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3:00 AM ET, October 22, 2014

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Robert G. Kaiser / Washington Post:
Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93  —  Benjamin C. Bradlee, who presided over The Washington Post newsroom for 26 years and guided The Post's transformation into one of the world's leading newspapers, died Oct. 21 at his home in Washington of natural causes.  He was 93.
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Postscript: Benjamin C. Bradlee (1921-2014)  —  Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee, the most charismatic and consequential newspaper editor of postwar America, died at the age of ninety-three on Tuesday.  Among his many bequests to the Republic was a catalogue of swaggering anecdotes rich enough to float a week of testimonial dinners.
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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Bart Jansen / Associated Press:
DHS requires West Africa travelers to arrive at five airports  —  WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that all travelers from Ebola outbreak countries in West Africa will be funneled through one of five U.S. airports with enhanced screening starting Wednesday.
Liz Neporent / ABC News:
Rwanda Introduces Ebola Screening — for Americans
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Palins describe brawl in police recordings  —  Editor's note: The audio mentioned below, obtained by CNN from police records, contains strong language.  —  Washington (CNN) — Bristol Palin describes being dragged through the grass and called a series of obscenities during a massive brawl …
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Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
The Palin Brawl Police Tapes - Annotated Edition  —  Amid the crackle and chaos of audio released by the Anchorage Police Department on Tuesday, an unmistakable voice could be heard.  —  “Did you find your necklace?” the woman could be heard saying.  “Track, that is such a God thing.  See?”
Discussion: Raw Story
Tim Alberta / National Journal:
Chris Christie Previews 2016 Campaign: 'It's Time to Start Offending People'  —  “I don't care if I'm loved.  I want to be respected.”  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie launched a preemptive strike Tuesday against some potential Republican rivals for the White House, saying the “experiment” …
Discussion: Liberaland and FOX News Radio
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Phyllis Schlafly: End Early Voting Because It Helps Democrats
Discussion: WND
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Trying to Woo, or at Least Suppress, Minority Vote
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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!
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: Booman Tribune
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Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:   Christie to Chamber: 'I'm tired of hearing about the minimum wage'
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” …
Associated Press:
AP-GfK Poll: Most expect GOP victory in November  —  Associated Press 5 hrs ago  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks before Election Day, most of the nation's likely voters now expect the Republican Party to take control of the U.S. Senate, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Steve King: US Becoming A ‘Third-World Country’ Thanks To Undocumented Immigrants Bringing In Ebola And Beheadings  —  Donald Trump travelled to Iowa to campaign for Rep. Steve King this past weekend, and their joint press conference was just about as ridiculous as you might imagine.
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 …
Discussion: GOP.com
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: Apathy, not Voter ID, keeps minorities from polls  —  Controversial voter identification laws are not the primary reason minority voters are failing to cast their ballots, President Obama said in a radio interview airing Tuesday.  —  “Most of these laws are not preventing …
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Rand, Ron Paul split over travel ban  —  Ron Paul on Monday said that calls for a ban on travel from West African countries affected by Ebola are primarily “politically motivated” — just days after his son Sen. Rand Paul announced his support for one.  —  Appearing on Newsmax TV's …
Discussion: The Dish, BuzzFeed and Hit & Run
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 …
Lauren McGaughy / Houston Chronicle:
Former aide pleads guilty to embezzling $1.8 million from Dewhurst campaign funds  —  AUSTIN - Former David Dewhurst campaign manager Kenneth “Buddy” Barfield is facing up to 28 years in prison and millions in fines and restitution payments after pleading guilty Tuesday to embezzling nearly $1.8 million …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and Liberaland
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Cultural Differences, Assimilation and Immigration Policy  —  Two stories currently in the news are, I think, illuminating.  The first comes from Paris: … This is not the American way.  Personally, I don't like to see veiled women.  It makes me uncomfortable.
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
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Michael Savage: Veterans With PTSD Are Destroying America  —  Last week on his talk radio program, Michael Savage got into an argument with a caller over whether California lawmakers should rename a San Francisco tunnel in honor of Robin Williams.  The caller, who said he was a veteran suffering …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Midterm Calculus: Why House Republicans Alienate Hispanics: They Don't Need Them  —  Why House Republicans Alienate Hispanics: They Don't Need Them  —  Even if they did not receive a single vote from a Latino, anywhere in the United States, Republicans could most likely retain control of the House.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Eddie Scarry / Mediaite:
Rosie O'Donnell: Bill Clinton Should've Been Prosecuted for Lewinsky Affair
Discussion: FOX News Radio and Liberaland
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
La. Tea Party Senate Candidate In Ad: 'I'll Make Obamacare Roadkill' (VIDEO)
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
FBI Agent in Abscam Sting to Campaign for Pressler in South Dakota
Discussion: OnPolitics
Elise Labott / CNN:
American released from North Korea
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Paying $292,000 to a Group That May Not Exist
Lloyd Green / The Daily Beast:
Where There's Trouble, You'll Usually Find Joe Biden
Discussion: Fox News
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Why is there no surgeon general? Ask Democrats
Bloomberg Politics:
States That Make Voting Super Simple-or Stupidly Hard
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
In Raising Immigration, G.O.P. Risks Backlash After Election
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Anthony Weiner: Done with politics, not life
 

 
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New York Times:
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