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12:45 PM ET, September 25, 2014

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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Eric Holder To Step Down As Attorney General  —  Eric Holder Jr., the nation's first black U.S. attorney general, is preparing to announce his resignation Thursday after a tumultuous tenure marked by civil rights advances, national security threats, reforms to the criminal justice system …
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Benjamin Goad / The Hill:
Eric Holder to resign  —  Attorney General Eric Holder, one of president Obama's longest serving lieutenants, will announce his resignation Thursday, according to the Justice Department.  —  Holder, widely rumored to have been planning his departure before the unrest in Ferguson thrust …
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
ABC News:
Attorney General Eric Holder to Resign … Attorney General Eric Holder will resign, a Justice Department official tells ABC News.  —  Holder was the nation's first African-American attorney general.  —  According to the official, “Attorney General Holder has discussed his plans personally …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Yahoo! News
CNN:
Attorney General Eric Holder will announce resignation  —  Washington (CNN) — Attorney General Eric Holder will announce Thursday that he will resign after six years at the Justice Department helm.  The attorney general has agreed to remain in his post until the confirmation of his successor …
Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:   U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to Step Down
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Yep, We Need Dashcams
Discussion: WLTX-TV and Unfogged
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Video Shows South Carolina Cop Shooting Black Man Without Any Apparent Provocation
Discussion: Hit & Run, Shakesville and Daily Kos
Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Cheney rips Obama for ‘Ferguson’  —  Dick Cheney says it's “outrageous” that President Barack Obama mentioned the summer's unrest in Ferguson, Mo., while speaking about ISIL during a speech at the United Nations.  —  “I was stunned,” the former vice president said on Wednesday during an interview on Fox News' “Hannity.”
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Economist:
Mission relaunched  —  The fight against Islamic State …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama's exceptional U.N. address
Richard Grenell / Fox News:
Obama's condemnation of Ferguson, Missouri, during UN talk was a mistake
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Romney 2016 is for real  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL 2016 ELECTIONS MITT ROMNEY  —  Is Mitt Romney, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination and lost in 2008, ran again and won the nomination but lost the general election in 2012, really thinking about running yet again for president in 2016?
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Jeb Bush Returns to Fray and Finds Going Rough  —  GREENSBORO, N.C. — In one of his first public appearances of the 2014 campaign, former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida had a vivid preview Wednesday of the challenges he would face with his party's conservative base should he seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Kay Hagan's Surprising Strength
New York Post:
Zoo in coverup after groundhog dropped by de Blasio dies  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio couldn't hold onto the Staten Island Zoo's squirming groundhog.  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio has groundhog blood on his hands!  —  A week after Hizzoner dropped Staten Island Chuck in front of a crowd of spectators on Feb. 2 …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The Clinton team is following reporters to the bathroom.  Here's why that matters.  —  Amy Chozick is the reporter tasked with covering the Clintons — and the runup to the now-almost-inevitable Hillary Clinton presidential bid — for the New York Times.  Sounds like a plum gig, right?
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Iraq looms large again for Hillary Clinton as she weighs another White House bid
Discussion: RedState
Rob Davis / Oregonian:
Forest Service says media needs photography permit in wilderness areas, alarming First Amendment advocates  —  The U.S. Forest Service has tightened restrictions on media coverage in vast swaths of the country's wild lands, requiring reporters to pay for a permit and get permission before shooting …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Hosts Dub Female Fighter Pilot Who Bombed ISIL ‘Boobs On The Ground’ (VIDEO)  —  Two male co-hosts of Fox News' “The Five” cracked sexist jokes Wednesday about the United Arab Emirates' first female fighter pilot.  —  Kimberly Guilfoyle took a moment to salute Major Mariam Al Mansouri …
Discussion: Raw Story and Gawker
Jeff Greenfield / The Daily Beast:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Levels With Us on Why She's Not Retiring  —  No, she doesn't think she's immortal.  She knows that Obama couldn't get a liberal on the Court.  So she's toughing it out for now.  —  There's a phrase judges use in an opinion that any lawyer instantly recognizes as a sure sign …
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Leslie SalzilloFollow / Daily Kos:
Rush Limbaugh Must Be Terrified - He's Releasing Secret ‘Facts’ About StopRush  —  Rush Limbaugh, bless his cold little heart, claims he has cracked a major mystery.  As he spews, he basically acknowledges the power of what some would call his strongest nemesis - a grassroots organization called StopRush.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Signal
Theodore Dalrymple / City Journal:
The Reeducation of Dinesh D'Souza  —  Crime is not disease.  —  Reading the New York Times account this morning of the sentence passed on Dinesh D'Souza—the filmmaker, writer, and outspoken critic of President Obama—for violating the laws relating to campaign finance …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Gothamist
 
 
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FAA ready to approve drones for Hollywood
Discussion: Politico
Roanoke College:
RC Poll: Warner maintains large lead in Senate race; Clinton edges possible 2016 Republican rivals
New York Times:
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire
Discussion: Bloomberg View
Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
This Democrat likes spending your taxes, but doesn't like paying hers
Discussion: RedState
Agence France-Presse:
Ukraine to shut Russia border, seek EU membership
Discussion: Firedoglake, Reuters and Hot Air
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Lewis / Bloomberg View:
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George E. Condon Jr / National Journal:
Six Speeches, and the Evolution of a President
Lynn Bartels / The Spot:
Sen. Mark Udall upset with Cory Gardner's new ad, believes it attacks his family
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Liberia: Dead Ebola Patients Resurrect?
Jesse Paul / Denver Post:
HUNDREDS OF JEFFCO STUDENTS WALK OUT IN LARGEST SCHOOL BOARD PROTEST
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Presidents Shouldn't Feel Obligated to Salute the Military
Discussion: Mediaite, Daily Kos and Hot Air
Dave Nagle / ESPN MediaZone:
ESPN Statement on Bill Simmons
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Family Says Louisiana Deputy Shot 14-year-old ‘Four Or Five Times In The Back’
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette