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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Bobby Jindal Calls Obama Admin ‘Science Deniers’ — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal paid a visit to Washington, D.C. this week to roll out his national energy policy blueprint. — At a breakfast for reporters Tuesday hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, the Republican governor attacked …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Bobby Jindal Refuses To Say If He Believes In Evolution — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal dodged three questions on Tuesday about whether he personally believes the theory of evolution explains the presence of complex life on Earth. — “The reality is I'm not an evolutionary biologist,” …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Bobby Jindal: White House ‘science deniers’
Bobby Jindal: White House ‘science deniers’
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ThinkProgress and Wonkette
Bryan Lowryeagle Topeka / Wichita Eagle:
Justices question why Democrat Chad Taylor can't withdraw from Senate race — › — ‹ — Kansas Supreme Court justices grilled Secretary of State Kris Kobach's attorney at a special court hearing Tuesday about whether Democrat Chad Taylor should remain on ballot as a candidate for U.S. Senate.
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Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Live Blogging #KSSEN Taylor v. Kobach: Analysis — Oral argument in the Kansas Supreme Court has now completed in the case of Kobach v. Taylor, on the question whether Taylor's name can be removed from the Kansas U.S. Senate ballot. The issue is especially important with incumbent Republican …
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Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
George Monbiot / Guardian:
Journalists in their gilded circles are woefully out of touch with popular sentiment and shamefully slur any desire for change — Perhaps the most arresting fact about the Scottish referendum is this: that there is no newspaper - local, regional or national, English or Scottish - that supports independence except the Sunday Herald.
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David Clegg / dailyrecord:
Three party leader's promise to Scotland
Three party leader's promise to Scotland
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Senate Update: Democrats Draw Almost Even. Is It The Money? — When we officially launched our forecast model two weeks ago, it had Republicans with a 64 percent chance of taking over the Senate after this fall's elections. Now Republican chances are about 55 percent instead.
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Charlie Cook / National Journal:
What Could Go Wrong for GOP?
What Could Go Wrong for GOP?
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
U.S. Pushes Back Against Warnings That ISIS Plans to Enter From Mexico — WASHINGTON — Militants for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria have traveled to Mexico and are just miles from the United States. They plan to cross over the porous border and will “imminently” launch car bomb attacks.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
U.S. General to Seek Combat Troops if Airstrikes Can't Stop ISIS
U.S. General to Seek Combat Troops if Airstrikes Can't Stop ISIS
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Hit & Run, USA Today, The Daily Banter, Outside the Beltway and Hot Air
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
Pentagon: US ground troops may join Iraqis in combat against Isis
Pentagon: US ground troops may join Iraqis in combat against Isis
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Chemi Shalev / Haaretz:
Bill Clinton strays from Hillary's Israel script and knocks Netanyahu — In a conversation with pro-Palestinian activists in Iowa, the former president agrees: the Israeli PM won't make peace 'unless he's forced to.' — Former Senator Hillary Clinton has turned into a staunch defender …
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Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
Bill Clinton Gets Caught On Camera Trashing Netanyahu At Harkin Steak Fry
Bill Clinton Gets Caught On Camera Trashing Netanyahu At Harkin Steak Fry
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Another Day, Another Quote Fabricated By Neil deGrasse Tyson — “I'm beginning to think this Neil deGrasse Tyson fellow is a serial fabricator of quotes.” — President Thomas Jefferson, “Stuff Jefferson Said: The Prequel,” Originally self-published at Amazon.com in 1573
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Newly-Crowned Miss America Kira Kazantsev Worked at Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz — You probably know her best as the newly-crowned Miss America or the contestant who belted out the infectious pop tune “happy” as she gleefully tapped on a red solo cup. But here's something you probably didn't know about the new Miss America.
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New York Times:
U.S. to Commit Up to 3,000 Troops to Fight Ebola in Africa — WASHINGTON — Under pressure to do more to confront the Ebola outbreak sweeping across West Africa, President Obama on Tuesday is to announce an expansion of military and medical resources to combat the spread of the deadly virus, administration officials said.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Fox News Aired Nearly 1,100 Benghazi Segments Across 5 Programs, Study Finds — NEW YORK — Benghazi is back in the spotlight this week, as the House on Wednesday begins its select committee hearings on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks. But given that conservative media have claimed …
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Robert Rector / Daily Signal:
The War on Poverty Has Been a Colossal Flop — Today, the U.S. Census Bureau will release its annual report on poverty. This report is noteworthy because this year marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's launch of the War on Poverty. Liberals claim that the War on Poverty …
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Rush Limbaugh, VodkaPundit and The Daily Caller
Nina Golgowski / NY Daily News:
TV evangelist, accused rapist Jim Bakker sells survivalist kits including ‘End of the World Biscuits’ — Bakker's website sells everything from bulk ‘End of the World Gravy,’ ‘Extreme Survival Bottles’ and extreme cold-weather apparel. The evangelist, who considers himself one of today's experts …
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Raw Story
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
How ISIS Is Complicating Al Franken's Reelection Bid — The threat posed by ISIS has invaded the campaign ads and speeches all across the U.S., but the issue has had special resonance in Minnesota where an unusual number of people have left to join the terrorist group.
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American Press Institute:
The Personal News Cycle: A focus on African American and Hispanic news consumers — This research was conducted by the Media Insight Project — an initiative of the American Press Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research — Introduction
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Judge: Hobby Lobby Decision Means Polygamous Sect Member Can Refuse To Testify In Child Labor Case — A law enforcement officer escorts polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs (center) from the courthouse where he was convicted of two counts of child sexual assault
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Sam Tanenhaus / The New Republic:
Dinesh D'Souza Is Planning His Prison Memoir — The conservative firebrand speaks as he awaits sentencing for campaign fraud — On September 23, Dinesh D'Souza will appear before a federal judge in Manhattan to learn whether he will do jail time for violating campaign-finance law.
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S.E. Cupp / CNN:
Is it OK to hunt while pregnant? — Editor's note: S.E. Cupp is co-host of CNN's “Crossfire.” She is also the author of “Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media's Attack on Christianity,” co-author of “Why You're Wrong About the Right,” a columnist at the New York Daily News and a political commentator for Glenn Beck's The Blaze.
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Blupman / Our Bad Media:
Fareed Zakaria Never Stopped Plagiarizing: How Dozens Of Episodes Of His CNN Show Ripped Others Off — Earlier this year, a certain CNN employee specializing in international news was caught red-handed plagiarizing dozens of instances of reporting. What did the network do?
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Amelia Rosch / ThinkProgress:
Southern California Heat Wave Forces Schools To Cancel Outdoor Activities — Amelia Rosch is an intern at ThinkProgress. — Two paddle boarders cool off in the water during the ongoing Southern California heat wave, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in Huntington Beach, Calif. Southern California …
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