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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
“It's An Object of Gallows Humor for the Staff” — TPM Reader JM on Rick Scott, hospital preparedness and the “Ebola cart” ...
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Charlie Crist's Fan: A Love Story — Charlie Crist's fan was loyal. It stood by him through thick and thin. — When Crist was a young Florida Republican rising star, the fan was there. When Crist became governor, the fan came with him. When Crist was cast out of politics and his party …
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Tampa Bay Times:
Fangate overshadows sharp debate between Gov. Rick Scott and Charlie Crist — In the weirdest start of a gubernatorial debate, Florida Gov. Rick Scott initially refused to take the stage Wednesday night because Democrat Charlie Crist insisted on using a fan to keep him cool.
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
WATCH: Rick Scott Spouts Gibberish While Explaining Fan Delay In Debate
WATCH: Rick Scott Spouts Gibberish While Explaining Fan Delay In Debate
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nationalnursesunited.org:
Statement by RN's at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital as provided to National Nurses United
Statement by RN's at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital as provided to National Nurses United
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Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Times poll: All tied up in Florida governor's race between Rick Scott, Charlie Crist
Times poll: All tied up in Florida governor's race between Rick Scott, Charlie Crist
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY:
Dallas nurse Briana Aguirre: ‘We never talked about Ebola’ before Thomas Eric Duncan arrived — Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital nurse Briana Aguirre, who cared for her friend and co-worker Nina Pham after she tested positive for the Ebola virus, says she can no longer defend her hospital …
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Tommy Craggs / Deadspin:
How Deadspin F**ked Up The Cory Gardner Story — On Wednesday, Deadspin published a story questioning the football bona fides of U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, a Republican who's running for the Colorado Senate seat currently occupied by Democrat Mark Udall. We f**ked up.
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Lynn Bartels / Denver Post:
EBOLA NEW ISSUE AS UDALL, GARDNER TANGLE IN FINAL SENATE DEBATE
EBOLA NEW ISSUE AS UDALL, GARDNER TANGLE IN FINAL SENATE DEBATE
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Son Hunter Discharged From Navy Reserve After Failing Cocaine Test — Lawyer Pursued Military Service Relatively Late as a Public-Affairs Officer — WASHINGTON—Vice President Joe Biden 's son Hunter was discharged from the Navy Reserve this year after testing positive for cocaine …
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David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Iowa Cops Blow Out Tires, Hold Pregnant Woman In Labor At Gunpoint For Speeding To Hospital — Police in Iowa used spike strips to stop a pregnant woman in labor who was rushing to the hospital, and then held her at gunpoint. — Police in Iowa used spike strips to stop a pregnant woman …
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Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:
Here Are The Most Conservative And Liberal Names In America — There's... a pattern. — Chris Ritter / BuzzFeed — The most conservative and liberal names in America are Doyle and Natasha. — Crowdpac, a nonpartisan group, focuses on how money and policy work in politics.
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John Pitts / John Grisham:
A Statement from John Grisham: — Anyone who harms a child for profit or pleasure, or who in any way participates in child pornography—online or otherwise—should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. — My comments made two days ago during an interview with the British newspaper …
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Peter Foster / Telegraph:
John Grisham: men who watch child porn are not all paedophiles
John Grisham: men who watch child porn are not all paedophiles
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Daily Mail:
'Who's the idiot with the clipboard?' Disbelief and panic as mystery man WITHOUT a hazmat suit helps second Ebola nurse board her plane to Atlanta, disposes waste and then climbs aboard — He carried a clipboard and walked alongside Ms Vinson and healthcare workers who were ALL dressed in hazmat suits
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Guardian:
Revealed: how Whisper app tracks anonymous users — Company shares some information with US Department of Defense — User data collated and indefinitely stored in searchable database — Whisper app rewrites terms of service and privacy policy — How the ‘safest place on the internet’ tracks its users
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Witness adds new perspective to Ferguson shooting — • By Christine Byers cbyers@post-dispatch.com > 314-340-8087 — CLAYTON • A stream of eyewitnesses has been testifying in secret before a grand jury considering whether to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting …
Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project:
Latino Voters and the 2014 Midterm Elections — Geography, Close Races and Views of Social Issues — A record 25.2 million Latinos are eligible to vote in the 2014 midterm elections, making up, for the first time, 11% of all eligible voters nationwide. But despite a growing national presence …
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NBC News:
Obama May Send National Guard to Liberia: Sources — Sources said that eight engineers and logistical specialists from the Guard would probably be included in the first deployment.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Everyone In What Looks Like A Group Photo On GOP Governor's Website Is Photoshopped — On Gov. Tom Corbett's campaign website. Update (6:58 p.m.): The Corbett campaign says the “whole website footer graphic” is Photoshopped, including a stock image of a black woman.
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Gillespie off the air this week — Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie has gone dark on Virginia television, three sources tracking the airwaves told POLITICO. — An adviser to his campaign says they plan to go back up on Saturday. — The news comes as the Gillespie camp announced …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Meghan McCain: My dad hates Rand Paul — Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) daughter said on Wednesday that her father and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) “hate each other.” — Meghan McCain appeared on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show to promote her “TakePart Live” talk show on Pivot TV.
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Danny Vinik / The New Republic:
Markets Panicked On Wednesday. Here's Why the U.S. Economy Is OK. — Wednesday was an ugly day for the global economy. British and German stocks each fell around 3 percent. Greek stocks fell 6 percent. (That's huge.) In the U.S., a trifecta of economic indicators—retail sales …
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