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2:30 PM ET, September 22, 2014

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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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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  —  Previously unpublished correspondence between Hillary Clinton and the late left-wing organizer Saul Alinsky reveals new details about her relationship with the controversial Chicago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.
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 …
Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
Why Hillary's Alinsky Letters Matter
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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 …
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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Noah Rothman / Hot Air:
Reason Magazine actually asked climate protesters what they want to do, and it's hilarious
Reason:
What We Saw at the People's Climate March
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Secret Service considers a larger buffer zone around the White House  —  After an unprecedented security breach Friday night at the White House, the U.S. Secret Service is weighing a series of measures that would move tourists and D.C. residents farther away from the complex to reduce the chances …
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CNN:
ISIS war rollout resembles launch of Obamacare site
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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 …
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.
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.
Numbers / Pew Research Center's Religion …:
Public Sees Religion's Influence Waning  —  Growing Appetite for Religion in Politics  —  Nearly three-quarters of the public (72%) now thinks religion is losing influence in American life, up 5 percentage points from 2010 to the highest level in Pew Research polling over the past decade.
Discussion: American Prospect and CBS DC
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Will It Take a Keg Stand for Mary Landrieu to Get Reelected?  —  Tailgating with the most endangered Democrat in the Senate. … It's game day in Baton Rouge, and the bro in the purple shirt wants Mary Landrieu's help doing a keg stand.  —  Landrieu, elected three times by the narrowest of margins …
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.”
UN Women - Headquarters:
Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too  —  Speech by UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson at a special event for the HeForShe campaign, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 20 September 2014  —  [Check against delivery.]  —  Today we are launching a campaign called “HeForShe.”
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.
Discussion: ABC News
Yahoo! News:
Official: Some Americans who fought in Syria have returned  —  Some of the estimated 100 Americans who have tried to get to Syria and join up with groups like the Islamic State have returned to the United States and are under FBI scrutiny, a top official told reporters on Monday.
Discussion: TIME, Click2Houston.com and Hot Air
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Willie Nelson Feels Maureen Dowd's Pain  —  WASHINGTON — WHEN Willie Nelson invites you to get high with him on his bus, you go.  —  The man is the patron saint of pot, after all, and I'm the poster girl for bad pot trips.  —  It seemed like a match made in hash heaven.
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Dish
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 …
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Latest congressional Wiki edit: McConnell thinks he's a turtle  —  Someone in a congressional office building on Monday edited Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) Wikipedia page to state that the senator believed he was a turtle.  —  The editor operating from an Internet protocol …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ari Yashar / Reuters:
US Reportedly Providing Indirect Military Aid to Hezbollah  —  Mohammed Afif, the new head of public relations for the Lebanese-based Iranian-backed terror organization Hezbollah, gave a rare New York Times interview as Lebanese experts reveal his group is indirectly receiving American intelligence aid …
 
 
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Adam McDonald / KMOV-TV:
Thieves allegedly rob six victims in name of Michael Brown
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Obama Taps Star General to Build Syrian Rebel Army to Fight ISIS
Discussion: The Dish
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg signals she has no plans to retire soon
Discussion: Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Wisconsin Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Also Copied Some Text In Other Plans
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Stephanie Schriock dodges on DNC question
Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:
After Surgery, Surprise $117,000 Medical Bill From Doctor He Didn't Know
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
McCain won't campaign against Udall
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and OnPolitics
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Roy Edroso / Runnin' Scared:
Rice, Peterson NFL Scandals Really About Liberals' Plan to Pussify America, Say Rightbloggers
Discussion: Raw Story, Bloomberg View and alicublog
John DiStaso / New Hampshire Journal:
Hillary Clinton to appear at DC reception for long-time friend Lou D'Allesandro
Discussion: CNN and Politico
New York Times:
Sales of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Top 10 Million in First Weekend
Discussion: Hit & Run and Outside the Beltway
We Ask America:
IL & MI  —  We continue our polls in Midwestern states today …
Discussion: National Review
Economist:
Xi who must be obeyed
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Eye on presidency? Sen. Rand Paul to open office in Bay Area
Daniel C. Esty / New York Times:
Bottom-Up Climate Fix
Lillian Schrock / Casper Star-Tribune:
Goshen County buys grenade launcher
 

 
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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