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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 …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Bobby Jindal Refuses To Say If He Believes In Evolution  —  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal dodged three questions on Tuesday about whether he personally believes the theory of evolution explains the presence of complex life on Earth.  —  “The reality is I'm not an evolutionary biologist,” …
Discussion: Raw Story
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Bobby Jindal: White House ‘science deniers’
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Wonkette
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 …
Discussion: Telegraph
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.
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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Paul Lewis / Guardian:
Democrats' Senate strategist: don't let Republicans restrict voting rights
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
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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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
U.S. General to Seek Combat Troops if Airstrikes Can't Stop ISIS
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
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Fox News Aired Nearly 1,100 Benghazi Segments Across 5 Programs, Study Finds  —  NEW YORK — Benghazi is back in the spotlight this week, as the House on Wednesday begins its select committee hearings on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks.  But given that conservative media have claimed …
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
Nina Golgowski / NY Daily News:
TV evangelist, accused rapist Jim Bakker sells survivalist kits including ‘End of the World Biscuits’  —  Bakker's website sells everything from bulk ‘End of the World Gravy,’ ‘Extreme Survival Bottles’ and extreme cold-weather apparel.  The evangelist, who considers himself one of today's experts …
Discussion: Raw Story and Liberaland
KARE-TV:
Dayton: Peterson's actions ‘a public embarassment’  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says Vikings running back Adrian Peterson should have stayed suspended until an accusation of child abuse was resolved in the legal system.  —  Peterson is accused in Texas of using a wooden switch to spank his 4-year-old son.
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Jeremy Rogalski / KHOU-TV:
New accusations: Peterson injured another son while disciplining 4-year-old
S.E. Cupp / CNN:
Is it OK to hunt while pregnant?  —  Editor's note: S.E. Cupp is co-host of CNN's “Crossfire.”  She is also the author of “Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media's Attack on Christianity,” co-author of “Why You're Wrong About the Right,” a columnist at the New York Daily News and a political commentator for Glenn Beck's The Blaze.
Discussion: Mediaite
Robert Rector / Daily Signal:
The War on Poverty Has Been a Colossal Flop  —  Today, the U.S. Census Bureau will release its annual report on poverty.  This report is noteworthy because this year marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's launch of the War on Poverty.  Liberals claim that the War on Poverty …
Discussion: VodkaPundit and The Daily Caller
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Live Blogging #KSSEN Taylor v. Kobach: Analysis  —  Oral argument in the Kansas Supreme Court has now completed in the case of Kobach v. Taylor, on the question whether Taylor's name can be removed from the Kansas U.S. Senate ballot.  The issue is especially important with incumbent Republican …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Another Day, Another Quote Fabricated By Neil deGrasse Tyson  —  “I'm beginning to think this Neil deGrasse Tyson fellow is a serial fabricator of quotes.”  — President Thomas Jefferson, “Stuff Jefferson Said: The Prequel,” Originally self-published at Amazon.com in 1573
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.
 
 
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Number of Americans Without Health Insurance Falls, Survey Shows
Lauren Mayk / WFLA-TV:
Scott widens lead in gov's race in latest exclusive WFLA TV poll
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate blocks pay equity bill
Discussion: msnbc.com, Feministing and Daily Kos
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Top Military Official Suggests Obama Still Open To Ground Troops In Iraq
Discussion: Daily Kos
Fbi / Federal Bureau of Investigation:
FBI Announces Full Operational Capability of the Next Generation Identification System
Jake Sherman / Politico:
John Boehner: 'We've got to do more' on ISIL
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New York Times:
Electoral Chaos in Wisconsin
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A Thousand-Dollar Bill  —  The Supreme Court is wrong …
Jeff Goodell / Rolling Stone:
China, the Climate and the Fate of the Planet
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Administration threatens to cut off ObamaCare subsidies to 360,000
Discussion: Hot Air
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Mike Huckabee gears up for 2016 run
The New Republic:
Feminism Has Conquered the Culture. Now Comes the Hard Part
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
The Great Unraveling