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12:20 PM ET, September 4, 2014

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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Legal questions complicate Dem's exit from Kansas Senate race  —  Despite filing papers with the Kansas secretary of State withdrawing from the Senate race late Wednesday, Democrat Chad Taylor may be stuck on the ballot this fall.  —  Two election law statutes have raised questions …
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Dem's withdrawal poses threat to Roberts
Brian Dulle / Kansas First News:
Taylor withdraws from US Senate race
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Warren: Destroying ISIS should be ‘No. 1 priority’  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday said that the Obama administration should make defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) its top priority.  —  “ISIS is growing in strength.  It has money, it has organization, it has the capacity to inflict real damage.
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Collapse of Obama's Foreign Policy  —  What this means, he hasn't spelled out in great specificity.  Presumably fewer beheadings.  A slower pace of Western recruiting.  Fewer genocidal threats against embattled minorities.  A downgrading of the caliphate to a mini-state, or merely a large swath of territory in Syria and Iraq.
Andrew Romano / Yahoo! News:
Sen. Warren Criticizes Washington-Wall Street ‘Revolving Door’  —  Katie Couric  —  In an exclusive interview Wednesday with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren slammed former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor for accepting a multimillion-dollar job …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
The Three-Headed Monster Challenging Obama's Foreign Policy
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Jonathan Alter / The Daily Beast:
This Really Is Obama's Moment of Truth  —  In a presidency of many ‘critical junctures,’ this time his foreign policy legacy is truly on the line—and if he can lead now on ISIS and Putin, we'll soon forget his recent history.  —  We read so many stories about this “critical juncture” …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Brit Hume: Obama told a friend of mine before he was elected, “Wouldn't it be great for the world if I were president?”  —  Saw this last night on Fox and had such a good laugh, I feel obliged to pass it along today.  There's no way to prove he said it, but as Megyn Kelly's quick to show with archived audio …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and The Hill
Nell Gluckman / Bangor Daily News:
LePage says cost of energy keeps wages low, drives business from Maine  —  ORONO, Maine — A week after L.L. Bean announced it will close its Bangor call center and on the same day that Verizon Wireless said it would add 90 customer service employees to its local facility …
Michael Hirsh / Politico:
Has Greenwald, Inc. peaked?  —  Thanks to Ed Snowden, Glenn Greenwald went from blogging to the big time.  But his stock may be dropping fast.  —  For about a year, the global enterprise you might call Glenn Greenwald, Inc. has been taking off like a red-hot app.
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Fast food workers take to streets to demand $15 minimum wage  —  Thousands of fast food workers are expected to stage protests Thursday outside of restaurants such as McDonald's, Burger King and Domino's in a coordinated push for higher pay.  —  Backed by the Service Employees International Union …
Discussion: Daily Signal and TheBlaze.com
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. to probe Ferguson police force  —  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. this week will launch a broad civil rights investigation into the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department, according to two federal law enforcement officials.  —  The investigation, which could be announced as early …
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Inquiry to Focus on Practices of Police in Ferguson
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg to Return to Lead Company He Founded  —  Michael R. Bloomberg will reassume the leadership of his business empire only eight months after ending his final term as mayor of New York.  —  Late Wednesday, Mr. Bloomberg told close confidants and senior executives of Bloomberg L.P. …
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Bloomberg:
DANIEL L. DOCTOROFF STEPPING ASIDE AS CEO OF BLOOMBERG LP AT END OF 2014
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Gawker
WEWS-TV:
Bath Twp.  Police: Former Navy SEAL Chris Heben lied about getting shot at West Market Plaza  —  BATH TWP., Ohio - Bath Township detectives believe they have “overwhelming evidence” to prove a former Navy SEAL lied when he claimed he was shot during an altercation with three black men outside of a popular shopping center.
Discussion: Liberaland, Heavy.com and The Raw Story
The Times:
We will not be cowed by barbaric killers  —  David Cameron and Barack Obama  —  As Russia holds a gun to Ukraine and Islamic extremists commit despicable murder, Nato must strengthen its alliance  —  When Nato last met in Britain in 1990 the Cold War was ending.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Federal Appeals Court Withdraws Decision Defunding Obamacare  —  In July, two Republican judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit handed down a decision defunding much of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  This effort to implement Sen. Ted Cruz's …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
FiveThirtyEight's Senate Model Is Back And It Gives Republicans The Edge  —  The FiveThirtyEight Senate model is launching Wednesday.  We'll be rolling it out in stages, with additional features, functionality and further methodological detail.  We'll also be unveiling our new set …
Discussion: Bloomberg View
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Midterm Calculus: Senate Control May Turn on Who's More Unloved, Obama or G.O.P.
John Harwood / New York Times:
Voting Restrictions Are Key Variable in Midterm Elections
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
 
 
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Martin Wolf / Associated Press:
Financial reform: Call to arms
Discussion: Macleans.ca
John Bacon / USA Today:
Al-Qaeda announces jihad in India
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
The New Health Care: Per Capita Medicare Spending Is Actually Falling
Melissa Holmes / WGRZ-TV:
Homework Helper: Math Tips for the Common Core
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Rosie Perez & Nicolle Wallace To Join ‘The View’ As New Co-Hosts
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Shawn Boburg / NorthJersey.com:
Port Authority cops told not to reopen GWB access lanes during Fort Lee jam
Masha Gessen / New York Review of Books:
The Dying Russians  —  Sometime in 1993, after several trips …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Mark Begich: Says Dan Sullivan approved a “light sentence” …
NY Daily News:
Sack the name  —  The Daily News will no longer refer …
Discussion: ProFootballTalk
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Cops: Gun Range Claimed Uzi Release Forms ‘Were Blown Away By The Wind’
Discussion: Mediaite and Liberaland
Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:
Rauner admits $100K wine club; Quinn whines of banana breakfast
Carolyn Kaster / JSOnline:
DNC chair Wasserman Schultz rips Scott Walker on women's issues
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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