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12:35 PM ET, November 9, 2015

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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Bernie Sanders, Lover of Genocidal Tyrants, Is Anything But Cute  —  In a reality show election starring Hillary Clinton, it takes real effort to be the most appalling, disgusting, and morally bankrupt character in the cast.  Enter stage left Bernie Sanders, the “democratic” socialist.
Discussion: Instapundit
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Dems search for fountain of youth
Discussion: Hot Air and Wall Street Journal
Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
Men Explain Hillary to Me
Discussion: The Week
Advancing Missouri:
Statement from University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe  —  It is clear to all of us that change is needed, and we appreciate the thoughtfulness and passion which have gone into the sharing of concerns.  My administration has been meeting around the clock and has been doing …
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ESPN:
Gary Pinkel: ‘We are united’ after black players threaten boycott over racial incidents
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Chris Christie: 'I Don't Have A Lot Of Sympathy' For Ben Carson (VIDEO)  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) delivered a challenge to Republican presidential rival Ben Carson on CNN's “New Day” on Monday morning: “Come out and tell us exactly what is going on.”
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors and Mediaite
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Christie on Carson scrutiny: 'I don't have a whole lot of sympathy'
Discussion: RedState, The Week and Shakesville
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Here's Hillary Clinton's big 2016 challenge, in one chart  —  As many have already observed, one of the big questions that will help decide whether Hillary Clinton wins the White House next year is this: Can Clinton turn out the coalition that helped power Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 wins at the same levels that the president did?
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Why Republican Candidates Must Always Be Better Than Their Democratic Opponent  —  A candidate for President had a childhood mentor who had been a Nazi.  The candidate made up key details about his life and relationships.  He attended a church whose pastor routinely attacked the United States …
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Fox Business Channel Star Maria Bartiromo to GOP Candidates: Grow Up  —  Despite all the Republican griping over CNBC's presidential debate, Maria Bartiromo says any question will be ‘fair game’ in Milwaukee on Tuesday.  —  When it comes to running a presidential debate …
Discussion: Vox, Political Wire and Politico
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
For debate, Fox Business aims to be the anti-CNBC  —  Fox Business Network, the host of Tuesday's GOP debate, has its claws out — not for the candidates, as its moderators vow to stick closely to the issues, but for its more famous competitor CNBC.  —  Tuesday's encounter …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
How A Conservative Radio Host Inspired Ben Carson To Apply To Yale  —  Ben Carson told reporters a story on Friday that he has written about several times: as a high school senior, he could only afford to apply to one college, and he decided he would apply to the school that won a face off …
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Carson Criticizes Media for Questioning His Biography
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz Sets Sights on ‘Moderate’ Marco Rubio  —  With the two Republican presidential hopefuls on the rise, the Texas hardliner is subtly trying to undermine his rival.  —  For Ted Cruz, the single biggest obstacle to winning the Republican nomination may not be outsider candidates Donald Trump …
Discussion: Politico and whorunsGov
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Kelly Riddell / Washington Times:
Republicans' media bias claims boosted by scarcity of right-leaning journalists
Discussion: End of your arm and Moe Lane
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Bachmann: Jesus is ‘coming soon’  —  Former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) calls in an interview for converting as many people as possible to Christianity because Jesus is “coming soon.”  —  The 2012 Republican presidential candidate made the comments in a radio interview last week with Tony Perkins …
Milo Yiannopoulos / Breitbart:
Only Conservatives Can Save The American Campus-But Should We?  —  What does it take to generate a rabid, Maoist-style mob demanding political purges, on an Ivy League campus, in 2015?  An email defending “offensive” Halloween costumes, apparently.  —  That's what kicked off the latest nadir …
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NBC News:
2 Americans Killed at Police Training Center in Jordan  —  AMMAN, Jordan — Two American contractors and a South African colleague were gunned down Monday at a U.S.-funded police training center in Jordan, according to officials.  —  Jordan's embassy in Washington said a Jordanian civilian employee …
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Suleiman Al-Khalidi / Reuters:
Two Americans, one South African killed at Jordan security training site
Discussion: The Week
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
A decade into a project to digitize U.S. immigration forms, just 1 is online  —  Heaving under mountains of paperwork, the government has spent more than $1 billion trying to replace its antiquated approach to managing immigration with a system of digitized records, online applications and a full suite of nearly 100 electronic forms.
ABC News:
Watch: Obama, Netanyahu to Meet For First Time Since Iran Deal Showdown  —  President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are scheduled to meet at the White House Monday for their first sit-down since a very public spat over the now-secure Iranian nuclear deal.
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg Business
Jill Lepore / New Yorker:
Politics and the New Machine  —  “I am who I am,” Donald J. Trump said in August, on the eve of this season's first G.O.P. Presidential debate, and what he meant by that was this: “I don't have a pollster.”  The word “pollster,” when it was coined, was meant as a slur, like “huckster.”
 
 
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Doug Lederman / Inside Higher Ed:
Are Elite College Courses Better?
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
New York Times:
General Counsel for Al Jazeera America Appears to Be Unlicensed
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Military Officials Aim to Bolster Troop Presence in Europe
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Donald Trump Advertises Rising Value of Free Political Publicity
Discussion: Mother Jones
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Despair, American Style
Discussion: The Mahablog
Free Thought Project / Raw Story:
Florida cop shows up too ‘wasted’ to accept award for DUI arrests from Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
After Endorsement From Oil Industry, Vitter Calls For End To Solar Tax Credits
Discussion: Raw Story
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Rebecca R. Ruiz / New York Times:
Russian Athletes Part of State-Sponsored Doping Program, Report Finds
Carol Robinson / al.com:
Video of Tuscaloosa police using Taser, nightstick on student under investigation
Discussion: Fusion and Raw Story
Alfred Ng / New York Daily News:
Rumblr, the ‘Tinder for Fighting’ app, to launch its beta trial on Nov. 9; ‘This application is 100% serious,’ team says
Discussion: Gizmodo, The PJ Tatler and Liberaland
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Inside the abandoned plans of Ted Cruz's super PACs
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
A lot of people just don't like Ted Cruz. How come that's okay with him?
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Democratic Group Called iVote Pushes Automatic Voter Registration
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Fiorina defends lack of policy proposals
Discussion: Shakesville and Liberaland
 

 
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
The FCC fines T-Mobile $80M, AT&T $57M, and Verizon $47M for allegedly illegally sharing customers' location data with aggregators “without customer consent”

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Rabbit R1 review: $199 is reasonable but emblematic of a trend of selling unfinished products at full price while vowing to fix the issues later to win a “race”

Michael Acton / Financial Times:
Analysis: Apple hired at least 36 AI experts from Google and has created a secretive European laboratory in Zurich, to develop new AI models and products

 
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