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8:45 AM ET, October 1, 2014

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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Armed contractor with criminal record was on elevator with Obama in Atlanta  —  A security contractor with a gun and three prior convictions for assault and battery was allowed on an elevator with President Obama during a Sept. 16 trip to Atlanta, violating Secret Service protocols, according to three people familiar with the incident.
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Ronald Kessler / Politico:
Something Is Rotten in the Secret Service  —  And Obama's life is in danger because of it.  —  As if on cue, each time headlines reveal a new Secret Service scandal, President Obama and his White House defend the agency.  —  The latest example was Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken's statement …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Showing Concern for the President, Even While Criticizing Him
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
White House intruder was tackled by off-duty Secret Service agent
Ktvtdeborah / CBS Dallas:
CDC Confirms Patient In Dallas Has The Ebola Virus  —  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Officials with the Centers for Disease Control have confirmed that a person in Dallas definitely has the Ebola virus.  Tuesday's official determination makes the patient, at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas …
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WFAA-TV:
CDC: Ebola confirmed in Dallas patient  —  “There is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control  —  DALLAS — A patient in a Dallas hospital was confirmed Tuesday to have the deadly Ebola virus, the Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday.
Washington Post:
CDC confirms first case of Ebola in the U.S.
Discussion: Hot Air and PJ Media
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Republican Judge Orders Obamacare Defunded  —  Much of the Affordable Care Act must be defunded and millions of Americans must lose their health insurance, according to an opinion issued Tuesday by Judge Ronald A. White, an Oklahoma federal judge appointed to the bench by George W. Bush.
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Alan Barber / The Hill:
Democrats should embrace ACA successes  —  The Affordable Care Act figured prominently in the last two election cycles.  Arguments by candidates and media outlets opposed to the law carried the day, especially in the Republican takeover of the House in 2010.
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Judge rules against White House on Affordable Care Act
Discussion: Liberal Values and National Review
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
7 Charts That Prove Obamacare Is Working
Justin Sink / The Hill:
WH huddles as ISIS advances toward Turkey  —  President Obama met Tuesday evening with his national security team amid reports that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was advancing toward toward the predominantly Kurdish town of Kobani on the border between Turkey and Syria.
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo! News:
White House exempts Syria airstrikes from tight standards on civilian deaths  —  The White House has acknowledged for the first time that strict standards President Obama imposed last year to prevent civilian deaths from U.S. drone strikes will not apply to U.S. military operations in Syria and Iraq.
Melissapamerktla / KTLA:
Mayor of Bell Gardens Fatally Shot in Domestic Dispute; Wife Questioned and Released  —  The mayor of Bell Gardens was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon in a dispute with his wife, who was briefly detained, authorities said.  —  A family photograph of Daniel Crespo and his wife, Levette.
Discussion: CNN, KFOR-TV and Hinterland Gazette
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Los Angeles Times:
Developing Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo fatally shot at home; wife released
Discussion: CBS Los Angeles and Raw Story
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats make risky bet against GOP Leader Mitch McConnell  —  Democrats in Washington are taking a risky bet by quadrupling their investment in Alison Lundergan Grimes, a young and largely unproven challenger, who is running against Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.).
Discussion: Capitol Report and Prairie Weather
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP sets sights on bigger House gains  —  House Republicans have been destined for modest gains in the midterms despite a favorable political environment.  Now, just five weeks until Election Day, the party is raising its ambitions, jumping into Democratic strongholds long thought to be beyond the GOP's reach.
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
On Hobby Lobby, Ginsburg Was Right  —  The great Oliver Wendell Holmes once observed that important Supreme Court decisions “exercise a kind of hydraulic effect.”  Even if the authors of such decisions assert that their rulings will have limited impact, these cases invariably have a profound influence.
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and The Atlantic Online
Mike Ayers / Wall Street Journal:
A ‘Tetris’ Movie Is in the Works (Exclusive)  —  A film adaptation of the classic '80s video game “Tetris” will be falling into theaters sometime in the near future.  —  Threshold Entertainment has teamed up with the Tetris Company to develop a live-action film based on the game.
 
 
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Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Eric Holder and the Next Protest Movement
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
How Gary Hart Became the First Political Sex Scandal Casualty
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Molly Redden / Mother Jones:
Police Want to Get Rid of Their Pentagon-Issued Combat Gear. Here's Why They Can't.
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The Gelded Age  —  The inequality police are worried …
Agence France-Presse:
US Marines crisis unit to deploy to Mideast
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Margaret Wente / Globe and Mail:
The new campus sex puritans
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
How Americans' Lives Have Turned Into All Work And No Play, In 3 Charts
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National Journal:
Large Oil Company Bolts From ALEC
Discussion: BillMoyers.com and ThinkProgress
James Hohmann / Politico:
Incumbent governors fear wipeout
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why it might be time to sell that Rand Paul stock
Discussion: Hot Air, Firedoglake, ABC News and The Dish
Brookings Institute:
Government Debt Management at the Zero Lower Bound
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Mitt Romney's Latest Excuse for His 47 Percent Remarks Is a Doozy
 

 
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