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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
Discussion: Mashable and Mediaite
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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Liz Neporent / ABC News:
Rwanda Introduces Ebola Screening — for Americans
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
On Ebola Response, Congressional Republicans Put New Focus on Visa Suspensions
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Chris Christie: 'I'm Tired Of Hearing About The Minimum Wage'  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Tuesday that he's “tired” of hearing discussion on the minimum wage and seemed to suggest that a higher minimum wage isn't something to “aspire to.”  —  “I gotta tell you the truth …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:   Christie to Chamber: 'I'm tired of hearing about the minimum wage'
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Trying to Woo, or at Least Suppress, Minority Vote
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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Joseph Gerth / Courier-Journal:
New Bluegrass poll has McConnell, Grimes even
Michael Futch / fayobserver.com:
Churchgoer taken aback by political flier's lynching imagery  —  Dawn McNair said she was surprised Sunday when her daughter pointed out the background on a political flier urging people to get out and vote.  —  The front of the flier blares: “Kay Hagan doesn't win!  Obama's impeachment will begin!
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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Arkansas Democrat Mark Pryor: Desegregation an ‘Unwilling Invasion’  —  Arkansas Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor argued that the federal government's desegregation of Arkansas's largest public school in 1957 was an “unwilling invasion” that took “a local problem out of the local authorities' hands” …
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 …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Paying $292,000 to a Group That May Not Exist  —  A certain level of murkiness has become the rule when it comes to campaign finance in a post-Citizens United world.  But even by this standard, a group called Right Solutions Partners LLC is remarkable for its opacity.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Andy Kroll / Mother Jones:
Colorado Dems: We Caught James O'Keefe and His Friends Trying to Bait Us Into Approving Voter Fraud  —  The conservative provocateur allegedly posed as a mustachioed “civics professor.”  —  James O'Keefe Bill Haber/AP  —  James O'Keefe, the conservative provocateur, has been on the prowl in Colorado …
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.
Victoria McGrane / Wall Street Journal:
Fed's Dudley: Bad Bank Behavior Could Drive Break Up  —  New York Fed President Suggests Putting Senior Management on Hook for Regulatory Fines  —  Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said the government will have to consider breaking up large financial institutions …
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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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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.
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
RNC co-chair: Wisconsin voters not so ‘sharp’  —  The co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee said in Wisconsin that voters there “might not be as sharp as a knife.”  —  “It's not going to be an easy election, it's a close election,” said Sharon Day, the co-chairwoman …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
6 Things You Won't Believe The “Duck Dynasty” Congressional Candidate Said  —  Zach Dasher is challenging incumbent Rep. Vance McAllister.  —  https://www.facebook.com/DasherforCongr ess/ photos/pb.544994868953516.-2207520000.1 413842738.  /588420881277581/?type=3&theater
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
FBI Agent in Abscam Sting to Campaign for Pressler in South Dakota  —  The FBI is on his trail.  —  In South Dakota, former FBI agent John Good is joining Larry Pressler on the campaign trail to highlight the former senator's honesty during the Abscam inquiry in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Discussion: OnPolitics
Jim Galloway / Political Insider blog:
Democratic turnout flyer: ‘If you want to prevent another Ferguson...’  —  The Democratic effort to pump up the African-American vote in Georgia just took an interesting turn.  —  A reader has sent us this early-voting turnout mailer sent out by the Georgia Democratic party that focuses …
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.”
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Phyllis Schlafly: End Early Voting Because It Helps Democrats  —  When Republican-controlled legislatures around the country have passed laws curtailing early voting, they have invariably insisted that these laws have nothing to do with politics.  —  Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why is there no surgeon general?  Ask Democrats  —  Some of President Obama's most ardent supporters have accused Republicans of “politicizing” the Ebola crisis.  It's not a terribly serious accusation; a public health emergency requires the response of many government agencies, so how could politics not be involved?
Discussion: RedState and Bloomberg Politics
 
 
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