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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 — Previously unpublished correspondence between Hillary Clinton and the late left-wing organizer Saul Alinsky reveals new details about her relationship with the controversial Chicago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 …
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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Wall Street Journal, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, Scared Monkeys, National Republican …, Hot Air and Instapundit
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.
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The largest climate march in history
The largest climate march in history
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What We Saw at the People's Climate March
What We Saw at the People's Climate March
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Hot Air, Power Line and The Daily Caller
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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Washington Monthly, Shakesville and Prairie Weather
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 …
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.
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 …
John DiStaso / New Hampshire Journal:
Hillary Clinton to host DC reception for long-time friend Lou D'Allesandro — As she continues to consider mounting a 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton later this month will take her first step in getting involved in the mid-term elections in New Hampshire.
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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New York Post:
Innocent man wrongly jailed for 23 years dies days before lawsuit — Jailed for more than two decades for a crime he did not commit, William Lopez's brief taste of freedom came to a sudden, tragic end Saturday when he died just days before his $124 million lawsuit for false imprisonment was set to start.
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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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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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