memeorandum: Feds rethinking Ebola strategy (The Hill)

12:50 PM ET, October 14, 2014

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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 …

Discussion: CNN, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Times and New York Magazine

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 …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Shakesville, Hot Air, “The Lid”, Hit & Run, NBC News, Outside the Beltway, Real Clear Politics, National Journal and Washington Free Beacon

Mitt Romney / Medium:

Dear Ann, — You've come a long way. It's been over fifteen years since we sat in the first neurologist's waiting room, looking at his office brochures that described ALS, Parkinson's, and Multiple Sclerosis. We could handle anything, I said, as long as it wasn't terminal.

Discussion: CNN, Mediaite and OnPolitics

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.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Hot Air, Hit & Run, ABC News and Vox Popoli

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.

Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show, National Review and WREG-TV

BBC:
Ebola epidemic ‘could lead to failed states’, warns WHO

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Gateway Pundit and RedState

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 …

Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story, susiemadrak.com and Lawyers, Guns & Money

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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, BillMoyers.com, The Daily Banter, The Moderate Voice, Liberaland and Politico

Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo: This Ruling Could Put Texas Back In The Doghouse On Voting Law Changes

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.

Discussion: Power Line, Firedoglake, Washington Post, The Jawa Report and New York Times

Kristina Wong / The Hill:
OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Pentagon sees security threat from climate

Discussion: Hot Air and CBS News

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 …

Discussion: The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Mediaite, Hinterland Gazette, Twitchy, Mashable, CBS New York and New York Magazine

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

Discussion: Weekly Standard and White House Dossier

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 …

Discussion: Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality

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.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Politico, The New Republic, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh and Booman Tribune

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

He'll Fight Every Day for the Poetry of South Dakota — In my piece today on South Dakota's unpredictable Senate race, I noted how the candidates there represented a departure from the cookie-cutter homogeneity that is now commonplace in races around the country.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Washington Post, Townhall.com and Fox News

Noah Rothman / Hot Air:
The media ignoring the whiff of desperation emanating from Democrats

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post, VodkaPundit, “The Lid”, WWBT-TV, Ed Driscoll and The Hill

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.

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?”

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Latino Rebels and Raw Story

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Spot

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.

Discussion: Mediaite, Shakesville and TalkLeft

Hanna Rosin / Slate:

Abortion Is Great — A new book argues that the left needs to stop the “awfulization” of abortion and embrace it as a social good. — I had an abortion. I was not in a libertine college-girl phase, although frankly it's none of your business. I was already a mother of two …

Discussion: National Review and The Federalist

Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:

It's more expensive to live in D.C. than New York, study says — Updated at 8:10 p.m. to include additional information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — The Washington region ranks as the most expensive place to live in the country, ahead of the pricey markets of New York and San Francisco, according to a government study.