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9:25 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.
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Patient in New York City Tests Positive for Ebola  —  A doctor in New York City who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea tested positive for the Ebola virus Thursday, becoming the city's first diagnosed case.  —  The doctor, Craig Spencer, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital …
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New York Post:
Doctor who treated Ebola patients rushed to NYC hospital  —  Police officers leave the apartment of Dr. Craig Spencer (left) in West Harlem.  —  The Big Apple may have its first case of Ebola.  —  A 33-year-old Doctors Without Borders physician who recently treated Ebola patients in Guinea …
Sydney Lupkin / ABC News:
Doctor Isolated at NYC Hospital With Ebola-Like Symptoms
Jesse / CBS New York:
Sources To CBS 2: New York City Doctor Tests Positive For Ebola
Discussion: Mediaite, Gawker and The Gateway Pundit
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:   Healthcare Worker Taken To NYC Hospital To Be Tested For Ebola
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thegazette.com:
Ernst campaign requests recount procedures of several counties
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.)
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Alison Grimes doubles down on a 4-Pinocchio claim  —  “I am Alison Lundergan Grimes and this is the Big Sandy power plant in Louisa, Kentucky.  They are shutting down half the plant and laying off their workers because Mitch McConnell didn't fight to get the scrubbers it needs to reduce coal emissions.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Glenn Beck: Not ‘All That Bad’ If McConnell Loses To Grimes (AUDIO)
Discussion: Washington Post and Mediaite
Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
CNN anchor, liberals give grins and thumbs up to violence against the ‘Right’ women  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CNN ALASKA SARAH PALIN MEDIA WAR ON WOMEN  —  How do you get liberals to approve of violence against women?  Just tell them the women are Republicans named “Palin.”
Discussion: Hot Air and Instapundit
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
JEANNE SHAHEEN CAMPAIGN KICKS BREITBART NEWS REPORTER OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE EVENT  —  EXETER, New Hampshire — The campaign of Democratic incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) kicked this reporter out of an event at ReVision Energy on Wednesday afternoon.  —  Shaheen's campaign asked the owner …
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 …
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 …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Lewinsky mistreated by authorities in investigation of Clinton, report says  —  When onetime White House intern Monica Lewinsky broke her silence with a major speech earlier this week, one subject brought her nearly to tears.  —  Lewinsky's voice cracked as she recalled the moment in January 1998 …
Discussion: CNN
Geoff McLatchey / Judicial Watch:
Obama Asserts Fast and Furious Executive Privilege Claim for Holder's Wife  —  Judicial Watch announced today that it received from the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) a “Vaughn index” detailing records about the Operation Fast and Furious scandal.  The index was forced …
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.
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.
Wichita Eagle:
Homeland Security confiscates Royals underwear in Kansas City  —  BY JENEÉ OSTERHELDTKANSAS CITY STAR  —  Peregrine Honig says she just wanted to help celebrate the hometown team when she designed Lucky Royals boyshorts.  —  The panties, with “Take the Crown” and “KC” across the bottom …
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
As Midterms Near, GOP Leads on Key Issues, Democrats Have a More Positive Image  —  Far Fewer Democrats See Vote as ‘For’ Obama Than in 2010  —  With less than two weeks before the midterm elections, the Republican Party holds significant leads on several major issues.
Discussion: Firedoglake
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
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
CNN:
Hero dogs set on latest W.H. fence jumper  —  Bel Air, Maryland (CNN) — A man who jumped the White House fence Wednesday night suffers from mental health problems, and has been arrested in a previous White House security breach, according to his father.  —  Dominic Adesanya, 23, of Bel Air …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Peter King Slams Doctors On Ebola, Suggests Ebola Went Airborne  —  “The doctors were absolutely certain that this can not be transmitted and it was not airborne and yet we find out the people who have contracted it were wearing all protective gear.”  —  View Video ›
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
James West / Mother Jones:
Canada's Coverage of the Ottawa Shootings Put American Cable News to Shame  —  The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation today gave a master class in calm, credible breaking news reporting.  —  Anchored by the unflappable Peter Mansbridge, news of the shootings in Ottawa unfolded live on the CBC …
 
 
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Scott Cooper Williams / Press Gazette Media:
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Kyle Kondik / Politico:
If Democrats lose, blame these guys
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Post
Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:
Rand Paul Summons Political Operatives for 2016 Strategy Session
Kathleen Hunter / Bloomberg:
Christie Has ‘Head in Sand’ on Minimum Wage, Labor Chief Says
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Fox News
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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: The Dish, Firedoglake and Guardian
Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
The Kind Of Racism That ‘Dear White People’ Overlooks
Discussion: Shakesville and Colorlines
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
9 percent of likely 2014 voters are ‘enthusiastic’ about President Obama
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
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