoff 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.

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.

Lisa Lambert / Reuters:

Carson's comeback to Trump's insults: ‘Pray for him’ — U.S. presidential candidate Ben Carson recommended praying for rival Donald Trump after the real-estate mogul and television personality, in a 95-minute rant in Iowa, likened him to a child molester, Carson's business manager said on Friday.

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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's 95-minute rant: ‘How stupid are the people of the country?’

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones and Truth Revolt

Bloomberg.com news:
After Iowa Rally, Trump Again Has Onlookers Asking If He's Gone Too Far

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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Trump Gone Wild

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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
In 95-minute tirade, Trump flips belt buckle to mock Carson

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Carly Fiorina / Facebook:
Donald, sorry, I've got to interrupt again. You would know something about pathological.

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Nick Gass / Politico:
With Carson on the defense, Trump pounces

Discussion: Bloomberg.com news

Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Ben Carson Fires Back at Donald Trump Over ‘Pathological’ Comments

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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 — Video shot by Wes Edwards '18 for The CMC Forum — Highlights: — 08:01 - Devon MacIver, Assistant Dean of Students/Director of Student Activities, speaks — 08:40 - Mary Spellman, Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students, speaks first time

Discussion: The Claremont Independent, Here & Now and Daily Wire

Forum:

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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Emily Shire / The Daily Beast:
P.C. Police Tearing Apart California's Claremont McKenna College

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Taylor Lemmons / Medium:
Dear Claremont McKenna College Community

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Los Angeles Times:
Claremont McKenna dean resigns after students protest campus racial bias

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Brian Ross / ABC News:

‘Jihadi John’ Believed Killed in US Drone Strike, US Officials Say

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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
U.S. military ‘reasonably certain’ drone strike killed ‘Jihadi John’

Discussion: CNN, Power Line, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hollywood Life and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
President Obama Vows to ‘Completely Decapitate’ ISIS Operations

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New York Times:
Pentagon Says ‘Jihadi John’ Was Probably Killed in Airstrike

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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.

Discussion: Political Wire, Raw Story, The Week and Balloon Juice

Chris Whipple / Politico:
An exclusive look at how the Bush administration ignored this warning from the CIA months before 9/11 …

Discussion: ThinkProgress

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.

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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 …

Discussion: Daily Wire, Independent Journal, Townhall.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Instapundit, Shot in the Dark and Hot Air

Kasey Carpenter / The Minnesota Republic:

MSA Rejects Moment of Recognition Resolution for 9/11 — On Tuesday, November 10, the Minnesota Student Association (MSA)-the undergraduate student government at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (UMN)- rejected a resolution for a moment of recognition on future anniversaries of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Discussion: Pamela Geller, Jihad Watch and The Daily Caller

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 …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The San Diego Union … and WGN-TV

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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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.

Discussion: RedState, Mediaite, The Week, Truth Revolt and Washington Free Beacon

Tony BriscoeContact / Chicago Tribune:

Loyola students march in solidarity with Missouri … Loyola students who protested Thursday afternoon in a show of solidarity with demonstrators at the University of Missouri imitated controversial techniques Missouri protesters used that limited access to the local media they invited.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Mediaite

Ian Paris / The College Fix:
Univ. of Missouri student: ‘Several of us are afraid to disagree with other students’

Discussion: Hot Air

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.

Discussion: CBS DC, Boston Herald and Mock Paper Scissors