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12:55 AM ET, October 7, 2015

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Will Rahn / The Daily Beast:
Jeb Bush Should Face Facts: It's Time to Drop Out  —  Jeb, this isn't working.  You're a bad candidate, and all you're going to do now is damage the guy who can beat Trump.  Is that what you want?  —  Jeb, this just isn't going to work.  After all that money spent, you're still sagging nationally …
Discussion: Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Dems, Don't Freak Out About Rubio Just Yet  —  Sure, it's easy to understand why liberals would be worried about him.  But let's take a look at his drawbacks, shall we?  —  So in the past week or so, it seems that people have decided that Marco Rubio is going to be the GOP nominee.  What people, you ask?
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Trolls GOP Field, Sending Them Copies of Hard Choices
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Emily Greenhouse / Bloomberg Business:
Barry Diller Says He'll Leave the Country If Donald Trump Wins the White House  —  Media executive blames the influence of reality TV for poisoning politics.  —  emserre  —  Barry Diller, the founder and chairman of IAC Interactive, knows show biz and New York real estate …
Discussion: Power Line
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Hey, let's all make our own Donald Trump hats
Discussion: Jezebel and Balloon Juice
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
New Analysis Ranks Presidential Candidates By Their Supporters' Grammar
Alan Berlow / New York Times:
Who the N.R.A. Really Speaks For  —  AN angry and exasperated President Obama, speaking to the nation last Thursday after the slaughter in Roseburg, Ore., made one oblique reference to the National Rifle Association, asking gun owners to question whether their “views are properly being represented …
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Can Hillary Beat Bernie in a Gunfight?
Discussion: Allen B. West
BobbyJindal.com:
We fill Our Culture With Garbage, And We Reap The Result  —  I'm going to start today by venting, and I will warn you in advance that this is going to be a sermon, but someone needs to speak the truth for a change:  —  Another week, another mass shooting, another press conference …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Jindal: Oregon Gunman's Father Is A ‘Failure’ Who ‘Owes Us All An Apology’
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Christian Spencer / Campus Reform:
Ivy League prof. calls Ben Carson a ‘coon’  — U Penn Prof Anthea Butler tweeted “If only there was a ‘coon of the year’ award” in response to Ben Carson's claim that people have the right to display Confederate flags on private property.  — In the past, Butler has tweeted that God is a …
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:   Ben Carson ‘Much More Comfortable’ If Kindergarten Teachers Had Guns
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Insistent Ben Carson Tells Whoopi That Hitler Really Could Happen Here
Discussion: The Week
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Justice Department set to free 6,000 prisoners, largest one-time release  —  The Justice Department is set to release about 6,000 inmates early from prison — the largest one-time release of federal prisoners — in an effort to reduce overcrowding and provide relief to drug offenders …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:   U.S. to Release 6,000 Inmates From Prisons
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
House Dem To Push Amendment Abolishing Benghazi Committee  —  A House Democrat will offer an amendment to abolish Congress' special committee on the Benghazi, in a move that simultaneously hits Republicans on Planned Parenthood and on House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) Benghazi “gaffe.”
Discussion: Mediaite, Daily Kos and BuzzFeed
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Sean Davis / Salon:
Jason Chaffetz, grandstanding charlatan: What you need to know about the GOP's shameless up-and-comer  —  The Planned Parenthood tormentor and Tea Party favorite tosses his hat in the Speaker's race ring.  A primer  —  The news that Utah congressman Jason Chaffetz has decided to throw …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Washington Monthly
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David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Democrats seek to question anti-Planned Parenthood video hoaxster over potentially illegal activities
Marissa Mitchell / WAGA-TV:
Georgia Man Loses Job, Upsets Mother after Facebook Post  —  ATLANTA - A swirl of controversy over a Facebook post and its accompanying racially-charged comments have led to an Atlanta man's job termination.  —  Gerod Roth, who is white, was fired from the Polaris Marketing Group in Atlanta …
Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
America's Fragile Constitution … Over the past few decades, many of the unwritten rules of American political life have been discarded.  Presidential appointees, once routinely confirmed by the Senate, now spend months in limbo.  Signing statements have increased in frequency and scope …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Hillary Clinton Readies Oppo-Research to Go to War Against Joe Biden  —  “This could be messier than Obama-Hillary '08.”  —  If Joe Biden jumps into the Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton will be ready to go on the offensive.  According to a Clinton campaign source …
Vindicator:
Man “too high” on marijuana calls Austintown police for help  —  AUSTINTOWN — Township police were called to a home Friday night by a man who complained he was “too high” after smoking marijuana.  —  According to a police report, authorities were called to the 100 block of Westminister Avenue …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Second IT firm agrees to give Clinton's server data to FBI  —  Former secretary of state hired Datto Inc. to provide a private cloud backup of her emails  —  FBI asked the Connecticut company to turn over data.  It agreed.  —  State Department also asking again whether she turned over all of her business emails
Shawnmcginnis / KTLA:
Hollywood Mother Collapses, Dies While Feeding Baby Who Then Chokes to Death: Police  —  The bodies of a woman and her 1-year-old son, who were likely dead for days, were found inside a Hollywood apartment Monday along with a second boy who was suffering from severe dehydration after a worried neighbor called 911.
Teddy Kulmala / Herald:
Report: Rock Hill mom punished son by writing ‘BAD’ on head, putting him in women's clothes  —  The boy was wearing a tutu and women's clothing, and had “BAD” written on his shaved head  —  His mother said she was trying to embarrass her son as punishment for fighting and making homophobic remarks at school
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
US Officials Ask How ISIS Got So Many Toyota Trucks  —  U.S. counter-terror officials have asked Toyota, the world's second largest auto maker, to help them determine how ISIS has managed to acquire the large number of Toyota pick-up trucks and SUVs seen prominently in the terror group's propaganda videos …
Discussion: The Week and Fox News
Allum Bokhari / BREITBART.COM:
Online retailer Direct 2 Drive trolls Social Justice Warriors  —  Direct 2 Drive, an online games retailer, has adopted the PR strategy of the moment: relentless mockery of hand-wringing social justice warriors on the web.  —  D2D recently launched a tongue-in-cheek “Trigger Warning Week …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Lisa Robinson / Vanity Fair:
Rihanna in Cuba: The Cover Story  —  Rihanna is firmly in control of her life and career—but not of her image, which has veered between club-hopping temptress and poster child for victims of domestic abuse.  As the 27-year-old readies her long-awaited new album, she talks candidly …
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Harriet Grant / Guardian:
UN delay could open door to robot wars, say experts
Discussion: Daily Mail and Common Dreams
Chris McDaniel / BuzzFeed:
Montana Judge Prohibits State From Using Execution Drug
Jessica Elgot / Guardian:
London woman charged after alleged #killallwhitemen tweet
Megan Miller / WIAT-TV:
Picture of Jefferson County Deputy comforting baby goes viral
Discussion: WPRI-TV and WKRN-TV
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Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Nice try, but judge rules swinger sex parties unprotected by First Amendment
Joe Concha / Mediaite:
Exclusive: NBC's Andy Lack to Meet with Keith Olbermann on Possible MSNBC Return
Kim Fields / KTFT:
Fellow diners accuse Nampa family of ‘ruining their dinner,’ deliver nasty note
Discussion: Eater, WGN-TV, FOX31 Denver and Daily Mail
Washington Post:
Texas's war on birthright babies
Discussion: Hit & Run and America's Voice
Jo Dee Black / Great Falls Tribune:
Man fends off grizzly by shoving arm down its throat
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Exclusive: Biden himself leaked word of his son's dying wish
 

 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Spotify is paying hundreds of millions for audiobooks annually; US audiobook users average five more hours on the app in the 60 days after starting a book

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Five ex-Pitchfork journalists launch online music outlet Hearing Things, aiming to capture Pitchfork's independent spirit; subscriptions start at $70 per year

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Internal memo: the BBC plans to cut 155 BBC News jobs, including closing Asian Network News and the HARDtalk program, to save £24M, or 4% of BBC News' budget

 
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