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6:20 PM ET, September 23, 2014

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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
How “Khorasan” Went From Nowhere To The Biggest Threat To The U.S.  —  The Islamist group targeted in airstrikes in Syria was almost unknown to the American public until recently.  Now the Obama administration says they present a direct threat to the U.S.  —  The guided-missile cruiser USS …
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Obama, After Airstrikes in Syria, Says U.S. Will ‘Take the Fight’ to ISIS  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday hailed the American-led coalition that conducted airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State, declaring, “We're going to do what is necessary to take the fight to this terrorist group.”
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Syria Becomes the 7th Predominantly Muslim Country Bombed by 2009 Nobel Peace Laureate  —  The U.S. today began bombing targets inside Syria, in concert with its lovely and inspiring group of five allied regimes: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Jordan.
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Obama Administration Confident No Civilians Were Killed In Syrian Air Strikes  —  Some reports have begun to emerge that civilians were killed.  —  Pictures showing an ISIL Command and Control Center in Syria before (L) and after it was struck by bombs dropped by a U.S. F-22 fighter jets.
Cheryl Pellerin / DoD:
DoD Official: Successful Syrian Strikes Only the Beginning
Discussion: The Long War Journal
Mike Giglio / BuzzFeed:
Who Is The U.S. Actually Bombing In Syria?
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Reuters
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Conservative Writer Dinesh D'Souza Is Spared Prison Time For Campaign Finance Conviction  —  Buster  —  Conservative writer/filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza was spared prison time today when a federal judge sentenced him to five years probation for violating campaign finance laws.
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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
D'Souza Is Spared Prison Time for Campaign Finance Violations
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
D'Souza gets community confinement for election law violation
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Vulnerable Kansas Senator: We Are Heading Toward ‘National Socialism’  —  Incumbent Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), who is facing an unexpectedly fierce challenge for re-election, warned Monday at a campaign stop that the United States is heading for “national socialism.”
David Brooks / New York Times:
Snap Out of It  —  I've been living in and visiting New York for almost a half-century now.  One thought occurs as I walk around these days: The city has never been better.  —  There has never been a time when there were so many interesting places to visit, shop and eat …
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
GOP's scorched-earth Kansas plan  —  Control of the Senate is potentially at stake in Kansas, and the GOP is beginning to double down.  —  With a two-man race now looking all but certain, national Republicans are planning a scorched-earth offensive to frame Sen. Pat Roberts's (R-Kan.) …
Jennifer A. Kingson / New York Times:
On a Warmer Planet, Which Cities Will Be Safest?  —  Alaskans, stay in Alaska.  People in the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest, sit tight.  —  Scientists trying to predict the consequences of climate change say that they see few safe havens from the storms, floods and droughts that are sure to intensify over the coming decades.
Discussion: SFist and Unfogged
Scott Walker / Salon:
GOP's vote-suppressing militia: Why Scott Walker's thugs are getting violent  —  It seems like a long time ago but it's actually been just a couple of years since a whole bunch of Wisconsin voters had second thoughts about the man they'd elected to the governor's office and decided they couldn't wait another two years to be rid of him.
Hendrik Hertzberg / New Yorker:
The Wisdom of the Crowd  —  “Don't follow leaders,” the bard of Hibbing once advised.  “Watch the parking meters,” he added—whatever that meant.  —  At Sunday's vast and beautiful climate march, on Central Park West somewhere in the Sixties, I ran into Bill McKibben, a longtime acquaintance …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Dish
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking: In #KSSEN Candidate Replacement Case, KS Supreme Court Kicks Case Back to Lower Court, Delaying Consideration  —  The Kansas Supreme Court has just issued this order.  The plaintiff seeks to force Democrats to choose a successor to Chad Taylor in the race for U.S. Senate.
Chris Vognar / Dallas Morning News:
How a piece of Rush Limbaugh's riches went to abortion rights, courtesy of Dallas author Merritt Tierce  —  Last week we ran the story of local author Merritt Tierce, whose debut novel, Love Me Back, includes some wild tales from a high-end Dallas steakhouse.  Tierce used to work at Nick & Sam's.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Something is terribly wrong with the Secret Service  —  President Obama is supporting the Secret Service in the wake of a deeply troubling incident in which a disturbed man jumped the White House fence, sprinted across the North Lawn, and actually entered the White House Friday evening.
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Washington Post:
Secret Service study from 1990s found White House vulnerable to fence-jumpers
Discussion: National Review
Wall Street Journal:
A Pro-Family, Pro-Growth Tax Reform  —  Two simple income-tax brackets: 15% and 35%.  End the marriage penalty and increase the child tax credit.  —  Too many Americans believe the American dream is slipping away for them and their children.  They see their cost of living rise while their paychecks remain stagnant.
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Jim Webb Mulls 2016 Run That Could Pose Clinton Challenge  —  Former Virginia senator Jim Webb said today he is “seriously” considering a 2016 presidential bid, and will make a decision within the next two to five months.  —  “I am seriously looking at the possibility of running for president …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Elle:
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG: I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE  —  Coming off of her stirring dissent in the Hobby Lobby case, 21-year veteran Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has never been a more important voice for American women.  In a rare interview—featured exclusively …
New York Times:
Corrections: September 23, 2014  —  An article on Sept. 11 about President Obama's speech to the nation describing his plans for a military campaign against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, gave an incorrect comparison between efforts by the president to seek allies' support for his plans …
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Federal Prison Population Drops by Roughly 4,800  —  The federal prison population has dropped in the last year by roughly 4,800, the first time in several decades that the inmate count has gone down, according to the Justice Department.  —  In a speech Tuesday in New York City …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Close Alaska Races for Senate, Governor  —  PPP's newest Alaska poll finds toss up races for both the US Senate and Governor.  Dan Sullivan leads Mark Begich 43/41 for the Senate, with minor candidates combining for 5%.  Bill Walker leads incumbent Sean Parnell 42/41 for Governor …
Discussion: National Review
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Joe Biden 2012: Can you believe Mitt Romney wants to hit Syria?  —  Via the Corner, an amazing clip — even more amazing than when it first made the rounds a year ago, when Obama announced that he wanted to bomb the opposite side of the conflict in Syria from the one we began bombing last night.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Apple Plans To Shut Down Beats Music  —  Apple will discontinue the streaming music service Beats Music it acquired in May, according to five sources, including several prominent employees at Apple and Beats.  Many engineers from Beats Music have already been moved off the product and onto other projects at Apple, including iTunes.
 
 
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
North Carolina, in Political Flux, Battles for Its Identity
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Obama Offers Climate Change Help to Other Nations
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Scott Brown splits with New Hampshire GOP on abortion
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Neither Party Gets Good Marks from Its Base for Handling Illegal Immigration
Denise Grady / New York Times:
Ebola Cases Could Reach 1.4 Million in 4 Months, C.D.C. Estimates
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