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November 4, 2015
Top Stories
Carson Allies Batten The Hatches After He’s Called Out For ‘Bald-Faced Lies’
The Gist: Ben Carson’s camp is trying to diminish his ties to Mannatech Inc., a supplement company which settled a $7 million false advertising lawsuit after claiming its products cure autism and cancer.
Study: Black Students—Not Crime—Determine If Schools Get Security
The Gist: A new study found that the mere presence of African American students at a school makes it more likely the school will take on security measures.
Voters Recall 3 Colo. Ed Board Members Who Pushed AP History Edits
The Gist: Conservative members of the Jefferson County school board who pushed for a curriculum that emphasized “positive” aspects of US history have been ousted.
From The Reporter’s Notebook
Donald Trump’s campaign manager said Tuesday that he didn’t care if TV networks allowed more people to debate on the main stage. But according to TPM’s Sara Jerde, Ben Carson’s campaign manager told The Washington Post that Trump’s camp “opposed letting more candidates on the main stage” when Republicans discussed Sunday the changes they wanted to see in future debates. Trump has since said he will negotiate directly with the TV networks to change future debate formats.
Agree or Disagree?
Ed Kilgore: Because of his personality, race, popularity among evangelicals, and belief in surprisingly resonant conspiracy theories, “ the broadly held assumption that Carson will, like 2012 candidate Herman Cain, quickly fade from contention as voting nears is worth rethinking.”
Say What?!
“They also asked for 1,000 count sheets, white lilies, and white candles in the room. Oh that’s — I’m sorry that’s J.Lo’s list of demands. I’m sorry, I got them confused.”
– Andrea Tantaros mocked the GOPers list of demands for future debates.
BUZZING: Today in the Hive
From a TPM Prime member: “Wasnt quite sure what category this should be in, but it is evident that Miss Raven Symone has been stepping in it pretty regularly when it comes to comments about race, causing some in the Black Community to say she must think she is a white man because her comments are reflective of such opinion. There was the comment about a person’s name being too “ghetto” and she wouldn’t hire them or give them consideration based on that fact. In that one I have to side with those who think she is wrong. The other recent comment is a little harder to oppose completely. She expressed the opinion that the girl who was thrown across the room to the floor by a policeman in the classroom could have avoided the whole thing if she had listened to instructions and quit talking/texting on her phone in class.”
Related: Video footage shows an officer flip a high school girl’s desk and drag her across the floor.
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What We’re Reading
Can Washington’s most interesting egghead save the Senate? ( The Atlantic)
The story of Vietnamese journalists murdered on American soil. (ProPublica)
Families will be able to identify dead immigrants by searching for their personal effects online. (Fusion)
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