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Lynn Neary / NPR:
Tom Magliozzi, Popular Co-Host Of NPR's ‘Car Talk,’ Dies At 77  —  Tom Magliozzi, one of public radio's most popular personalities, died on Monday of complications from Alzheimer's disease.  He was 77 years old.  —  Tom and his brother, Ray, became famous as “Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers” on the weekly NPR show Car Talk.
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Scott Neuman / NPR:
‘Car Talk’ Co-Host Tom Magliozzi Dies At 77  —  Brothers Tom (left) and Ray Magliozzi pose under a car hood in Boston.  The comic duo hosted NPR's Car Talk for a quarter of a century before retiring in 2012.  Since then, the show has been heard in re-runs.  Tom has died at age 77.
Discussion: Gawker
Ben Shapiro / Truth Revolt:
Lena Dunham Threatens To Sue Truth Revolt For Quoting Her  —  Lena Dunham may not like our interpretation of her book, but unfortunately for her and her attorneys, she wrote that book.
Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
Glenn Greenwald and Snowden: ‘Nobody Should Use Facebook’  —  During a Q&A in Canada, Glenn Greenwald was asked why his colleague and NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, wasn't on any of the social media platforms — i.e., Facebook — and Greenwald didn't mince words.
Discussion: The Daily Banter
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Cruz declares war if GOP wins Senate  —  In a last-minute gift to Democrats on the eve of the midterm elections, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has announced his plan to push for Senate Republicans to declare a rightist war against Democrats if the GOP wins control of the Senate.
Discussion: ABC News
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Washington Post:
Cruz aims to take on Obama if GOP wins Senate; won't vow support for McConnell  —  ANCHORAGE — Sen. Ted Cruz spent the final weekend of the midterms on the far edge of the country trying to help fellow Republican Dan Sullivan win a race the GOP is counting on in its effort to retake the Senate.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Georgia, Michelle Nunn fadeout dashes Dem hopes, raises chance of outright GOP win
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
MORNINGS WITH JONI ERNST … NEWTON, Iowa — Well, this didn't end well.  —  It was the second stop on Joni Ernst's Just One Thing, 24-hour, Wingnuts Over Iowa Tour.  It had begun that morning in Ankeny, at a bagel shop, and it had wound itself up through the sprawling …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Prosecutor Claims Perry Threatening Grand Jury After Indictment  —  A grand jury indicted Perry on abuse of office charges in August, after which Perry spoke out against the indictment.  —  “I am confident we will ultimately prevail, that this farce of a prosecution will be revealed for what it is …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Laurel Brubaker Calkins / Bloomberg:
Texas Governor Intimidating Grand Jury, Prosecutor Claims
Matt Higgins / CBS DC:
Ben Stein: Obama ‘Is The Most Racist President There Has Ever Been’  —  WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Economist Ben Stein believes the White House is playing the race card in an effort to get African-Americans to vote against Republicans.  —  Speaking to Fox News, Stein called President Barack Obama the most racist president in U.S. history.
Paul Lewis / Guardian:
Heckled by his own party's millionaire donor: Mark Udall campaign hit by friendly fire  —  Colorado senator's focus on abortion rights in a tight re-election race is the wrong issue at the wrong time according to Democratic backer Leo Beserra  —  Colorado's senior Democratic senator …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Holder sends poll watchers to 18 states  —  The Department of Justice plans to send federal monitors to 18 states to watch for discrimination against voters.  —  Monitors will head to Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico …
Discussion: Power Line
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Justice Department To Monitor Tuesday's Elections In 18 States
Discussion: naked capitalism
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Jon Stewart: Hillary Clinton's a ‘Little Hawkish for Me’  —  Ahead of the November 13 release date of his directorial debut Rosewater, Jon Stewart sat down for a long interview with New York magazine writer Chris Smith that is featured on the cover of this week's issue.
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
NEW EMAILS SHOW WHITE HOUSE ROLE IN SHERROD OUSTER … WASHINGTON (AP) — A 2010 email from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says his department was “waiting for the go-ahead” from the White House before accepting the resignation of employee Shirley Sherrod, according to newly released documents …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
One Day in an Elevator With Obama, Then Out of a Job  —  ATLANTA — Kenneth Tate toiled for years as a construction worker and corrections officer, and he has no doubt that his last job — working as a $42,000-a-year private security guard at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — was the best he ever had.
Discussion: Gawker, NBC News, NPR and New York Magazine
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Mary Landrieu's Remark About Blacks in the South Was True—and Politically Shrewd.  —  As a Democrat, Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu is running up against the late stages of partisan realignment.  But while the rise of the GOP in the South may end her political career …
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Democrats can't escape Obama
Discussion: Hot Air, The Great Debate and Mashable
New York Times:
Cancel the Midterms  —  DURHAM, N.C. — By Tuesday night about 90 million Americans will have cast ballots in an election that's almost certain to create greater partisan divisions, increase gridlock and render governance of our complex nation even more difficult.
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
House Republicans could see their first black, gay members in years  —  House Republicans are expected to expand their majority in Tuesday's election in part by welcoming a new crop of fiery conservatives - but also by adding something that has been missing from the GOP: diversity.
Discussion: Liberaland and FOX News Radio
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Tom Tancredo: Republicans Should Impeach Obama If They Win The Senate  —  Former congressman Tom Tancredo wants Republicans in Congress “to immediately file articles of impeachment against the president” if he uses executive action to block the deportation of some undocumented immigrants.
Discussion: Liberaland
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Braley Donor Threatens Lawsuit Against National Review, Des Moines Register  —  A law firm aligned with Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Bruce Braley has threatened legal action against media outlets investigating a man featured in one of Braley's campaign ads, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
Discussion: Power Line and Twitchy
New York Times:
Who Would Have Health Insurance if Medicaid Expansion Weren't Optional  —  A new data set suggests that more than three million people would have gained health insurance across 24 states if the Supreme Court had ruled differently.  —  Credit:  —  THE NEW HEALTH CARE |  NOVEMBER 3, 1:00 PM
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Undercover video shows North Carolina poll workers offering ballots to ineligible impostor - TWENTY TIMES - putting voter ID battle on the front burner  — Conservative guerrilla filmmaker James O'Keefe pretended to be a series of North Carolinians who hadn't voted in years
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
With Defeat Looming, Democrats Retreat Into Fantasy  —  With prospects of Republicans recapturing the Senate a chilling reality—though certainly not a given—I've noticed a number of pundits, including, the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson, embrace some conventional self-soothing myths about our political situation.
Washington Post:
Maryland governor's race has turned unexpectedly tight  —  The race for Maryland governor was not supposed to be this close.  —  Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown crushed his Democratic primary competitors and told supporters that the general election would be “a little bit of a molehill” in comparison.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Beware a wounded Obama  —  IMMIGRATION BARACK OBAMA IRAN ISRAEL 2014 ELECTIONS 2016 ELECTIONS MAGAZINE 2014 MIDTERMS  —  No matter what the exact outcome of Tuesday's elections, there is little doubt that President Obama will come out of it wounded.  —  Whether or not Republicans take over the Senate, they will certainly gain seats.
 
 
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Agence France-Presse:
FBI warns against homegrown terror threat
Discussion: Mashable and The Daily Caller
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: Don't expect a shake-up
CNN:
STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
My Book Argued That Obama “Fumbled the Recovery.” Here's What I Got Wrong.
Discussion: The Dish
Lisa Fogarty / Opposing Views:
14-Year-Old Arrested For Wearing Rosary At Football Game
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Birthers Hope GOP Congress Will Launch Obama Birth Certificate Probe
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NH GOP Chair Rallies Republican Faithful With Crazy Talk
Jack Jenkins / ThinkProgress:
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Rachel Maddow / Washington Post:
Republicans bank on fear in this election
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