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Jeb Bush apparently learned nothing from Mitt Romney’s 2012 debacle. Via the Washington Post: Jeb Bush said here Thursday night that Republicans can win more African American voters by emphasizing a positive message that does not involve promising “free stuff,” a remark that bore echoes of comments by Mitt Romney that drew criticism in 2012. “Look around this room,” a …

Whoa. The New York Times reports: As summer turned to fall, a chilly wind was blowing in New Hampshire for Hillary Rodham Clinton: A new poll on Thursday showed Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont surging ahead of Mrs. Clinton with 46 percent of the vote to 30 percent for her. The poll, by the University of New Hampshire for CNN …

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports: Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, hauled to jail for defying a series of federal court orders and refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, filed a 40-page court document Thursday, blaming Kentucky governor Steve Beshear for all her legal woes. The day the Supreme Court effectively legalized gay marriage in June, Beshear sent a letter to …

Hate groups and GOP presidential candidates are converging on Washington DC this morning for the start of the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit, where Kim Davis will be tonight’s main honoree. The exhibit hall has opened and anti-LGBT organizations are already tweeting out photos of their booths using this year’s hashtag: #VVS15. It’s going to be a busy morning …

Brian Tashman writes: Rafael Cruz believes that his son, Texas senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz, is on a divinely inspired mission to overturn the city of Houston’s nondiscrimination ordinance. The elder Cruz, who also serves as a campaign surrogate for his son’s campaign, is not just upset that Houston approved an ordinance protecting LGBT people from discrimination, but is …

Donald Trump is determined to alienate the journalists at any outlet that reports on him. Except at Trump/Breitbart World Headquarters, where today they are accusing Fox News of bias in favor of Marco Rubio. This all just gets better and better.

Pope Francis is just landing at an East River helipad for his motorcade through Manhattan to St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue. It’s a short ride but the security presence is the most massive ever seen in New York City.

Social media has been having a bit of fun today at the expense of House Speaker John Boehner, who valiantly tried not to burst into tears merely from being in the presence of Pope Francis.

Once again Bill Donohue is furious with the “intolerant” owner of the Empire State Building, who has rejected his demand to light up in honor of tomorrow’s papal visit. “The Empire State Building will not light its towers tonight in honor of Pope Francis. Instead, it will acknowledge the opening night gala of the New York Philharmonic. In doing so, …

Via the Hollywood Reporter: The Duggars are returning to TLC. At least, some of them are. Two months after the Discovery-owned cable channel canceled 19 Kids and Counting over Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation admission, TLC has ordered several new specials centered on his two sisters Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard. Production is slated to begin soon for a targeted year-end …