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4:40 PM ET, October 5, 2015

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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Dems release closed-door Benghazi testimony  —  Democrats on the House Select Committee on Benghazi on Monday revealed portions of the transcript of previously secret testimony from a closed-door briefing with a former top aide to Hillary Clinton in an escalation of the partisan bickering on the panel.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Visibly angry Hillary Clinton talks Benghazi on TODAY: Committee is ‘not appropriate’ … Hillary Clinton: GOP made Benghazi ‘a partisan political issue’  —  “The real issue here is what happened to four brave Americans,” the White House hopeful said from New Hampshire …
ABC News:
Boehner: House to Vote for Speaker Oct. 29, Other Jobs After  —  With House Republicans in disarray over their leadership, Speaker John Boehner on Monday scheduled the House election to replace him for Oct. 29 and delayed votes for lower-level posts until after that.
Discussion: The Hill and Daily Kos
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Stakes are high in GOP leadership fight
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Boehner postpones votes for House majority leader, whip positions
Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
House Democrats Push to Release Benghazi Investigation Transcripts
Discussion: The Hill
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
To Curb Gun Violence, Hillary Clinton Has a Plan for Possible Executive Action  —  On the heels of the nation's latest mass shooting, Hillary Rodham Clinton will issue proposals on Monday to curb gun violence, including holding out the potential of using executive actions.
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hillaryclinton.com:
Hillary Clinton Believes It's Time to Act on Gun Violence
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
On Guns, Fear Is Winning
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Is Reached  —  ATLANTA — The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations on Monday agreed to the largest regional trade accord in history, a potentially precedent-setting model for global commerce and worker standards that would tie together 40 percent …
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Bernie Sanders bashes trade agreement as ‘disastrous’  —  <p>It didn't take long for Sen. Bernie Sanders to bash the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal the United States reached on Monday alongside 11 other countries in the Pacific Rim.</p><p>"I am disappointed but not surprised by the decision …
Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
Carly Fiorina's first political campaign had a surprising problem: Money … Famed California pollster Joe Shumate was found dead in his home one month before Election Day 2010, surrounded by sheets of polling data he labored over for the flailing Senate bid of Carly Fiorina.
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Donald Trump Sees a ‘Collapse’ in a G.O.P. Campaign Without Him  —  Donald J. Trump predicts a “major collapse” in the Republican campaign and a “depression” for the television industry should he prematurely exit the presidential race.  —  In a recent interview, Mr. Trump offered …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Donald Trump and Jeb Bush Find Common Ground on Washington's Football Team  —  After months of name-calling, Jeb Bush and Donald J. Trump have finally found a name that they can agree on: the Washington Redskins.
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Exclusive: Biden eyes weekend decision  —  He's finally close.  Confidants of Vice President Joe Biden expect him to make a decision next weekend, or shortly thereafter, on whether to launch an epic battle with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Biden's Running! Unless He's Not Running!
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Lee Stranahan / BREITBART.COM:
Obama Not Welcome In Roseburg, Says Local Newspaper Publisher  —  David Jaques, the publisher of the conservative newspaper the Roseburg Beacon, says he believes that President Obama would not be welcome to the town after making remarks politicizing the shooting that left nine dead and nine injured …
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Oregonian:
In 1968 Robert F. Kennedy called for gun control, in Roseburg (video)
Discussion: The Trace and Slantpoint
Jordan OteroContact / Hartford Courant:
Police, Community React To Dunkin' Donuts Worker's Refusal To Serve West Hartford Cop … WEST HARTFORD — The day after a West Hartford police officer was refused service at a Dunkin' Donuts, people from Connecticut and across the country reacted on social media.
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Yanan Wang / Washington Post:
‘Workers’ or slaves?  Textbook maker backtracks after mother's online complaint  —  Mothers of teenagers are used to getting frustrating text messages, but the one that Roni Dean-Burren received from her 15-year-old son last week wasn't about alcohol, dating or money for the movies.  —  It was about history.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC to Undergo More Changes, NBC News Chief Andrew Lack Says  —  Senior TV Editor @bristei  —  NBCUniversal isn't finished tinkering with MSNBC.  —  While the cable-news network's daytime schedule has largely been reworked since February, there are likely more changes to come …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Carly Fiorina's Mystery Foundation  —  The Fiorina Foundation is run by an organization that has distributed funds to Planned Parenthood.  Oh, and the Fiorina Foundation doesn't appear to exist.  —  Carly Fiorina is so opposed to Planned Parenthood, which she believes is …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Pollsters: Don't trust us to winnow GOP field  —  <p>Pollsters surveyed by POLITICO have a unanimous warning for the Republican National Committee and the TV networks who are using public-opinion surveys to exclude presidential candidates from debates: Don't trust polls to detect often-tiny grades …
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Booman Tribune
Giles Hattersley / The Sunday Times:
To be blunt  —  She was the waspish PA in The Devil Wears Prada who recently made headlines after disparaging remarks about her new US citizenship.  Next up, she's the boozy Brit in The Girl on the Train.  Meet Emily Blunt  —  For many reasons, Emily Blunt has been top on my list of fantasy friends for years.
Lara Seligman / Defense News:
F-35 Fatal Ejection Fear Riles Congress  —  WASHINGTON — Concern is mounting on Capitol Hill after recent tests revealed a lightweight F-35 pilot's neck could snap when ejecting at certain speeds.  —  The fears focus on the Martin-Baker US16E ejection seat.
Discussion: Business Insider and Daily Mail
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Carly Fiorina Says Medieval History Degree Will Help Her Defeat ISIS  —  For over three decades, Carly Fiorina's bachelor's degree from Stanford University in medieval history and philosophy has had little real-world application.  —  But as she mounts a presidential bid …
Stephanie Allen Contact / Orlando Sentinel:
Football coach accused of punching referee over upsetting call, deputies say … A 36-year-old coach is accused of punching a referee in the face during a youth football game Saturday in Kissimmee.  —  Leo Davis of Lakeland told deputies he pushed the referee in an attempt to break up a fight …
Discussion: Daily Mail and CBSSports.com
 
 
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Ruth Styles For / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Student, 16, who lost a kidney after being shot by the Oregon college killer …
Daily Mail:
Pitched battle under the Channel as dozens of migrants storm the Eurotunnel and get TEN miles …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Scott Glover / CNN:
First on CNN: L.A. set to pay $3M to family of victim who died in police custody
Discussion: Daily Mail and Fusion
 Earlier Items: 
Ilya Somin / USA Today:
Column: Trump exploits rational political ignorance
Discussion: Althouse
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Hillary: I'm the Most Transparent Person in American History
Discussion: The Week
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Enemies of the Sun  —  Does anyone remember the Cheney energy task force?
Kay Hymowitz / The Atlantic:
The Breakdown of the Black Family
Susan Page / USA Today:
Ben Bernanke: More execs should have gone to jail for causing Great Recession
Discussion: NBC News, Telegraph and Vox Popoli