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8:10 AM ET, September 16, 2014

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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 …
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Kirsten Gillibrand: I Couldn't Tell My Harasser ‘To Go F*** Himself’  —  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said Monday that when a male labor leader harassed her about her weight several years ago after she'd had a baby, she had a few choice words she couldn't say at the time.
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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand drops f-bomb on video  —  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is giving more details, and dropping f-bombs, about her experience with sexist comments she's received about her weight, saying she couldn't tell a male colleague “to go f— himself.”  —  “At that moment, if I could have just disappeared, I would have.
Discussion: RedState and Booman Tribune
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.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democrats Put Cultural Issues in Their Quiver
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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  —  GLASGOW — To most Americans, Scotland means golf, whisky and — if they go there — steady drizzle.  Even to the millions of Americans whose surnames testify to their Scottish or Scotch-Irish ancestry, the idea that Scotland might be about to become an independent country is baffling.
Roger Simon / Politico:
Why Hillary hates Iowa  —  But then he spoke about Haiti and the economy and the state of the America and his only really memorable line was: “We are less racist, sexist and homophobic than we have ever been, but we don't want to spend time around anyone who doesn't agree with us.”
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CBS DC:
Harkin: Hillary Clinton's ‘Fingerprints Are All Over’ Obamacare
Discussion: Telegraph
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Dem Sen. Harkin: Hillary Clinton's fingerprints ‘all over’ ObamaCare
Discussion: The Daily Banter and BuzzFeed
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.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Good election year for bad boys of Congress  —  For the bad boys of Congress, 2014 is shaping up to be an awfully good year.  —  As they endure humiliating headlines, damaging federal investigations and tough scrutiny of their personal lives, scandal-tarred lawmakers aren't just surviving this midterm year.
Allie Jones / Gawker:
Limbaugh on Sexual Assault: “No Means Yes If You Know How to Spot It”  —  The sweaty armpit of talk radio now fancies himself to be a “seduction” expert.  On his show today, Rush Limbaugh decried Ohio State's new policy instructing students to get explicit, verbal consent before having sex …
The New Republic:
Feminism Has Conquered the Culture.  Now Comes the Hard Part  —  A debate on this unprecedented opportunity  —  Hi Judith,  —  I don't think that in my lifetime (I'm 39) I've ever seen public, popular feminist discourse more robust than it is now.  When I was in high school, college …
Discussion: The Week
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
The Great Unraveling  —  It was the time of unraveling.  Long afterward, in the ruins, people asked: How could it happen?  —  It was a time of beheadings.  With a left-handed sawing motion, against a desert backdrop, in bright sunlight, a Muslim with a British accent cut off the heads …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
The Huffington Post:
Lindsey Graham Worries Islamic State Will Destroy Americans, Wipe Out Mankind  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday slammed President Barack Obama's strategy for combating Islamic State militants and said the president needs to significantly step up military action …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Daily Kos
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Jason Stein / JSOnline:
Absentee ballot mailings halted in push to restart voter ID law  —  Election officials, Michelle Avila (right) and June Gray check a voters identification during the February 2012 primary, the last time a voter ID requirement was in place in Wisconsin.  A federal court ruling restoring the law …
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Please—Let's Not Destroy ISIS  —  Obama's mission is hard enough without him stating a clearly unachievable goal.  Why do presidents feel they have to sound like John Wayne?  —  Americans should support this mission against ISIS.  One may well choose to do so warily, because …
Discussion: Liberaland and Fox News
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
US Labor Board Orders CNN to Rehire Fired Workers  —  The National Labor Relations Board ruled against the CNN cable television network on Monday in an 11-year-old labor dispute, ordering the network to rehire or compensate about 300 former workers.  —  The NLRB agreed with a November 2008 ruling …
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Bipartisan Support for Obama's Military Campaign Against ISIS  —  Dems Concerned about ‘Going Too Far,’ Reps ‘Not Far Enough’  —  President Obama's plan for a military campaign against Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria is drawing public support.  And, in a rare display of bipartisanship …
The Hill:
Republicans to limit Obama's aid to moderate Syrian rebel forces  —  House Republicans expect to unveil legislation Monday evening that would give President Obama the authority to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels, but with some limits on that authority.  —  The House Armed Services Committee …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Hullabaloo
Sarfraz Manzoor / New York Times:
Multiculturalism and Rape in Rotherham  —  LONDON — A man recently came to visit the member of Parliament for Rotherham, Yorkshire, and he had a question.  Now in his late 50s, he had arrived from Pakistan three decades earlier.  After a lifetime of hard work, he could not understand …
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Daily Mail:
Rotherham child-sex victim confronts her alleged abuser in the street... but SHE is arrested by a van load of police
Discussion: Twitchy and Vox Popoli
Associated Press:
ISIS Bans Teaching Evolution In Schools  —  BAGHDAD (AP) — The extremist-held Iraqi city of Mosul is set to usher in a new school year.  But unlike years past, there will be no art or music.  Classes about history, literature and Christianity have been “permanently annulled.”
 
 
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John Fund / National Review:
Swedish Surprise  —  Sunday's election in Sweden was supposed …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Controversial DHS Adviser Let Go Amid Allegations of Cover Up
Discussion: Power Line and Pat Dollard
Tim Sifert / Arizona GOP:
AZGOP's 1st Vice Chairman Resigns
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Income inequality is hurting state tax revenue, report says
Abby Simons / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minnesota Poll: Franken leads McFadden by double digits
Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Lobbyist, lawyer Thomas H. Boggs Jr. dead at 73
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Witnesses say Utah man killed by police was running away, attorney says
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The Three Words That Shift Views On Medicaid
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Elisabetta Povoledo / New York Times:
In Weddings, Pope Francis Looks Past Tradition
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
POLITICO expanding, promotes 2
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Coca Cola, Heinz And Other Major Food Companies Warn Climate Change Threatens Business
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
This Is What's Truly At Stake In The Battle For Senate Control
Discussion: Daily Kos
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TwitLonger  —  Urban Outfitters sincerely apologizes for any offense …
USA Today:
Senate has a secret book of rules
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