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10:40 PM ET, September 28, 2014

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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Confirmation battles are back  —  Prepare for the return of the confirmation fight.  —  If Republicans capture the Senate majority in November, their sway over prominent judgeships and Cabinet vacancies — potentially including a new attorney general — will become one of the GOP's primary leverage points …
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
CNN Poll: In North Carolina Senate race, Libertarian could be spoiler  —  (CNN) — In one of the most closely-watched Senate races of the year, incumbent Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina holds a narrow three-point advantage over her Republican challenger, according to a new CNN/ORC International survey.
Ashley Killough / CNN:
CNN Poll: Tight Louisiana Senate race sets stage for runoff  —  Washington (CNN) — As Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu defends her U.S. Senate seat in Louisiana, a new CNN/ORC International poll indicates the third-term incumbent carries a slim advantage over her closest GOP rival in the general election this November.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Umberto Bacchi / International Business Times:
Vatican Paedophilia Scandal: Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski Stored Over 100,000 Child Porn Videos  —  A former Vatican archbishop accused of paedophilia stored tens of thousands of child porn videos and photos on a computer in his office at the Holy See diplomatic compound in the Dominican Republic, it has emerged.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Liberaland and Raw Story
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Cult Deficit  —  LIKE most children of the Reagan era, I grew up with a steady diet of media warnings about the perils of religious cults — the gurus who lurked in wait for the unwary and confused, offering absolute certainty with the aftertaste of poisoned Kool-Aid.
Discussion: The Mahablog and Raw Story
Nolan Clay / Daily Oklahoman:
Fired Oklahoma City nursing home worker threatened beheading, police say  —  Jacob Mugambi Muriithi, a native of Kenya, was arrested Friday in Oklahoma City on a terrorism complaint.  —  In a bizarre coincidence, a fired Oklahoma City nursing home employee was arrested Friday …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Ed Driscoll
Metro.co.uk:
Woman is heard screaming from her coffin after being ‘buried alive’  —  Screaming could be heard coming from the coffin (not pictured) after it was buried (Picture: Getty)  —  A cemetery worker got the fright of his life when he heard a woman screaming from inside her buried coffin.
Discussion: KFOR-TV, BBC and Liberaland
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
From Pen and Phone to Bombs and Drones  —  WASHINGTON — THE president was at the United Nations on Wednesday urging young people across the Muslim world to reject benighted values, even as America clambers into bed with a bunch of Middle East potentates who espouse benighted values.
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: House Speaker John Boehner  —  Below is the rush transcript of “This Week” on September 28th, 2014.  It may contain errors.  —  STEPHANOPOULOS: It's an aggressive swing through deep blue territory—  BOEHNER: We've got 41 more days and we're going to get it finished.
Andrew Burstein / Salon:
We need a new constitution: Here's how we save American democracy from charlatans, loudmouths and the 1 percent  —  The most recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll says that a clear-cut majority is disgusted with the present political scene and retains little hope that future generations will fare as well as we have.
Discussion: Truth Revolt and Twitchy
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Who Had It Easier, Reagan or Obama?  —  OVER the past few weeks I've been reading Ken Adelman's fascinating history “Reagan at Reykjavik: Forty-Eight Hours That Ended the Cold War.”  Adelman, who led Reagan's arms control agency, was an adviser at Reagan's 1986 Iceland summit meeting with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.
Discussion: Power Line
CBS News:
Obama: U.S. underestimated rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria  —  The U.S. had expected the Iraqi army to do more against extremists, president says in acknowledgment of intelligence shortcomings  —  President Obama acknowledged that the U.S. underestimated the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria …
KMOV-TV:
Ferguson police officer shot in arm after interrupting alleged attempted burglary  —  (KMOV.com) - Authorities responded to a call for an officer shot in north St. Louis County late Saturday night.  —  St. Louis County Police reported a male police officer from Ferguson …
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New York Times:
Police Unleash Tear Gas in Hong Kong Protests
Discussion: The Verge and ThinkProgress
Ashifa Kassam / Guardian:
Catalans defy Spanish government and call independence vote
Discussion: Business Insider and Truthdig
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
The media embargo on “the B word”
Emily Wax-Thibodeaux / Washington Post:
At CIA Starbucks, even the baristas are covert
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Cruz clinches straw poll gold again
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Left's Pre-emptive Hits on Walker, Christie, & Perry
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court urged to let Ohioans vote early (UPDATED)
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You Can See Russia From 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue: My Disorienting Day With Sarah Palin
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