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9:40 AM ET, September 15, 2014

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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Hillary: 'Hello Iowa — I'm back!'  —  INDIANOLA, Iowa — Hillary Clinton fanned the 2016 flames on Sunday, making her first return to the early caucus state since her 2008 presidential loss.  —  As the former secretary of State took the stage at retiring Sen. Tom Harkin's (D-Iowa) …
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Roger Simon / Politico:
Why Hillary hates Iowa  —  INDIANOLA Iowa — “Hello, Iowa!” says Hillary Clinton, who has not set foot in Iowa for six years and eight months, and in fact, until quite recently has loathed the place.  —  She cautiously enunciates each word from her prepared text, even the jokes.
Discussion: ABC News and ABC News
Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Progressives Want to See Clinton's ‘Vision for America’
Discussion: abc7.com, Politico and ABC News
Amy Davidson / New Yorker:
The Name of the Fight  —  “Mr. President, everybody is asking in this country, are we or are we not at war?” a reporter asked Harry Truman at a White House press conference on June 29, 1950.  It was a reasonable question: two days earlier, in response to a swift, unexpected advance of North Korean troops …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How to Get It Wrong  —  Last week I participated in a conference organized by Rethinking Economics, a student-run group hoping to promote, you guessed it, a rethinking of economics.  And Mammon knows that economics needs rethinking in the wake of a disastrous crisis, a crisis that was neither predicted nor prevented.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
POLITICO poll: GOP has edge on immigration in midterms  —  Nearly two-thirds of likely voters in battleground races this fall disapprove of President Barack Obama's handling of immigration, according to a new POLITICO poll — a public rebuke that comes after the White House grappled …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
POLITICO poll: 2014 voters gloomy over economy
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Juan Williams / The Hill:
GOP right content to attack the president  —  One of the most often repeated Republican complaints about President Obama is that he has only made political polarization in Washington worse, despite having promised to end it.  —  The nation “has been bitterly divided by our president,” …
New York Times:
Arab Nations Offer to Fight ISIS From Air  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Sunday that “several” Arab nations had offered to join in airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, but any sustained military campaign does not appear imminent, and likely will require …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham: We need troops to fight Islamic State ‘before we all get killed here at home’
Sharyl Attkisson / Daily Signal:
Benghazi Bombshell: Clinton State Department Official Reveals Details of Alleged Document Review  —  As the House Select Committee on Benghazi prepares for its first hearing this week, a former State Department diplomat is coming forward with a startling allegation: Hillary Clinton confidants …
Discussion: Hot Air
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Ex-CIA director predicts 5,000 US personnel on ground by December  —  Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden on Sunday said he predicts there could be nearly 5,000 U.S. personnel on the ground overseas by the end of the year to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Joseph Berger / New York Times:
Are Liberal Jewish Voters a Thing of the Past?  —  FOR generations, American Jews, and particularly Jewish New Yorkers, have largely been identified as ardent liberals.  —  Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe formed a substantial core of early 20th-century progressives and socialists.
Arizona Republic:
Pearce resigns as first vice chair of Arizona GOP  —  Former Sen. Russell Pearce, who has recently served as the Arizona Republican Party's first vice chair, resigned his post late Sunday in the wake of criticism from powerful GOP candidates about contraception.
Wall Street Journal:
We're Number 32!  —  A new global index highlights the harm from the U.S. tax code.
 
 
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Shifting his views, Rand Paul seeks broader appeal — but may risk his outsider image
Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Ray Rice to appeal indefinite suspension on Monday
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Obama's ship is sinking
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Ken Dilanian / Associated Press:
Islamic State group's war chest is growing daily
Natasha / The Young, Black, and Fabulous:
THAT'S UNFORTUNATE: “Django Unchained” …
Discussion: Raw Story and Liberaland