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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
The Hillary Letters — NOTE: READ THE HILLARY CLINTON-SAUL ALINSKY LETTERS HERE. — Previously unpublished correspondence between Hillary Clinton and the late left-wing organizer Saul Alinsky reveals new details about her relationship with the controversial Chicago activist and shed light on her early ideological development.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Gillibrand's Weight Watcher Revealed, and a Presidential Nominee Is Sunk — Good Monday morning and welcome to the inaugural edition of First Draft, your morning briefing for politics. Today, the White House is reviewing the locks on its doors, 91-year-old Bob Dole hits the campaign trail …
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Alaska Ad Finds a Target in Begich's Support of Gun Rights — Senator Mark Begich of Alaska was one of just five Democratic senators who voted against a bipartisan gun control bill last year, helping to ensure its failure. — But that hasn't prevented Dan Sullivan, Mr. Begich's Republican opponent …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Exclusive: Lois Lerner breaks silence — Employers won't hire her. She's been berated with epithets like “dirty Jew.” Federal agents have guarded her house because of death threats. And she's spent hundreds of thousands of dollars defending herself against accusations she orchestrated …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Those Lazy Jobless — Last week John Boehner, the speaker of the House, explained to an audience at the American Enterprise Institute what's holding back employment in America: laziness. People, he said, have “this idea” that “I really don't have to work. I don't really want to do this.
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Anchorage Daily News:
KTVA reporter quits on-air, reveals herself as owner of Alaska Cannabis Club — Reporter Charlo Greene quit on-air during KTVA-TV's 10 p.m. newscast Sunday, revealing herself as the owner of the medical marijuana business Alaska Cannabis Club and telling viewers that she would be using …
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Obama's October Surprise — Get ready for bombs bursting in air and this election's October Surprise - President Obama's air strikes to “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIS. — Last week a Fox News poll identified a phenomenon that my friend, pollster Dana Blanton, dubbed “The ISIS effect.”
Jon Feere / The Hill:
Obama's lawless immigration plan is a gift to the 1 percent — Unlike most political issues, immigration is not really a right vs. left or Republican vs. Democrat issue. Instead, immigration is better understood as an elite vs. public issue where the elite in our society tends …
Washington Post:
Sam Brownback's failed ‘experiment’ puts state on path to penury — GOV. SAM BROWNBACK of Kansas says he has come to regret characterizing his policy agenda as a “real live experiment” that would test the efficacy of deep tax cuts to spur jobs and economic growth. In fact, Mr. Brownback's choice of words was apt.
John Fund / National Review:
The Crumbling Climate-Change Consensus — Extremists' rhetoric heats up as their case falls apart. — Protesters at the People's Climate March in New York City, September 21. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images) — The United Nations Climate Summit will begin in New York this Tuesday, but environmental activists didn't wait.
Daniel C. Esty / New York Times:
Bottom-Up Climate Fix — NEW HAVEN — WORLD leaders are at the United Nations this week, at the invitation of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, to “champion an ambitious vision anchored in action that will enable a meaningful global agreement” on climate change next year.
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Robert N. Stavins / New York Times:
Climate Realities — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — ON Tuesday …
Climate Realities — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — ON Tuesday …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
World in turmoil marks Barack Obama's return to U.N. — President Barack Obama is back at the United Nations this week, but the more peaceful world he saw emerging just a year ago is looking like a distant, even naive, dream. — “We've also worked to end a decade of war …
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Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Eye on presidency? Sen. Rand Paul to open office in Bay Area — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the state GOP convention in Los Angeles. His plan to set up an office in the Bay Area may indicate a run for president. Photo: Chris Carlson, Associated Press
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New York Times:
New iPhone Sales Top 10 Million in First Weekend — Early sales of Apple's new iPhones have lived up to high expectations. — The company on Monday said it sold more than 10 million of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models in the first three days they were available in stores.
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