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6:55 PM ET, November 8, 2014

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Hudson Hongo / Gawker:
Alleged Bin Laden Shooter: Osama “Died Like a Pussy”  —  According to Robert O'Neill—the former Navy SEAL who claims he shot Osama bin Laden—the Al Qaeda leader “died like a pussy” and “knew that we were there to kill him.”  —  In a previously unreleased audio interview aired last night on CNN …
Discussion: Mediaite and Liberal Values
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Chelsea J. Carter / CNN:
Shooter: 'It doesn't matter anymore if I killed bin Laden'  —  (CNN) — The former Navy SEAL who says he fired the shot that killed Osama bin Laden says he doesn't care if people believe him.  —  “The most important thing that I've learned in the last two years is to me it doesn't matter anymore …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Daily Mail:
Will YOUR job still exist in 2025?  New report warns 50 per cent of occupations will be redundant in 11 years time  —  From self-driving cars to carebots for elderly people, rapid advances in technology have long represented a potential threat to many jobs normally performed by people.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Frank Jordans / Associated Press:
GORBACHEV WARNS WORLD ‘ON BRINK OF NEW COLD WAR’  —  BERLIN (AP) — Tensions between the major powers have pushed the world closer to a new Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said Saturday.  —  The 83-year-old accused the West, particularly the United States, of giving in to …
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
McCain Poised to Press Obama, and Pentagon, at Armed Services Helm  —  WASHINGTON — Of all the areas where Barack Obama and John McCain clashed during the 2008 presidential campaign, none was more combustible than defense, with their starkly different views on the deployment of American men and women to wage war overseas.
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Carol Felsenthal / Politico:
Fire Valerie Jarrett
Latest from Crooks and Liars:
In Florida, Medicinal Marijuana Got More Votes Than Rick Scott  —  Total votes for medical marijuana outnumbered the total votes cast for Republican Gov. Rick Scott by a half-million votes.  So why did the measure still fail to pass?  —  Although Florida didn't quite rouse enough young voters …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Liberaland
New York Times:
Health Care Reform Imperiled  —  Will five Supreme Court justices eliminate essential health care subsidies for more than four million lower-income Americans, based on a contorted reading of four words?  —  It sounds inconceivable, but that would be the effect of a ruling in favor …
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Reuters:
U.S. air strikes target Islamic State convoy in Iraq  —  (Reuters) - U.S. air strikes destroyed an Islamic State convoy near the Iraqi city of Mosul but U.S. officials said on Saturday it was unclear whether the group's top commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been in any of the 10 targeted vehicles.
Discussion: Guardian and TalkLeft
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Republicans ♥ Pipeline  —  The Keystone XL oil pipeline is so popular!  Ever since the Republicans won control of the Senate, it's become the Taylor Swift of political issues.  —  “We can act on the Keystone pipeline,” said the House speaker, John Boehner, as he launched into his description of the next Congress.
Discussion: Power Line
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
After rout, Dems stick to script  —  Democrats aren't planning a shakeup despite the thumping they took at the polls on Tuesday.  —  Leaders in both the House and the Senate — including Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) — are expected to retain their spots atop …
Discussion: RedState and Prairie Weather
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Amateurism Has an Influential Friend in Baylor's Kenneth Starr  —  WACO, Tex. — Kenneth W. Starr stepped onto Baylor's football field before a game last month wearing a track suit.  He looked in better shape — less paunchy, less stressed — than he did more than 15 years ago …
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Poli Sci Experiment Takes Heat For Asking If Blacks Are ‘Too Demanding’  —  Like their peers across the country, when some South Carolina voters walked out of the polling station this week, they were asked to take an exit poll.  But some of the questions were a little different — things like …
Discussion: NewsCut
Dr. Keith Ablow / PR Newswire:
Statement From Dr. Keith Ablow  —  NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The following statement is from Dr. Keith Ablow, television commentator and best-selling author in response to biased national wire stories:  —  “As a psychiatrist, news commentator, and medical professional, my analysis is accurate.
Discussion: Addicting Info, Raw Story and Mediaite
 
 
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
White House: Obama will act on immigration despite GOP warnings to hold off
Sean McElwee / PolicyShop:
Voter Suppression in 2014  —  Political scientist Michael P …
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
Does Obama Even Know How to Negotiate?
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Report: Iran Nuclear Program More Advanced than Previously Believed
Discussion: Power Line
New Yorker:
Cover Story: Obama's Elephant Problem
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The Wendy Davis Experiment
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Yahoo! News:
Sen. Rob Portman's upstream paddle toward a 2016 White House bid
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Chronicle of Higher Education:
Harvard Researchers Used Secret Cameras to Study Attendance. Was That Unethical?
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