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New York Times:
Under Pressure, Cuomo Says Ebola Quarantines Can Be Spent at Home — Facing fierce resistance from the White House and medical experts to a strict new mandatory quarantine policy, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Sunday night that medical workers who had contact with Ebola patients in 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 …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite, Associated Press, Talking Points Memo, Mashable and New York Magazine
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Governors of New York and New Jersey Defend Ebola Quarantine
Governors of New York and New Jersey Defend Ebola Quarantine
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LewRockwell and Little Green Footballs
Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Bushes, Led by W., Rally to Make Jeb ‘45’ — WASHINGTON — When Jeb Bush decides whether to run for president, there will be no family meeting à la Mitt Romney, no gathering at Walker's Point in Kennebunkport to go over the pros and cons. “I don't think it'll be like a big internal straw poll,” said his son, Jeb Bush Jr.
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Jeb Bush Will ‘More Than Likely’ Run in 2016, Says His Son … Will another member of the Bush family dynasty make a run for the White House? In an interview in College Station, Texas, this week, George P. Bush told ABC News' Jonathan Karl he thinks his father, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush …
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New York Magazine, OnPolitics and Washington Times
Michael Hirsh / Politico:
Team of Bumblers? — Are Susan Rice and Chuck Hagel equal to today's new national-security challenges? — When President Obama, after months of equivocation over how to respond to the takeover of parts of Iraq and Syria by radical militants, announced in September that the United States would …
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Betsy's Page
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 …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hullabaloo and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
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his vorpal sword
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Ideology and Investment — America used to be a country that built for the future. Sometimes the government built directly: Public projects, from the Erie Canal to the Interstate Highway System, provided the backbone for economic growth. Sometimes it provided incentives to the private sector …
Bob Paulson / rcmp-grc.gc.ca:
RCMP Update on the October 22, 2014, Terrorist Attack in Ottawa — The RCMP's investigation of the October 22, 2014, terrorist attack in Ottawa is advancing and has revealed a great deal about Zehaf-Bibeau's movements and actions prior to the attack. — The RCMP has identified persuasive evidence …
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Associated Press and TalkLeft
The Atlantic Online:
2014 National Geographic Photo Contest, Part II — National Geographic Magazine's annual photo contest, is nearing the deadline for entries this year—the final day will be October 31, 2014. The Grand Prize Winner will receive $10,000 and a trip to National Geographic headquarters to participate in its annual photography seminar.
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AMERICAN DIGEST
Detroit Free Press:
Endorsement: In a close call, Snyder better choice for state — By a narrow margin, the editorial board endorses Snyder. But a second term must be tempered with empathy and a sense of moderate Michigan values. — CONNECT — The distinction between Michigan gubernatorial candidates Rick Snyder and Mark Schauer is clear.
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PoliticusUSA
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.
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Scared Monkeys and Power Line