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10:40 AM ET, November 7, 2014

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Richard Wolf / Associated Press:
Gay marriage bans in four states upheld on appeal  —  The same-sex marriage movement lost its first major case in a federal appeals court Thursday after a lengthy string of victories, creating a split among the nation's circuit courts that virtually guarantees Supreme Court review.
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Dan Sewell / Associated Press:
GAY MARRIAGE ON WAY BACK TO US SUPREME COURT
Discussion: Liberaland and FOX News Radio
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Marriage Equality Just Got A First Class Ticket To The Supreme Court
Discussion: Daily Signal and Addicting Info
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Appeals court upholds bans on same-sex marriage for first time
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Court Upholds Marriage Bans in Four States
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Senate Democrats plan a legislative rush before power shifts to the GOP  —  Before ceding full control of Congress to the GOP in January, Senate Democrats are planning to rush a host of critical measures to President Obama's desk, including bills to revive dozens of expired tax breaks and avoid a government shutdown for another year.
Discussion: Hot Air and New York Magazine
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Hatch: Reid ‘a pathetic majority leader’  —  The Senate's most senior Republican on Thursday bashed current Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), saying with the GOP in charge, there was potential for real accomplishments.  —  In a phone interview with The Hill, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Politico
Sally Kohn / CNN:
A plea for sanity in a GOP Congress  —  Editor's note: Sally Kohn is an activist, columnist and television commentator.  Follow her on Twitter: @sallykohn.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.  —  (CNN) — You got to give the people, now  —  Give the people what they want
Discussion: RedState
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Ben Carson video to air in 22 states  —  Ben Carson is introducing himself as a potential 2016 presidential candidate in a 40-minute video that will be aired on TV stations in 22 states and Washington, D.C.  —  Armstrong Williams, a conservative commentator who is Carson's business manager …
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Eddie Scarry / Mediaite:   Ben Carson TV Documentary Set to Air Across Country
National Journal:
He says he wants to live a normal life.  But he can still taste the White House.  —  Certainly, Ryan has given his suitors some cause for optimism: the visits to early primary states, the discussions with GOP donors, the high-profile blitz to promote his book, The Way Forward, which reads in parts like a presidential manifesto.
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Triumph of the Wrong  —  The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet midterms to men of understanding.  Or as I put it on the eve of another Republican Party sweep, politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.
Discussion: Hot Air, Daily Kos and Bloomberg View
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Lame duck swims to Asia  —  If President Barack Obama expects to escape the spate of brutal post-election news by traveling 6,000 miles and 12 time zones to Asia, he's in for a surprise.  —  Regional players are taking stock of whether the U.S. president once seen as a global rock star …
The Hill:
Has the Tea Party been tamed?  —  Establishment Republicans are crowing that their resounding wins Tuesday night repudiated the Tea Party's insistence that ideological purity is key to electoral success.  —  But don't tell that to conservatives, who aren't admitting defeat.
Discussion: CNSNews
Javier E. David / CNBC:
Payrolls grow by 214K; jobless rate hits 6-year low  —  CNBC's Jim Cramer and David Faber share their thoughts on today's jobs data that saw nonfarm payrolls increase by 214,000.  —  The U.S. economy created 214,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department reported Friday …
Discussion: Hot Air
Agence France-Presse:
32 tanks enter Ukraine from Russia: Kiev  —  Kiev (AFP) - A column of 32 tanks and other heavy weapons has entered Ukraine from Russia, the Ukrainian military said Friday, after the latest fighting left five dead and at least 31 injured.  —  Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said a convoy …
Discussion: Hot Air
Michelle Tan / USA Today:
Use of word ‘Negro’ removed from new Army regulation  —  Less than 24 hours after it came to light, the Army has removed the word “negro” from its regulation governing the policies and responsibilities of command.  —  The term was used in a section of AR 600-20, which covers “Army Command Policy …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Mediaite
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Jobs Data Show Steady Gains Even as Voters Signal Anxiety  —  Three days after voters expressed their discontent with the state of the economy, the government on Friday reported strong signs of improvement, estimating that employers added 214,000 jobs in October, while the official jobless rate dropped …
New York Times:
Decision Time on Immigration  —  President Obama said on Wednesday that he would act on his own by the end of the year to “improve” the immigration system, presumably by giving many — perhaps millions — of the country's unauthorized immigrants temporary protection from deportation and permission to work.
Discussion: CNN and ImmigrationProf Blog
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
The Big Sleep  —  Maybe it's best to close your eyes and fall into a Rip Van Winkle slumber for the next two years.  The party that has refused to govern for half a decade and ran a substance-free campaign will now play at governing and not take up anything of substance.
Politico:
Democrats scrap ad buys for Mary Landrieu  —  The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is canceling at least some of its advertising reservations for Sen. Mary Landrieu ahead of the December runoff in Louisiana.  —  The committee canceled buys planned from Monday through December 6 in the Lafayette …
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Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
Senate Democrats dump ads in Louisiana
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Meager Returns for the Democrats' Biggest Donor  —  WASHINGTON — In the last days before the midterm elections, Tom Steyer, the billionaire environmentalist who spent at least $57 million of his own money to influence Tuesday's outcome — more than any other single donor …
 
 
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C. J. Chivers / New York Times:
More Than 600 Reported Chemical Exposure in Iraq, Pentagon Acknowledges
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Teacher Resigns After Being Put on Leave over Ebola Panic
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Rice: Dem racial attacks ‘appalling’
Matt O'Brien / Washington Post:
This billionaire thinks the Fed is missing the hyperinflation in the Hamptons
Kevin B. Sanders / The New York Observer:
Russian Lawmaker Proposes Mailing Putin Sperm to Impregnate Russian Women
Discussion: FOX News Radio
US News:
Is Ahmadinejad Making a Comeback?
Discussion: FOX News Radio
 Earlier Items: 
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart:
November 5, 2014 - John Cleese
Discussion: Mediaite and Truth Revolt
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Democrats Can't Keep Playing Not to Lose
Discussion: The Agonist and Bloomberg Politics
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Ex-SEAL Robert O'Neill reveals himself as shooter who killed Osama bin Laden
Sen. Mike Lee / The Federalist:
Mike Lee's Plan To Fix Congress
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Wrote Secret Letter to Iran's Khamenei About Fighting Islamic State
 

 
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