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8:40 PM ET, October 14, 2014

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Kyle Trygstad / Roll Call:
DSCC Goes Dark in Kentucky  —  The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has gone dark in Kentucky, where the party is targeting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.  —  After a significant investment in support of Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes …
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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 …
James Hohmann / Politico:
Scoop: Democrats pour $1M more into Georgia
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell says Ky. healthcare exchange can stay but not ObamaCare
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Klayman: Obama Must Be ‘Taken Alive’ For Bringing Ebola To America To Afflict White People  —  Conservative legal activist Larry Klayman has filed a lawsuit against President Obama for “providing material support and aid to international terrorism and facilitating terrorism” …
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New York Times:
W.H.O. Forecast for Ebola Worsens as Disease's Footprint Widens  —  The World Health Organization reported sobering new figures Tuesday about the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa, saying the number of new cases could reach 10,000 per week by December, about 10 times the rate of the past four weeks.
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.
Danny Vinik / The New Republic:
This Independent Candidate Is Proof of How Far to the Right Republicans Have Swung  —  On Monday afternoon, the four candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat in South Dakota participated in a forum in Sioux Falls.  The event itself was unremarkable, with each candidate offering his views …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Bloomberg View
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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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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Our failing war against the Islamic State
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 …
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.
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Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Ann Romney launches new center to study neurological diseases
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Texas Attorney General: ‘It Does Not Matter’ If Same-Sex Marriage Benefits Children  —  CREDIT: AP Photo/The McAllen Monitor, Joel Martinez  —  The marriage equality fight is still playing out in many states, and on Friday, Texas Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott (R) …
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 …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Does Liberalism Have an Answer to Campus Rape?  —  You're either for us or you're for the rapists.  —  Shares  —  Americans tend to cherish liberal values, at least until we face frightening and morally outrageous threats, at which point they often give way.
adfmedia.org:
Houston, we have a problem  —  Angry over voter lawsuit, city demands to pick through sermons, other communications from pastors who aren't involved  —  HOUSTON - Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys have filed a motion in a Texas court to stop an attempt by the city of Houston to subpoena sermons …
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justices Stop Parts of Texas Abortion Law  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked key parts of a 2013 law in Texas that had closed all but eight facilities providing abortions in America's second most-populous state.  —  In an unsigned order, the justices sided with abortion rights advocates …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Noemie Emery / Washington Examiner:
Todd Akin turns left  —  2014 ELECTIONS ABORTION CAMPAIGNS WENDY DAVIS GREG ABBOTT HOUSE OF CARDS CORY GARDNER MARK UDALL  —  For two years, Republicans have been haunted by Todd Akin syndrome, in which a spectacular gaffe in an abortion-themed context becomes a costly embarrassment to a candidate's party.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Forensic evidence shows teen shot at St. Louis officer, police say  —  • By Christine Byers cbyers@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8087 and Robert Patrick rpatrick@post-dispatch.com 314-321-5154  —  ST. LOUIS  • Gunshot residue tests and ballistics evidence indicate …
Discussion: Guardian and Hinterland Gazette
Peter Hamby / CNN:
‘White boy’ Biden calls tea party ‘crazy’  —  Washington (CNN) — Vice President Joe Biden, in a closed-door meeting with black clergy in South Carolina Tuesday, referred to himself as “the only white boy on the east side of Wilmington” as he recalled his days as a Delaware public defender …
Discussion: 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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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Election Rule #34: Process Gaffes Matter. Policy Gaffes Don't.
 
 
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
GOP Congressman: Obama Wants Ebola To Spread So He Can ‘Take Control’ Of Everything
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Denise Grady / New York Times:
Questions Rise on Preparations at Hospitals to Deal With Ebola
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Christie's popularity at lowest recorded levels, governor in negative territory for first time since 2011
Discussion: Daily Kos
Howard W. French / The Atlantic Online:
China's Dangerous Game
KCCI-TV:
Wife confirms man killed in plane crash is Senate candidate
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Dan Tilkin / KOIN-TV:
1997: Cylvia Hayes jointly bought property for pot grow
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Cliff Asness / RealClearMarkets:
The Inflation Imputation
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Obamacare website won't reveal insurance costs for 2015 until after election
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
New dimensions in racial tensions
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