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Shawn McCoy / InsideSources:
IS Exclusive: Secret Service Agent Leaked President's Campaign Stops — As scandal continues to envelop the Secret Service, InsideSources has learned of a security failure leading up to the 2012 election. Multiple sources inside the Romney presidential campaign confirm …
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The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Guardian, Business Insider and Washington Post
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
How The Washington Post's Carol Leonnig Broke Open The Secret Service Scandal
How The Washington Post's Carol Leonnig Broke Open The Secret Service Scandal
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, The Federalist and InsideSources, more at Mediagazer »
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Pierson failed to provide fresh start for Secret Service that administration wanted
Pierson failed to provide fresh start for Secret Service that administration wanted
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Hot Air, National Review, Politico, Talking Points Memo, CNN and Wall Street Journal
New York Times:
Delay in Dallas Ebola Cleanup as Workers Balk at Task — DALLAS — More than six months after an outbreak of Ebola began its rampage through West Africa, local and federal health officials have displayed an uneven and flawed response to the first case diagnosed in the United States.
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Washington's Blog and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In just two weeks, Obama proven completely wrong about Ebola — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL BARACK OBAMA HEALTH CARE EBOLA — On Sept. 16, President Obama visited the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The agency is the lead organization …
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Hot Air and National Review
CNN:
Ebola patient's leaving Liberia was ‘unpardonable,’ its President says
Ebola patient's leaving Liberia was ‘unpardonable,’ its President says
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BuzzFeed, Mashable, Hinterland Gazette, KFOR-TV and Patterico's Pontifications
Lisa Maria Garza / Reuters:
Health Officials Say Up To 100 People May Have Been Exposed To Texas Ebola Patient
Health Officials Say Up To 100 People May Have Been Exposed To Texas Ebola Patient
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The Huffington Post, Reuters, Taylor Marsh, New York Times and USA Today
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul: What If The 3K Troops Obama Sent To Africa All Catch Ebola?
Rand Paul: What If The 3K Troops Obama Sent To Africa All Catch Ebola?
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Raw Story and defense.gov
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
28 words that Democrats really wish President Obama didn't say today — President Obama was at Northwestern University on Thursday to deliver an economic speech that, he and his team hoped, would lay out the case for why the public is better off today than they were six years ago — even if they didn't feel it in their everday lives.
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Hinterland Gazette, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
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NBC News:
NBC News Freelancer in Africa Diagnosed With Ebola — An American freelance cameraman working for NBC News in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and will be flown back to the U.S. for treatment.
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CNN, ABC News, Reuters, The Huffington Post, The Right Scoop, KFOR-TV, Weekly Standard and Instapundit, more at Mediagazer »
Chris Thomas / WWBT-TV:
Henrico teen beaten at school, charged with assault — A Highland Springs High School student is now officially facing assault charges after being brutally attacked at school. Eric spent nine days in the hospital after a fight at Highland Springs High School left him with a long list of injuries.
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Raw Story, Towleroad News #gay and LGBTQ Nation
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Arkansas GOP Outraged About Voter Suppression After Candidate Gets Kicked Off The Voter Rolls — Leslie Rutledge, Republican nominee for Arkansas Attorney General — Arkansas Attorney General candidate Leslie Rutledge is crying foul over the cancellation of her voter registration form.
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Hullabaloo, The Republican Lawyer, Matt Campbell's Blue … and The BRAD BLOG
USA Today:
Voter registration in Ferguson surges after Brown killing — More than 3,000 people have registered to vote in Ferguson, Mo., since the death of Michael Brown — a surge in interest that may mean the city of 21,000 people is ready for a change. — Since a white police officer shot …
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Firedoglake, Daily Kos and Hullabaloo
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Obama: Obamacare A Threat To Freedom On Fox News But It's Working In Reality — President Barack Obama swiped Fox News in a televised speech on Thursday, in which he mounted an aggressive defense of his economic record. — “There's a reason fewer Republicans are preaching doom on deficits …
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Liberal Values
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
McAuliffe aide suggested job for senator's daughter if he remained in his seat — RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe's chief of staff left a voice-mail message for a Democrat who was on the verge of quitting the General Assembly in June, saying that the senator's daughter might …
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Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Hackers' Attack on JPMorgan Chase Affects Millions — A cyberattack this summer on JPMorgan Chase compromised the accounts of 76 million households and seven million small businesses, a tally that dwarfs previous estimates by the bank and puts the intrusion among the largest ever.
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The Daily Caller
Leon Panetta / TIME:
How the White House Misplayed Iraqi Troop Talks — Leon Panetta served as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2009 to 2011, and as secretary of defense from 2011 to 2013. — As U.S. forces return to Iraq to counter the surging al-Qaeda splinter group Islamic State of Iraq …
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Fox News, Power Line, Fox News Insider and “The Lid”
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
Sam Brownback Supported Wind Farms in Kansas—Until the Koch Brothers Changed His Mind — In Kansas, Governor Sam Brownback has always enjoyed the support of Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries. They have been the single greatest contributor to his campaigns.
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
Army warns US military personnel on ISIS threat to family members — An Army intelligence bulletin is warning U.S. military personnel to be vigilant after Islamic State militants called on supporters to scour social media for addresses of their family members - and to “show up [at their homes] and slaughter them.”
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Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Alabama's Abortion Law Puts Minors On Trial And Gives Their Fetuses A Lawyer — The only abortion clinic in Montgomery, Alabama — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit against Alabama this week in an attempt to overturn what the group suggests may be the most radical parental consent law in the country.
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al.com, Daily Kos, Liberaland and cosmopolitan.com
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Bill Clinton can save Dems — On Oct. 6 and 7, Bill Clinton will spend two days barnstorming across Arkansas to support Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and other Democrats. This all-out campaign tour will give a strong boost to Pryor's chances for reelection. As the former president continues …
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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Donor Blames Harry Reid for Low Approval Ratings, Being Out of Touch
Donor Blames Harry Reid for Low Approval Ratings, Being Out of Touch
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America Rising and National Review
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:
Larry Ellison To Host Republican Fundraiser With Rand Paul — The former Oracle CEO will host a $1,500 per person fundraiser at his home for the National Republican Senatorial Committee with the Kentucky senator. — Larry Ellison, one of the richest men in the world …
Bloomberg:
Fed Critics Say '10 Letter Warning Inflation Still Right — Signatories of a letter sent to then-Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke in 2010 warning of the risks associated with the bank's policy of quantitative easing are standing by their claims — even as the biggest U.S. companies are flourishing …
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New York Times and Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality