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2:00 PM ET, October 21, 2014

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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
McConnell will pay expenses in return for ‘enthusiasm’ at events  —  The Kentucky Republican Party is offering volunteers all-expenses-paid trips to join Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) campaign bus tour and “contribute to an enthusiastic atmosphere” at his events.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: Republican accidentally tells the truth about Obamacare  —  Ohio Governor John Kasich, who has accepted the Medicaid expansion his state, recently suffered from an outbreak of accidental candor, making these remarks about the Medicaid expansion and the prospects for repealing Obamacare:
Joseph Gerth / Courier-Journal:
New Bluegrass poll has McConnell, Grimes even
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Gov. John Kasich: Repeal Obamacare, but not all of it
Journalism.org:
Political Polarization & Media Habits  —  When it comes to getting news about politics and government, liberals and conservatives inhabit different worlds.  There is little overlap in the news sources they turn to and trust.  And whether discussing politics online or with friends …
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh is America's least-trusted news source  —  More than one-third of Americans say they distrust radio commentator Rush Limbaugh as a news source.  (AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Brian Jones)  —  Thirty-nine percent of Americans say they don't trust Rush Limbaugh when it comes …
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:   Pew Study: Americans Are Self-Segregating Amid Proliferating Partisan Media
Department of Homeland Security:
Statement by Secretary Johnson on Travel Restrictions and Protective Measures to Prevent the Spread of Ebola to the United States  —  Today, as part of the Department of Homeland Security's ongoing response to prevent the spread of Ebola to the United States, we are announcing travel restrictions …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
On Ebola Response, Congressional Republicans Put New Focus on Visa Suspensions
Kerry Sheridan / Agence France-Presse:   US cautiously optimistic after no new Ebola in 5 days
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Chicago man to Obama: 'Don't touch my girlfriend'  —  Washington (CNN) — Even the President of the United States has to deal with jealous boyfriends.  —  Casting his ballot in Chicago on Monday, Obama stood at a voting booth next to Aia Cooper, whose fiancé decided to crack wise with the president.
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abc7chicago.com:
PRESIDENT OBAMA VOTES EARLY IN CHICAGO, TO ATTEND FUNDRAISER FOR DEMOCRATS
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, ABC News and CNN
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: Dem candidates avoiding me ‘have supported my agenda’  —  President Obama delivered a blow to Democratic Senate candidates looking to distance themselves from his flagging approval ratings Monday, saying lawmakers avoiding him on the campaign trail were “strong allies and supporters” who have “supported my agenda in Congress.”
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msnbc.com:
Exclusive: Obama speaks with Rev. Al about the importance of voter turnout
Mary Katharine Ham / Hot Air:
Obama: Hey, all these red-state Democrats running away from me are strong supporters who vote with me!
Jon Street / TheBlaze.com:
Surveillance Video Apparently Catches Guy Doing Something at the Ballot Box That Left Republican Monitor Stunned  —  An Arizona county party official said he saw a man stuffing “hundreds” of ballots into the ballot box and later told a local news outlet the entire incident was caught on surveillance video.
Simon Jenkins / Guardian:
Oscar Pistorius should not be going to jail  —  Pistorius's life is ruined.  No one will be deterred by his sentence.  Imprisonment is a brutalist response that achieves nothing in such cases  —  Oscar Pistorius was guilty.  However gripped by anger, it's difficult to accept he didn't know whom he was likely to kill.
Discussion: Mashable and Taylor Marsh
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BBC:
Oscar Pistorius given five years for Reeva Steenkamp death
Discussion: Shakesville, Mediaite and Deadspin
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Anthony Weiner: Done with politics, not life  —  For Anthony Weiner, life these days consists of figuring out fatherhood and his future.  The first he's doing pretty well with; as for the second, he's got a long way to go.  —  Three years out from the 2011 sexting scandal that forced …
Discussion: Mediaite and OnPolitics
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
White House Deletes Obama's ‘Unpaid Bills’ Admission from Transcript  —  Last night at a Democratic fundraiser in Chicago, President Obama mentioned that there are some “unpaid bills” on his desk in Chicago—which he left when moved to the White House after winning the presidential election in 2008.
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Immigration as biggest problem dips to 7%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the quarantine period ends for people exposed to the first person in the U.S. to be diagnosed with Ebola, the virus for the first time ranks among the top 10 issues Americans consider to be the most important ones facing the country.
hrw.org/rss/news:
Ukraine: Widespread Use of Cluster Munitions  —  Government Responsible for Cluster Attacks on Donetsk  —  (Berlin) - Ukrainian government forces used cluster munitions in populated areas in Donetsk city in early October 2014, Human Rights Watch said today.
Discussion: Guardian
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Andrew Roth / New York Times:
Ukraine Used Cluster Bombs, Evidence Indicates
Discussion: Intellihub.com and susiemadrak.com
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
With Farms Fading and Urban Might Rising, Power Shifts in Iowa  —  LAURENS, Iowa — Pocahontas is running out of students.  Public school enrollment in this corn-blanketed county in northern Iowa has plummeted 32 percent over the past decade as the population steadily shrinks.
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Annie Linskey / Bloomberg Politics:
What Exactly Is Elizabeth Warren Going For?
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Washington Post
Charlie Cook / National Journal:
Kansas and Georgia Change the Equation on Senate-Majority Math  —  The prospects remain very tough for Democrats to hold onto their majority in the Senate, but there is a new scenario emerging—albeit still unlikely—that is turning the majority math a bit on its head.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why House Republicans Alienate Hispanics: They Don't Need Them  —  Political analysts keep urging the Republican Party to do more to appeal to Hispanic voters.  Yet the party's congressional leaders show little sign of doing so, blocking an immigration overhaul and harshly criticizing President Obama …
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer Doubles Down On Gays: ‘These Creatures... Are So Destructive’  —  The Republican challenger to Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) has apparently decided to make the most of the attention he received for describing gays as “gremlins”.  —  In a video posted to Facebook on Monday …
 
 
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
IL Poll Workers Break Law - Tell Obama to “Vote Democrat” at Chicago Polling Booth (Video)
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Trying to Woo, or at Least Suppress, Minority Vote
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Seth Masket / Washington Post:
How I ended up starring in a Citizens United film
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Bloomberg View
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Marriage Equality Comes To Wyoming
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Bloomberg Politics:
States That Make Voting Super Simple-or Stupidly Hard
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
In Raising Immigration, G.O.P. Risks Backlash After Election
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Bill Glauber / JSOnline:
RNC co-chair: Some Wisconsin voters ‘might not be as sharp as a knife’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Smashing pumpkins in Clayton leads to three arrests for littering, assault
Discussion: Firedoglake and Raw Story
Ben Quinn / Guardian:
Paralysed man Darek Fidyka walks again after pioneering surgery
Discussion: LifeNews.com
Steve Coll / New Yorker:
How Edward Snowden Changed Journalism
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Scott Porch / The Daily Beast:
How LBJ and Reagan Wrecked Our Faith in Government
Discussion: American Spectator and Yahoo! News
 

 
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