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6:30 PM ET, October 13, 2014

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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Fat Lesbians Got All the Ebola Dollars, But Blame the GOP  —  Democrats have rushed out of the gate with an attack ad against Republicans claiming if only we had spent more money, we would be able to solve the Ebola situation.  —  It's a defensive ad that reeks of desperation.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Brutal New Ad Blames GOP Spending Cuts For Ebola Deaths (VIDEO)  —  A new TV ad blames prominent Republicans for Ebola deaths, attacking them for championing spending cuts that have gone after emergency public health funding for containing disease outbreaks.
Discussion: Althouse and Mediaite
projectreporter.nih.gov:
Project Information  — DESCRIPTION - DETAILS - RESULTS …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Gawker
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Ebola Vaccine Would Likely Have Been Found By Now If Not For Budget Cuts: NIH Director  —  BETHESDA, Md. — As the federal government frantically works to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and as it responds to a second diagnosis of the disease at home, one of the country's top health officials …
Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:
Mitt Romney Told an Obama Joke in Iowa.  Here It Is.  —  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - Mitt Romney wanted to tell a joke.  “Now when you're running for office people tell you, you shouldn't tell jokes,” he said at a political rally here on Sunday.  “But I'm not running for office, so I can tell one.”
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Bill O'Reilly Thinks It's Time For A Mercy Killing At MSNBC (VIDEO)  —  Bill O'Reilly dedicated part of his interview Sunday to two of his favorite pastimes: touting his own popularity and ridiculing MSNBC.  —  The typically brash Fox News pundit, who has a well-known obsession …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Joe Concha / Mediaite:
MSNBC Eyes Canceling Ronan Farrow Show Amidst Schedule Shakeup  —  A well-placed source tells me MSNBC will be announcing major programming changes sometime in the next month, including the cancellation of Ronan Farrow's afternoon program, Ronan Farrow Daily.
Jay Root / The Texas Tribune:
Davis Pollster: Controversial Wheelchair Ad Working … *Editor's note: This story has been updated with a comment from the Abbott campaign.  —  The pollster for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis defended her controversial TV ad Sunday, saying it's working as intended despite …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Jill Abramson regrets stance on James Risen Iran story  —  Former New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson said in an interview released Sunday that she regrets not pushing the Times to publish a story by national security reporter James Risen about a reportedly flawed CIA effort …
Discussion: Power Line, Mediaite and Balloon Juice
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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
The war on leaks
Julie Steenhuysen / Reuters:
U.S. CDC head criticized for blaming ‘protocol breach’ as nurse gets Ebola  —  (Reuters) - Some healthcare experts are bristling at the assertion by a top U.S. health official that a “protocol breach” caused a Dallas nurse to be infected with Ebola while caring for a dying patient …
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Michael Walsh / NY Daily News:
Louisiana attorney general tries to block ashes of Dallas Ebola victim from entering state
Discussion: Liberaland and FOX News Radio
Bill Scher / Politico:
How Republicans Lost the Culture War  —  Perhaps Republicans were impatient with incremental progress.  Perhaps the party lacked a strong leadership figure who could keep fringe players in check.  But Republicans made a decision on abortion strategy that they didn't have to make.
New York Times:
The Big Lie Behind Voter ID Laws  —  Election Day is three weeks off, and Republican officials and legislators around the country are battling down to the wire to preserve strict and discriminatory new voting laws that could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Americans.
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Pentagon Says Global Warming Presents Immediate Security Threat  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon released a report Monday asserting decisively that climate change poses an immediate threat to national security, with increased risks from terrorism, infectious disease, global poverty and food shortages.
Discussion: The Verge and Pat Dollard
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Cheney: ‘Very Dangerous Period ... More Threatening Than the Period Before 9/11’  —  Vice President Dick Cheney opened up for a nearly two hour interview with Bill Kristol, as part of the latest installment of Conversations With Bill Kristol:  —  The two discussed Cheney's time as secretary of defense …
Jonathan Spyer / GLORIA Center:
MERIA Special Report: Did ISIS Use Chemical Weapons Against the Kurds in Kobani?  —  *** WARNING: This post contains images which some readers may find disturbing.  Caution is advised.  Please scroll down to view these images.  —  The fate of Kobani city now hangs in the balance …
John R. Lott Jr / New York Post:
The FBI's bogus report on mass shootings  —  It's disheartening to see the FBI used to promote a political agenda, but that's what we got with the bureau's release last month of a study claim to show a sharp rise in mass shootings, a la Newtown, Conn.  —  The FBI counted 160 “mass” or …
Rebecca Leber / The New Republic:
What the Next Two Awful Years Will Look Like  —  The five things to fear about a Republican Congress  —  I. The Gutting of Dodd-Frank  —  If Republicans take control of the House and Senate, many of their members will call for the outright repeal of the Dodd-Frank financial reforms.
Discussion: RedState and Democratic Strategist
Hannah McLendon / High Point University:
HPU Poll: Hagan and Tillis Tied Among NC Likely Voters  —  HIGH POINT, N.C., Oct. 13, 2014 - The HPU Poll finds that in North Carolina's pivotal senate race, Sen. Kay Hagan and Speaker of the House Thom Tillis are tied at 40 percent each when N.C. likely voters were asked who they would vote for if the election were held today.
Discussion: Hot Air
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Nunn tops $4M in Georgia fundraising  —  Former charity executive Michelle Nunn (D) has kept up her strong fundraising pace, pulling in $4.15 million in the last fundraising quarter for her Georgia Senate bid.  —  Nunn's campaign has now raised $13.35 million total.  It did not announce how much is left in the bank.
New York Times:
Debate Night in Kentucky Gives Grimes Chance to Shake Things Up  —  Good Columbus Day morning from Washington, where the focus is on a prime-time Kentucky debate, four too-close-to-call governors' races, and the intensifying battle for control of the Senate, where Republicans have a 64 percent chance of taking the majority.
Judith Shulevitz / The New Republic:
Accused College Rapists Have Rights, Too  —  The victims deserve justice.  The men deserve due process.  —  This August, Columbia University released a new policy for handling “gender-based” misconduct among students.  Since April, universities around the country have been rewriting …
Discussion: Althouse and Instapundit
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Perdue cut work in India from bio  —  Georgia Republican David Perdue worked for an Indian company between his time running Dollar General and his decision to run for the Senate — a period that was removed from his business website's biography shortly before he announced his campaign last spring.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
 
 
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
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Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
Obama now phoning it in — literally
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Dems: Don't trust the polls
Discussion: Hot Air, RedState and Bloomberg View
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Hillary Clinton heckled by man with a bullhorn
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Gov. Bobby Jindal / Politico:
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David Nather / Politico:
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
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