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12:20 PM ET, October 1, 2014

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Ronald Kessler / Politico:
Something Is Rotten in the Secret Service  —  And Obama's life is in danger because of it.  —  Behind the rotten culture is arrogance.  After uniformed officers failed to take out 42-year-old Omar J. Gonzalez when he hopped over the fence and ran into the White House …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Showing Concern for the President, Even While Criticizing Him  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama must be touched by all the concern Republicans are showing him these days.  As Congress examines security breaches at the White House, even opposition lawmakers who have spent the last six years fighting …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
‘Morning Joe’ Piles On The ‘Politically Correct’ Secret Service (VIDEO)  —  Some of the male panelists on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” wondered Wednesday whether Secret Service director Julia Pierson hadn't been dismissed over recent revelations of serious security lapses because of her gender.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Armed contractor with criminal record was on elevator with Obama in Atlanta
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Really Politico?  —  I'm wondering what the editors at Politico …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
President Obama is winning on a foreign policy issue — for a change
Discussion: Hot Air
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo! News:
White House exempts Syria airstrikes from tight standards on civilian deaths
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Are Liberals Fund-Raising Hypocrites?  —  Let's imagine that Republicans swept the 2012 elections and were now in control not merely of the House but of the presidency and the Senate, too.  —  Now let's take it one step further and say that by using the filibuster the Democratic minority …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Washington Post
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.
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New York Times Plans Cutbacks in Newsroom Staff  —  The New York Times plans to eliminate about 100 newsroom jobs, as well as a smaller number of positions from its editorial and business operations, offering buyouts and resorting to layoffs if enough people do not leave voluntarily, the newspaper announced on Wednesday.
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
Ari Phillips / ThinkProgress:
35,000 Walrus Converge On Alaska Beach As Sea Ice Retreats  —  In this aerial photo taken on Sept. 27, 2014, and provided by NOAA, some 35,000 walrus gather on shore near Point Lay, Alaska.  Pacific walrus looking for places to rest in the absence of sea ice are coming to shore in record numbers on Alaska's northwest coast.
Discussion: Guardian and TheAustralian
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.).
Spocko / Hullabaloo:
When Corporate Sponsors Leave ALEC and Rush.  What We Learn by @spockosbrain  —  When Corporate Sponsors Leave ALEC and Rush.  What We Learn by Spocko  —  The other day Google announced it will be leaving ALEC.  “Google becomes latest company to abandon right-wing ALEC.”  —  This is a big deal.
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Mother Faces Jail For Giving Her Son Marijuana That Stopped His Seizures  —  County prosecutors won't let up on charging a Minnesota mom with child endangerment for giving her sick child medical marijuana.  Angela Brown is headed for trial in a case that could send her to prison for two years …
Discussion: West Central Tribune and Raw Story
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
This Is How Eva Longoria Is Trying to Win the Midterms  —  From working behind the scenes in the midterms to making a new farm labor documentary, the former Desperate Housewife has emerged as a force to be reckoned with in liberal politics.  —  These days, if you're a rising star in Democratic politics …
Discussion: Yahoo! News
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.
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, Hinterland Gazette and KFOR-TV
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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
Richard Wilson / Dayton Daily News:
Vandalia teen accidentally shoots herself and father  —  VANDALIA —  A 14-year-old girl accidentally shot herself and her father tonight while learning to use a handgun.  —  It happened while the two were on the back deck of their home in the 9200 block of Dog Leg Road.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Liberaland
Gabriel Malor / Hot Air:
Another federal court strikes Obamacare subsidies on federal exchanges  —  When last we left this line of cases, the Democrat-packed D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals had just vacated the decision in Halbig v. Burwell that struck down subsidies on the federal Obamacare exchanges.
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Discussion: Washington Post
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
GAO says Obama administration can't bail out insurers without Congress
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Third-quarter cash race goes to Ernst over Braley
Discussion: Washington Post
Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
Ride-Sharing Regulation: Uber Improves Life, Economists Agree
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
From shaming to semi-stalking, Democrats flood inboxes for last-minute campaign cash
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Eric Holder and the Next Protest Movement
 Earlier Items: 
Alan Barber / The Hill:
Democrats should embrace ACA successes
Discussion: The New Republic
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
How Gary Hart Became the First Political Sex Scandal Casualty
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