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10:55 AM ET, October 18, 2014

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New York Times:
Amid Assurances on Ebola, Obama Is Said to Seethe  —  WASHINGTON — Beneath the calming reassurance that President Obama has repeatedly offered during the Ebola crisis, there is a deepening frustration, even anger, with how the government has handled key elements of the response.
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Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Failures of Competence  —  Et tu, C.D.C.?  —  For years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been the most trusted agency in the federal government.  In 2003, when Gallup did a survey to determine what the public thought of various federal agencies, the C.D.C. topped the list …
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Politico
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Why An Ebola Flight Ban Wouldn't Work  —  On Sept. 19, Thomas Eric Duncan boarded a flight in Monrovia, Liberia, possibly after having lied on a screening questionnaire about his contact with persons carrying the Ebola virus.  The next day, Duncan arrived in Dallas to visit his fiancée and son.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Texas to Use Voter ID Law  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Saturday allowed Texas to use its strict voter identification law in the November election.  The court's order, issued just after 5 a.m., was unsigned and contained no reasoning.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
SCOTUS allows Texas voter ID to stand  —  The Supreme Court will allow Texas to enforce its new voter ID law in next month's election, the court said in an unusual Saturday morning order.  —  Rejecting requests from the Obama administration and civil rights groups, the justices declined …
New York Times:
Police Officer in Ferguson Is Said to Recount a Struggle  —  WASHINGTON — The police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., two months ago has told investigators that he was pinned in his vehicle and in fear for his life as he struggled over his gun with Mr. Brown …
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Cliven Bundy Dares Eric Holder to Visit Nevada in Bizarre Campaign Ad  —  Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who became famous for sharing his thoughts about “the Negro” earlier this year, has just inserted himself into the 2014 midterm elections.  The one-time conservative icon appears …
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Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Cliven Bundy Makes A Midterm Ad Showing What He Knows About ‘The Negro’  —  Everyone now knows he has at least one Black friend!  —  Cliven Bundy really is determined to make sure everyone knows he's not a racist because he has a black friend and we all really do know the government is to blame …
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Dems put prayers in ground game  —  Democrats are praying their ground game will save them from a crushing defeat in next month's midterm elections.  —  Party leaders have invested heavily in their field operations to try and break the historical trend of the party in control of the White House losing seats.
Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
Midterm National Senate Polling Error Is Five Times Larger Than In Presidential Years  —  Yesterday, Nate Silver and I both examined Senate polling errors.  He saw no overall bias; I pointed out that recent bias has been unusually large.  Both statements are true.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Midterm Calculus: Not Following the Midterms? You're Missing All the Fun
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Irene / Judicial Watch:
Obama Plans to Let Ebola-infected Foreigners Into U.S. for Treatment  —  Washington, DC - Judicial Watch has learned that the Obama administration is actively formulating plans to admit Ebola-infected non-U.S. citizens into the United States for treatment.  Specifically, the goal …
Bollettino Sala Stampa della Santa Sede:
Synod14 - Message of the III Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops  —  We, Synod Fathers, gathered in Rome together with Pope Francis in the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, greet all families of the different continents and in particular all who follow Christ, the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
Discussion: Crux and johnthavis.com
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
President Obama's credit card got rejected last month.  Here's what happened next.  —  Presidents, they're just like us — their credit cards get declined.  —  President Obama's credit card was rejected last month at a restaurant in New York.  —  “I went to a restaurant up in New York when I was …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Jeffrey Sparshott / Wall Street Journal:
Obama: ‘My Credit Card Was Rejected’
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Jonathan Wolfe / Opposing Views:
Man Sues After He Wakes Up From Colonoscopy Wearing Pink Panties  —  Delaware man Andrew Walls, 32, is suing after he awoke from a colonoscopy to find himself wearing a pair of pink panties.  The prank took place at the Delaware Surgery Center, where Walls was an employee at the time.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
 
 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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