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2:50 PM ET, August 28, 2014

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Fox News:
Dems' last ditch hope: Force a shutdown to save the Senate
Washington Post:
Obama's immigration decision could roil 2014 election
TMZ.com:
Joan Rivers — Stops Breathing During Surgery ...  (Update: Critical Condition)  —  STOPS BREATHING DURING SURGERY  —  (Update: Critical Condition)  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  8:49 AM PT — The NYPD tells us ... Joan is currently in critical condition.  —  We're told ... at one point, Joan's heart stopped beating.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Chuck Todd Pushes RNC Chair: ‘Too Many Crazy White Guys’?  —  On MSNBC's “The Daily Rundown,” host Chuck Todd asked Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, on Thursday about report commissioned by two conservative groups that found that the Republican party …
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and NewsBusters
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Max Fisher / Vox:
Let's be clear about this: Russia is invading Ukraine right now  —  TWEET SHARE +1 LINKEDIN EMAIL PRINT  —  There are two things happening between Ukraine and Russia right now.  First, Russian and Ukrainian leaders are meeting in Belarus to negotiate a peace deal in the Ukrainian conflict …
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The Huffington Post:
NRA: ‘Children Can Have Fun At The Shooting Range’  —  WASHINGTON — Less than two days after a 9-year-old girl in Arizona accidentally shot and killed a gun range instructor who was showing her how to fire an Uzi, the National Rifle Association on Wednesday touted new ways for children to “have fun” at shooting ranges.
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Investor's Business Daily:
Holder Cut Left-Wing Groups In On $17 Bil BofA Deal  —  Extortion: Radical Democrat activist groups stand to collect millions from Attorney General Eric Holder's record $17 billion deal to settle alleged mortgage abuse charges against Bank of America.  —  Buried in the fine print of the deal …
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Why Hagan wins North Carolina  —  Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) is the target of what could be the most aggressive, dishonest, vindictive and lavishly financed negative campaign against any statewide candidate I've ever seen, yet according to the summary of polling from Real Clear Politics …
Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
False Hope: Why Libertarians Won't Help Republicans Win the Youth Vote  —  The Republican Party has a major problem with young voters.  According to national exit polls, the GOP has lost the under-30 vote by a wide margin in every election since 2004.  In 2012, Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney …
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Bill O'Reilly and White Privilege  —  Is white privilege real?  Not according to Fox News's Bill O'Reilly.  —  This week O'Reilly debated the issue of white privilege with a fellow host and then returned to the topic the next day with this doozy of a statement:
Martha P. Nochimson / Vox:
Did Tony die at the end of The Sopranos?  —  David Chase finally answers the question he wants fans to stop asking  —  The main topic of conversation about The Sopranos, seven years after the series finale, is still whether Tony Soprano, mob boss of North Jersey, is dead or not.
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic Online:
The Extreme Partisanship of John Roberts's Supreme Court  —  Like Barack Obama, the chief justice came into office promising an age of apolitical comity.  And like the president, he has seen his dream die.  —  “Politics are closely divided,” John Roberts told scholar Jeffrey Rosen after his first term as chief justice.
Discussion: RedState
Milo Yiannopoulos / BREITBART.COM:
MUSLIM GANG RAPISTS ARE SPRINGING UP EVERYWHERE.  WHY CAN'T WE BE HONEST ABOUT IT?  —  The notorious Sydney gang rapes in 2000 were committed by Lebanese Australians.  Muslim men raped women and girls as young as 14.  Australia, being a sensible sort of place, identified that the rapists …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Republicans' “Thought” to 2014 Election Exceeds Democrats'  —  GOP advantage more similar to those in 2002 and 2010 than in 2006  —  PRINCETON, NJ — One in three Americans (33%) say they have given “quite a lot” or “some” thought to the 2014 midterm election, up from 26% in April.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Karen Shuey / LancasterOnline:
F&M College Poll: Corbett failing to gain ground in race with Wolf  —  Doris Berko and Cindy Butzer might live in the same town, but they find themselves on opposite sides of the political landscape.  —  Both women, who reside in Leola, were participants in the latest Franklin & Marshall College poll released Thursday morning.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Detroit Free Press:
Schauer edges ahead of Snyder, 45% to 43%, in new governor race poll  —  LANSING — Democratic challenger Mark Schauer has edged ahead of Gov. Rick Snyder by two percentage points, according to a new poll of likely voters in the Nov. 4 election.  —  The results from EPIC-MRA of Lansing come …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
John Lyon / Arkansas News:
Pryor defends Ebola ad Pryor defends Ebola ad  —  U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., defends his ad accusing U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, of voting to weaken American preparedness for a possible Ebola outbreak during a news conference in Little Rock on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014.  (John Lyon photo)
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Fox News:
Sources say second American killed fighting with ISIS in Syria identified as Abdirahmaan Muhumed  —  A second American killed fighting with the Islamic State group in Syria has been identified as Abdirahmaan Muhumed, of Minneapolis, two sources told Fox News late Wednesday.
THE / Los Angeles Times:
Editorial Don't let Arizona and Kansas get away with potentially discriminatory voter registration rules  —  Arizona, which has become infamous for its hostility toward immigrants who are in the country illegally, lost an important case in the U.S. Supreme Court last year when the justices ruled …
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Is Everyone a Little Bit Racist?  —  Let's start with what we don't know: the precise circumstances under which a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., shot dead an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown.  —  But here's what evidence does strongly suggest: Young black men in America suffer …
Discussion: Mediaite
Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
Senate Democrats are outperforming expectations  —  [Note: this is a work in progress.  I'm basically seeking comment as I develop a November predictive model.  Please give your feedback... -Sam]  —  I've been asked why the PEC Senate poll snapshot is more favorable to Democrats …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
 
 
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LePage slams newspapers, revs up GOP faithful during Auburn rally
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie marry in France
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The Biggest Tax Scam Ever
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Rahm, Gutierrez want Chicago to be model for immigrant benefits
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Nicholas Watt / Guardian:
Tory MP Douglas Carswell defects to Ukip and forces byelection
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Across the Country, the Federal Government Fights For Muslim Worship Spaces [Updated]
 

 
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