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6:40 PM ET, October 26, 2014

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New York Times:
White House Presses States to Reconsider Mandatory Ebola Quarantine Orders  —  The Obama administration has expressed deep concerns to the governors of New York and New Jersey and is consulting with them to modify their orders to quarantine medical volunteers returning from West Africa …
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CNN:
Quarantined nurse to CNN: ‘My basic human rights’ are being violated  —  Editor's note:  —  (CNN) — Kaci Hickox, a nurse placed under mandatory quarantine in New Jersey, went on CNN on Sunday and criticized the “knee-jerk reaction by politicians” to Ebola, saying “to quarantine someone without …
Kaci Hickox / Dallas Morning News:
UTA grad isolated at New Jersey hospital as part of Ebola quarantine
David Jackson / USA Today:   Obama aides criticize Ebola quarantine rules
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Ex-CBS reporter's book reveals how liberal media protects Obama  —  Sharyl Attkisson is an unreasonable woman.  Important people have told her so.  —  When the longtime CBS reporter asked for details about reinforcements sent to the Benghazi compound during the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Fast and Furious Cover-up, Hiding In Plain Sight  —  The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has been trying to investigate the Fast and Furious scandal for years, but has been stymied by the Obama administration's stonewalling.  The House committee was willing to narrow …
Discussion: his vorpal sword
Thomas Frank / Salon:
“We are such losers”  —  Liberals yearn to believe in post-ideological blank slates — and get disappointed every time.  Will we ever learn?  —  That we are living through an endless repeat of the 1970s is becoming more apparent all the time.  Nostalgia and retro culture burn as brightly today …
NBC News:
NBC News/Marist Polls Show Tight Contests in Key States - NBC News  —  Control of the U.S. Senate is coming down to the wire, with Democrats and Republicans locked in tight races in the key contests that will determine the major...
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Watch: SNL Hits Every Obama Scandal While Ridiculing Ebola Response  —  The cast of “Saturday Night Live” mocked President Obama's response to the Ebola cases diagnosed in the U.S. during Saturday's cold open.  —  At the beginning of the skit, Obama explains that the Ebola response wasn't that bad, relatively speaking.
Discussion: Power Line
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Pope and the Precipice  —  TO grasp why events this month in Rome — publicly feuding cardinals, documents floated and then disavowed — were so remarkable in the context of modern Catholic history, it helps to understand certain practical aspects of the doctrine of papal infallibility.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Watch: Debate Between Party Chairs Spirals Into Childish Chaos  —  A CNN “State Of The Union” debate on the midterm elections between Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus and Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) quickly devolved into complete chaos on Sunday.
Steve Mistler / The Portland Press Herald:
Poll shows LePage has a new lead  —  The survey indicates the governor has taken some support from Mike Michaud, as Eliot Cutler still lags far behind.  —  Republican Gov. Paul LePage has opened a lead over Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud in the closing weeks of the gubernatorial campaign …
Discussion: Corrente and National Review
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Fox News Host Calls Out Chris Christie For Putting Millionaires Over State's Economy  —  Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) on Fox News Sunday  —  On Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace grilled Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) on the negative ramifications his tax cuts for the wealthy have had on the state.
Discussion: Salon and PoliticusUSA
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
The American Dream Is Leaving America  —  THE best escalator to opportunity in America is education.  But a new study underscores that the escalator is broken.  —  We expect each generation to do better, but, currently, more young American men have less education (29 percent) than their parents than have more education (20 percent).
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Fox News:
Officials say suspect in killings of California deputies was deported twice  —  The suspect alleged to have shot three northern California sheriff's deputies Friday, killing two, was deported twice and has a criminal record, federal officials said late Saturday.
Discussion: Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Jeb Bush Will ‘More Than Likely’ Run in 2016, Says His Son
Discussion: Washington Times and OnPolitics
Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.com:
Cuba hasn't earned embargo's end
Drew Karedes / KHOU-TV:
Chihuahua on mend after being thrown against Starbucks window
Discussion: Gawker and Raw Story
Michael Ledeen / PJ Media:
The Legend of the Lone Wolf Terrorist
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Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Law Lets I.R.S. Seize Accounts on Suspicion, No Crime Required
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Squadrons form for voter ID fight
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Ex-White House counsel withdraws from AG race
Justin Sink / The Hill:
The shiny object election
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Chicago Sun Times:
Cops: ‘No one wants to tell us what they saw’ when 13-year-old was killed
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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Comcast plans to announce Wednesday that it will be spinning off its NBCUniversal cable TV networks including MSNBC and CNBC, with Mark Lazarus as CEO

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The Economist, The Week, ITV News, and others have joined Bluesky in the past week, while Politico, Semafor, Tortoise have resumed their activity on the site

Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai testifies for the first time in his years-long national security trial; he is already serving a jail term for a fraud conviction

 
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