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4:05 PM ET, October 23, 2014

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Bristol Palin:
The Truth about the “Palin Brawl” - The Media Reveals Its Bias Against Conservative Women Once Again  —  First, the media said Trig was not really my mom's kid.  —  Then, they claimed my mom said “I can see Russia from my house.”  —  Recently, they said my parents are giving a divorce.
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Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Bristol Palin: Yes, I Punched A Guy But He Had It Coming  —  Bristol Palin: feminist hero?  —  The eldest daughter of former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin broke her silence on Wednesday with a blog post about the role she played in a booze-fueled brawl last month at a house party in Alaska.
Politico:
CNN's Carol Costello apologizes for Palin remarks  —  CNN's Carol Costello apologized on Thursday for joking about a police recording of Bristol Palin.  —  “Over the past few days I have been roundly criticized for joking about a brawl involving the Palin family.
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer Ernst Promises To Use Her Gun If Gov't Decides Rights Aren't ‘Important’  —  During an National Rifle Association event in Iowa in 2012, state Sen. Joni Ernst, now the Republican nominee for Senate in the state, said she carries a 9-millimeter gun around everywhere and believes in the right …
thegazette.com:
Ernst campaign requests recount procedures of several counties
Lisa Lerer / Bloomberg Politics:
The Democrats' Coming Blame Game  —  Less than two weeks before Election Day, Democrats are bracing for losses—and are already quietly trying to shift the blame.  —  Years of disappointment and tension between Democrats and their president are now on open display as politicians …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hot Air
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Politico:
Key Barack Obama aides eye White House exits
Discussion: Liberaland
Emily Yoffe / Slate:
Kids from poorer neighborhoods keep coming to trick-or-treat in mine.  Do I have to give them candy?  —  Get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week; click here to sign up.  Please send your questions for publication to prudence@slate.com.  (Questions may be edited.)
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Rand Paul's Non-Isolationism  —  A preview of an important foreign-policy speech he'll give this evening  —  If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.  That, apparently, is Rand Paul's approach to convincing the political establishment and, perhaps more important, Republican primary voters, that he is not an isolationist.
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Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:
Rand Paul Summons Political Operatives for 2016 Strategy Session
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Justice Department condemns Ferguson leaks as effort to sway opinion  —  With a grand jury decision looming on whether a white police officer should face charges in the killing of an unarmed black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Mo., the investigation has sprung a few leaks.
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Joshua Green / Businessweek:
Obama Is Too Cool for Crisis Management  —  By the time President Obama gave in and appointed an Ebola czar on Oct. 17, the White House response to this latest national crisis had already run a familiar course: the initial assurance that everything was under control; the subsequent realization that it wasn't …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Senate Forecast: Cloudy With a Good Chance of a Republican Majority  —  With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, the picture in several key races remains hazy.  But when the dust settles, the most likely result is a Republican majority, as the Crystal Ball's outlook of Republicans adding five …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: Yes, some vulnerable Democrats are standing up for Obamacare
James Pindell / WMUR:
Oops: Scott Brown lists self as Mass. state senator in recent campaign filing  —  New Hampshire Republican U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown tried to politically navigate how he could run for office in the Granite State thirteen weeks after officially moving here from Massachusetts.
Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
The Kind Of Racism That ‘Dear White People’ Overlooks  —  This post contains spoilers.  —  If you haven't seen Dear White People, you should.  It's the first film in years to really confront black identities, of which there are many, in a sharp and funny way.
Discussion: Shakesville and Colorlines
Douglas Burns / The Jefferson Herald:
King on gays: 'I don't expect to meet them should I make it to heaven'  —  Congressman speaks exclusively to the Herald  —  U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, suggests gays won't make it to heaven.  —  What's more, in an interview, King intimated that the divorced or cohabitators could be thwarted …
Globe and Mail:
Suspected killer in Ottawa shootings had a disturbing side  —  Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, the slain 32-year-old suspected killer of a Canadian Forces soldier near Parliament Hill, was a labourer and small-time criminal - a man who had had a religious awakening and seemed to have become mentally unstable.
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
At $4 Billion, 2014 Is Most Expensive Midterm Ever  —  Nearly $4 billion will have been spent on this year's midterm election, including $2.7 billion spent by candidates and parties and almost $900 million spent by outside groups, according to a projection by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
Murray Weiss / DNAinfo.com New York:
VIDEO: NYPD Officer Kicks Colleague in the Head During Arrest  —  BROOKLYN — An undercover NYPD officer rushing in to aid uniformed colleagues making an arrest kicked one of them in the head after apparently mistaking him for a suspect, a video obtained by DNAinfo New York shows.
Felicia's Melange:
The Only Thing I Have To Say About Gamer Gate  —  I had a day off this weekend from shooting Supernatural, and I was walking around downtown Vancouver on Saturday, sampling all the artisan coffee I could get my throat around.  At one point I saw a pair of guys walking towards me wearing gamer shirts.
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
UT/TT Poll: Abbott Holds Commanding Lead Over Davis … UT/TT Poll, October 2014: Summary UT/TT Poll, October 2014: Methodology  —  Republican Greg Abbott has a 16-point lead over Democrat Wendy Davis in the closing days of this year's general election for governor, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
9 percent of likely 2014 voters are ‘enthusiastic’ about President Obama  —  We've written plenty on this blog about Democrats' enthusiasm deficit in the 2014 election.  This gap was, is and will almost definitely continue to be real through Nov. 4.  —  But while it's well understood …
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Should the Poor Be Allowed to Vote?  —  If Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters succeed in booting C.Y. Leung from power, the city's unelected chief executive should consider coming to the United States.  He might fit in well in the Republican Party.  —  In an interview Monday …
Discussion: Firedoglake, rubber hose and Guardian
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Poll Tax That Wasn't  —  In her dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the law “purposely discriminatory,” and everyone piled in behind her with denunciations of the Lone Star State's blatant racism.  —  For the left, voter ID is tantamount to a poll tax.
Jerusalem Post:
Baby girl killed in Jerusalem is an American, US official says  —  Terrorist kills infant, wounds several, after ramming...  Watch: Car drives into crowd at light rail station in...  Netanyahu blames Abbas incitement for Jerusalem terro...  Shimshon Halperin, mourns the loss of his granddaughter Chaya Zissel Braun.
 
 
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Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
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wpr.org:
WPR-St. Norbert Poll Shows Walker, Burke In Tight Race
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Kathleen Hunter / Bloomberg:
Christie Has ‘Head in Sand’ on Minimum Wage, Labor Chief Says
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
3 States Refuse Gay Unions Despite Court Rulings
Discussion: Daily Kos
Politico:
FEC votes suggest gridlock is easing
Discussion: National Review
CBC News:
Ottawa shooting: Kevin Vickers hailed as hero who helped stop attacker
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James West / Mother Jones:
Canada's Coverage of the Ottawa Shootings Put American Cable News to Shame
Discussion: Guardian and Mediaite
Emma Green / The Atlantic Online:
Mormon Underwear, Revealed
Discussion: New York Magazine and Taylor Marsh
Washington Post:
Whistleblowers say USAID's IG removed critical details from public reports
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Diplopundit
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Behind the numbers: ‘Kills’ against ISIS
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Andrew Cohen / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Shame on Texas and the U.S. Supreme Court