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4:00 PM ET, November 3, 2015

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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
How The Debate Debacle Could Backfire On Republicans  —  A new round of chaos in the 2016 presidential primary has erupted, with a full-on revolt by GOP 2016ers against this cycle's debate structures.  —  After widespread frustration with the tough questioning candidates faced in last week's CNBC debate …
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CNN:
Obama rips into 2016 GOP field, mocks their debate complaints  —  (CNN)President Barack Obama tore into Republican presidential candidates Monday night at a Democratic fundraising event in New York, saying their complaints about CNBC's debate moderation aren't an encouraging preview for their governing abilities.
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Ninety days until Iowa caucuses: Turmoil in the Republican race  —  With just 90 days left before the Iowa caucuses, the race for the Republican presidential nomination is wide open — and the party appears to be losing control of the process.  —  The last 48 hours have been characterized …
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news and Politico
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama mocks GOP hopefuls for CNBC snit  —  President Obama on Monday mocked Republican presidential candidates as thin-skinned for lashing out at CNBC over the network's handling of last week's primary debate.  —  “They say, 'when I talk to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Great Debate Debate Is Unraveling
Discussion: Vox, Mother Jones and Daily Kos
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Republicans struggle with defections from debates plan
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Hbo Pr / Medium:
JON STEWART AND HBO CONCLUDE EXCLUSIVE FOUR-YEAR PRODUCTION PACT  —  Deal Kicks Off With Creation Of Topical Short-Form Digital Content  —  Jon Stewart and HBO have concluded an exclusive four-year production pact, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.
Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
Republicans trust Trump on economy, nuclear weapons: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  Donald Trump is the Republican candidate most trusted to manage the economy, deal with foreign leaders and serve as commander in chief, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll of Republicans conducted after the party's third debate.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump scorches his rivals as he trots out new book
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Can Jeb Fix It?
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Illinois District Violated Transgender Student's Rights, U.S. Says  —  CHICAGO — Federal education authorities found on Monday that an Illinois school district had violated anti-discrimination laws when it did not allow a transgender student who identifies as a girl and participates in athletics …
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CBS Los Angeles:
6 Passengers Kicked Off Plane At LAX Accused Of Being Unruly Claim Discrimination  —  LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (CBSLA.com) - Six passengers kicked off a Spirit Airlines plane at Los Angeles International Airport Monday night accused a flight attendant of discrimination.
Discussion: CBS News, theGrio, Daily Mail and Mashable
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Ben Carson on Americans: “Many of Them Are Stupid.”  —  When retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, the current GOP 2016 front-runner, campaigns, he routinely pitches “common sense solutions from We the People.”  But it seems the candidate who celebrates a cheerful and straightforward populism …
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Katie McHugh / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Ben Carson: ‘Obvious’ GOP Opponents Use National Review ‘As Their Political Tool’ to Attack Me
Nicholas Stephanopoulos / The Atlantic:
A Feasible Roadmap to Compulsory Voting  —  Not enough people vote.  It's a perennial source of concern in American politics.  There's no shortage of reforms designed to address the problem, but one idea that seems particularly promising, at least in theory, is compulsory voting.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Hullabaloo
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Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project:
U.S. Public Becoming Less Religious  —  Modest Drop in Overall Rates of Belief and Practice, but Religiously Affiliated Americans Are as Observant as Before  —  Is the American public becoming less religious?  Yes, at least by some key measures of what it means to be a religious person.
Lisa Belkin / Yahoo:
Being married to Bernie  —  From the stage at the first Democratic presidential debate, nearly all the candidates opened with talk about their families.  —  “My wife, Hong, came to this country as a refugee from war-torn Vietnam,” said Jim Webb, who then went on to name his five children …
Discussion: Politico
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton faces challenge in winning over young women
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Times:
In Religious Arbitration, Scripture Is the Rule of Law  —  A few months before he took a toxic mix of drugs and died on a stranger's couch, Nicklaus Ellison wrote a letter to his little sister.  —  He asked for Jolly Ranchers, Starburst and Silly Bandz bracelets, some of the treats permitted …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Franken gets serious about flipping Senate to Democrats  —  On a recent October afternoon, Democratic Sen. Al Franken mistakenly ambled toward the Mansfield Room, where the party in control — namely Republicans — meets weekly to hash out strategy.  —  “I keep thinking we're in the majority …
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
‘Take Yo Panties Off’ defense: Redskins cite other protected products in trademark appeal  —  Nearly four months after a federal judge ordered the cancellation of the Washington Redskins' federal trademark registrations for disparaging Native Americans, the National Football League team …
Sewell Chan / New York Times:
Ahmad Chalabi, Iraqi Politician Who Pushed for U.S. Invasion, Dies at 71  —  Ahmad Chalabi, the Iraqi politician who from exile helped persuade the United States to invade Iraq in 2003, and then unsuccessfully tried to attain power as his country was nearly torn apart by sectarian violence, died at his home in Baghdad on Tuesday.
USA Today:
Man detonates bomb at Miss. Walmart … JACKSON, Miss. — A man is charged after allegedly setting off an explosive at a Mississippi Walmart Sunday morning.  —  Marshall W. Leonard, 61, of Tupelo, will be charged with placing an explosive device.  Under Mississippi Code 97-37-25 he could get life …
Alison Elkin / Bloomberg.com news:
Charles Koch Says He, Brother Largely Fail at Influence-Buying  —  “So far we're largely failures at it, as you can tell,” Republican mega-donor Charles Koch says in interview on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” when asked if he is buying political influence and if that is at odds with his desire to end so-called corporate welfare.
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RT:
Migrant crisis pushing Germany towards ‘anarchy and civil war’ … Germany now is somewhere at the edge of anarchy and sliding towards civil war, or to become a banana republic without any government, says Hansjoerg Mueller of the Alternative for Germany party.
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Top Republican says ObamaCare could ‘collapse’ this year  —  A top Senate Republican is predicting that ObamaCare could “collapse” this year.  —  Sen. John Barrasso (Wyo.), the No. 4 Senate Republican and a leading critic of the healthcare law, made the prediction one day after ObamaCare's new sign-up period began.
Discussion: Daily Kos and New York Times
 
 
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Margaret Cho tells Stephen Colbert white people ruined racist jokes: ‘White fragility is so annoying’
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Josh Harkinson / Mother Jones:
Study: White Dudes Rule. Literally.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
David Roberts / Vox:
Staring at computers at night is frying your brain. Here's one easy fix.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
To Save Campaign, Jeb Bush Hires TV Wizard Who Trains Fox News Anchors
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Mediaite
David French / National Review:
White Liberals Love Black Radicals — That's Why They Love Ta-Nehisi Coates
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 Earlier Items: 
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Obama tells federal agencies to ‘ban the box’ on federal job applications
Eric Roston / Bloomberg Business:
Climate Change Kills the Mood: Economists Warn of Less Sex on a Warmer Planet
Discussion: Daily Mail and Watts Up With That?
Pamela Druckerman / New York Times:
France, Paradise Lost
Alicia Pekema / BRPROUD:
Democrat John Bel Edwards in the lead, according to new WVLA poll
 

 
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