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11:10 PM ET, September 22, 2014

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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Gillibrand's Weight Watcher Revealed, and a Presidential Nominee Is Sunk  —  Good Monday morning and welcome to the inaugural edition of First Draft, your morning briefing for politics.  Today, the White House is reviewing the locks on its doors, 91-year-old Bob Dole hits the campaign trail …
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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
The Hillary Letters  —  NOTE: READ THE HILLARY CLINTON-SAUL ALINSKY LETTERS HERE.  —  Previously unpublished correspondence between Hillary Clinton and the late left-wing organizer Saul Alinsky reveals new details about her relationship with the controversial Chicago activist and shed light on her early ideological development.
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Alaska Ad Finds a Target in Begich's Support of Gun Rights
New York Times:
White House Intruder Had Weapons and Ammunition in His Car  —  WASHINGTON — The man who managed to get in the front door of the White House on Friday had a cache of ammunition and weapons in his car at the time of the incident, and he had been arrested by the Virginia State Police in July …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Prosecutors: WH fence jumper had 800 rounds of ammo in car
Associated Press:
Obama Concerned Intruder Got in His Family's Home
Discussion: Politico
Reuters:
US Airstrikes Under Way in Syria … American airstrikes against ISIS targets are under way in Syria, according to a Pentagon official.  —  “I can confirm that U.S. military and partner nation forces are undertaking military action against ISIL [ISIS] terrorists in Syria using a mix of fighter …
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Fox News:
US launches first wave of bombing strikes over Syria  —  The United States launched its first wave of bombing attacks over Syria early Tuesday against an expected 20 to 25 Islamic State targets, U.S. officials said.  —  The operation, expected to last several hours, involved planes launched …
Noah Rothman / Hot Air:
Reason Magazine actually asked climate protesters what they want to do, and it's hilarious  —  Those in politics who spend much of their time railing about the dangers associated with anthropogenic climate change will often assert that the public largely shares their concerns about catastrophic climate shifts.
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Reason:
What We Saw at the People's Climate March
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Daily Caller
John Fund / National Review:
The Crumbling Climate-Change Consensus
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Exclusive: Lois Lerner breaks silence  —  Employers won't hire her.  She's been berated with epithets like “dirty Jew.”  Federal agents have guarded her house because of death threats.  And she's spent hundreds of thousands of dollars defending herself against accusations she orchestrated …
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Sorry, Politico, But Lois Lerner Is Not A Victim
Discussion: Hot Air, Politico, Hit & Run and Instapundit
Stephen J. Bisciotti / Baltimore Ravens:
Message To Fans Regarding ESPN Story  —  The Ravens' response to an ESPN story about the team and Ray Rice.  —  We at the Ravens have promised to be open, candid and transparent with our fans, sponsors, ticket holders, and the general public.  —  This past Friday, ESPN.com's “Outside the Lines” …
Numbers / Pew Research Center's Religion …:
Public Sees Religion's Influence Waning  —  Growing Appetite for Religion in Politics  —  Nearly three-quarters of the public (72%) now thinks religion is losing influence in American life, up 5 percentage points from 2010 to the highest level in Pew Research polling over the past decade.
Kyle Trygstad / Roll Call:
Mary Landrieu to Keg-Stand Critics: ‘Get a Life’  —  Landrieu, right, answers questions from the local media during her event with Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., left, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)  —  BATON ROUGE, La. — In the shadow of the state Capitol on Monday …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Wisconsin ‘Militia’ To Confront Dems Who Voted To Recall Walker At Polls  —  An armed militia group in Wisconsin plans to confront people who signed the petition to recall Gov. Scott Walker (R) at the polls on Nov. 4.  —  The “Wisconsin Poll Watcher Militia” will check the names …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Religious Conservatives Finally Admit What They Really Want Out Of Hobby Lobby  —  For two and a half years, the Obama Administration has tried to strike a balance between the health needs of workers and the sensibilities of employers who object to contraceptive care on religious grounds.
Jonah Bromwich / New York Times:
An Article on Shonda Rhimes Rightly Causes a Furor  —  The article on the television producer Shonda Rhimes hadn't yet appeared in Sunday's paper, but the virtual world was ablaze in protest over it on Friday after it was published online.  —  Written by the longtime TV critic, Alessandra Stanley …
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Rick Perry Claims Texas' New Abortion Restrictions Could Have Saved Joan Rivers' Life  —  Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) is attempting to draw a connection between late comedian Joan Rivers' death and the harsh new abortion restrictions that he recently approved in Texas, suggesting that Rivers may not have died under that law.
Marc Morano / Climate Depot:
Video: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants To Jail His Political Opponents - Accuses Koch Brothers of ‘Treason’ - ‘They ought to be serving time for it’  —  Kennedy Jr. on climate skeptics: 'I wish there were a law you could punish them with.  I don't think there is a law that you can punish those politicians under'
Jessica Schulberg / The New Republic:
Guantánamo Bay Is Crumbling Into Ruins  —  But guards and prisoners aren't leaving any time soon  —  In 1995, the U.S. military built a small temporary food preparation station on the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base to feed an influx of Haitian and Cuban refugees.
Discussion: The Dish
Politico:
Democrats relying on big donors to win  —  Democrats love to cast Republicans as the party of big money, beholden to the out-of-touch billionaires bankrolling their campaigns.  —  But new numbers tell a very different story — one in which Democrats are actually raising more big money than their adversaries.
Fiona Harvey / Guardian:
US to put climate change ‘front and center’ of diplomatic efforts, Kerry vows  —  Suzanne Goldenberg in New York and Fiona Harvey in London  —  The US secretary of state, John Kerry, promised to put climate change “front and center” of American diplomacy on Monday, raising expectations for this week's United Nations climate summit.
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Katherine Zimmerman / AEIdeas:
Yemen's government shake-up highlights limitations of Obama's “Yemen model”
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Administration Issues New Rules to Combat Tax Inversions
Discussion: New York Times
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Rand Paul's NSA lawsuit put on hold
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
In U.S., Four in 10 Say Party Control of Congress Matters
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
If You Listen, Hillary Is Trying To Tell You What Her 2016 Message Will Be
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Draws GOP Presidential Attention
Michal Margalit / Ynetnews:
Gay party slammed for ISIS imagery
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Willie Nelson Feels Maureen Dowd's Pain
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Dish
New York Post:
Innocent man wrongly jailed for 23 years dies days before lawsuit
Discussion: Hit & Run and ABC News
Washington Post:
Sam Brownback's failed ‘experiment’ puts state on path to penury
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Obama's October Surprise
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 

 
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