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4:35 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.
CNN:
CNN exclusive: ISIS fighter says U.S. airstrikes aren't effective  —  Gaziantep, Turkey (CNN) — The United States may be touting its strikes on ISIS targets in Syria, but one of the terror group's fighters says the hits are trivial at best.  —  In an exclusive interview with CNN …
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
3 Times Obama Administration Was Warned About ISIS Threat
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
New York Times:
Obama Acknowledges U.S. Erred in Assessing ISIS
Bloomberg:
U.S. Underestimated Radical Islamists' Gains in Syria, Obama Says
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 …
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Tim Alberta / National Journal:
Ted Cruz Is Prepping a Foreign Policy-Focused Presidential Campaign  —  The junior senator from Texas thinks he has found a policy “sweet spot” to anchor a 2016 run.  —  LINES TO SHARE  — On 2016, one Ted Cruz aide said, 'At this point it's 90/10 he's in.'
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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Party bosses place midterm bets
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.
Amanda Robb / GQ Magazine Online:
Zimmerman Family Values  —  Soon after George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin more than two years ago, George's loyal family learned that sharing his name meant sharing the blame.  It also meant a surreal new life filled with constant paranoia, get- rich-quick schemes, and lots and lots of guns.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Saving California One Republican At A Time  —  SHARES  —  California is morphing into a warmer Detroit with beaches and pneumatic blondes, but it doesn't have to be this way.  Only liberalism could've taken the most beautiful, most hard-working, most entrepreneurial state in the union …
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?”
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 …
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 …
Thomas Mills / The Atlantic Online:
What Does Thom Tillis Want?  —  Thom Tillis is a man in a hurry.  He went from city councilor to North Carolina House speaker in just five years.  Four months into his second term as speaker, he was running for U.S. Senate.  The man who would hand the Republicans control of the Senate …
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: WND and The Gateway Pundit
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Finally, the Truth About the A.I.G. Bailout  —  WASHINGTON — TODAY is the start of the trial in Starr International Co. Inc. v. United States, the case alleging that the government's 2008 bailout of A.I.G. amounted to an unconstitutional plunder of the company's shareholders.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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 …
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Economy could tip election to Dems
Discussion: Prairie Weather
 
 
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Thomas Fuller / New York Times:
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump Duped Into Sharing Photo Of Notorious Serial Killers On Twitter
Ted Cruz / Facebook:
Contrary to media reports this morning, Heidi and I have not …
Discussion: Liberaland and Mediaite
Paul Thompson / Daily Mail:
Married female teacher, 32, is jailed for less than two years for having sex with two students …
James C. Courtovich / Wall Street Journal:
What Uber and School Choice Have in Common
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Obama Adviser: We Agree With Bush Belief Of Getting The Terrorists Before They Get Us
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Eric Holder's Expansive Vision of Civil Rights
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D.C. McAllister / The Federalist:
Is Kirsten Gillibrand A Racist?
James Hohmann / Politico:
Senate showdown: GOP frets over Harkin seat
Discussion: Daily Kos
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Likely to Land in Term's Finale
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
The Method To Steve King's Madness
Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:
Democratic House Candidates Are Walloping Republicans in the Small-Money Game
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Remain Divided on Preference for Gov't Activity
Discussion: Hit & Run and National Review
 

 
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