memeorandum: Fox News Nabs Historic Cable Ratings Victory (Michael O'Connell/Hollywood Reporter)

10:50 PM ET, October 1, 2014

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Secret Service Chief Pierson Resigns Amid Security Gaps — Embattled U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, the first woman to lead the agency in charge of protecting the president, resigned amid mounting criticism over a series of security lapses. — Pierson stepped down only 18 months …

Discussion: The Talking Dog, Washington Post, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and his vorpal sword

Owen Boss / Boston Herald:

Herald cartoonist apologizes for Obama cartoon — By: — Boston Herald cartoonist Jerry Holbert took to the airwaves this morning to apologize for a political cartoon that set off a social media firestorm after appearing on the paper's editorial page. — “I want to apologize to anyone …

Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM, WBUR, abc30.com, Guardian, Mediaite, bet.com and CNN

Boston Magazine:

EARLIER: — A political cartoon in Wednesday's Boston Herald is raising eyebrows and has people calling the newspaper “racist.” — The cartoon depicts President Barack Obama brushing his teeth in the bathroom of the White House, as the man recently accused of storming the building …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, theGrio, Daily Kos, Americans Against the … and The Huffington Post

Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigns

Discussion: Associated Press and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Washington Post:
Julia Pierson resigns as Secret Service director after series of security lapses

Discussion: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, theGrio, Hill Blotter and Balloon Juice

CNN:
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigns

Discussion: bet.com, Taylor Marsh and Washington Monthly

New York Times:
Secret Service Director Resigns Under Pressure About Breaches

Discussion: Althouse

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
‘Morning Joe’ Piles On The ‘Politically Correct’ Secret Service (VIDEO)

Discussion: Weekly Standard and Hullabaloo

Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Dem on Secret Service director: ‘I think this lady has to go’

Discussion: Politico, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, National Review, ThinkProgress and Liberal Values

Norimitsu Onishi / New York Times:

Liberian Officials Identify Ebola Victim in Texas as Thomas Eric Duncan — MONROVIA, Liberia — A man who flew to Dallas and was later found to have the Ebola virus was identified by senior Liberian government officials on Wednesday as Thomas Eric Duncan, a resident of Monrovia in his mid-40s.

Discussion: CNN, newsroom.unitedconti …, The PJ Tatler, JustOneMinute and Mediaite

Kathryn A. Wolfe / Politico:
Airlines face Ebola fallout

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and The PJ Tatler

Julie Pace / Associated Press:

The Obama administration warned Israel on Wednesday that plans for a controversial new housing project in east Jerusalem would distance Israel from “even its closest allies” and raise questions about its commitment to seeking peace with Palestinians. — The strikingly sharp criticism …

Discussion: Politico

Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
White House: No Ebola travel restrictions

Discussion: Power Line

Joseph Miller / The Daily Caller:
Pentagon Official: The President Is Lying To America — About Us, And About ISIS

Discussion: Power Line, VodkaPundit and Hot Air

Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:

College GOP: Democrats Are Like a Bad Wedding Dress — The College Republican National Committee launched on Wednesday a nearly $1 million digital ad campaign across 16 states, aiming to draw young voters to the GOP with what the group's chief calls “culturally relevant” ad campaigns.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Monthly, BuzzFeed, Daily Kos, OnPolitics, ThinkProgress, Raw Story, Bloomberg View, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Hullabaloo, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and Shakesville

Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:

NYT: Say, Why Don't Republicans Want President Obama to be Killed? — An extraordinary item from Peter Baker in the New York Times: … “Even”? Can it really be too difficult to recognize that citizens who strongly disagree with the president of the republic don't want him to be murdered?

Peter Baker / New York Times:
Showing Concern for the President, Even While Criticizing Him

Discussion: Ed Driscoll, Power Line, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, JustOneMinute, The Gateway Pundit, National Review, Hit & Run and Betsy's Page

Katherine Connell / National Review:
White House to Media: Sit Down and Don't Interview

Discussion: American Spectator

Suffolk University:

Kansas Poll Shows Independent Greg Orman Leading Incumbent Pat Roberts in U.S. Senate Race — Independent businessman and political enigma Greg Orman (46 percent) is leading three-term Republican incumbent Pat Roberts (41 percent) in the race for U.S. Senate in Kansas, with 11 percent undecided …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and National Review

Susan Page / Associated Press:
Poll: For the GOP — What's the matter with Kansas?

Discussion: The Hill, Roll Call, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Business Insider, OnPolitics and The New Republic

Chris Cox / Facebook:

I want to apologize to the affected community of drag queens, drag kings, transgender, and extensive community of our friends, neighbors, and members of the LGBT community for the hardship that we've put you through in dealing with your Facebook accounts over the past few weeks.

Discussion: Mashable, Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Technology Chronicles, BuzzFeed, Transgender Law Center, New York Times, Raw Story, Towleroad News #gay, ThinkProgress, Guardian, The Verge, LGBTQ Nation and Engadget

CNN:

Michael Dunn found guilty of 1st-degree murder in loud-music trial — Jacksonville, Florida (CNN) — Jurors found Michael Dunn guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday in the 2012 shooting death 17-year-old Jordan Davis. — Dunn's parents were in the courtroom for the verdict.

Discussion: KTLA, Hinterland Gazette and Mediaite

Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:

Fox News Nabs Historic Cable Ratings Victory — FNC celebrates a quarter with the most-watched primetime across the cable dial, while MSNBC slides below CNN in the demo — No one would say the summer of 2014 suffered any shortage of breaking news. — From the crisis in Ferguson, Mo. …

Discussion: Hot Air

Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:

Grand jury considering the Ferguson shooting is being investigated for misconduct — The St. Louis County prosecutor's office is investigating an accusation of misconduct on the grand jury that is hearing the case against the Ferguson police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Hinterland Gazette and Raw Story

Sean Coughlan / BBC:

Tom and Jerry cartoons carry racism warning — Tom and Jerry cartoons on television are being accompanied by a warning that they may depict scenes of “racial prejudice”. — The classic cat and mouse cartoons, some made more than 70 years ago, carry a warning for subscribers to Amazon Prime Instant Video.

Discussion: Mediaite and National Review

Salon:

Gun nuts' tragic confusion: Why “open carry” groups don't get police brutality — To their credit, some gun groups were upset when John Crawford was shot by cops. The problem is their odd reasoning — After finally being allowed to view the video of the police shooting of a man in an Ohio Wal-Mart …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Matt Campbell / Matt Campbell's Blue Hog Report:

BREAKING: Leslie Rutledge's Voter Registration Canceled; Candidacy Now In Question — And you thought the DHS rumors were troubling. — According to multiple reports — the veracity of which I have no reason to doubt, but the confirmation of which I will have to wait until 8am tomorrow to confirm …

Discussion: The BRAD BLOG and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

Charles Franklin / Marquette Law School Poll:

New Marquette Law School Poll finds Walker leading in race for Wisconsin governor; attorney general race remains tied — Clarification on margin of error in the Marquette Law School Poll … MILWAUKEE - A new Marquette Law School Poll in the Wisconsin governor's race finds Republican …

Discussion: Associated Press, Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Watchdog.org, The PJ Tatler and Althouse

Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:

Decision to let cop killer Abu-Jamal give commencement speech ‘despicable,’ widow says — A Vermont college's selection of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal as commencement speaker is a “despicable” decision that should be reversed, his victim's widow told FoxNews.com.

Discussion: protein wisdom and The College Fix