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12:35 PM ET, September 16, 2014

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Chemi Shalev / Haaretz:
Bill Clinton strays from Hillary's Israel script and knocks Netanyahu  —  In a conversation with pro-Palestinian activists in Iowa, the former president agrees: the Israeli PM won't make peace 'unless he's forced to.'  —  Former Senator Hillary Clinton has turned into a staunch defender …
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Bill Clinton takes a shot at Netanyahu  —  Former President Bill Clinton says he agrees that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “not the guy” for a peace deal.  —  A C-SPAN video — first reported by Israeli newspaper Haaretz — shows the 42nd president at Sen. Tom Harkin's Iowa steak fry …
Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
Bill Clinton Gets Caught On Camera Trashing Netanyahu At Harkin Steak Fry  —  At the end of Sunday's Tom Harkin Iowa Steak Fry Bill Clinton was recorded bashing Bibi Netanyahu, agreeing that the prime minister was “not the man” to make peace with Palestinians.
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
U.S. Pushes Back Against Warnings That ISIS Plans to Enter From Mexico  —  WASHINGTON — Militants for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria have traveled to Mexico and are just miles from the United States.  They plan to cross over the porous border and will “imminently” launch car bomb attacks.
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Washington Post:
The U.S. strategy to defeat the Islamic State is underpowered
Discussion: Associated Press, Hot Air and CBS News
Associated Press:   Hagel, Dempsey Defend US Plan to Target Extremists
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Senate Update: Democrats Draw Almost Even.  Is It The Money?  —  When we officially launched our forecast model two weeks ago, it had Republicans with a 64 percent chance of taking over the Senate after this fall's elections.  Now Republican chances are about 55 percent instead.
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Bobby Jindal Calls Obama Admin ‘Science Deniers’  —  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal paid a visit to Washington, D.C. this week to roll out his national energy policy blueprint.  —  At a breakfast for reporters Tuesday hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, the Republican governor attacked …
David Clegg / dailyrecord:
Three party leader's promise to Scotland  —  The joint statement also rubbishes claims from the SNP that the Barnett Formula for calculating Scotland's budget could be changed to leave us less money for public services.  —  It pledges: “Because of the continuation of the Barnett allocation for resources …
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Niall Ferguson / New York Times:   Scots Must Vote Nae
New York Times:
U.S. to Commit Up to 3,000 Troops to Fight Ebola in Africa  —  WASHINGTON — Under pressure to do more to confront the Ebola outbreak sweeping across West Africa, President Obama on Tuesday is to announce an expansion of military and medical resources to combat the spread of the deadly virus, administration officials said.
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Washington Post:
U.S. military will lead $750 million fight against Ebola in West Africa
US Census / Census.gov:
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2013  —  The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that in 2013, the poverty rate declined from the previous year for the first time since 2006, while there was no statistically significant change in either the number of people living …
Jeremy Rogalski / KHOU-TV:
New accusations: Peterson injured another son while disciplining 4-year-old  —  The four-year-old is by a different mother than the alleged victim in the Montgomery County case, in which Peterson is charged with felony injury to a child.  —  CONNECT  —  Photos and text messages obtained …
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Rand Paul eyes repeal of ‘all previous executive orders’  —  When he's not changing his mind about his core beliefs, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is making odd policy pronouncements.  Take his comments on Friday, for example. … By one account, Paul's vow to repeal all previous executive orders was met with …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Stewart Rips Obama for Acting ‘Chaotic and Confused’ on ISIS  —  Jon Stewart spent the first part of Monday night's Daily Show trying to sort through the confusion and mixed messaging being sent by the Obama administration on exactly what strategy they're using (and what we should be calling it) to fight ISIS.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Mike Huckabee gears up for 2016 run  —  2016 ELECTIONS CAMPAIGNS MIKE HUCKABEE  —  Mike Huckabee is leading the Republican presidential race in Iowa.  And not by just a point or two: in a new CNN survey, the former Arkansas governor, winner of the 2008 Iowa caucuses, is at 21 percent …
Yale Daily News:
Hirsi Ali addresses over 300  —  Hirsi Ali's talk has generated a large amount of controversy on Yale's campus in recent days.  —  In spite of controversy surrounding her invitation to campus, Ayaan Hirsi Ali delivered her speech Monday night without significant interruption or disturbance.
Jake Sherman / Politico:
John Boehner: 'We've got to do more' on ISIL  —  Speaker John Boehner again publicly doubted that President Barack Obama's strategy was enough to defeat the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant, but added that it's important to give the White House authority to try.
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Electoral Chaos in Wisconsin  —  It is difficult to understand the reasoning of the federal appeals court panel that permitted Wisconsin officials to enforce a controversial voter ID law less than two months before Election Day.  That's partly because the panel's five-paragraph order …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
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Jason Stein / JSOnline:
Absentee ballot mailings halted in push to restart voter ID law
Discussion: New York Times
Dan Joseph / CNSNews:
Video: College Students Sign Petition in Support of ISIS  —  Despite one's feelings on how the U.S. government should deal with the growing threat that ISIS poses to the world, it's safe to assume that Americans across the political spectrum agree that the terror group is pretty odious.
Politico:
GAO: Obamacare abortion rules widely ignored  —  There are widespread instances of Obamacare insurance plans violating the rigid rules surrounding whether customers can use federal health care subsidies on insurance policies that cover abortion procedures, according to a Government Accountability Office investigation.
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Administration threatens to cut off ObamaCare subsidies to 360,000  —  The Obama administration announced Monday it will cut off tax subsidies to about 360,000 people if they do not offer proof of their income in the next two weeks.  —  Officials will send final notices this week to individuals …
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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George E. Condon Jr / National Journal:
Obama Wants to Talk About the Economy. Is Anyone Listening?
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Usha Rodrigues / Slate:
A Thousand-Dollar Bill  —  The Supreme Court is wrong …
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DeAnn Smith / KCTV:
FBI launches excessive force probe of Independence police
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Nick Anderson / Washington Post:
Ohio State accord on sexual assault ends federal investigation
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
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The New Republic:
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Roger Simon / Politico:
Why Hillary hates Iowa
John Fund / National Review:
Swedish Surprise  —  Sunday's election in Sweden was supposed …
Discussion: Vox Popoli, Raw Story and The Local
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Controversial DHS Adviser Let Go Amid Allegations of Cover Up
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Associated Press:
ISIS Bans Teaching Evolution In Schools
Discussion: BillMoyers.com
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
The Great Unraveling
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
US Labor Board Orders CNN to Rehire Fired Workers