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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Pitiful Whimper of 2014 — IMAGINE a house ablaze. Now picture a team of firefighters pulling up to it. They behold the flames shooting through its roof. They feel its heat on their faces. And they get in position to fight it. — With squirt guns.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why 2014 Isn't as Good as It Seems for the Republicans — The Republicans are looking forward to having a good week. They are favored to win the Senate, and they could pick up enough House seats to finish with their largest margin since 1928. — But perhaps more important …
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Five things that would change in a Republican-led Senate — The midterm-election horserace is into its final furlong — and that means most of the attention of the political world is focused, understandably, on who's up and who's down; who will win and who will lose.
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Ernst takes 7-point lead — Joni Ernst has charged to achieve a 7-point lead over Democrat Bruce Braley in a new Iowa Poll, which buoys the GOP's hope that an Iowa victory will be the tipping point to a Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate. — Ernst, a state senator and military leader …
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Heather / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Iowa Senate Candidate Ernst Won't Say If She'd Support McConnell As GOP Leader
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
When Conspiracy Theories Don't Fit the Media Narrative
When Conspiracy Theories Don't Fit the Media Narrative
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
I barred Netanyahu from State Dept., Baker says — James Baker, a former secretary of State, didn't seem troubled during an interview on Sunday by recent anonymous comments from Obama administration officials knocking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
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Kate Briquelet / New York Post:
Inside Manhattan's secret ‘cult’ — Former “Congregation for the Light” member Paul Arthur Miller said members of “the Light” couldn't have artwork or trinkets in their homes unless it contained an owl or a cross with an “X” on it. — It's a secret society that claims that its followers descended from a …
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David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Coulter: Democrats Targeting Low-IQ ‘Bottom 51 Percent’ Who Care About Women's Rights — Conservative columnist Ann Coulter on Sunday accused Democrats supporting women's rights to win the “bottom 51 percent” of voters “in terms of IQ.” — Conservative columnist Ann Coulter …
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Capper / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Taxpayer Dollars Used For Voter Suppression In Milwaukee — Republican Milwaukee County Supervisor Deanna Alexander uses taxpayer dollars to falsely inform her constituents that they need photo ID to vote. — Milwaukee County Supervisor Deanna Alexander is a Republican's Republican.
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Lynn Zinser / New York Times:
New York Marathon 2014: Wilson Kipsang Wins Race and World Majors Bonus — As Wilson Kipsang of Kenya and Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia ran stride for stride into the last stretch of the New York City Marathon on Sunday morning, a long run turned into an unusually personal sprint.
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Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
ISIS Pitches to the Hosts of Shark Tank on SNL — SNL did a Shark Tank parody tonight with a twist: the hosts got a pitch from none other than representatives of ISIS. Yes, the ISIS you're thinking of. And these terrorists, one of them played by host Chris Rock, explained why the hosts …
Jason Plautz / The Atlantic Online:
The Climate-Change Solution No One Will Talk About — The equation seems fairly simple: The more the world's population rises, the greater the strain on dwindling resources and the greater the impact on the environment. — The solution? Well, that's a little trickier to talk about.