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11:50 AM ET, October 2, 2014

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Reuters:
Were YOU on the same flight as America's first Ebola victim?:  United Airlines releases flight numbers for the planes Thomas Duncan caught from Liberia to Dallas  — United Airlines revealed flight numbers for two out of three planes Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan reportedly traveled on during his trip to the US
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Parents fearing Ebola pull kids from school
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Bill Hanna / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Wary of Ebola, Dallas parents pull kids from school
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, CNN and The Last Refuge
Bryce Covert / The New Republic:
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson Was a Victim of the “Glass Cliff”  —  On Wednesday, Julia Pierson, the first woman to ever lead the Secret Service in its nearly 150-year history, resigned her post amid heavy criticism over an intruder who was able to get as far as the East Room of the White House.
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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Pierson Punted: Obama, Congress Must Now Undo Bush-Era Injustice to Secret Service  —  Post-9/11 reform robbed the agency of its autonomy and mojo.  —  It's not enough.  Julia Pierson's otherwise distinguished career at the Secret Service ended Wednesday when she resigned as director …
Daily Mail:
A slapdash Secret Service detail isn't what's wrong with the White House …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Bloomberg:
Secret Service Chief Pierson Resigns Amid Security Gaps
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Why Boehner is wooing Jeb Bush  —  It's been a yearlong courtship, but no one quite knows if it will pay off.  —  For the past year, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has been wooing his longtime friend Jeb Bush to jump into the 2016 presidential race, even as he has shunned potential Tea Party rivals …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
George W. Bush: I think Jeb wants it!  —  Former President George W. Bush says he thinks his brother Jeb wants to be in the White House and added that he is pushing his younger sibling to run for president in 2016.  —  “I think he wants to be president,'” George Bush said on Fox News on Thursday.
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Republican Chances of Senate Takeover Are Improving  —  But Kansas race complicates matters  —  The race for the Senate is perceptively moving in the Republicans' direction, but not so dramatically that we're ready to call the race definitively for them.  —  While we've long said the 2014 map …
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Scott Bland / National Journal:
Why Women Are Democrats' Last Best Hope to Salvage the Senate  —  Republicans are nervously watching the gender gap widen as Democrats press their advantage with female voters.  —  LINES TO SHARE  — The Dem-GOP gender gap has ballooned to historic proportions across 2014's battleground states
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Cult of Neil deGrasse Tyson  —  Neil deGrasse Tyson is a very famous and popular scientist.  He even has a TV show.  And wears a cool astronomical vest.  Only he's not infallible.  — Obama's life is at risk  — FCC sacks NFL blackout rule  — Liberal doves run as war hawks
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Neil Tyson's Final Words On His Quote Fabrications: “My bad”
Discussion: RedState and National Review
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
White House: No, We Don't Think We Should Ban Flights From Ebola Countries  —  SHARES  —  Speaking from the White House Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest dodged questions about why flights from countries with Ebola outbreaks are still being accepted to the United States.
Discussion: Hot Air and RedState
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
White House: No Ebola travel restrictions
Kathryn A. Wolfe / Politico:
Airlines face Ebola fallout
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
The Obama administration warned Israel on Wednesday that plans …
Discussion: Politico
Karen Kaplan / Los Angeles Times:
Study: Good access to birth control prevents teen pregnancy, abortion  —  Birth control prevents teenage pregnancies and abortions — when teens know about it and are able to use it.  —  Of 560 young women deemed at high risk for pregnancy who were given free access to hormonal implants …
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George Packer / New Yorker:
Two Speeches and a Tragedy  —  In his first year in office, President Obama gave two speeches—one in Cairo, the other in Oslo—that bear directly on the crisis in the Middle East today.  The Cairo speech, in June, 2009, offered a message of peace and coöperation between America, the West, and the Muslim world.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
What's Eating Nate Silver?  —  Nate Silver acknowledged that he was doing something a little unusual in a Sept. 17 blog post when he called out fellow forecaster Sam Wang of Princeton University.  But it also appears to have been the culmination of a long-simmering — if largely under-the-radar — feud.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Exclusive: Piers Morgan dishes on CNN  —  BEVERLY HILLS, California — Piers Morgan swears he doesn't miss CNN, but the network is still very much on his mind.  —  “I've never looked back, because I never feel negative,” Morgan said in his first interview since leaving the network in September.
Discussion: Mediaite and The PJ Tatler
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
George Zimmerman not expected to face civil rights charges in Trayvon Martin death  —  The Justice Department is not expected to bring civil rights charges against George Zimmerman in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin, according to three law enforcement officials, despite allegations that the killing was racially motivated.
Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:
Grand jury considering the Ferguson shooting is being investigated for misconduct  —  The St. Louis County prosecutor's office is investigating an accusation of misconduct on the grand jury that is hearing the case against the Ferguson police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown.
Michael Wear / The Atlantic Online:
The American Family Is Making a Comeback  —  Marriage is on the decline, birthrates are down, and divorce rates are high.  But politicians in both parties are finally putting forth proposals to help—and strengthen society.  —  On April 24, 2012, President Obama went on Late Night …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Growing evidence that Obama's decision to wait on immigration is hurting Democrats
Discussion: Guardian
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul: What If The 3K Troops Obama Sent To Africa All Catch Ebola?
Discussion: Raw Story
FinalCall.com News:
Justifiable Homicide: Black youth in peril, ‘An Executive Decision’ -Part 2 Continued
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hit & Run
Politico:
Michele Bachmann strives to be the ‘anti-Hillary’
Graham Lee Brewer / Daily Oklahoman:
Oklahoma Department of Corrections releases new execution protocol
J. Lester Feder / BuzzFeed:
Slovakia Becomes The Seventh EU Country To Ban Same-Sex Marriage
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
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Facebook Lunatic Returns With Escalated Threats Toward President Obama
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Jimmy Carter says he would have defeated Reagan had he been more ‘manly’
Discussion: Hot Air and VodkaPundit
Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
Decision to let cop killer Abu-Jamal give commencement speech ‘despicable,’ widow says
Discussion: protein wisdom
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News Nabs Historic Cable Ratings Victory
Discussion: Hot Air
Chris Cox / Facebook:
I want to apologize to the affected community of drag queens …
 

 
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