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10:50 AM ET, September 29, 2014

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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Why Obama Can't Say His Spies Underestimated ISIS  —  On “60 Minutes,” the president faulted his spies for failing to predict the rise of ISIS.  There's one problem with that statement: The intelligence analysts did warn about the group.  —  Nearly eight months ago, some of President Obama's …
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Steve Kroft / CBS News:
President Obama: What makes us America  —  In wide-ranging interview, president discusses battle against Islamic extremists, U.S.-Russia relations and the upcoming midterm elections  —  The following is a script of “President Obama” which aired on Sept. 28, 2014.  Steve Kroft is the correspondent.
New York Times:
Obama Acknowledges U.S. Erred in Assessing ISIS
Discussion: RedState
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Senate Update: When Should Democrats Panic?  —  The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll always makes news and with good reason: The pollster that conducts it, Selzer & Company, is among the best in the country, according to FiveThirtyEight's pollster ratings.  On Saturday evening …
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New York Times:
The Tide of the Culture War Shifts  —  Not long ago, it would have been unusual for a Democratic senatorial candidate in Iowa to run a powerful abortion-rights television ad like the one recently broadcast by Representative Bruce Braley.  —  The ad lists in detail the anti-abortion positions taken …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Party bosses place midterm bets  —  It's decision time for Republicans and Democrats battling for control of the Senate.  —  Five weeks before the midterm elections, party leaders are peering into their campaign bank accounts, doing their math and trying to figure out where to put their money — and where to abandon hope.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:
Democratic House Candidates Are Walloping Republicans in the Small-Money Game
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Economy could tip election to Dems
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Confirmation battles are back  —  Prepare for the return of the confirmation fight.
Discussion: CNN
Los Angeles Times:
Police use tear gas as thousands of protesters persist in Hong Kong  —  Police discharged tear gas and fired rubber bullets in the air Sunday in a failed attempt to scatter pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong who appear to pose the greatest test yet for China's “one country, two systems” …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Our Invisible Rich  —  Half a century ago, a classic essay in The New Yorker titled “Our Invisible Poor” took on the then-prevalent myth that America was an affluent society with only a few “pockets of poverty.”  For many, the facts about poverty came as a revelation, and Dwight Macdonald's article arguably …
Jeffrey Rosen / The New Republic:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is an American Hero  —  She's staying put—and has some choice words for young feminists.  An interview.  —  Ruth Bader Ginsburg was considered a judge's judge when she was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993, an incrementalist who thought Roe v. Wade might have gone too far.
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
The Revenge of Rand Paul  —  The Senator has fought to go mainstream with the ideology that he shares with his father.  How far can that strategy take him? … “You don't need to conduct me so hard—I'm right here.”  —  BUY OR LICENSE » … “So how does that eightfold path get us back on the Garden State?”
Kendall Breitman / Politico:
The stars align for baby Charlotte  —  Leading astrologers say that Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky is destined for a future working on social justice and will enjoy a strong relationship with her proud grandparents, Hillary and Bill.  —  After Chelsea Clinton and Mark Mezvinsky's daughter …
Kristin Tate / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: JAMES O'KEEFE RELEASES SECOND VIDEO EXPOSÉ ON BATTLEGROUND TEXAS  —  HOUSTON, Texas — Battleground Texas (BGTX) may have failed to take any action regarding the “admission” of an undercover volunteer with BGTX that she had broken multiple election laws …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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: Ed Driscoll and The Gateway Pundit
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Patrik Jonsson / Christian Science Monitor:
Oklahoma City beheading: Will jihad-style attack boost ‘bring gun to work’ laws? (+video)
Discussion: Shakesville, Associated Press and CNN
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
The Method To Steve King's Madness  —  The most notorious moment of Representative Steve King's career was cleverly calculated.  —  The immigration debate had undergone a sea change in favor of reform, with bipartisan Senate passage of a sweeping bill in the months after Hispanics carried President Obama …
 
 
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Five Reasons Why You're Too Dumb to Vote
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and protein wisdom
Hunter Schwarz / Washington Post:
How Mitt Romney went from absolutely not running in 2016 to thinking about it: A timeline
Discussion: OnPolitics and BuzzFeed
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House Hopefuls in G.O.P. Seek Rightward Shift
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Dave Price / Politico:
Can Hillary Overcome Iowa's Woman Problem?
Discussion: Hot Air and Instapundit
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Remain Divided on Preference for Gov't Activity
Discussion: National Review
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama expands 'My Brother's Keeper'
Discussion: The Nation
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Mostly Black Cities, Mostly White City Halls
Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Court to Weigh Political-Contribution Ban for Government Contractors
Discussion: BillMoyers.com and Capitol Report
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Troops Battling Ebola Get Off to Slow Start in Africa
Discussion: Fox News
Andrew Burstein / Salon:
We need a new constitution: Here's how we save American democracy from charlatans, loudmouths and the 1 percent
Discussion: Truth Revolt and Twitchy
Metro.co.uk:
Woman is heard screaming from her coffin after being ‘buried alive’
Discussion: Liberaland and KFOR-TV
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Cult Deficit  —  LIKE most children of the Reagan era …
Discussion: The Mahablog and Raw Story