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9:20 PM ET, September 16, 2014

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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 …
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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: Wonkette and ThinkProgress
Charlie Cook / National Journal:
What Could Go Wrong for GOP?  —  At this point, most independent political analysts are giving the edge to Republicans in this year's fight for majority status in the U.S. Senate.  Personally, I give the GOP a 60 percent chance of taking the majority, while others put it a little higher or lower.
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Linda Killian / The Daily Beast:
Meet the One Numbers-Cruncher Who Foresees Democrats Holding the Senate  —  He's not as well-known as Nate Silver, but Princeton's Sam Wang has a method, too, and he sees Democrats holding (barely) the upper chamber.  —  The list of pundits, political analysts, and numbers-crunchers …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Senate Update: Democrats Draw Almost Even. Is It The Money?
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: Politico and Outside the Beltway
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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
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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Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
Pentagon: US ground troops may join Iraqis in combat against Isis
Discussion: Gawker and Shakesville
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Judge: Hobby Lobby Decision Means Polygamous Sect Member Can Refuse To Testify In Child Labor Case  —  A law enforcement officer escorts polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs (center) from the courthouse where he was convicted of two counts of child sexual assault
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
Discussion: Moe Lane and Conservatives4Palin
Blupman / Our Bad Media:
Fareed Zakaria Never Stopped Plagiarizing: How Dozens Of Episodes Of His CNN Show Ripped Others Off  —  Earlier this year, a certain CNN employee specializing in international news was caught red-handed plagiarizing dozens of instances of reporting.  What did the network do?
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
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.
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
Eric Thompson / GoFundMe:
EAGLE RIVER, AK  —  $3,630 of $7,500  —  Raised by 74 people in 15 hours  —  Eric Thompson was at a party for about 70 friends on September 6th, 2014.  At some point during the evening a massive, “Jerry Springer” type fight broke out involving the Palin family.
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
How ISIS Is Complicating 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.
Sam Tanenhaus / The New Republic:
Dinesh D'Souza Is Planning His Prison Memoir  —  The conservative firebrand speaks as he awaits sentencing for campaign fraud  —  On September 23, Dinesh D'Souza will appear before a federal judge in Manhattan to learn whether he will do jail time for violating campaign-finance law.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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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Reuters:
Citing security threat, Obama expands U.S. role fighting Ebola
Discussion: Washington Post and AEIdeas
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 …
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 …
American Press Institute:
The Personal News Cycle: A focus on African American and Hispanic news consumers  —  This research was conducted by the Media Insight Project — an initiative of the American Press Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research  —  Introduction
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 …
Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Mixed Signals on Health Law in Kentucky Races  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Affordable Care Act allowed Robin Evans, an eBay warehouse packer earning $9 an hour, to sign up for Medicaid this year.  She is being treated for high blood pressure and Graves' disease, an autoimmune disorder …
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Jindal's Gamble  —  Bobby Jindal is making a bet …
Discussion: Power Line and Real Clear Politics
Gail Sullivan / Washington Post:
Study: Liberals and conservatives sniff out like-minded mates by body odor
Discussion: Hot Air
NBC News:
Angry Mob Tosses Ukrainian Politician Into Trash
Discussion: Gawker, Pat Dollard, Mediaite and Deadspin
Andy Pasztor / Wall Street Journal:
Boeing Takes Lead to Build Space Taxi
Ben Goad / The Hill:
Franchise owners flock to DC in defense of McDonald's
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editor Bashes Fox News' Ferguson Coverage
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Lauren Mayk / WFLA-TV:
Scott widens lead in gov's race in latest exclusive WFLA TV poll
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 Earlier Items: 
S.E. Cupp / CNN:
Is it OK to hunt while pregnant?
Discussion: Mediaite
Nina Golgowski / NY Daily News:
TV evangelist, accused rapist Jim Bakker sells survivalist kits including ‘End of the World Biscuits’
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Electoral Chaos in Wisconsin
Discussion: JSOnline and Election Law Blog
Usha Rodrigues / Slate:
A Thousand-Dollar Bill  —  The Supreme Court is wrong …
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Rand Paul eyes repeal of ‘all previous executive orders’
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Stewart Rips Obama for Acting ‘Chaotic and Confused’ on ISIS
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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