Andy Borowitz
| Poll: Majority of Americans Favor Quarantining Wolf Blitzer
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Amid concerns that the spreading fear of Ebola has become a greater threat than the virus itself, a new poll shows that a majority of Americans favor a quarantine of the CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Amid concerns that the spreading fear of Ebola has become a greater threat than the virus itself, a new poll shows that a majority of Americans favor a quarantine of the CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer."
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Republican
Officials in Texas Knew Voter ID Law Would Disenfranchise 500,000 Before Bill's
Passage
Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune
Ramsey writes: "Republican state officials working to pass a voter photo ID law in 2011 knew that more than 500,000 of the state's registered voters did not have the credentials needed to cast ballots under the new requirement."
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Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune
Ramsey writes: "Republican state officials working to pass a voter photo ID law in 2011 knew that more than 500,000 of the state's registered voters did not have the credentials needed to cast ballots under the new requirement."
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Mitch
McConnell Cuts His Own Campaign a $1.8 Million Check From His Personal Bank
Account
Manu Raju, Politico
Raju writes: "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to counter the influx of Democratic spending aimed at defeating him by writing a big personal check."
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Manu Raju, Politico
Raju writes: "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to counter the influx of Democratic spending aimed at defeating him by writing a big personal check."
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David Bromwich
| American Exceptionalism and Its Discontents
David Bromwich, TomDispatch
Bromwich writes: "On the whole, is American exceptionalism a force for good? The question shouldn't be hard to answer. To make an exception of yourself is as immoral a proceeding for a nation as it is for an individual."
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David Bromwich, TomDispatch
Bromwich writes: "On the whole, is American exceptionalism a force for good? The question shouldn't be hard to answer. To make an exception of yourself is as immoral a proceeding for a nation as it is for an individual."
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Law Lets IRS
Seize Accounts on Suspicion, No Crime Required
Shaila Dewan, The New York Times
Dewan writes: "For almost 40 years, Carole Hinders has dished out Mexican specialties at her modest cash-only restaurant. For just as long, she deposited the earnings at a small bank branch a block away -- until last year, when two tax agents knocked on her door and informed her that they had seized her checking account, almost $33,000."
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Shaila Dewan, The New York Times
Dewan writes: "For almost 40 years, Carole Hinders has dished out Mexican specialties at her modest cash-only restaurant. For just as long, she deposited the earnings at a small bank branch a block away -- until last year, when two tax agents knocked on her door and informed her that they had seized her checking account, almost $33,000."
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Iran Hangs
Woman Convicted of Killing Alleged Rapist
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "A 26-year-old Iranian woman convicted of murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her as a teenager was hanged Saturday, the official news agency IRNA said. The sentence was carried out despite international pleas for her life to be spared."
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Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "A 26-year-old Iranian woman convicted of murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her as a teenager was hanged Saturday, the official news agency IRNA said. The sentence was carried out despite international pleas for her life to be spared."
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Why NRDC
Supports California's Prop 1 (Water Bond) on the November Ballot
Annie Notthoff, NRDC.org
Notthoff writes: "NRDC supports Prop 1 because it provides the funds to make investments that California needs to diversify our water supply system and promote local reliability."
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Annie Notthoff, NRDC.org
Notthoff writes: "NRDC supports Prop 1 because it provides the funds to make investments that California needs to diversify our water supply system and promote local reliability."
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