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12:05 AM ET, October 18, 2014

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Jake Tapper / CNN:
First on CNN: Obama will name Ron Klain as Ebola Czar  —  Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama will appoint Ron Klain his “Ebola czar,” knowledgeable sources tell CNN.  —  The president on Thursday signaled his openness to the idea to have one individual coordinating the entire federal response …
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David McCabe / The Hill:
GOP blasts Obama Ebola czar pick
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Ron Klain is a great choice for Ebola czar
Agence France-Presse:
Obama names ‘Ebola czar’
Discussion: New York Magazine
Belizean:
Belize Confirms Patient With Ebola Symptoms On Cruise Ship Off Its Coast  —  Reports tonight are that two individuals possibly infected with the Ebola virus are in Belizean waters.  Local TV station Channel 7 monitored in the capital City Of Belmopan tonight, reported having credible reports …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
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CBS News:
Public confidence in CDC nosedives, poll finds
Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Post and Fox News
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
President Obama's credit card got rejected last month.  Here's what happened next.  —  Presidents, they're just like us — their credit cards get declined.  —  President Obama's credit card was rejected last month at a restaurant in New York.  —  “I went to a restaurant up in New York when I was …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Jeffrey Sparshott / Wall Street Journal:
Obama: ‘My Credit Card Was Rejected’  —  In what must have been an awkward moment for everyone involved, President Barack Obama said his credit card was declined at a New York City restaurant last month.  —  “My credit card was rejected.  It turned out I guess I don't use it enough,” …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
The Ripple Effects of a Travel Ban Could Make The Ebola Problem Even Worse  —  Calls for an Ebola travel ban have gotten a lot louder.  And they are not just coming from the lunatic fringe.  Prominent Republican leaders, like House Speaker John Boehner, are now among those proposing …
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Steven Beutler / The New Republic:
An infectious-disease specialist says the time for half-measures is over
Discussion: The Dish
Luke Brinker / Salon:
This may be the worst race-baiting campaign ad since Willie Horton  —  Fighting to save an embattled congressman, GOP tries to spook voters with menacing images of a black convict  —  The National Republican Campaign Committee unveiled a race-baiting ad Friday linking the Democratic candidate …
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
New GOP ad tries to tie Brad Ashford to felon who went on Omaha killing spree
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Police Officer in Ferguson Is Said to Recount a Struggle  —  WASHINGTON — The police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., two months ago has told investigators that he was pinned in his vehicle and in fear for his life as he struggled over his gun with Mr. Brown …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Midterm Calculus: Not Following the Midterms?  You're Missing All the Fun  —  Not Following the Midterms?  You're Missing All the Fun  —  I have a confession: I think this is a great election.  It's way better than 2012.  All around, it might be the best general election in a decade.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Associated Press:
PENTAGON READYING FOR LONG WAR IN IRAQ, SYRIA  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten weeks into its war against Islamic State extremists, the Pentagon is settling in for the long haul, short on big early successes but still banking on enlisting Syrians and Iraqis to fight the ground war so that U.S. troops won't have to.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Political Polarization in Action: Insights into the 2014 Election from the American Trends Panel  —  The Pew Research Center has developed a new tool for looking at the 2014 elections - a panel survey that enables us to check in with the same representative group of Americans several times during the course of the campaign.
Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Cliven Bundy Makes A Midterm Ad Showing What He Knows About ‘The Negro’  —  Everyone now knows he has at least one Black friend!  —  Cliven Bundy really is determined to make sure everyone knows he's not a racist because he has a black friend and we all really do know the government is to blame …
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Six Reasons to Panic  —  As a rule, one should not panic at whatever crisis has momentarily fixed the attention of cable news producers.  But the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which has migrated to both Europe and America, may be the exception that proves the rule.
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Leon Panetta and Hillary Clinton: It's Complicated  —  Reporters have focused on how the former defense secretary's memoir praises her and criticizes the president.  The book itself tells a different story.  —  I'm thinking of teaching my journalism students about Leon Panetta's book tour—as a case study in how to game the press.
Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Koch Group Sends Fake Voter Information To Discourage Illinois Voters  —  They're not satisfied to be breaking the law in North Carolina.  Now they're aiming at Illinois.  —  First it was North Carolina, now it's Illinois.  Same pattern of voter suppression by fraudulent mailing, too.
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Scott Brown: “We Would Not Be Worrying About Ebola Right Now” If Romney Won  —  The New Hampshire Republican talked with Brian Kilmeade Friday morning about Ebola and the 2012 Republican nominee for president.  —  WASHINGTON — Scott Brown told Fox News' Brian Kilmeade Friday that Ebola …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Washington Post
Michael W. Chapman / CNSNews:
Rev. Billy Graham: ‘America is Just as Wicked as Sodom and Gomorrah Ever Were’  —  Reverend Billy Graham, arguably the most well-known and respected evangelical preacher of the last 50 years, said in a recently published commentary that America was “founded by men who believed in prayer” …
Discussion: FOX News Radio and Vox Popoli
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Kentuckians Now More Likely to Align With GOP  —  Democratic presence, Obama approval at six-year lows in Kentucky  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A series of disheartening figures could make Democratic Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes' attempt to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell all the more difficult.
Discussion: Washington Post and Firedoglake
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Rasmussen Reports:
Kentucky Senate: McConnell (R) 52%, Grimes (D) 44%
 
 
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
GOP Congressman: Hamas Could Infect Themselves With Ebola And Come To America
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