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10:40 PM ET, September 29, 2015

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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Planned Parenthood Head Shuts Down GOP Chair Over Abortion Chart (VIDEO)  —  Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) stumbled near the start of a tense hearing on Tuesday when Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards told him to check his sources on a chart that he said showed a decrease in breast exams …
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Timothy B. Lee / Vox:
Whatever you think of Planned Parenthood, this is a terrible and dishonest chart  —  On Tuesday morning, Congress held a hearing on Planned Parenthood, as conservative Republicans try to build the case for defunding the organization after a pro-life group released a series of “sting” videos critical of the organization.
The Hill:
GOP: Planned Parenthood wasted millions on ‘lavish’ travel, parties  —  The head of the House Oversight Committee is accusing Planned Parenthood of misspending more than $40 million in federal dollars on “lavish” travel, theme parties and a costly Manhattan office.
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep On Abortion: ‘The Last Issue That Tore Us Apart Like This Was Slavery’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mediaite
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter Plans to Go Beyond Its 140-Character Limit  —  Twitter is building a new product that will allow users to share tweets that are longer than the company's 140-character limit, according to multiple people familiar with the company's plans.  —  It's unclear what the product will look like …
John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump Says He's Been ‘Childish,’ Raises Possibility of Dropping Out  —  With summer over, so might be the “Summer of Trump” — and now the man himself appears to be accepting it might not be a kind Fall.  —  “This is going to be an ebb and flow, how can I continue to lead by such wide margins? …
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Poll: Clinton tops Trump in general election
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Rand Paul super PAC goes dark  —  One of the three super PACs supporting the Kentucky senator's presidential bid has stopped raising money.  —  One of the three super PACs supporting Rand Paul's presidential campaign has stopped raising money, dealing a damaging blow to an already cash-starved campaign.
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Sanders: I won't be as naïve as Obama was with Congress
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
You Can't Handle the Trump!  —  Vox's Ezra Klein wrote a good piece of analysis Monday about how unpredictable politics has become.  He notes that the four surprising political developments we've seen in the last few months—Speaker of the House John Boehner resigning from Congress …
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Big Donors Seek Larger Roles in Presidential Campaigns
Discussion: Washington Post
Louise Boyle For / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: 'I's just a n****r following orders around here, master - It's 12 Years a Whoopi!'  The View host Whoopi Goldberg uses slave dialect to voice her frustration during a rampage against ABC execs  — Whoopi acted out after the meeting for the Hot Topics segment was moved to an earlier time - outside of her contracted hours
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
The Pointless Cowardice of John Boehner  —  The mainstream reaction to the forced resignation of John Boehner as the Speaker of the House has been a kind of weary admiration.  He fought the good fight against the extremists in his Republican caucus, the narrative goes, but his solid Midwestern virtues …
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Chris Tye / WKYC-TV:
Stepdad's Surprise: Stunning invite down wedding aisle  —  LaGrange, Ohio — Planning for wedding day joy often comes with pain, when you're the step-father of the bride.  —  “Every time we tried on tuxes — or did some planning — it crossed my mind that I'd be sitting in the crowd …
Discussion: WGN-TV
CNN:
Warren Jeffs' son, daughter allege sexual abuse  —  Learn more about the allegations and the polygamous Mormon sect on “This is Life with Lisa Ling,” Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Check out a 10 minute preview of the show on CNNGo.  —  (CNN)For the first time, two children of Warren Jeffs …
Discussion: Raw Story
The Intercept:
Edward Snowden Is On Twitter: @Snowden  —  Edward Snowden isn't just a hashtag anymore.  The NSA whistleblower joined Twitter on Tuesday, using the @snowden Twitter handle.  —  Snowden, who has lived in Russia since turning over a trove of top secret documents to reporters more than two years ago …
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
House Republicans Start the Search for a Leader and a Message in 2016  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday began in earnest the search for their new leadership team, as well as for some direction for themselves, less than a week after Speaker John A. Boehner announced his surprise resignation.
Discussion: WSPA-TV
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Chaffetz: Trey Gowdy could be next majority leader
Daily Mail:
Is an ISIS top commander an AMERICAN jihadi?  —  A Yazidi slave girl has claimed the high-ranking ISIS commander who held her prisoner was a white American who directed the terror group's attacks and received personal letters from its leader.  —  Nada, 19, told MailOnline …
L. Todd Wood / Washington Times:
ISIS planning ‘nuclear tsunami’  —  Nuclear annihilation across the globe.  This is what a German reporter who successfully embedded with the Islamic State says the terror group is planning.  Jurgen Todenhofer released his findings in a book titled “Inside IS - Ten Days in the Islamic State,” reports the UK's Daily Express.
Billy Hallowell / TheBlaze.com:
Texas Police Chief's Absolutely Defiant, Four-Word Insult to Atheists Who Demand That He Ban ‘In God We Trust’ Decals  —  A Texas police chief has officially responded to atheists' demands that he remove “In God We Trust” decals from patrol vehicles, telling critics to “go fly a kite.”
 
 
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Ben Carson's Love Affair With a “Nutjob” Conspiracy Theorist
Discussion: Daily Kos
Lesley Weidenbener / IBJ.com:
Jud McMillin resigns from House over sex video
U.S. Department of Justice:
Launch of Strong Cities Network to Strengthen Community Resilience Against Violent Extremism
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton to Propose Scrapping Health Law's ‘Cadillac Tax’
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Despite Plea From Pope, Parole Board Decides to Execute Georgia Woman
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Peruvian Prayer Meeting for Kim Davis Correction
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Geoffrey Kabaservice / New York Times:
Anarchy in the House  —  REPUBLICANS aren't big fans of Karl Marx …
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Jane J. Lee / National Geographic:
Exclusive Video: First “Glowing” Sea Turtle Found
Gallup:
Gallup-Purdue Index 2015 Report
Discussion: US News, Slantpoint and NPR
Guardian:
Referee pulls out gun during Brazilian football match - video
Discussion: SBNation.com, Mashable and USA Today
Randall Lane / Forbes:
Inside The Epic Fantasy That's Driven Donald Trump For 33 Years
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and Business Insider
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Carly Fiorina's ultraconservative rage
Discussion: Daily Kos and Althouse
 

 
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