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12:45 PM ET, October 8, 2014

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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Jimmy Carter: President Obama blew it on ISIL  —  Former President Jimmy Carter is criticizing President Barack Obama's Middle East policy, saying he has shifting policies and waited too long to take action against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.  —  In an interviewed published Tuesday …
Discussion: Power Line and Scared Monkeys
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Jim Jones / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Carter unhappy with Obama's policies in Middle East  —  FORT WORTH — Former President Jimmy Carter put down his hammer at a Meadowbrook Habitat for Humanity project Tuesday for a wide-ranging interview that touched on subjects such as the Obama administration's use of drones, women's rights and faith.
Politico:
President Obama's executive action plan falls short
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and his vorpal sword
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Jimmy Carter Thinks Obama Waited Too Long to Confront ISIS
Discussion: FOX News Radio
CNN:
Texas Ebola patient dies  —  (CNN) — Thomas Eric Duncan, the man with Ebola who traveled to the United States from Liberia, died Wednesday morning at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, the hospital said.  —  He had been in critical condition after being diagnosed with the virus in mid-September.
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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
First Ebola Patient to Be Discovered in U.S. Dies
Discussion: The Jawa Report and The Verge
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
General: If Ebola Reaches Central America, ‘There Will Be Mass Migration into the U.S.’
Discussion: DoD, Pat Dollard and Hot Air
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:   CDC: Airborne Ebola possible but unlikely
Draghana Jovanovic / ABC News:
Ebola Patient's Pet Dog to Be Euthanized as Precaution
Discussion: Mashable and Hot Air
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Justice Kennedy Halts Same-Sex Marriages In Idaho  —  Wednesday morning, Justice Anthony Kennedy offered another thin ray of light to penetrate the hidden laboratory where he and his fellow justices will decide whether to recognize the Constitution's promise of equality for all Americans.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Anthony Kennedy Halts Gay Marriage In Idaho  —  Justice Anthony Kennedy issued an order to halt same-sex marriage in Idaho on Wednesday after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the state's ban one day earlier.  —  Kennedy, who has jurisdiction over emergency appeals to rulings at the 9th Circuit …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Two more bans fall (UPDATED)  —  UPDATED 10:58 p.m. The Ninth Circuit Court put its ruling into full effect on Tuesday evening, in this order and this formal mandate.  That should clear the way promptly for same-sex couples to file for marriage licenses in the two states involved directly and …
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
The Scariest Reaction to SCOTUS's Gay-Marriage Bombshell Wasn't From Ted Cruz
KOIN-TV:
Man practicing open carry law robbed of gun  —  GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN 6) — A man practicing his open carry right was robbed of the gun he was openly carrying.  —  William Coleman III was robbed of his Walter- brand P22 just after 2:00 a.m. October 4 in Gresham by a young man who asked him for it …
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KPTV-TV:
Man openly carrying new gun in Gresham robbed by armed man  —  A man openly carrying his new handgun was robbed on a Gresham street by a man with a gun of his own.  —  Police were called out to the area of 172nd and Glisan Street at 2:10 a.m. Saturday.  —  Investigators said the 21-year …
Discussion: Liberaland and Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
In This Election, Obama's Party Benches Him  —  CHICAGO — When he soared to victory by almost 10 million votes in 2008, President Obama won in states like Virginia that Democratic candidates had not captured since 1964.  He was trumpeted as a transformational leader who remade American politics …
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Why Democrats may keep the Senate
Discussion: American Spectator
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Bracing for a Political Wave
Andrea Blanford / abc11.com:
POLICE PEPPER SPRAY WAKE COUNTY TEEN INSIDE HIS HOME AFTER HE'S MISTAKEN FOR BURGLAR  —  The parents of a Wake County high school student are outraged that police pepper-sprayed him inside their home after a neighbor mistook him for an intruder.  —  It happened Monday afternoon on England Avenue in Fuquay-Varina.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Black Teen Pepper-Sprayed By Cops After Entering His White Foster Parents' Home
Discussion: Shakesville
CNN:
U.S. officials: ISIS will capture Kobani, but it's not a big concern to us  —  (CNN) — The key Syrian border city of Kobani will soon fall to the Islamist terror group ISIS, several senior U.S. administration officials said.  —  They downplayed the importance of it, saying Kobani is not a major U.S. concern.
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Jon Huntsman says no thanks to 2016 run  —  Jon Huntsman's days on the campaign trail are over.  —  The former Utah governor, who ran a short-lived presidential campaign in 2012, said he would not run in 2016 and has no plans to run for governor again.  —  “I can't describe a pathway through …
FBI:
Help Identify Individuals Traveling Overseas for Combat  —  The FBI is asking for the public's help identifying individuals who have traveled—or are planning to travel—overseas to engage in combat alongside terrorist organizations.  —  “We need the public's assistance in identifying U.S. persons …
Peter Hamby / CNN:
The hardest-working man in Democratic politics  —  Washington (CNN) — A Democrat with White House ambitions is furiously criss-crossing the country to help the party's candidates — and it's not Hillary Clinton.  —  Martin O'Malley, the two-term governor of Maryland, has headlined more than 80 Democratic fundraisers since last year.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Josh Zumbrun / Wall Street Journal:
SAT Scores and Income Inequality: How Wealthier Kids Rank Higher  —  SAT originally stood for Scholastic Aptitude Test.  But parsing the results by income suggests it's also a Student Affluence Test.  —  On average, students in 2014 in every income bracket outscored students in a lower bracket …
Jenna Levy / Gallup:
In U.S., Uninsured Rate Holds at 13.4%  —  As open enrollment looms, uninsured rates unchanged across age groups  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as “Obamacare,” appears to be meeting its goal of reducing the percentage of Americans without health insurance.
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Piers Morgan / Hollywood Reporter:
Piers Morgan Pens Advice Column on CNN, Reveals He Pushed to Replace “Stiff” Anderson Cooper  —  Writing for THR, the former CNN anchor and new MailOnline editor-at-large reveals why news ratings shouldn't matter, when he became a “barroom bore” on guns and how Cooper can't compete with Megyn Kelly
 
 
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Allison Sherry / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Rep. Nolan, Mills spar over guns, taxes, health care
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Michael W. Chapman / CNSNews:
Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson: ‘Biblically Correct Sex is Safe’ Sex - No STDs
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and Pat Dollard
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
Why the Democrats Need to Take Sides
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
New pro-Ernst super PAC run out of firm of Joni Ernst strategist
Michael Allen / Opposing Views:
Detroit Homeowner Offers To Trade House For IPhone 6
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Georgia May Be Bluer Than It Appears
Nina Rees / US News:
Opponents of education reform are terrified of Campbell Brown, for good reason.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Poll: Most see Obama as a failure
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Dem pollster predicts Hispanic voters to stay home
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Andrea Jones / Rolling Stone:
The Nation's Shame: The Injustice of Mandatory Minimums
David Limbaugh / Washington Examiner:
Democrats will pay the price for Obama in November
Jeremy Herb / Politico:
Up in smoke?  —  There's a new battle brewing over smoking in the military.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
Catholic League chief Bill Donahue: Liberals defend Islam because they don't like Jews
 

 
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