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2:15 PM ET, October 18, 2015

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump: My immigration policies would have prevented 9/11  —  Donald Trump says that his immigration policies would have prevented the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks from taking place.  —  “I am extremely, extremely tough on illegal immigration.  I am extremely tough on people coming into this country …
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Daily Mail:
Smoking gun emails reveal Blair's ‘deal in blood’ with George Bush over Iraq war was forged a YEAR before the invasion had even started - despite claiming he wanted peace  — Leaked White House memo shows former Prime Minister's support for war at summit with U.S. President in 2002
Discussion: Guardian and The Last Refuge
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Was George W. Bush President On 9/11?  An Investigation Into The Controversy Tearing The GOP Apart  —  On Friday, Donald Trump generated substantial controversy when he asserted that George W. Bush was president at the time of the 9/11 attacks.  —  “When you talk about George Bush, I mean …
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush: ‘Does Anybody Actually Blame My Brother For 9/11?’  —  Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Sunday discussed comments GOP rival Donald Trump made about his brother and former President George W. Bush.  —  And one point in the interview he asked …
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:   Carson: Bush ‘certainly’ not responsible for 9/11
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Cruz: Trump's campaign helping mine  —  Donald Trump's bid for the White House is really helping Sen. Ted Cruz's own campaign, the Texas senator says.  —  Both Trump and Cruz have built their candidacies for the Republican presidential nomination around strong anti-establishment personas …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Disarray has some Republicans talking about dealing with Dems
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Liberaland
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Will Hillary Clinton Be Pilloried by the Benghazi Committee?  —  WASHINGTON — HILLARY CLINTON is wrong about the Benghazi committee.  —  It's not the longest-running special congressional investigation ever, as the Hillary campaign tweeted.  According to PolitiFact, other congressional probes …
Discussion: Althouse
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Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Hillary's gun confiscation proposal is going to backfire in a big way
Select Committee on Benghazi, Democrats:
CIA Debunks Gowdy's Allegation That Clinton Email Contained Classified CIA Source  —  WASHINGTON—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy to correct the public record after the CIA debunked Chairman Gowdy's accusation …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jennifer Weiner / New York Times:
Longing for the Innocence of Playboy  —  YEARS ago, I remember a friend glumly confiding that her then 10-year-old son had gotten completely freaked out.  What happened?  He'd been at a friend's house.  The boys were around an unsupervised computer, and one of them typed the word “sex” into Google.
Mike Allen / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook, presented by BP - SNL SPOOFS DEM DEBATE — TIM MILLER's SICK BURN; Rubio camp hits 'Team Jeb's epic freakout' - ‘NEW GUARD’ top women: Katie Biber, Katie Dowd, Deesha Dyer, Jill Hazelbaker, Shannon McGahn, Evan Ryan, Addie Whisenant  —  Good Sunday morning.
Discussion: Associated Press
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Mitt Romney: I'm Glad I'm Not In The 2016 GOP Race  —  Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee for president, said Sunday that he was glad that he wasn't running in the 2016 race.  —  Romney made an appearance on CNN's “State of the Union.”  —  “I can't imagine running right now.
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Obama cancels Arctic drilling lease sales  —  The Obama administration took a number of actions Friday to restrict future offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean.  —  The Interior Department is canceling two lease sales it had planned over the next year and a half for Arctic drilling rights …
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Jennifer A. Dlouhy / Fuel Fix:
Obama administration closes off two avenues for new Arctic drilling
Richard Whittaker / Austin Chronicle:
Ben Carson Invites Himself to Austin ISD  —  AISD superintendent politely declines GOP contender's offer  —  There are many reasons to visit a school.  Dropping kids off.  Football games.  PTA meetings.  But when GOP presidential hopeful Ben Carson tried to drop by Gus Garcia Young Men's …
Discussion: Daily News Bin
Fox News:
North Korea reportedly willing to sign peace treaty with US to end conflict  —  North Korea reportedly rejected the idea of resuming talks to abandon its nuclear program on Saturday, but said it would welcome negotiations for a peace treaty with Washington.  —  North Korea's foreign ministry …
Discussion: Hot Air, whorunsGov and Reuters
 
 
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Ben Carson and Sen. Bernie Sanders
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Henry A. Kissinger / Wall Street Journal:
A Path Out of the Middle East Collapse
Discussion: Trail Blazers Blog and ParaPundit
Cari Romm / The Atlantic:
Americans Are More Afraid of Robots Than Death
David Weigel / Washington Post:
What is a democratic socialist? Bernie Sanders tries to redefine the name.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Meg Wagner / New York Daily News:
Several Miss Iraq contestants drop out of 1st pageant since 1972 amid death threats
Discussion: NBC News
Matthew Claiborne / ABC News:
Vice President Joe Biden made no explicit mention of his contemplation …
Discussion: Daily Mail
Patrik Jonsson / Christian Science Monitor:
Kids rebel against bland foods in lunch line: Time for a ‘pasta exemption’?
Discussion: Moe Lane
 

 
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