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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton Corrects Fumbled “Jobs” Line — “I short-handed this point the other day.” — Mark Makela / Reuters — SOMERS, N.Y. — When Hillary Clinton fumbled a line at a rally last Friday — “Don't let anybody tell you that corporations and businesses create jobs” …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Hillary Clinton clarifies jobs comment — Hillary Clinton on Monday mopped up her botched statement from a rally in Massachusetts last week, making it clear she'd misspoken and hadn't intended to deliver a fresh economic policy message. — Clinton's cleanup came as she campaigned …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Scott Walker to Chris Christie: Thanks for nothing — MAYVILLE, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he needs more help from the national GOP in his reelection fight — and an upcoming visit from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie isn't going to cut it. — Speaking with reporters …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Rush Limbaugh: The GOP Ought To Quarantine Chris Christie — Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh isn't impressed by the way New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) handled the involuntary quarantine of a nurse who arrived Friday in Newark after working in Sierra Leone.
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New York Times and No More Mister Nice Blog
New York Times:
Nurse in Newark to Be Allowed to Finish Ebola Quarantine at Home, Christie Says
Nurse in Newark to Be Allowed to Finish Ebola Quarantine at Home, Christie Says
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Toronto Star:
CBC fires Jian Ghomeshi over sex allegations — Ousted host of Q denies claims by three women of unwanted sexual violence and threatens to sue broadcaster for $50 million. — Ousted host of Q denies claims by three women of unwanted sexual violence and threatens to sue broadcaster for $50 million.
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Jian Ghomeshi / Facebook:
Dear everyone, — I am writing today because I want you to be the first to know some news. — This has been the hardest time of my life. I am reeling from the loss of my father. I am in deep personal pain and worried about my mom. And now my world has been rocked by so much more.
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Guardian, Ms. Magazine Blog, Toronto Star, Canada Blog …, Raw Story, canada.com, Gawker and Globe and Mail
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo! News:
Feds identify suspected ‘second leaker’ for Snowden reporters — Yahoo News 2 hrs ago — The FBI has identified an employee of a federal contracting firm suspected of being the so-called second leaker who turned over sensitive documents about the U.S. government's terrorist watch list …
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Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN poll: Voters are angry — Washington (CNN) — Nearly 7 in 10 Americans are angry at the direction the country is headed and 53% of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama's job performance, two troubling signs for Democrats one week before the midterm elections, a new CNN/ORC International Poll shows.
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The Economic Collapse, PoliticusUSA and Hot Air
Heyun Jeong / The Daily Californian:
Students spring into opposition after Bill Maher announced as keynote speaker — In response to an announcement last week that comedian Bill Maher would speak at UC Berkeley's fall commencement, an online petition started circulating Thursday that demanded that the campus rescind its invitation.
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Argus Leader:
Weiland accuses own party of sabotaging his campaign … Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rick Weiland accused his own political party of trying to undermine his campaign in a striking news conference Monday. — Weiland said the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's ads attacking …
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Associated Press, Bloomberg Politics, Fox News and Mediaite
Carl Gibson / ThinkProgress:
Kansas Governor Is Forcing Disabled People Off Medicaid — Carl Gibson is a contributing editor for Reader Supported News and Occupy.com, and author of the book “How to Oust a Congressman.” Follow him on Twitter at @uncutCG. — CREDIT: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
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Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg Politics:
The Persuadables — How strategists see the 2014 Senate battlefield, state by state, featuring exclusive voter data. — One doesn't have to wait until the polls close on election night to begin counting votes. In fact, the vote counting in these midterm elections has been going on for months.
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
John Boehner Still Hasn't Sued Obama Over Obamacare. Why Not? — Three months ago, John Boehner threw a bone to the tea-party faction that was nipping at his heels and demanding action against the lawless tyrant Obama and his executive orders that routinely defied both the Constitution and the duly enacted laws of the land.
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Washington Monthly
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Army major general, troops quarantined after Ebola aid trip — (CNN) — Army Major General Darryl A. Williams, commander of U.S. Army Africa, and approximately 10 other personnel are now in “controlled monitoring” in Italy after returning there from West Africa over the weekend, according to multiple U.S. military officials.
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Mediaite, The Verge, Gawker and Washington Free Beacon
James Monteleone / Albuquerque Journal:
Journal Poll: U.S. Senate race tightens — Democratic Sen. Tom Udall was backed by 50 percent of likely voters in a new Journal Poll on New Mexico's U.S. Senate race, but Republican challenger Allen Weh narrowed the first-term senator's lead. — With half of the voters surveyed just over a week …
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RedState, Weekly Standard, The Daily Caller, National Review and Real Clear Politics
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
National Organization For Marriage Spends More Than $100K In North Carolina Senate Race — North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis is aiming to unseat Sen. Kay Hagan. — Getty Images/Win McNamee — WASHINGTON — The National Organization for Marriage is dropping more than $100,000 …
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David Carr / New York Times:
Facebook Offers Life Raft, but Publishers Are Wary — For publishers, Facebook is a bit like that big dog galloping toward you in the park. More often than not, it's hard to tell whether he wants to play with you or eat you. — The social network now has over 1.3 billion users …
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New York Post:
Ex-CBS reporter: Government agency bugged my computer — A former CBS News reporter who quit the network over claims it kills stories that put President Obama in a bad light says she was spied on by a “government-related entity” that planted classified documents on her computer.