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12:35 PM 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.
Bloomberg:
U.S. Underestimated Radical Islamists' Gains in Syria, Obama Says
Discussion: protein wisdom and The Last Refuge
New York Times:
Obama Acknowledges U.S. Erred in Assessing ISIS
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
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Economy could tip election to Dems
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:
Democratic House Candidates Are Walloping Republicans in the Small-Money Game
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Confirmation battles are back  —  Prepare for the return of the confirmation fight.
Discussion: The Hill and CNN
Patrick Chovanec / Quartz:
“Hands up, don't shoot” comes to Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement  —  HONG KONG—Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong have, perhaps unwittingly, united themselves with another protest movement some 8,000 miles away.  Activists demanding free elections for the semi-autonomous territory …
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Dan Gillmor / Vox:
Hong Kong “hands up, don't shoot” emulation of Ferguson protests is such a powerful image: pic.twitter.com/1Sk27MO1Y2  —  Hong Kong's protesters have good reason to put their hands up: police are using what many observers describe as an unprecedented level of force against the demonstrations …
Los Angeles Times:
Police use tear gas as thousands of protesters persist in Hong Kong
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.
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 …
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?”
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Likely to Land in Term's Finale  —  WASHINGTON — There are lots of open questions about the road the Supreme Court justices will take to a final decision about whether the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage.  But one thing seems clear: the answer will arrive next June.
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
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House Hopefuls in G.O.P. Seek Rightward Shift  —  One nominee proposed reclassifying single parenthood as child abuse.  Another suggested that four “blood moons” would herald “world-changing, shaking-type events” and said Islam was not a religion but a “complete geopolitical structure” unworthy of tax exemption.
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 …
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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
 
 
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Los Angeles Times:
Obamacare doctor networks to stay limited in 2015
Discussion: VodkaPundit and New York Times
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
The Method To Steve King's Madness
Hunter Schwarz / Washington Post:
How Mitt Romney went from absolutely not running in 2016 to thinking about it: A timeline
Discussion: OnPolitics and BuzzFeed
Dave Price / Politico:
Can Hillary Overcome Iowa's Woman Problem?
Discussion: Hot Air and Instapundit
 Earlier Items: 
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
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: Examiner, Twitchy and Truth Revolt