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Hillary Clinton says she does not support Trans-Pacific Partnership — Just days after the U.S. and 11 nations released a monumental trade deal that still faces a fight in Congress, Hillary Clinton says she does not support the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Speaking with Judy Woodruff Wednesday …

Discussion: Vox, New York Magazine, CNN, RedState, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, BillMoyers.com, Washington Post, Taylor Marsh, NPR, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Political Wire, Associated Press, New York Times, Washington Free Beacon and OpenSecrets.org

Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:

Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against TPP — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton voiced her opposition Wednesday to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, bucking her former boss and creating more distance between herself and Vice President Joe Biden, which would be helpful should he choose to enter the race.

Discussion: Politico

David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Bernie Sanders gaining on Hillary Clinton in California

Discussion: Reuters, Hot Air, New York Times, The PJ Tatler, Booman Tribune and New York Magazine

Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Pocketbook issues take center stage in Democratic health care plans

Discussion: New York Times and Common Dreams

Nick Gass / Politico:
Bill Clinton denies calling up Trump and asking him to run

Discussion: ABC News, addictinginfo.org, Talking Points Memo, Fusion and Bloomberg Business

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders gets his first congressional endorsement

Discussion: Liberal Values, Burlington Free Press, Slantpoint, The Week and Bloomberg Business

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Biden Bid Could Lead to Battle for Minorities

Discussion: Political Wire

Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal

Discussion: Telegraph, Guardian, Business Insider and Daily Kos

Scott Wong / The Hill:

How John Boehner could stay Speaker — Speaker John Boehner, who plans to leave office a day before Halloween, told a group of Republican colleagues last week he had an awful nightmare. — “I had this terrible nightmare last night that I was trying to get out and I couldn't get out,” …

Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, The Federalist, Mediaite, The Week, The Atlantic, Daily Kos and Hot Air

New York Times:

Shut Down the Benghazi Committee — House Republicans may be disinclined to disband the Select Committee on Benghazi with the presidential race heating up. But at the very least they should rename their laughable crusade, which has cost taxpayers $4.6 million, “the Inquisition of Hillary Rodham Clinton.”

Discussion: Real Clear Politics, Talking Points Memo and Associated Press

Reuters:
McCarthy seen short of full majority in House speaker race

Discussion: Washington Post, The Last Tradition, Wall Street Journal, Talking Points Memo, The PJ Tatler and Independent Journal

Jake Sherman / Politico:
Boehner gets McCarthy's back on Benghazi comments

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Bloomberg Business, The Hill, The Week and ABC News

Jake Sherman / Politico:
Rep. Jones calls for candidates with ‘misdeeds’ to withdraw from leadership race

Discussion: Daily Kos

Daniel Bethencourt / Detroit Free Press:

Bystander opens fire on shoplifter at Home Depot — A concealed-carry license holder is now cooperating with police after she opened fire on a shoplifter who was fleeing a Home Depot on Tuesday afternoon, Auburn Hills Police said. — The shooting happened in the store's parking lot at around 2 p.m. …

Discussion: The Oakland Press, ThinkProgress, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Shakesville

Mike Martindale / Detroit News:

Customer fires at Auburn Hills shoplifting suspects — Auburn Hills — Police responding to a “shots fired” call at a Home Depot store said a customer apparently tried to stop a shoplifter by firing at a fleeing vehicle. — The incident occurred at 2 p.m. at the store on Joslyn, according to a police press release.

Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Monthly and Outside the Beltway

Eliana Johnson / National Review:

When Cruz Makes His Move, Watch Out — The Texas senator may look like an also-ran, but he's a legit contender. — Where's Ted Cruz? The outspoken Texas senator has been unusually quiet in recent weeks. But in GOP circles, there's soft but growing chatter that he is likely …

John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Says Bush and Rubio Suffer from Political Politeness

Discussion: Politico

Reid Wilson / Morning Consult:
Poll: Rubio Surpasses Bush, Trump Still On Top

Discussion: Political Wire and The Last Refuge

Peter Holley / Washington Post:

Why you shouldn't be surprised that prisoners crushed Harvard's debate team — Last month, a debate team of three inmates with violent criminal records defeated a team of three Harvard University undergraduates. — It sounds like an underdog story plucked from the pages …

Discussion: CNN, Christian Science Monitor, Independent Journal, The Daily Caller and Shadowproof

Guardian:
Harvard's prestigious debate team loses to New York prison inmates

Discussion: USA Today, CityLab, Jezebel, Big Think, New York's PIX11, NOLA River, The Week, Telegraph and Tech Insider

Ian Mohr / New York Post:

Matt Barnes drove 95 miles to ‘beat the s-t’ out of Derek Fisher — Matt Barnes with then-wife Gloria Govan, and Knicks coach Derek Fisher. — Knicks coach Derek Fisher is involved in a romantic relationship with the estranged wife of his former teammate Matt Barnes …

Discussion: Hollywood Life, Fusion, NESN.com, Daily Mail and UPROXX

Robert Costa / Washington Post:

Donald Trump plots his second act — NEW YORK — After a summer of dominating the Republican presidential campaign, Donald Trump is moving into a new and uncertain phase that the billionaire businessman acknowledges will be more challenging than any project he has ever undertaken …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, addictinginfo.org, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Mail, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, OnPolitics and Booman Tribune

Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:

Axelrod: Pro-Biden group's ad ‘tasteless’ — David Axelrod on Wednesday panned the first television ad from a group urging Vice President Biden to jump into the 2016 presidential race, describing it as “tasteless.” — The Draft Biden super-PAC's emotional ad uses audio of Biden talking …

Discussion: Slate, Hit & Run, CNN, Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Vox and Washington Monthly

Jim Acosta / CNN:
First on CNN: Passionate Vice President Joe Biden slams GOP 2016ers at Latino voting event

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, addictinginfo.org and The Hill

Chelsea Manning / Medium:

Military Haircuts — My first post about what it's like to live, and grow as a human being: transitioning in a military prison. — The last few weeks have been particularly challenging for me. For the first time in years, I felt like giving up... then, I found my “second wind” to be human.

Discussion: Advocate, Fusion and Daily Mail

Vanessa Grigoriadis / New York Times:

The Passion of Nicki Minaj … Pop music is dominated almost exclusively by the female star — Beyoncé, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga and, as always, Madonna. Engaging in a frantic, complex game — crossing over many genres to keep up with the current caldron of hip-hop …

Discussion: Guardian, Jezebel, New York Magazine, UPROXX, Hollywood Life, Independent Journal, The Week, Mashable and Just Jared

Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress:

Tennessee's First Year Of Drug Testing Welfare Applicants Didn't Go Very Well — Tennessee's first year of drug testing welfare recipients uncovered drug use by less than 0.2 percent of all applicants for the state's public assistance system. — The state implemented the testing regime …

Discussion: ACLU and Booman Tribune

The Huffington Post:

Kanye West Thinks He Is Discriminated Against For Not Being Gay — West made the comments during a candid two-hour live interview.

Discussion: Billboard, The Last Tradition and Towleroad

ABC News:

President Obama Apologizes to Doctors Without Borders Following Kunduz Airstrike — President Obama apologized to Doctors Without Borders for the airstrike that killed at least 22 people last weekend, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest announced today.

Discussion: CNN, USA Today, Mediaite, Politico, The Week, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice and New York Times

WTVY:

Dothan Police Arrest Commissioner Amos Newsome. … Headlines List — DOTHAN, AL — Dothan Police have arrested City Commissioner Amos Newsome on a third degree assault charge, which is a misdemeanor. The arrest comes after Newsome physically assaulted WTVY reporter Ken Curtis after Tuesday's commission meeting.

Discussion: Fox News, Jezebel and Poynter.

Carri Geer Thevenot / Las Vegas Review-Journal:

Sen. Reid, wife sue makers of exercise band — U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and his wife are suing the makers of a resistance exercise band that the lawmaker has blamed for a January accident that left him blind in his right eye. — Reid, D-Nev., and his wife, Landra Gould, filed …

Discussion: The Week and Politico

Kristine Marsh / NewsBusters:

Nets Hype Muslims Targeted in Chapel Hill Shootings 12 Times More Than Christians in Oregon — Share it Tweet it — It's newsworthy when people of faith are killed by a gunman — except when they are Christian. The broadcast networks made that clear by the difference between …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Red Alert Politics

Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:

Barney Frank advising Clinton on Wall Street plan — <p>Hillary Clinton is putting the Dodd-Frank band back together.</p><p> The Democratic presidential front-runner is close to outlining her vision for policing the financial system, building on 2010's sweeping post-crisis regulatory overhaul known as Dodd-Frank.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business

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DraftKings Statement - 10/7/2015 — As a leader in the Daily Fantasy Sports industry, we take the trust of our community very seriously and remain fiercely committed to the integrity of DraftKings' Daily Fantasy Sports product. — Effective immediately, DraftKings employees …