memeorandum: GOP's maniacal new vote scheme: What wingnuts are hatching to keep the “riff-raff” away (Salon)

1:15 AM ET, October 24, 2014

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Marc Santora / New York Times:

Doctor in New York City Is Sick With Ebola — A doctor in New York City who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea became the first person in the city to test positive for the virus Thursday, setting off a search for anyone who might have come into contact with the man while he was sick.

New York Post:

Doctor who treated Ebola patients rushed to NYC hospital — Police officers leave the apartment of Dr. Craig Spencer (left) in West Harlem. — The Big Apple may have its first case of Ebola. — A 33-year-old Doctors Without Borders physician who recently treated Ebola patients in Guinea …

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Fox News:

Patient at New York City hospital tests positive for Ebola, reports say — Health care workers display protective gear, which hospital staff would wear to protect them from an Ebola virus infection, inside an isolation room as part of a media tour in the emergency department of Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, New York.

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Jesse / CBS New York:

New York City Doctor Tests Positive For Ebola — NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A New York City doctor has tested positive for the Ebola virus after coming down with symptoms Thursday, officials have announced. — Tests Thursday evening at Bellevue Hospital Center came back positive for Dr. Craig Spencer …

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Sydney Lupkin / ABC News:
Doctor Isolated at NYC Hospital With Ebola-Like Symptoms

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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo: Healthcare Worker Taken To NYC Hospital To Be Tested For Ebola

Politico:

CNN's Carol Costello apologizes for Palin remarks — CNN's Carol Costello apologized on Thursday for joking about a police recording of Bristol Palin. — “Over the past few days I have been roundly criticized for joking about a brawl involving the Palin family.

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Bristol Palin:

The Truth about the “Palin Brawl” - The Media Reveals Its Bias Against Conservative Women Once Again — First, the media said Trig was not really my mom's kid. — Then, they claimed my mom said “I can see Russia from my house.” — Recently, they said my parents are giving a divorce.

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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:

CNN anchor, liberals give grins and thumbs up to violence against the ‘Right’ women — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CNN ALASKA SARAH PALIN MEDIA WAR ON WOMEN — How do you get liberals to approve of violence against women? Just tell them the women are Republicans named “Palin.”

Discussion: Hot Air and Instapundit

Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:

Bristol Palin: Yes, I Punched A Guy But He Had It Coming — Bristol Palin: feminist hero? — The eldest daughter of former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin broke her silence on Wednesday with a blog post about the role she played in a booze-fueled brawl last month at a house party in Alaska.

Discussion: UPROXX, Balloon Juice, Raw Story and The Dish

The Huffington Post:

Joni Ernst: My Gun Will Defend Me If Government Decides ‘My Rights Are No Longer Important’ — WASHINGTON — Joni Ernst, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Iowa, said during an NRA event in 2012 that she would use a gun to defend herself from the government.

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Joni Ernst snubs Des Moines Register

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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The real problem with Joni Ernst's quote about guns and the government

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thegazette.com:
Ernst campaign requests recount procedures of several counties

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Emily Yoffe / Slate:

Kids from poorer neighborhoods keep coming to trick-or-treat in mine. Do I have to give them candy? — Get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week; click here to sign up. Please send your questions for publication to prudence@slate.com. (Questions may be edited.)

Discussion: UPROXX, Balloon Juice and Talking Points Memo

Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:

As Midterms Near, GOP Leads on Key Issues, Democrats Have a More Positive Image — Far Fewer Democrats See Vote as ‘For’ Obama Than in 2010 — With less than two weeks before the midterm elections, the Republican Party holds significant leads on several major issues.

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Rajiv Chandrasekaran / Washington Post:
Syrians to be trained to defend territory, not take ground from jihadists, officials say

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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Support for U.S. Campaign against ISIS; Doubts about Its Effectiveness, Objectives

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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:

Glenn Beck: Not ‘All That Bad’ If McConnell Loses To Grimes (AUDIO) — Glenn Beck doesn't think it would be “all that bad for the country” if Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) loses reelection to Alison Lundergan Grimes (D). — Less than two weeks before Election Day …

Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Post

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Alison Grimes doubles down on a 4-Pinocchio claim

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Jim O'Sullivan / The Boston Globe:

Baker opens up lead over Coakley in new poll — Republican Charlie Baker has opened up a 9-point lead over Democrat Martha Coakley, 45 percent to 36 percent, according to a new Globe poll that depicts a far more comfortable advantage than either candidate for governor has enjoyed in months.

Discussion: Viking Pundit and Bloomberg Politics

Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:

Lewinsky mistreated by authorities in investigation of Clinton, report says — When onetime White House intern Monica Lewinsky broke her silence with a major speech earlier this week, one subject brought her nearly to tears. — Lewinsky's voice cracked as she recalled the moment in January 1998 …

Discussion: CNN

Geoff McLatchey / Judicial Watch:

Obama Asserts Fast and Furious Executive Privilege Claim for Holder's Wife — Judicial Watch announced today that it received from the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) a “Vaughn index” detailing records about the Operation Fast and Furious scandal. The index was forced …

Discussion: Power Line, The PJ Tatler, Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller

Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:

Rand Paul Summons Political Operatives for 2016 Strategy Session — The closely guarded gathering ahead of Paul's likely presidential run will happen only eight days after the midterms. — Sen. Rand Paul is summoning his top strategists and political advisers to Washington one week …

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Eliana Johnson / National Review: Rand Paul's Non-Isolationism

Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:

JEANNE SHAHEEN CAMPAIGN KICKS BREITBART NEWS REPORTER OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE EVENT — EXETER, New Hampshire — The campaign of Democratic incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) kicked this reporter out of an event at ReVision Energy on Wednesday afternoon. — Shaheen's campaign asked the owner …

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Salon:

GOP's maniacal new vote scheme: What wingnuts are hatching to keep the “riff-raff” away — Paranoia reaches a fever pitch in Arizona, where the right has violent nightmares — and an absurd response in mind — It's soothing to think that this “voter fraud” fraud is a temporary fad among …

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CNN:

Man attacks New York police officers with a hatchet — New York (CNN) — A man charged at four New York police officers with a metal hatchet Thursday, hitting two of them at a time of high alert for authorities concerned they might be targeted in the United States and Canada.

Discussion: Mashable

Felicia's Melange:

The Only Thing I Have To Say About Gamer Gate — I had a day off this weekend from shooting Supernatural, and I was walking around downtown Vancouver on Saturday, sampling all the artisan coffee I could get my throat around. At one point I saw a pair of guys walking towards me wearing gamer shirts.

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Douglas Burns / The Jefferson Herald:

King on gays: 'I don't expect to meet them should I make it to heaven' — Congressman speaks exclusively to the Herald — U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, suggests gays won't make it to heaven. — What's more, in an interview, King intimated that the divorced or cohabitators could be thwarted …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, Mediaite and Joe. My. God.