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7:55 AM ET, November 9, 2015

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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Ben Carson's Psychology Test Story Gets Even Weirder  —  More Ben Carson news today!  You remember Doc Carson's story about the psychology test hoax that proved he was the most honest man at Yale?  Well, Carson says it really happened, and the proof is on the right.
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Dr. Ben Carson / Facebook:
On Saturday a reporter with the Wall Street Journal published a story that my account of being the victim of a hoax at Yale where students were led to believe the exams they had just taken were destroyed and we needed to retake the exam was false.  The reporter claimed that no evidence existed to back up my story.
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Rivals Poised to Sharpen Attacks in Next Debate  —  Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley took it easy on her during their first debate, but with Iowa less than three months away and polls trending in her direction, they won't be so kind on Saturday.  —  jeneps
Discussion: Politico and BuzzFeed
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Hillary reaches out to black voters at S.C. town hall  —  Hillary Clinton on Saturday tried to further build a southern stronghold, championing issues important to the black community such as criminal justice and education reform during a South Carolina town hall.
Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
Men Explain Hillary to Me
Discussion: The Week
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
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 …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Democratic Group Called iVote Pushes Automatic Voter Registration  —  WASHINGTON — As Republicans across the country mount an aggressive effort to tighten voting laws, a group of former aides to President Obama and President Bill Clinton is pledging to counter by spending up to $10 million …
Discussion: Political Wire
James Hibberd / EW.com:
DONALD TRUMP GIVES SNL ITS BIGGEST RATINGS IN YEARS  —  Trump is still bringing the bump.  —  With Donald Trump hosting, Saturday Night Live jumped to its biggest overnight rating since 2012.  —  According to NBC, SNL had a whopping 6.6 household rating on Saturday night …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Fiorina defends lack of policy proposals  —  GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina says her lack of a concrete policy proposal is not an impediment to her presidential campaign.  —  “How often do politicians put out detailed plans?  How often do they get enacted?
Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress:
Ben Carson Says Drug Addiction Is A Symptom Of ‘Political Correctness’  —  As voters in numerous states express increasing concern over the rise in drug abuse, current Republican presidential front-runner, neurosurgeon Ben Carson, said the problem can be traced back to an over-emphasis on “political correctness.”
Discussion: Philly.com and Bloomberg Business
Scott Gleeson / USA Today:
Missouri football players to boycott until president Tim Wolfe resigns  —  More than 30 football players at the University of Missouri will not participate in any practices or games until Missouri System president Tim Wolfe resigns or is terminated.  Several black team members announced …
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
A lot of people just don't like Ted Cruz.  How come that's okay with him?  —  Ted Cruz has been branded a “wacko bird” by a Senate colleague and a “jackass” by the former speaker of the House.  A GOP consultant labeled him a show horse, and a strategist for a rival presidential campaign called …
 
 
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Fox News:
Rep. McCaul on downed Russian jet, growing terror threat; Gov. Christie responds to missing cut …
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Elias Isquith / Salon:
“A turning point for Obama”: How the president learned to love the national security state
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hullabaloo
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New York Times:
Marco Rubio's Use of Party Credit Card Reinforces a Picture of Messy Finances
Discussion: Fusion
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Dying of the Whites  —  STARTING around the turn …
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Hillary in History  —  IT'S officially one year until the presidential election.
Discussion: Still4Hill and Althouse
 

 
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