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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, Mediaite, 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, InsideSources and The Federalist, 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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National Review, Hot Air, Politico, Talking Points Memo, CNN, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Beast and Real Clear Politics
Bryce Covert / The New Republic:
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson Was a Victim of the “Glass Cliff”
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson Was a Victim of the “Glass Cliff”
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National Review, Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, New Yorker, Althouse, New York Times, Balloon Juice, The Dish, Politico, Twitchy, Shakesville, Washington Post, ABC News, Instapundit and Bloomberg
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
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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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New York Times, The Huffington Post, Taylor Marsh and USA Today
Reuters:
Were YOU on the same flight as America's first Ebola victim?: …
Were YOU on the same flight as America's first Ebola victim?: …
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New York Times, Israel Matzav, emptywheel, The Hugh Hewitt Show, CBS Dallas and RedState
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, Washington Free Beacon and Associated Press
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Neil Tyson's Final Words On His Quote Fabrications: “My bad” — After publishing an embarrassing non-apology on Facebook last week for repeated quote fabrications, planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson took to Facebook again earlier this week to revise and extend his remarks. His full post can be found here.
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National Review, his vorpal sword, RedState, Politico and Ed Driscoll
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Why Boehner is wooing Jeb Bush
Why Boehner is wooing Jeb Bush
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Washington Post, New York Times, Yahoo! News, Hot Air, ABC News, Outside the Beltway and Politico
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
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
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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Weekly Standard, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, The Right Scoop, KFOR-TV and Instapundit, more at Mediagazer »
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
The IOC Demands That Helped Push Norway Out of Winter Olympic Bidding Are Hilarious — Oslo is dropping out of bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics, leaving Almaty, Kazakhstan and Beijing as the only remaining cities seeking to host the event. Why? One reason is that people are starting …
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Hit & Run
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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Daily Kos and Hullabaloo
Alex Mitchell / MLive.com:
Portage Democrat John Fisher denounces Republican mailer directing calls to his ailing mother — PORTAGE, MI — A local Democratic state House candidate is crying foul after the Michigan GOP sent out campaign mailers this week directing Republicans to call him at a number for his 91-year-old mother's room …
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Eclectablog, Raw Story, Mediaite and New York Magazine
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
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.
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
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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New York Magazine and 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, Fox News Insider and “The Lid”
Russell Wilson / The Players' Tribune:
Let's Talk About It — I used to beat people up. Truthfully, I used to beat people up a lot. Many of you readers probably think I have been Mr. Goody Two-Shoes my whole life, but honestly, I was a bully growing up. In elementary and middle school, I threw kids against the wall.
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CBSSports.com, ABC News and Mediaite
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