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11:45 AM ET, October 6, 2014

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Clears Way for Gay Marriage in 5 States  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday denied review in all five pending same-sex marriage cases, clearing the way for such marriages to proceed in Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.  —  The move was a major surprise …
Discussion: Slate, The Moderate Voice and ACS Blog
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Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
Today's orders: Same-sex marriage petitions denied (UPDATED)  —  This morning the Court issued additional orders from its September 29 Conference.  Most notably, the Court denied review of all seven of the petitions arising from challenges to state bans on same-sex marriage.
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Supreme Court dodges gay marriage, allowing weddings in five states  —  (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to decide once and for all whether states can ban gay marriage, a surprise move that will allow gay men and women to marry in five states where same-sex weddings were previously forbidden.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Denies Review Of Same-Sex Marriage Cases, Bringing Marriage Equality To Five States  —  The decision not to decide brings marriage equality to Indiana, Oklahoma, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Utah.  —  Jonathan Ernst / Reuters  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court denied petitions …
Richard Wolf / Associated Press:
High court ruling may lead to gay marriage in 30 states  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused to get involved in the national debate over same-sex marriage Monday, leaving intact lower court rulings that will legalize the practice in 11 additional states.
Discussion: Mediaite
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:   The Supreme Court Just Quietly Made Marriage Equality The Law Of The Land In Many States
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats start to point fingers  —  Democrats are starting to play the blame game as they face the possibility of losing the Senate in November.  —  Tempers are running high a month out from Election Day, with polls showing Democratic candidates trailing in the crucial battleground states …
Discussion: InsideSources
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Lachlan Markay / Washington Free Beacon:
Grimes Staff Caught on Hidden Camera: She's Lying About Support for Coal Industry  —  U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes is lying about her support for the state's coal industry according to Kentucky Democrats, including members of her campaign team, who were captured on a hidden camera video.
Bloomberg:
The Truth About Jeb Bush's Presidential Ambitions  —  Some insiders say he's already running.  Others says he's definitely not.  Here's the reality, distilled from over a dozen discussions with those who know Bush really well.  —  There are currently two factions in American presidential politics …
Susan Page / USA Today:
Panetta: ‘30-year war’ and a leadership test for Obama  —  Former Director of the C.I.A. Leon Panetta discusses the threat posed by ISIS and offers a critical review of Obama's performance as president.  He speaks with USA Today's Susan Page in this edition of Capital Download.
Washington Post:
As Ebola patient in Texas fights for his life, his family copes with stigma and isolation  —  Thomas Duncan is fighting for his life as his friends say they are isolated.  —  DALLAS — As a Liberian man diagnosed with Ebola was fighting to survive Sunday in a Texas hospital …
Discussion: National Review and Liberaland
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S.-led Airstrikes Disrupt Islamic State, But Extremists Hold Territory  —  Islamic State Fighters Taking Precautions to Evade Detection  —  U.S.-led airstrikes designed to serve notice on Islamist extremists in Iraq and Syria have also delivered a sobering message to Washington and its allies …
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C. J. Chivers / New York Times:
ISIS' Ammunition Is Shown to Have Origins in U.S. and China
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Max Fisher / Vox:
The insane conspiracy theories of Naomi Wolf  —  Author and former Democratic political consultant Naomi Wolf published a series of Facebook posts on Saturday in which she questioned the veracity of the ISIS videos showing the murders and beheadings of two Americans and two Britons …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Guardian
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Is Another Obama Administration Scandal About to Explode?  —  While strong cases can be made for both Benghazi and Fast and Furious, most voters consider Barack Obama's misuse of the IRS to be his administration's worst scandal so far.  But, as we wrote last year, targeting of conservative non-profits …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Arkansas, Tom Cotton and the Clinton factor  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL BILL CLINTON 2014 ELECTIONS TOM COTTON MARK PRYOR  —  RISON, Ark. — Bill Clinton is coming to Arkansas to appear at four rallies for the campaign of endangered Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
In 2014 midterms, Republicans increasingly see parallels to 2006 election
Discussion: Hit & Run and VodkaPundit
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds warn of jury tampering in Detroit  —  Federal prosecutors are publicly accusing a Palestinian-American activist of an “almost certainly criminal” effort to derail the trial of a colleague accused of naturalization fraud for failing to disclose a terrorism conviction in Israel more than four decades ago.
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Michael Brown protesters interrupt St. Louis Symphony Orchestra concert  —  • By Steve Giegerich sgiegerich@post-dispatch.com > 314-725-6758  —  Michael Brown protesters interrupted the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's concert on Saturday night, causing a brief delay in the performance at Powell Symphony Hall.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Voodoo Economics, the Next Generation  —  Even if Republicans take the Senate this year, gaining control of both houses of Congress, they won't gain much in conventional terms: They're already able to block legislation, and they still won't be able to pass anything over the president's veto.
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Rogue donors not ready for Hillary?  —  Hillary Clinton is facing the beginnings of a backlash from rich liberals unhappy with her positions on litmus test issues and her team's efforts to lock up the Democratic presidential nomination before the contest starts.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
An Obama Ally Parts With Him on War Powers  —  ORANGE, Va. — In June, after he had written a scorching opinion article seeking to constrain the president's unilateral power to make war, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, one of Barack Obama's earliest supporters, buttonholed the commander in chief …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
 
 
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Jeremy Herb / Politico:
Axelrod: Obama ballot line a ‘mistake’
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Sam Wang / Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Sam Wang Factchecks Nate Silver
Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Southern Democrats Walk a Tightrope With Black Voters
Yaakov Lappin / Jerusalem Post:
Naval units ready to switch to offensive missions and strike targets at any time.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Peter Canellos named POLITICO executive editor
Alessandro Speciale / Bloomberg:
German Factory Orders Slump Most Since 2009: Economy
Discussion: Guardian
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Iran frees wife of Post's Tehran correspondent, but he remains in custody
David Carr / New York Times:
The Washington Post Regains Its Place at the Table
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Low Favorable Ratings Still Plague Top Dogs on Capitol Hill
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
The Party and the People  —  When Hong Kong returned …
Michelle Iracheta / Houston Chronicle:
Bar owner calls customer a hero for fatally shooting 2 robbers
Discussion: TPNN, Hot Air and Vox Popoli
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
CDC multitasking hurts Ebola fight: Column
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Obama hasn't come up with one original idea yet
Jessica Slizewski / TIME:
I Don't Have Student Loans and I Don't Feel Bad for People Who Do
Discussion: RedState and Vox Popoli
 

 
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