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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Four Reasons the Missouri Football Strikers are Cowardly Liberal Lazy Douchebags  —  UPDATE: Mizzou's President has apparently resigned, proving that some people think negotiating with terrorists is a good idea, even when those terrorists are 1-5 in the SEC.
NBC News:
Tim Wolfe, University of Missouri President, Says He's Resigning Amid Racial Unrest  —  The president of the University of Missouri said Monday he is resigning amid mounting criticism of his handling of racism on the school's campus network.  —  Tim Wolfe's exit came two days after black members …
Discussion: Hit & Run, Deadspin and EconLog
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 …
Kelly Stevenson / ABC News:
Some University of Missouri Faculty Members Walk Out in Solidarity With Students
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
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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?
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 …
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Heritage Action presidential scorecard rates Cruz near-perfect
Discussion: The Week and whorunsGov
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
A lot of people just don't like Ted Cruz. How come that's okay with him?
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
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Chris Christie: 'I Don't Have A Lot Of Sympathy' For Ben Carson (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors and Mediaite
Nick Gass / Politico:
Christie on Carson scrutiny: 'I don't have a whole lot of sympathy'
Discussion: Hit & Run, RedState and The Week
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
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 …
Jonathan Ferziger / Bloomberg Business:
Obama Tells Netanyahu Their Differences Must Be Narrowed  —  He says split is mostly on ‘narrow issue’ of the Iran deal  —  Netanyahu says shared goals will keep the alliance strong  —  President Barack Obama told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that while their differences …
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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 …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Despair, American Style  —  A couple of weeks ago President Obama mocked Republicans who are “down on America,” and reinforced his message by doing a pretty good Grumpy Cat impression.  He had a point: With job growth at rates not seen since the 1990s, with the percentage of Americans covered …
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Mahablog
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 …
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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Richard J. Lazarus / Harvard Law Review:
Back to “Business” at the Supreme Court: The “Administrative Side” of Chief Justice Roberts
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Forget Trump, Let's Talk About the Media
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court Tosses Lawsuit Against Texas Trooper
Discussion: Liberaland and Raw Story
Doug Lederman / Inside Higher Ed:
Are Elite College Courses Better?
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New York Times:
General Counsel for Al Jazeera America Appears to Be Unlicensed
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Free Thought Project / Raw Story:
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Russian Athletes Part of State-Sponsored Doping Program, Report Finds
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
A decade into a project to digitize U.S. immigration forms, just 1 is online
Alfred Ng / New York Daily News:
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Discussion: Gizmodo, Liberaland and The PJ Tatler
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Inside the abandoned plans of Ted Cruz's super PACs
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Democratic Group Called iVote Pushes Automatic Voter Registration
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Fiorina defends lack of policy proposals
Discussion: Shakesville