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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Does Calling Kentucky's Obamacare ‘Fine’ Disqualify McConnell? — Undebatable: Grimes and McConnell in Kentucky, Warner in Virginia, and Cotton in Arkansas offer wince-worthy moments. — What's more disqualifying? A Democrat who refuses to say whether she voted for President Obama …
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Weekly Standard, Washington Post, NBC News, Politico and OnPolitics
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell says Ky. healthcare exchange can stay but not ObamaCare
McConnell says Ky. healthcare exchange can stay but not ObamaCare
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh and Booman Tribune
Kyle Trygstad / Roll Call:
DSCC Goes Dark in Kentucky
DSCC Goes Dark in Kentucky
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Talking Points Memo, Rothenblog, msnbc.com, OnPolitics, National Review, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post and The Daily Caller
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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The New Republic, ThinkProgress, Mediaite and Washington Post
Joel Gehrke / National Review:
Again: Grimes Refuses to Say She Voted for Obama During Debate With McConnell
Again: Grimes Refuses to Say She Voted for Obama During Debate With McConnell
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Washington Post, Daily Kos, New York Times, BuzzFeed and Hit & Run
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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ABC News, CNN, OnPolitics and Mediaite
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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Hot Air, Scared Monkeys, Hit & Run, Vox Popoli and ABC News
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Americans want flight restrictions from Ebola countries. And it's not close.
Americans want flight restrictions from Ebola countries. And it's not close.
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New York Times, Hinterland Gazette, The Hugh Hewitt Show, National Review and WREG-TV
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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New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money, susiemadrak.com and Raw Story
Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Cracks Herself Up Over Pot Joke — Hillary Clinton got laughs when she took a “pot” shot at Colorado's marijuana laws during a campaign stop at a coffee shop. — During the former secretary of state's visit to Denver Monday, a barista at the Pigtrain Coffee shop made Clinton …
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New York Magazine and Washington Free Beacon
Bill Michlowski / WNEP-TV:
10-Year-Old Boy Charged with Homicide of 90-Year-Old Woman … DAMASCUS TOWNSHIP — State police charged a 10-year-old boy with criminal homicide on Monday. — Troopers told Newswatch 16 the child's mother is the one who told police about what her son had done.
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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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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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Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, Firedoglake, Foreign Policy, The Jawa Report and New York Times
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KCCI-TV:
Wife confirms man killed in plane crash is Senate candidate — The wife of Doug Butzier confirmed Tuesday morning to KCRG-TV that it was Butzier who was killed in a plane crash Monday. — View video — Butzier is running for U.S. Senate as the Libertarian candidate against Republican Joni Ernst and Democrat Bruce Braley.
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Telegraph Herald, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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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Talking Points Memo
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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 and Bloomberg View
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
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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The Verge, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Hinterland Gazette, Mediaite, CBS New York, Mashable, Twitchy and New York Magazine
Howard W. French / The Atlantic Online:
China's Dangerous Game — The country's intensifying efforts to redraw maritime borders have its neighbors, and the U.S., fearing war. But does the aggression reflect a government growing in power—or one facing a crisis of legitimacy? — In the tranquil harbors that dot the coastline of Palawan …
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
Danielle Friedman / NBC News:
Silicon Valley Giants Now Pay for Women to Freeze Eggs — While techniques and success rates are improving, there's no guarantee the procedure will lead to a baby down the road. The American Society of Reproductive Medicine doesn't keep comprehensive stats on babies born from frozen eggs …
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