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Department of Homeland Security:
Statement by Secretary Johnson on Travel Restrictions and Protective Measures to Prevent the Spread of Ebola to the United States  —  Today, as part of the Department of Homeland Security's ongoing response to prevent the spread of Ebola to the United States, we are announcing travel restrictions …
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Liz Neporent / ABC News:
Rwanda Introduces Ebola Screening — for Americans … In a turning of tables on Ebola monitoring, the East African nation of Rwanda is screening all visitors from the United States and Spain for the deadly virus.  —  The U.S. Embassy in Rwanda posted the following notice on its website today.
Bart Jansen / Associated Press:
DHS requires West Africa travelers to arrive at five airports
Discussion: The Verge
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
On Ebola Response, Congressional Republicans Put New Focus on Visa Suspensions
Journalism.org:
Political Polarization & Media Habits  —  When it comes to getting news about politics and government, liberals and conservatives inhabit different worlds.  There is little overlap in the news sources they turn to and trust.  And whether discussing politics online or with friends …
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh is America's least-trusted news source  —  More than one-third of Americans say they distrust radio commentator Rush Limbaugh as a news source.  (AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Brian Jones)  —  Thirty-nine percent of Americans say they don't trust Rush Limbaugh when it comes …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Pew Study: Americans Are Self-Segregating Amid Proliferating Partisan Media
Discussion: Mediaite
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Chris Christie: 'I'm Tired Of Hearing About The Minimum Wage'  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Tuesday that he's “tired” of hearing discussion on the minimum wage and seemed to suggest that a higher minimum wage isn't something to “aspire to.”  —  “I gotta tell you the truth …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Trying to Woo, or at Least Suppress, Minority Vote
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:   Christie to Chamber: 'I'm tired of hearing about the minimum wage'
Michael Futch / fayobserver.com:
Churchgoer taken aback by political flier's lynching imagery  —  Dawn McNair said she was surprised Sunday when her daughter pointed out the background on a political flier urging people to get out and vote.  —  The front of the flier blares: “Kay Hagan doesn't win!  Obama's impeachment will begin!
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
McConnell will pay expenses in return for ‘enthusiasm’ at events  —  The Kentucky Republican Party is offering volunteers all-expenses-paid trips to join Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) campaign bus tour and “contribute to an enthusiastic atmosphere” at his events.
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Joseph Gerth / Courier-Journal:
New Bluegrass poll has McConnell, Grimes even
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Arkansas Democrat Mark Pryor: Desegregation an ‘Unwilling Invasion’  —  Arkansas Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor argued that the federal government's desegregation of Arkansas's largest public school in 1957 was an “unwilling invasion” that took “a local problem out of the local authorities' hands” …
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
RNC co-chair: Wisconsin voters not so ‘sharp’  —  The co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee said in Wisconsin that voters there “might not be as sharp as a knife.”  —  “It's not going to be an easy election, it's a close election,” said Sharon Day, the co-chairwoman …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Anthony Weiner: Done with politics, not life  —  For Anthony Weiner, life these days consists of figuring out fatherhood and his future.  The first he's doing pretty well with; as for the second, he's got a long way to go.  —  Three years out from the 2011 sexting scandal that forced …
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Michael Savage: Veterans With PTSD Are Destroying America  —  Last week on his talk radio program, Michael Savage got into an argument with a caller over whether California lawmakers should rename a San Francisco tunnel in honor of Robin Williams.  The caller, who said he was a veteran suffering …
Andy Kroll / Mother Jones:
Colorado Dems: We Caught James O'Keefe and His Friends Trying to Bait Us Into Approving Voter Fraud  —  The conservative provocateur allegedly posed as a mustachioed “civics professor.”  —  James O'Keefe Bill Haber/AP  —  James O'Keefe, the conservative provocateur, has been on the prowl in Colorado …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Paying $292,000 to a Group That May Not Exist  —  A certain level of murkiness has become the rule when it comes to campaign finance in a post-Citizens United world.  But even by this standard, a group called Right Solutions Partners LLC is remarkable for its opacity.
Jim Galloway / Political Insider blog:
Democratic turnout flyer: ‘If you want to prevent another Ferguson...’  —  The Democratic effort to pump up the African-American vote in Georgia just took an interesting turn.  —  A reader has sent us this early-voting turnout mailer sent out by the Georgia Democratic party that focuses …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
6 Things You Won't Believe The “Duck Dynasty” Congressional Candidate Said  —  Zach Dasher is challenging incumbent Rep. Vance McAllister.  —  https://www.facebook.com/DasherforCongr ess/ photos/pb.544994868953516.-2207520000.1 413842738.  /588420881277581/?type=3&theater
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Phyllis Schlafly: End Early Voting Because It Helps Democrats  —  When Republican-controlled legislatures around the country have passed laws curtailing early voting, they have invariably insisted that these laws have nothing to do with politics.  —  Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Jon Street / TheBlaze.com:
Surveillance Video Apparently Catches Guy Doing Something at the Ballot Box That Left Republican Monitor Stunned  —  An Arizona county party official said he saw a man stuffing “hundreds” of ballots into the ballot box and later told a local news outlet the entire incident was caught on surveillance video.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why is there no surgeon general?  Ask Democrats  —  Some of President Obama's most ardent supporters have accused Republicans of “politicizing” the Ebola crisis.  It's not a terribly serious accusation; a public health emergency requires the response of many government agencies, so how could politics not be involved?
Lauren McGaughy / Houston Chronicle:
Former aide pleads guilty to embezzling $1.8 million from Dewhurst campaign funds  —  AUSTIN - Former David Dewhurst campaign manager Kenneth “Buddy” Barfield is facing up to 28 years in prison and millions in fines and restitution payments after pleading guilty Tuesday to embezzling nearly $1.8 million …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Eugene Kontorovich / Washington Post:
ASA policy reversal delegitimizes BDS, but does not reverse past discrimination  —  When the American Studies Association adopted its Israel boycott in February, it was “credited... for giving moment to the boycott campaign.”  Now the ASA has significantly reversed its boycott of Israeli scholars …
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Steve King: US Becoming A ‘Third-World Country’ Thanks To Undocumented Immigrants Bringing In Ebola And Beheadings  —  Donald Trump travelled to Iowa to campaign for Rep. Steve King this past weekend, and their joint press conference was just about as ridiculous as you might imagine.
Elise Labott / CNN:
American released from North Korea  —  (CNN) — Jeffrey Fowle, an American arrested in North Korea in May for leaving a bible at his hotel, has been released and is on his way home, a senior State Department official told CNN on Tuesday.  —  An American government plane picked up Fowle …
Victoria McGrane / Wall Street Journal:
Fed's Dudley: Bad Bank Behavior Could Drive Break Up  —  New York Fed President Suggests Putting Senior Management on Hook for Regulatory Fines  —  Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said the government will have to consider breaking up large financial institutions …
 
 
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Discussion: OnPolitics
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Discussion: Fox News
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
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How LBJ and Reagan Wrecked Our Faith in Government
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Simon Jenkins / Guardian:
Oscar Pistorius should not be going to jail
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
White House Deletes Obama's ‘Unpaid Bills’ Admission from Transcript
 

 
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