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4:50 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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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.
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.
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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 …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Joni Ernst snubs Des Moines Register  —  Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst skipped out on a scheduled meeting with The Des Moines Register on Thursday, prompting criticism from one of the paper's leading political columnists.  —  “Is Joni Ernst afraid of newspaper editorial boards?”
thegazette.com:
Ernst campaign requests recount procedures of several counties  —  Auditors say large public records request may be difficult before election  —  IOWA CITY — Two weeks before Iowa's high-profile U.S. Senate election, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst's campaign may be planning for a recount.
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
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: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
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Politico:
Key Barack Obama aides eye White House exits
Discussion: Liberaland
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Support for U.S. Campaign against ISIS; Doubts about Its Effectiveness, Objectives  —  Just 30% Think U.S. and Allies Have ‘Clear Goal’  —  The public continues to support the U.S. military campaign against Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria.  But most Americans say the U.S. military effort …
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Rajiv Chandrasekaran / Washington Post:
Syrians to be trained to defend territory, not take ground from jihadists, officials say
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
Trymaine Lee / msnbc.com:
Darren Wilson's lawyer speaks out on leaked Brown autopsy  —  After details from an official autopsy on Michael Brown were exposed to reporters, legal counsel for Darren Wilson, the officer who shot and killed the slain teen, spoke out for the first time since the investigation, saying …
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Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Justice Department condemns Ferguson leaks as effort to sway opinion
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.
Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:
Rand Paul Summons Political Operatives for 2016 Strategy Session  —  The closely guarded gathering ahead of Paul's likely presidential run will happen only eight days after the midterms.  —  Sen. Rand Paul is summoning his top strategists and political advisers to Washington one week …
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:   Rand Paul's Non-Isolationism
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 …
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.
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.
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
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.
iMFdirect:
Does Raising the Minimum Wage Hurt Employment?  Evidence from China  —  Raising the minimum wage is a polarizing issue.  One side worries that raising it will lower employment.  The other side downplays the impact on employment and plays up the positive impact on the living standards of the poor.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and EconLog
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.
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.
Steve Herman / 101 KXL:
Richardson Reacts to New Poll Indicating Swing in His Favor  —  PORTLAND, Ore.- A dramatic shift in poll numbers has taken place since Governor John Kitzhaber's campaign became riddled with scandal.  A poll commissioned by KATU has Dennis Richardson with a surprising double-digit lead.
 
 
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Peter King Slams Doctors On Ebola, Suggests Ebola Went Airborne
Discussion: Daily Kos
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
JEANNE SHAHEEN CAMPAIGN KICKS BREITBART NEWS REPORTER OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE EVENT
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
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Should the Poor Be Allowed to Vote?
Discussion: Firedoglake, rubber hose and Guardian
 Earlier Items: 
CBC News:
Ottawa shooting: Kevin Vickers hailed as hero who helped stop attacker
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
Globe and Mail:
Suspected killer in Ottawa shootings had a disturbing side