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10:00 PM ET, September 24, 2014

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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Obama's Iraq Is Not Bush's Iraq  —  The war against ISIS may fail.  But morally, it's the opposite of Bush's war, and if it succeeds, it will do so for precisely that reason.  —  Last week, a Politico reporter phoned me to ascertain my thoughts on the new war.
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Washington Post:
Full text of President Obama's 2014 address to the United Nations General Assembly
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama, at U.N., Vows to Counter ISIS Threat
Discussion: CNN, Hit & Run, Politico and JustOneMinute
Ezra Klein / Vox:
In conservative media, Obamacare is a disaster.  In the real world, it's working.  —  Before Obamacare launched, conservative outlets warned that the law would collapse as insurers shunned the overpriced, overregulated insurance exchanges.  “More Insurers Drop Out Of Exchanges,” warned Fox Business.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Paul Ryan Declares War Against Math
Suzy Khimm / msnbc.com:
How DC's conservative elite view liberals  —  What do conservatives think of liberals today?  —  Here's the view from the Heritage Foundation: Liberalism creates self-indulgent, licentious hedonists willing to cede every other kind of freedom to an increasingly authoritarian government.
Vindicator:
UPDATE |  Traficant ‘critical;’ doctors to make determination within 72 hours  —  GREENFORD — Ex-U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. is in “very critical condition” after an accident on his family farm, his wife, Tish Traficant, said today.  —  The former congressman, 73, is …
Discussion: OnPolitics
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WFMJ-TV:
Former Congressman Jim Traficant critically injured in farm accident
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Federal Court Lifts Injunction In Walker Investigation  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday overturned a lower court's ruling halting an investigation into Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and more than two dozen conservative groups for alleged illegal campaign activity.
Discussion: BobCesca.com
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Continue to Say a Third Political Party Is Needed  —  Views little changed from last year  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A majority of U.S. adults, 58%, say a third U.S. political party is needed because the Republican and Democratic parties “do such a poor job” representing the American people.
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Family Says Louisiana Deputy Shot 14-year-old ‘Four Or Five Times In The Back’  —  Louisiana State Police were investigating on Wednesday after a Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's deputy fatally shot a 14-year-old boy.  —  Louisiana State Police were investigating on Wednesday …
Discussion: Liberaland and Hinterland Gazette
Dave Nagle / ESPN MediaZone:
ESPN Statement on Bill Simmons  —  “Every employee must be accountable to ESPN and those engaged in our editorial operations must also operate within ESPN's journalistic standards.  We have worked hard to ensure that our recent NFL coverage has met that criteria.
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking: 6th Circuit Upholds Federal Court Order Extending Ohio Early Voting: Analysis  —  You can read the unanimous 46 page opinion at this link.  This result is as expected after the same 6th Circuit panel refused an earlier stay request from Ohio.  Here are my thoughts on this opinion.
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Presidents Shouldn't Feel Obligated to Salute the Military  —  The dumb thing in the news today is that President Obama saluted a marine on Tuesday while holding a cup of coffee.  It was probably filled with tea, because Obama doesn't drink much coffee, but conservatives are calling it a latte …
Discussion: Mediaite, Hot Air and Daily Kos
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Reporters say White House sometimes demands changes to press-pool reports  —  White House press-pool reports are supposed to be the news media's eyes and ears on the president, an independent chronicle of his public activities.  They are written by reporters for other reporters …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Hillary Clinton stands with Obama on airstrikes, arming Syrian rebels  —  New York (CNN) — Hillary Clinton publicly backed President Barack Obama's authorization of Syrian airstrikes during a panel discussion in New York Wednesday and attempted to dismiss previous disagreements she had with the Obama administration on Syria.
BBC:
French hostage Herve Gourdel ‘beheaded in Algeria’  —  An Algerian jihadist group has released a video that appears to show the beheading of French tourist Herve Gourdel, who was seized on Sunday.  —  Jund al-Khilafa, an ally of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Iraq …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
‘Key & Peele’ stars too busy for Obama  —  The stars of “Key & Peele” say President Obama originally wanted to push ObamaCare in a sketch with the comedy duo, but they couldn't fit a presidential skit into their schedules.  —  “We had to turn him down,” Jordan Peele, one half …
Discussion: Mediaite
WLWT-TV:
Justice Dept. to investigate police shooting of Fairfield man  —  Special grand jury declines to indict officers in Walmart shooting  —  A special grand jury has declined to indict either police officer involved in the fatal shooting of a Tri-State man at a Dayton-area Walmart.
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story, Liberaland and WHIO
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New York Times Promotes Editors, in Change of Leadership Structure  —  The executive editor of The New York Times announced broad changes to the newspaper's leadership Wednesday, replacing titles that had been used for decades and promoting several senior editors.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Secret G.O.P. Records Reveal Corporate Donors Paying for Access to Governors  —  WASHINGTON — In politics, it is sometimes better to be lucky than good.  Republicans and Democrats, and groups sympathetic to both, spend millions on sophisticated technology to gain an advantage.
Discussion: Washington Post
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Designates Twelve Foreign Terrorist Fighter Facilitators  —  Action Undermines Efforts by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Al Nusrah Front, Al-Qaida and its Affiliates, and Jemaah Islamiya to Move Money and Fighters to Syria and Elsewhere  —  WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department …
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Virginia Candidate Who Backed Forced Ultrasound Law Tries To Win Back Women Voters  —  WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA — In a windowless Elks Lodge ballroom on Saturday, a group of about 50 white and elderly Republicans dined on barbecue and sheet cake as they listened to a brief campaign pitch from Barbara Comstock …
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and Twitchy
New Jersey Online:
Jersey Shore's Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino pleads not guilty to federal tax evasion charges  —  NEWARK — Former “Jersey Shore” cast member Mike Sorrentino pleaded not guilty today to failing to properly pay taxes on nearly $9 million in income, including cash payouts for a steady stream …
Discussion: TalkLeft, Gawker and Mediaite
 
 
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
In Kansas, longtime GOP Sen. Pat Roberts faces doubts as he scrambles to hold seat
Martha T. Moore / Associated Press:
Arkansas poll: Senate and governor races all tied up
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Miriam Jordan / Wall Street Journal:
Limited English Limits Job Prospects
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and National Review
Rebecca Traister / The New Republic:
How to Reveal You Had an Abortion  —  A guide for Wendy Davis and other politicians
Phil Attinger / News-Sun:
Sebring man accidentally shoots wife
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Liberaland
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Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:
State rep candidate voted in Illinois and Wisconsin
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Washington Post announces cuts to employees' retirement benefits
Washington Examiner:
What if we applied feminist logic to other crimes?
 

 
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Evan Drellich / New York Times:
The MLB is planning national packages for streaming companies to bid on in 2028, when its national TV deals with ESPN, Fox, and Turner expire

 
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