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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: CANNONFIRE and 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
Discussion: Telegraph
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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Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Dempsey: U.S. advisers may fight alongside Iraqis
Discussion: The Intercept and Hit & Run
George Monbiot / Guardian:
Journalists in their gilded circles are woefully out of touch with popular sentiment and shamefully slur any desire for change  —  Perhaps the most arresting fact about the Scottish referendum is this: that there is no newspaper - local, regional or national, English or Scottish - that supports independence except the Sunday Herald.
Discussion: Poynter
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Niall Ferguson / New York Times:   Scots Must Vote Nae
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: Daily Kos and Washington Post
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
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Bryan Lowryeagle Topeka / Wichita Eagle:
Justices question why Democrat Chad Taylor can't withdraw from Senate race  —  ›  —  ‹  —  Kansas Supreme Court justices grilled Secretary of State Kris Kobach's attorney at a special court hearing Tuesday about whether Democrat Chad Taylor should remain on ballot as a candidate for U.S. Senate.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Politico
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
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
How ISIS Is Threatening Al Franken's Reelection Bid  —  The threat posed by ISIS has invaded the campaign ads and speeches all across the U.S., but the issue has had special resonance in Minnesota where an unusual number of people have left to join the terrorist group.
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 …
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 …
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
Amelia Rosch / ThinkProgress:
Southern California Heat Wave Forces Schools To Cancel Outdoor Activities  —  Amelia Rosch is an intern at ThinkProgress.  —  Two paddle boarders cool off in the water during the ongoing Southern California heat wave, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in Huntington Beach, Calif. Southern California …
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
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 …
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Newly-Crowned Miss America Kira Kazantsev Worked at Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz  —  You probably know her best as the newly-crowned Miss America or the contestant who belted out the infectious pop tune “happy” as she gleefully tapped on a red solo cup.  But here's something you probably didn't know about the new Miss America.
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Lawmaker to introduce bill to end NFL's tax-exempt status because of Redskins name  —  Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) announced Tuesday that she will introduce legislation to eliminate the NFL's tax-exempt status because of its refusal to address the name of the Washington Redskins.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editor Bashes Fox News' Ferguson Coverage  —  The editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was not a huge fan of the way Fox News covered the Ferguson protests following the death of Michael Brown in August.  —  Editor Gilbert Bailon lamented that Fox focused …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
 
 
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Ben Goad / The Hill:
Franchise owners flock to DC in defense of McDonald's
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Number of Americans Without Health Insurance Falls, Survey Shows
Lauren Mayk / WFLA-TV:
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Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate blocks pay equity bill
Discussion: msnbc.com, Daily Kos and Feministing
New York Times:
Electoral Chaos in Wisconsin
Discussion: JSOnline and Election Law Blog
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Usha Rodrigues / Slate:
A Thousand-Dollar Bill  —  The Supreme Court is wrong …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Stewart Rips Obama for Acting ‘Chaotic and Confused’ on ISIS
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Mike Huckabee gears up for 2016 run
The New Republic:
Feminism Has Conquered the Culture. Now Comes the Hard Part
Discussion: The Week
Dan Joseph / CNSNews:
Video: College Students Sign Petition in Support of ISIS