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1:55 PM ET, November 7, 2014

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Evan Perez / CNN:
Obama's expected pick for Attorney General  —  Washington (CNN) — Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, is expected to be President Barack Obama's pick for Attorney General, U.S. officials briefed on the matter told CNN.  —  An announcement is expected in the coming days …
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New York Times:
Loretta Lynch, Federal Prosecutor, Is Called a Leading Candidate for Attorney General  —  WASHINGTON — Loretta E. Lynch, the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, has emerged as a leading contender to be the next attorney general, officials close to the process said, as President Obama looks outside …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, US News, Daily Kos and NPR
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court to rule on health care subsidies  —  The Supreme Court, moving back into the abiding controversy over the Affordable Care Act, agreed early Friday afternoon to decide how far the federal government can extend its program of subsidies to buyers of health insurance.
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Dan Sewell / Associated Press:
GAY MARRIAGE ON WAY BACK TO US SUPREME COURT
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Richard Wolf / Associated Press:
Gay marriage bans in four states upheld on appeal
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: Hinterland Gazette and Hot Air
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Wall Street Journal:   Jobs Report: U.S. Adds 214,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.8%
Vicki Needham / The Hill:   Market adds 214K jobs; jobless rate 5.8 percent
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.
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Sally Kohn / CNN:
A plea for sanity in a GOP Congress
Discussion: RedState
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Hatch: Reid ‘a pathetic majority leader’
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Sam Youngman / Lexington Herald-Leader:
McConnell: If Rand Paul runs for president, 'he'll be able to count on me'  —  LOUISVILLE — There were only two things Mitch McConnell didn't want to talk about Thursday — whether he will run for re-election in 2020 and his eventual legacy.  —  In his first one-on-one interview since …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Lame duck swims to Asia
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.
Jay Kolls / KSTP-TV:
Mpls.  Mayor Flashes Gang Sign with Convicted Felon; Law Enforcement Outraged  —  5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has obtained a photo of Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges posing with a convicted felon while flashing a known gang sign.  —  The man in the photo is a twice-convicted felon for drug selling …
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
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Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
Army Officially Stops Referring to Black Soldiers as ‘Negroes’
Discussion: Liberaland and FOX News Radio
MacKenzie Elmer / Des Moines Register:
Joni Ernst spokeswoman resigned after OWI arrest  —  Gretchen Hamel, a campaign spokeswoman for Joni Ernst's U.S. Senate campaign, was arrested on Oct. 29 for operating while intoxicated and resigned the morning after the incident.  —  West Des Moines police found Hamel passed out behind …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Issa praises Sharyl Attkisson  —  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) had high praise for Sharyl Attkisson on Thursday evening and low praise for most others.  —  Speaking at a party celebrating Attkisson's new book “Stonewalled,” Issa said the former CBS News reporter never backs down.
Discussion: Mediaite and Booman Tribune
Eric Schnurer / The Atlantic Online:
Steal This Article  —  Late one evening in September, I opened my locker at the gym and was surprised to find my phone ringing.  I was about to become collateral damage in today's take-no-prisoners political culture.  —  BuzzFeed was reporting that the “jobs plan” of the Democratic nominee …
Discussion: Althouse and Bloomberg View
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, OnPolitics and The Daily Caller
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Ed Gillespie concedes Virginia Senate race  —  Washington (CNN) — Republican Ed Gillespie conceded the Virginia Senate race Friday to incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Warner.  —  Gillespie said at a Friday afternoon news conference that he had called Warner “congratulating him on his re-election” …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Agence France-Presse:
Tanks cross from Russia, fighting kills five soldiers: Ukraine  —  2 hrs ago  —  Max DELANY with Nicolas MILETITCH in Donetsk  —  Kiev (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine said Friday that dozens of tanks and truckloads of soldiers had crossed from Russia into Kremlin-backed rebel territory …
Discussion: Hot Air, The Dish and The PJ Tatler
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Seize the day, control the agenda  —  Memo to the GOP.  You had a great night on Tuesday.  But remember: You didn't win it.  The Democrats lost it.  —  This is not to say that you didn't show discipline in making the election a referendum on six years of Barack Obama.
 
 
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NBC News:
Brainwashed: ISIS Is Training Kids to Be Terrorists
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Mashable
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
McCain is ‘leaning towards’ a 2016 re-election bid
Discussion: CNN and Hot Air
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Majority Continues to Support Pot Legalization in U.S.
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Midterms, for Clinton Team, Aren't All Gloom
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Taylor Marsh
Emma Dumain / Roll Call:
Pelosi Seeks to Soothe Caucus in Post-Election Conference Call (Updated)
Discussion: Instapundit
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Sen. Mary Landrieu faces runoff alone
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Teacher Resigns After Being Put on Leave over Ebola Panic
 Earlier Items: 
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
The Big Sleep  —  Maybe it's best to close your eyes and fall …
New York Times:
Decision Time on Immigration  —  President Obama said on Wednesday …
Discussion: CNN and ImmigrationProf Blog
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Rice: Dem racial attacks ‘appalling’
The Hill:
Has the Tea Party been tamed?
Discussion: CNSNews
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Meager Returns for the Democrats' Biggest Donor
Matt O'Brien / Washington Post:
This billionaire thinks the Fed is missing the hyperinflation in the Hamptons