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1:10 PM ET, October 7, 2014

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TMZ.com:
‘7TH HEAVEN’ DAD STEPHEN COLLINS  —  CONFESSES ON TAPE TO CHILD MOLESTATION  —  NYPD Investigating [AUDIO]  —  10/7/2014 1:00 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Stephen Collins — who played the pastor/dad on “7th Heaven” — confessed to his estranged wife he was a child molester …
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Political Scientists: November Is Still A Slam-Dunk For The GOP  —  Amid the quibbling between Nate Silver and Sam Wang, academic political scientists have stepped in to release their own election forecast for November — and it doesn't look great for Democrats.
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Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
What If I'm Wrong About GOP Flipping at Least 7 Seats?  —  A few weeks ago I wrote Senate Republicans would gain at least seven seats, even though the Rothenberg Political Report/Roll Call race ratings showed a likely Republican gain of five to eight seats.  —  That expectation was based …
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Why Loss of Senate Would Carry Silver Linings for Obama
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
GOP Candidates May Benefit From Supreme Court's Gay Marriage Decision  —  Some strategists hope the legal decision helps push the issue of gay marriage off the political agenda  —  The Supreme Court's decision Monday clearing the way for same-sex marriages in five states may benefit an unlikely group …
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Ted Cruz:
Allowing Lower Court Rulings on Same-Sex Marriage to Stand is 'Tragic and Indefensible …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Marriage Equality Map You Need To Know
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and Liberal Values
Politico:
Republicans brace for 2016 free-for-all  —  The message from Republican officials has been crystal clear for two years: The 2016 Republican primary cannot be another prolonged pummeling of the eventual nominee.  Only one person ultimately benefited from that last time — Barack Obama …
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Bob Herbert / Politico:
The Plot Against Public Education
Discussion: Diane Ravitch's blog
Associated Press:
American student, 19, ‘trying to join ISIS’ arrested at Chicago's O'Hare airport after leaving note for his parents signed ‘PLEASE MAKE SURE NOT TO TELL THE AUTHORITIES’  — Federal authorities claimed in court that they have handwritten documents that prove he supported ISIS
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Tom Ley / Deadspin:
Cardinals Fans Get Ugly In Clash With Ferguson Protesters  —  This guy right here, the one with “I am Darren Wilson” taped onto the back of his Cardinals jersey—an homage to the Ferguson, Mo., police officer who shot an unarmed teenager named Mike Brown to death in August—was at the Cardinals game last night.
Murray Weiss / DNAinfo.com New York:
VIDEO: NYPD Officer Hits Unarmed Teen in the Face With His Gun  —  BROOKLYN — Two NYPD officers are under criminal investigation after punching and bashing a 16-year-old suspect in the face with a gun despite the teen raising his hands to surrender, according to a video obtained by DNAinfo New York.
Matt Fox / Daily Surge:
VIDEO: Lois Lerner Tries Barging Into Neighbor's Home To Evade Questions  —  Lois Lerner attempted to bust into a neighbor's home uninvited, in a desperate attempt to avoid answering questions about her involvement in the targeting of conservative groups.  —  Jason Mattera, author …
Discussion: Power Line, TPNN and Clash Daily
Jennifer Lawrence / Vanity Fair:
Cover Exclusive: Jennifer Lawrence Calls Photo Hacking a “Sex Crime”  —  “I was just so afraid.  I didn't know how this would affect my career.”  —  That's just the beginning of what Jennifer Lawrence has to say about her stolen-photos saga in the cover story of Vanity Fair's November issue …
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
NRSC cuts Michigan TV  —  The National Republican Senatorial Committee has cut the remaining television it had reserved in Michigan amid signs former Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land (R) is having trouble catching Rep. Gary Peters (D-Mich.).  —  The NRSC's independent expenditure arm …
Brad Richardson / The Claremont Independent:
George Will Uninvited from Scripps College  —  A prominent conservative political pundit was uninvited from speaking at Scripps College, in a program designed to promote conservative views on campus, because of his conservative views.  —  Nationally syndicated columnist George Will was slated …
Kevin McCorry / Philly.com:
A heartbreaking act of staggering cowardice  —  See this picture?  This is what raw cowardice and utter contempt for democracy looks like. … The picture was taken this morning and posted on Twitter by Kevin McCorry of WHYY's Newsworks just before 9:30 a.m., at the Philadelphia School …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Lynn Vavreck / New York Times:
A Campaign Dollar's Power Is More Valuable to a Challenger  —  The question of whether money helps win elections is hotly debated among political experts.  Many Americans think the answer is self-evidently yes: Why, otherwise, would politicians spend so much time raising millions of dollars?
Politico:
David Perdue: ‘I spent most of my career’ outsourcing  —  “Cherry-picking sentences from a 186-page legal deposition leaves them grossly out of context,” Dickey asserted.  “David has spent 40 years dealing with bad government policies that put our manufacturers at a disadvantage internationally.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Leon Panetta, other former Obama subordinates show stunning disloyalty  —  Aspiring Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, scheduled a big Washington speech for Monday to condemn President Obama's defense policy.  But an unexpected competitor beat him to the punch.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Why Would Obama Try to Make the Election About Himself?  —  The president made headlines last week during a speech on the economy, where he implored voters not to make any errors: “Now, I am not on the ballot this fall .... But make no mistake: These policies are on the ballot—every single one of them.”
New York Times:
Big Banks Face Another Round of U.S. Charges  —  The Justice Department is preparing a fresh round of attacks on the world's biggest banks, again questioning Wall Street's role in a broad array of financial markets.  —  With evidence mounting that a number of foreign and American banks colluded …
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
When Your Rabbi Comes Out as Gay  —  A few days ago, I posted a piece about my rabbi, Gil Steinlauf, the senior rabbi of Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C., the largest Conservative movement-affiliated synagogue in the nation's capital.  The post concerned an excellent Rosh Hashanah sermon …
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
‘Moment of Truth’ on Emissions  —  In March, the Obama administration issued a white paper as part of its Climate Action Plan entitled “Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions.”  A big part of the strategy was built around cutting down on the methane emissions that result from oil and gas production …
 
 
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Associated Press:
VA moves to fire 4 senior executives due to scandal
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Kendall Breitman / Politico:
NOW: Post should drop George Will column
Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
0ptimus FL poll: Adrian Wyllie gaining at 13%; Charlie Crist, Rick Scott deadlocked 40-39%
Discussion: SaintPetersBlog
Chicago Sun Times:
Hardball tactics alleged in lawsuit against Bruce Rauner
Dennis Overbye / New York Times:
2 Japanese and 1 American Share Nobel Prize in Physics for Work on LED Lights
Discussion: Gigaom and NPR
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
EU watchdog targets Amazon's Luxembourg tax deals
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Verge
Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Book, Panetta Recounts Frustration With Obama
National Journal:
John Hickenlooper has gone from a kind of political fairy tale …
Discussion: New York Times and Denver Post
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T. Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
State Dept. inspector general: More evidence of rampant mismanagement under Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Embrace the Irony  —  Lawrence Lessig wants to reform campaign finance.
Bloomberg:
Glencore Said to Lay Groundwork for Potential Rio Merger
Discussion: New York Times and Guardian
Kaleb Horton / VICE:
I Accidentally Fooled Conservative Twitter with a Fake Lena Dunham Quote
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why this Joe Biden gaffe matters more
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air, RedState and Guardian
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Who is Saul Alinsky, and why does the right hate him so much?
Discussion: The Mahablog
 

 
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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
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