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3:00 AM ET, October 26, 2014

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Kaci Hickox / Dallas Morning News:
UTA grad isolated at New Jersey hospital as part of Ebola quarantine  —  FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 file photo, a child stands near a sign advising of a quarantined home in an effort to combat the spread of the Ebola virus in Port Loko, Sierra Leone.
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
NYC Officials Lied to the Public Last Night. That Was The Right Thing To Do.
Discussion: Hot Air, CBS New York and The Dish
Chicago Sun Times:
Cops: ‘No one wants to tell us what they saw’ when 13-year-old was killed  —  GARY — A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed Friday evening in Gary by a neighbor who was upset about his house being burglarized and became enraged when the teen laughed at him, according to police.
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette and Raw Story
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The nastiest political tactic this year  —  The early-morning paramilitary-style raids on citizens' homes were conducted by law enforcement officers, sometimes wearing bulletproof vests and lugging battering rams, pounding on doors and issuing threats.  Spouses were separated …
RealClearPolitics Videos:
Bill Maher: Michael Brown “Was Not A Gentle Giant,” “He Was Acting Like A Thug”  —  BILL MAHER: You know what else I find disturbing is that everybody in America just sides with their own people and doesn't look at the facts.  The cops, I saw on the news a couple of weeks ago …
Duff McDonald / The New York Observer:
Pro Due Process Does Not Equate to Pro Rape  —  A feisty NYC attorney with a weakness for underdogs defends accused campus sex criminals  —  Kimberly Lau and Andrew Miltenberg are representing those accused of rape or sexual assault whom they believe suffered egregious due process violations in college hearings.
Discussion: Hot Air and protein wisdom
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking: MS Supreme Court Rejects McDaniel Challenge in #MSSEN Race on 4-2 Vote: My Analysis  —  You can read the opinion at this link.  Here are some thoughts.  —  1. The plurality, concurrence and dissent.  The Court's opinion broke down 3-1-2, with 3 Justices not participating.
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Geoff Pender / The Clarion-Ledger:
UPDATED State Supreme Court rejects McDaniel appeal
Discussion: Hot Air
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
NIKKI HALEY'S DEM OPPONENT: ‘ESCORT WHORE OUT THE DOOR!’  —  While giving a get-out-the-vote speech at a Florence, South Carolina political event, Democrat gubernatorial candidate, State Senator Vincent Shaheen, told cheering fans of his opponent, sitting Republican governor Nikki Haley, “We are going to escort whore out the door.”
Zachary Roth / msnbc.com:
Texas woman threatened with jail after applying for voter ID  —  An Austin, Texas woman told msnbc she was threatened with jail time for having an out-of-state driver's license when she went to apply for a voter identification card so she could vote under the state's controversial ID law.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Dems on FEC move to regulate Internet campaigns, blogs, Drudge  —  WASHINGTON SECRETS VIDEO FEC MEDIA TECHNOLOGY AMERICA RISING DRUDGE REPORT INTERNET  —  In a surprise move late Friday, a key Democrat on the Federal Election Commission called for burdensome new rules on Internet-based campaigning …
Douglas Martin / New York Times:
Joan Quigley, Astrologer to a First Lady, Is Dead at 87  —  In his 1988 memoir, Donald T. Regan, a former chief of staff for President Ronald Reagan, revealed what he called the administration's “most closely guarded secret.”  —  He said an astrologer had set the time for summit meetings …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell loans his campaign $1.8 million  —  Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is giving his reelection campaign a $1.8 million personal loan to stave off a new round of attack ads from Democrats.  —  A week ago it appeared the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee …
 
 
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Paul Begala / CNN:
Candidate's gun remarks should scare us
Discussion: John Lott's Website and TPNN
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Working Nation  —  During the Cold War era, Western economies …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Who says Obamacare isn't major factor in midterms?
John Markoff / New York Times:
Alan Eustace Jumps From Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baumgartner's World Record
Discussion: Outside the Beltway, NPR and Mashable
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Reuters:
Mario Draghi's German problem
Rand Paul / The National Interest:
The Case for Conservative Realism
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Profits-Investment Disconnect  —  I caught a bit of CNBC …
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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