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5:55 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  —  Previously unpublished correspondence between Hillary Clinton and the late left-wing organizer Saul Alinsky reveals new details about her relationship with the controversial Chicago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  —  Senator Mark Begich of Alaska was one of just five Democratic senators who voted against a bipartisan gun control bill last year, helping to ensure its failure.  —  But that hasn't prevented Dan Sullivan, Mr. Begich's Republican opponent …
Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
Why Hillary's Alinsky Letters Matter  —  Alana Goodman's revelation at the Washington Free Beacon of previously unknown correspondence between Hillary Clinton and Saul Alinsky shows that Clinton has not been honest about her far-left past.  The lost Alinsky letters also remind us of what we ought …
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: Hit & Run, Politico and Instapundit
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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John Fund / National Review:
The Crumbling Climate-Change Consensus
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Reason:
What We Saw at the People's Climate March
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 …
Discussion: Guardian and Washington Post
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Associated Press:
Obama Concerned Intruder Got in His Family's Home
Discussion: Politico
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.
Anchorage Daily News:
KTVA reporter quits on-air, reveals herself as owner of Alaska Cannabis Club  —  Reporter Charlo Greene quit on-air during KTVA-TV's 10 p.m. newscast Sunday, revealing herself as the owner of the medical marijuana business Alaska Cannabis Club and telling viewers that she would be using …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Alaska TV reporter quits on-air
Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Donald Trump: GOP wants his ‘robocalls’  —  Trump said his robocalls are 'listened to more than anybody else's robo.'  —  If you live in Kentucky or New Hampshire, that next phone call could be from Donald Trump.  —  Trump told Fox News' “Fox and Friends” on Monday he might be making house calls …
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Latest congressional Wiki edit: McConnell thinks he's a turtle
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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” …
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 …
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Draws GOP Presidential Attention  —  He Helped Found the Tea-Party Caucus in Congress, and Now Leads a State With Booming Economy  —  With Washington's reputation lurking in used-car-salesmen territory, there will be a wide lane in the 2016 presidential campaign …
Justin Kroll / Variety:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Eyes Edward Snowden Role in Oliver Stone Movie  —  Oliver Stone seems to have found the man to play NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in his next pic “The Snowden Files.”  —  Sources tell Variety that Stone has offered the part to Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and that the actor has agreed to do it.
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Obama's October Surprise  —  Get ready for bombs bursting in air and this election's October Surprise - President Obama's air strikes to “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIS.  —  Last week a Fox News poll identified a phenomenon that my friend, pollster Dana Blanton, dubbed “The ISIS effect.”
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Those Lazy Jobless  —  Last week John Boehner, the speaker of the House, explained to an audience at the American Enterprise Institute what's holding back employment in America: laziness.  People, he said, have “this idea” that “I really don't have to work.  I don't really want to do this.
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Will It Take a Keg Stand for Mary Landrieu to Get Reelected?  —  Tailgating with the most endangered Democrat in the Senate. … It's game day in Baton Rouge, and the bro in the purple shirt wants Mary Landrieu's help doing a keg stand.  —  Landrieu, elected three times by the narrowest of margins …
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
If You Listen, Hillary Is Trying To Tell You What Her 2016 Message Will Be  —  When Hillary Clinton spoke about women's economic issues last week at the Center for American Progress in Washington, the attuned listener might have caught a few phrases that sounded familiar.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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
Michal Margalit / Ynetnews:
Gay party slammed for ISIS imagery  —  Gay party organizers publicize party using images inspired by Islamic State group' executions, garnering anger, criticism.  —  Drek - one of Tel Aviv's most popular gay party organizers - has inspired a massive wave of criticism and anger online …
 
 
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
In U.S., Four in 10 Say Party Control of Congress Matters
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Religious Conservatives Finally Admit What They Really Want Out Of Hobby Lobby
Fiona Harvey / Guardian:
US to put climate change ‘front and center’ of diplomatic efforts, Kerry vows
Marc Morano / Climate Depot:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants To Jail His Political Opponents …
Adam McDonald / KMOV-TV:
Thieves allegedly rob six victims in name of Michael Brown
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 Earlier Items: 
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Willie Nelson Feels Maureen Dowd's Pain
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Dish
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
McCain won't campaign against Udall
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
UN Women - Headquarters:
Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too
Jon Feere / The Hill:
Obama's lawless immigration plan is a gift to the 1 percent
Economist:
Xi who must be obeyed
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Eye on presidency? Sen. Rand Paul to open office in Bay Area
 

 
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