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David Brooks / New York Times:
What It Takes — About a decade ago, one began to notice a profusion of Organization Kids at elite college campuses. These were bright students who had been formed by the meritocratic system placed in front of them. They had great grades, perfect teacher recommendations …
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Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
Is Kennedy Easily Manipulated? — One important component of the liberal case for Elena Kagan seems to be that she could exert a strong influence on the Court's median vote, Anthony Kennedy. Here's Jeffrey Rosen: … And half-seriously, Jonathan Zasloff:
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Dissents Of The Day, Ctd — They keep rolling in, you ornery Dishies. A reader writes: … I always know when someone has no idea how being gay can affect one's entire life-experience when they use the term “sexual preference.” It's like a taste in rock rather than country.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Kagan Nomination Leaves Longing on the Left — WASHINGTON — The selection of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be the nation's 112th justice extends a quarter-century pattern in which Republican presidents generally install strong conservatives on the Supreme Court while Democratic presidents pick candidates …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Initial Reaction: 40% Positive Toward Kagan Nomination — Excellent/Good ratings below average for recent court nominees — PRINCETON, NJ — A Gallup immediate-reaction poll to President Barack Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court finds 40% of Americans rating the choice as …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
How people spew total falsehoods on TV — I appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show last night to articulate the case against Elena Kagan, and was then followed by Kagan friend and defender Larry Lessig of Harvard Law School, who spent five minutes (in my absence) trying to discredit me and what I said (video of the two segments is below).
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
“Washington Intellectual Dishonesty” defined
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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Elena Kagan as Scholar
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Abortion could be sleeper issue in Supreme Court confirmation process
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This Is London:
Gordon Brown quits as PM as Lib-Dem deal falls apart — Gordon Brown is set to resign tonight and allow David Cameron to be Britain's new Prime Minister. — The Labour leader's final desperate attempt to cling on to power with a Lib-Lab deal crumbled amid a rebellion on his own side …
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Gordon Brown resigns as UK prime minister — Gordon Brown has announced he is resigning as UK prime minister. — Mr Brown has officially tendered his resignation to the Queen at Buckingham Palace, and recommended Conservative leader David Cameron succeed him.
Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:
Prime minister Cameron enters No 10
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Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Tax bills in 2009 at lowest level since 1950 — Amid complaints about high taxes and calls for a smaller government, Americans paid their lowest level of taxes last year since Harry Truman's presidency, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data found. — Some conservative political movements such as the …
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McCain: Use Wall Street Bill to Wean Fannie and Freddie off Taxpayer Backing — ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports: — Republicans in the Senate have their sights set on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and will force a vote as soon as Tuesday on whether to remove the implicit government backing from the bloated mortgage giants.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
McConnell predicts bipartisan support for Wall Street reform
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Senate Backs One-Time Audit of Fed's Bailout Role — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday voted unanimously to require a one-time audit of the Federal Reserve's emergency actions during and after the 2008 financial crisis as part of broad legislation overhauling the nation's financial regulatory system.
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Ben Evans / Associated Press:
DeMint: A conservative kingmaker upends GOP order — WASHINGTON — Jim DeMint is becoming something of a tea party hero, even a potential conservative kingmaker, a status that is not making the freshman senator many friends among fellow Republicans in Congress.
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Jon Ward / The Daily Caller:
Top Obama advisers Jarrett and Axelrod given car privileges traditionally reserved for national security officials — President Obama has expanded the very small group of top aides who are given the privilege of taxpayer-funded personal drivers — who take them from their house to work …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Obama Said to Be Open to New Miranda Look
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
U.S. may be passing up chances to stop terrorist plots — Did a captured Taliban leader know about the Times Square plot and withhold this information from his interrogators? — On Sunday, Obama administration officials, including counterterrorism chief John Brennan …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Why Sestak might really pull it off — Tomorrow, a third poll will come out finding Joe Sestak is leading Arlen Specter in the Pennsylvania Dem primary. The poll, from Franklin & Marshall College, will mirror others showing Sestak ahead by around five points, the poll's director confirms to me.
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Hilary Andersson / BBC:
‘Secret prison’ at US air base — The US airbase at Bagram in Afghanistan contains a facility for detainees that is distinct from its main prison, the Red Cross has confirmed to the BBC. — Nine former prisoners have told the BBC that they were held in a separate building, and subjected to abuse.
Fox News:
Thieves Steal Mojave Desert Memorial Cross in Nighttime Heist — The 7-foot-tall metal cross in a 75-year-old war memorial that withstood the heat of the Mojave Desert and a blazing battle in the Supreme Court over its legality was ripped down and stolen Sunday night, according to federal officials.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Marshall, Cunningham closing on Burr — Elaine Marshall and Cal Cunningham have both gained ground on Richard Burr after building up their exposure during the Democratic primary campaign. Burr is now in a weaker position than Elizabeth Dole was at the same point in the election cycle two years ago.
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
F.C.C. Weighs Plan to Warn of High Cellphone Bill — The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday that it was seeking public comment on a plan that would require wireless phone companies to notify customers when they are running up unusually high charges for data usage …
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