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6:55 PM ET, September 19, 2014

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Luke Harding / Guardian:
Russia cries foul over Scottish independence vote  —  Russian observers say referendum count took place in rooms that were too big and did not meet international standards  —  Russia has said the conduct of the Scottish referendum “did not meet international standards” …
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BBC:
Scottish referendum: Scotland votes ‘No’ to independence  —  Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom after voters decisively rejected independence.  —  With 31 out of the country's 32 council areas having declared after Thursday's vote, the ‘No’ side has an unassailable lead of 1,914,187 votes to 1,539,920.
Reuters:
Scots spurn independence in historic vote, devolution battle begins  —  (Reuters) - Scotland spurned independence and saved a union dating back 300 years in a historic referendum but its defeated leader said it would hold London to last minute offers of more power that could radically reshape the United Kingdom.
Discussion: Hot Air and American Spectator
New York Times:
After Losing Scottish Independence Vote, Alex Salmond Will Resign
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Wonkette
Rowena Mason / Guardian:
Scottish referendum: Cameron pledges devolution revolution after no vote
Vanessa Barford / BBC:
Scotland votes ‘No’: How the ‘No’ side won the referendum
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Guardian
CNN:
Scotland votes ‘no’ to independence in historic referendum
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Jim Gaines:
One in four Americans want their state to secede from the U.S., but why?  —  Click on the image to explore the the complete poll results.  —  For the past few weeks, as Scotland debated the wisdom of independence, Reuters has been asking Americans how they would feel about declaring independence today …
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Scott Malone / Reuters:
Exclusive: Angry with Washington, 1 in 4 Americans open to secession  —  (Reuters) - The failed Scottish vote to pull out from the United Kingdom stirred secessionist hopes for some in the United States, where almost a quarter of people are open to their states leaving the union, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
Angelo Codevilla / The Federalist:
Washington's Ruling Class Is Fooling Itself About The Islamic State  —  The American people's reaction to Muslim thugs of the “Islamic State” ritually knifing off the heads of people who look like you and me boils down to “let's destroy these bastards”—which is common sense.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Rift widens between Obama, U.S. military over strategy to fight Islamic State  —  Flashes of disagreement over how to fight the Islamic State are mounting between President Obama and U.S. military leaders, the latest sign of strain in what often has been an awkward and uneasy relationship.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Interpreting the Islamic State's jihadi logic
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Kansas Senate Ballots Will Be Sent Out Without Dem Nominee Listed  —  In an apparent reversal, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office is instructing election officials in the state to send out overseas military ballots without Democratic Senate nominee Chad Taylor or any other Democratic Senate candidate listed.
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Bob Dole Returns to Save Kansas for Jittery GOP … It has been a rough two-and-a-half weeks for Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, a three-term Republican facing his toughest fight for re-election since arriving in Washington in 1981.  —  Roberts, who survived a Republican primary challenge …
Rasmussen Reports:
Kansas Senate: Orman (I) 45%, Roberts (R) 40%
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Does Hillary Clinton Have Anything to Say?  —  The presumed presidential candidate's speeches are long on pablum and short on content.  This is the campaign we're in for.  —  Everywhere Hillary Clinton goes, a thousand cameras follow.  Then she opens her mouth, and nothing happens.
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Square Deal, New Deal, and Now, From Hillary Clinton, a “Fair Shot”
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
Viola Davis Plays Shonda Rhimes's Latest Tough Heroine  —  When Shonda Rhimes writes her autobiography, it should be called “How to Get Away With Being an Angry Black Woman.”  —  On Thursday, Ms. Rhimes will introduce “How to Get Away With Murder,” yet another network series from her production company …
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Hagel eyes NFL ties  —  (CNN) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has asked his staff for detailed information about the U.S. military's relationships with the National Football League in the wake of the scandal over how the league is handling domestic-abuse allegations against players, CNN has learned.
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Philip Ewing / Politico:
Close  —  Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has asked for an accounting …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Could Fighting Global Warming Be Cheap and Free?  —  This just in: Saving the planet would be cheap; it might even be free.  But will anyone believe the good news?  —  I've just been reading two new reports on the economics of fighting climate change: a big study by a blue-ribbon international group …
Erin Madigan White / THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE:
8 ways the Obama administration is blocking information  —  The fight for access to public information has never been harder, Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee said recently at a joint meeting of the American Society of News Editors, the Associated Press Media Editors and the Associated Press Photo Managers.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Wisconsin Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Fires Campaign Consultant For Large Portions Of Copied Jobs Plan  —  From three previous Democratic campaigns.  —  Facebook- Burke for Wisconsin / Via Facebook: burkeforwisconsin  —  Large portions of Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate …
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Daniel Bice / JSOnline:
Burke jobs plan copied portions of proposals from other Democrats
George Leef / Forbes:
Shakespeare Didn't Really Want To Kill All The Lawyers, But We Should Deregulate Their Profession  —  One of the Bard's often-quoted lines is Dick the Butcher's admonition in Henry VI, Part 2, “The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.”  —  That idea, argues lawyer David Epstein …
Associated Press:
AL JAZEERA AMERICA SUES FORMER VP GORE … NEW YORK (AP) — Al Jazeera America is suing former Vice President Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, the former owners of the TV network that became Al Jazeera America.  —  The parties are fighting over money that is being held in escrow.
 
 
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Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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