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Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Ann Romney launches new center to study neurological diseases — Let some in the political world obsess over whether Mitt Romney plans to run for president for a third time — Ann Romney has a bigger project in mind. — On Tuesday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston …
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Washington Post:
Can't quit Mitt: Friends say Romney feels nudge to consider a 2016 presidential run — CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Officially, Mitt Romney returned to Iowa, the quadrennial presidential proving ground, to give a boost to Joni Ernst. But at a closed-door breakfast fundraiser here Monday …
Mitt Romney / Medium:
Dear Ann, — You've come a long way. It's been over fifteen …
Dear Ann, — You've come a long way. It's been over fifteen …
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The Hill:
Feds rethinking Ebola strategy — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday said it is starting to “rethink” its Ebola strategy after the first-ever US transmission of the virus put a “relatively large” number of healthcare workers at risk.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Americans want flight restrictions from Ebola countries. And it's not close. — Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they are concerned about an Ebola outbreak in the United States, and about the same amount say they want flight restrictions from the countries in West Africa where the disease has quickly spread.
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New York Times, Hinterland Gazette, The Hugh Hewitt Show, National Review and WREG-TV
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell says Ky. healthcare exchange can stay but not ObamaCare — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) said Monday he wouldn't mind if the state healthcare insurance exchange known as Kentucky Kynect stayed but reiterated his call for the full repeal of ObamaCare.
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The Huffington Post:
Mitch McConnell Wants Kentucky To Believe Its Obamacare Exchange Is Just A Website
Mitch McConnell Wants Kentucky To Believe Its Obamacare Exchange Is Just A Website
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ThinkProgress, The New Republic, Mediaite and Washington Post
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Does Calling Kentucky's Obamacare ‘Fine’ Disqualify McConnell?
Does Calling Kentucky's Obamacare ‘Fine’ Disqualify McConnell?
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Weekly Standard, Washington Post, Politico and OnPolitics
The Huffington Post:
Jimmy John's Makes Low-Wage Workers Sign ‘Oppressive’ Noncompete Agreements — If you're considering working at a Jimmy John's sandwich shop, you may want to read the fine print on your job application. — A Jimmy John's employment agreement provided to The Huffington Post includes a …
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Reuters:
Mideast violence spreads as Turkey bombs Kurdish militants — (Reuters) - War against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq threatened to spill into Turkey on Tuesday, where reports emerged that the air force had bombed Kurdish fighters furious at Ankara's refusal to help protect their kin in Syria.
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Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
Republicans Need to Call Off the Voting Wars—for Their Own Good — We are now three weeks to Election Day, which means we are deep into another round of the voting wars—the ceaseless legislative, legal and regulatory battle over which Americans can vote, and when and where and with what paperwork they must do so.
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John Frank / Denver Post:
COLORADO SENATE: IN CLOSE RACE, MOMENTUM FAVORS GARDNER OVER UDALL, POLL FINDS — Watch Molly Hughes and Chuck Plunkett discuss polling results — A new Denver Post poll shows Colorado's marquee U.S. Senate race is shifting toward Republican Cory Gardner, as President Barack Obama's sagging …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Election Rule #34: Process Gaffes Matter. Policy Gaffes Don't.
Election Rule #34: Process Gaffes Matter. Policy Gaffes Don't.
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post, The Dish, Bloomberg View, Esquire and No More Mister Nice Blog
Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
Priscilla and I are donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to help fight Ebola. — The Ebola epidemic is at a critical turning point. It has infected 8,400 people so far, but it is spreading very quickly and projections suggest it could infect 1 million people …
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Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Obamacare website won't reveal insurance costs for 2015 until after election — States with key Senate races face double-digit premium hikes
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Weekly Standard and White House Dossier
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
This Video Shows An Arizona Police Officer Telling An Immigrant He'll Kill Him If He Moves — “Keep your hands where I can see them, don't move. You hear me? You have a license? Show me your license now. If you do something, I'll kill you here. You understand?”
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Cliff Asness / RealClearMarkets:
The Inflation Imputation — In 2010, I co-signed an open letter warning that the Fed's experiment with an unprecedented level of loose monetary policy - in amount, and in unorthodox method - created a risk of serious inflation. Sporadically journalists and others have noted that this risk …
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Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality
Ashley Killough / CNN:
CNN Poll: Florida gubernatorial race all tied up — (CNN) — It's a tied race between two unpopular men. — Three weeks before Election Day, Florida incumbent Gov. Rick Scott finds himself in a neck-and-neck sprint to the finish line against Democratic challenger and former Gov. Charlie Crist.
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Tampa Bay Times
BBC:
Oscar Pistorius trial: Call for community service angers prosecutor — South African athlete Oscar Pistorius should not go to jail over the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, his sentencing hearing has been told. — A probation officer appearing for the defence said Pistorius should serve house arrest and community service.
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Mediaite, TalkLeft and Shakesville
New York Post:
Rock-Star Capitalism — Capitalism rocks — as Apple CEO Tim Cook, Bono and other U2 members will pointedly attest. — What does it tell you when the leader of the world's best known rock band has a better grasp of modern tax policy than those responsible for making it?
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
New dimensions in racial tensions — A cafeteria food fight turned into a riot at South High School in Minneapolis in February last year. The school's security officers were insufficient to the task. Police officers dispatched to the scene sprayed mace and placed the school on lockdown to get a handle on the situation.
Theodoric Meyer / The Daily Beast:
The Secret Money Buying Wisconsin's Laws — An accidentally released court filing reveals how one company secretly gave money to a nonprofit that helped get favorable mining legislation passed. — When billionaire Chris Cline's company bought an option to mine a swath of northern Wisconsin in 2010 …