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11:35 AM ET, November 9, 2014

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Jason Zengerle / The New Republic:
The Death of the Southern White Democrat Hurts African-Americans the Most  —  Not long after the polls closed on Tuesday night, Georgia Congressman John Barrow earned his place in history when he lost his reelection campaign to Republican Rick Allen by almost 10 points—a peculiar place he undoubtedly didn't want.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and RedState
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Pricey Doughnuts, Pricier Homes, Priced-Out Readers  —  DAVID Gonzalez approached the South Bronx street-corner preacher and said he was from The New York Times.  —  “He had just been shouting fire, brimstone and eternal damnation,” recalled Mr. Gonzalez, at that time, in 1991, the Bronx bureau chief.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Two midterm elections have hollowed out the Democratic Party  —  When President Obama was elected in 2008, his victory signaled a generational change and the prospect of renewal for the Democratic Party.  Instead, the opposite has occurred.  Over the past six years, the party has been hollowed out.
Discussion: Althouse and Taylor Marsh
Edward D. Murphy / The Portland Press Herald:
Kaci Hickox, boyfriend leaving Maine after Ebola quarantine fight  —  The nurse who treated patients in West Africa was at the center of a national controversy over how to handle returning health care workers.  —  Kaci Hickox and Ted Wilbur talk to the press regarding Maine's quarantine policy Wednesday.
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Ebola nurse plans to leave Maine  —  The Maine nurse at the center of the Ebola quarantine debate plans to move away from the state next week, according to a report by the Portland Press Herald.  —  Kaci Hickox, a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders, announced plans to leave about a week …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Romney ‘stunned’ by Obama's letter to Iran  —  Mitt Romney said Friday that he was stunned by reports of President Obama's letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.  —  “That the president would write a letter of this nature, in effect legitimizing a nation and a leadership …
Discussion: Haaretz and FOX News Radio
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Mehrdad Balali / Reuters:
Iran says nuclear deal within reach by November 24, no alternatives  —  (Reuters) - Iran sees no alternative to a diplomatic settlement with six world powers on its nuclear program and believes both sides are resolved to reach a deal by a self-imposed Nov. 24 deadline, its deputy foreign minister said on Saturday.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
George W. Bush: Odds ‘50-50’ Jeb runs  —  Former President George W. Bush said in an interview broadcast Sunday that chances are “50-50” that his brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) will run for president in 2016.  —  “You know, it's a lot of speculation about him,” the former president said on “Face the Nation.”
Melvyn P. Leffler / Foreign Policy:
The Free Market Did Not Bring Down the Berlin Wall  —  The United States has misinterpreted the end of Communism for a quarter of a century.  It's time to set the record straight.  —  GOOGLE +
Discussion: Power Line and RedState
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Frank Jordans / Associated Press:
GORBACHEV WARNS WORLD ‘ON BRINK OF NEW COLD WAR’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
With Fear of Being Sidelined, Tea Party Sees the Republican Rise as New Threat  —  WASHINGTON — As most Republicans were taking a victory lap the morning after the elections, a group of conservatives huddled anxiously in a conference room not far from Capitol Hill and agreed …
New York Times:
Dark Money Helped Win the Senate  —  The next Senate was just elected on the greatest wave of secret, special-interest money ever raised in a congressional election.  What are the chances that it will take action to reduce the influence of money in politics?  —  Nil, of course.
Discussion: Daily Kos
David Nather / Politico:
Can D.C. get something done?  Fat chance  —  What can actually get done over the next two years?  Even if you didn't get your hopes up, you should still lower them.  —  President Barack Obama and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are doing their best to sound positive.
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 …
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Hudson Hongo / Gawker:
Alleged Bin Laden Shooter: Osama “Died Like a Pussy”
Discussion: Mediaite and Liberal Values
 
 
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Daily Mail:
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
McCain Poised to Press Obama, and Pentagon, at Armed Services Helm
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Republicans ♥ Pipeline  —  The Keystone XL oil pipeline is so popular!
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
After rout, Dems stick to script
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
White House: Obama will act on immigration despite GOP warnings to hold off
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google will roll out AI overviews in search to all US users, starting this week, and in more countries soon; they will be available to 1B+ users by end of year

Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
Nielsen launches The Media Distributor Gauge, showing TV usage ranked by company: Disney accounted for 11.5% of TV viewing in April, YouTube accounted for 9.6%

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says Comcast plans to launch StreamSaver, a bundle of Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, later this month at a “vastly reduced price”

 
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