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Mark Mellinger / WANE-TV:
Lugar to Tea Party: “Get real.” — WASHINGTON, DC (WANE) - He's an institution in Washington, DC. Over the years, few senators have garnered more respect on Capitol Hill than Indiana's Richard Lugar . He's been a fixture in the Senate since 1977; seemingly unbeatable at the ballot box.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Ditching unwritten rules for Senate freshmen, Paul does it his way — Rand Paul has broken with tradition by eschewing the unwritten rules for freshman senators: Keep a low profile, learn the chamber's arcane procedures and cozy up to senior colleagues. — Unlike ex-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Lugar tells Tea Party to ‘get real’
Lugar tells Tea Party to ‘get real’
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Laurence H. Tribe / New York Times:
On Health Care, Justice Will Prevail — THE lawsuits challenging the individual mandate in the health care law, including one in which a federal district judge last week called the law unconstitutional, will ultimately be resolved by the Supreme Court, and pundits are already making bets on how the justices will vote.
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
What They Mean by ‘Civility’ — The New York Times raises …
What They Mean by ‘Civility’ — The New York Times raises …
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
A new Dem threat to health care law — A handful of moderate Senate Democrats are looking for ways to roll back the highly contentious individual mandate — the pillar of President Barack Obama's health care law — a sign that red-state senators are prepared to assert their independence ahead of the 2012 elections.
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Fix or repeal? Obama's health-care trap
Fix or repeal? Obama's health-care trap
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The Politico:
GOP hedges on health care funds
GOP hedges on health care funds
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Media Decoder:
Olbermann Said to Be Going to Current TV — Keith Olbermann, the former top-rated host on the news channel MSNBC, will announce his next television home on Tuesday, and people on Monday familiarwith his plans pointed to a possible deal with the public affairs channel Current TV.
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Mark Joyella / Mediaite:
Keith Olbermann's New Gig, Revealed: “Chief News Officer, Current Media”
Keith Olbermann's New Gig, Revealed: “Chief News Officer, Current Media”
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Olbermann announces next move
Olbermann announces next move
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Christine McConville / Boston Herald:
Comic treatment for health plan — MIT econ whiz's hip idea to explain overhaul — The MIT economics whiz who crafted President Obama's national health-care overhaul now plans to explain the complex and controversial plan to the masses — in one long comic book.
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
There will be blog — Conservatives To Beck: You're Doing It Wrong. — As much as I'm enjoying the feud between Bill Kristol and Glenn Beck over Beck's paranoid theory that the upheaval in Egypt will lead to a caliphate in Eastern Europe, I'm not entirely sure why Kristol is objecting.
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Lbentzterp / CNN:
CNN Poll: Republicans want winner over ideology in 2012 — Washington (CNN) - Given the choice between a candidate who agrees with them on the issues or a candidate who can defeat President Barack Obama in 2012, a new national poll indicates Republicans overwhelming want a winner.
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
That's the ticket: GOP loves look of VP field
That's the ticket: GOP loves look of VP field
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Ryan Crowe / CBS Dallas:
Mandatory Arabic Classes Coming To Mansfield — MANSFIELD (CBSDFW.COM) - Some Students at Mansfield ISD schools could soon be learning Arabic as a required language. The school district wants students at select schools to take Arabic language and culture classes as part of a federally funded grant.
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Tim Adler / Deadline.com:
First Look: Meryl Streep As Mrs. Thatcher — Pathé UK has released the first shot of Meryl Streep as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Streep is in the 2nd week of filming The Iron Lady here in London. It's the first feature from director Phyllida since she directed Streep in Mamma Mia.
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April Girouard / Fox News:
Proposed Ohio Abortion Ban Hinges on Heartbeat — State Rep. Lynn Wachtmann, shown here in an undated photo, is planning to unveil the “Heartbeat Bill” and a legislative aide for the Republicans. — An unborn child's heartbeat can be detected as soon as 18 days after conception …
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Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Ohio abortion ban would use heartbeat as barometer
Ohio abortion ban would use heartbeat as barometer
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Inside the Secret Service — When President Obama and two-thirds of the world's leaders gather in New York City, it is up to the U.S. Secret Service to keep them all safe. Granted unprecedented access, our author tells the story of how the agency pulls off the most complicated security event of the year …
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Wall Street Journal:
'I Didn't Raise Taxes Once' — Refreshing the President's memory. — Bill O'Reilly's Fox interview with President Obama on Sunday was fascinating, and not merely because Mr. Obama made clear he's an ardent fan of these pages. What really caught our attention was the President's claim that “I didn't raise taxes once.
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The Politico:
For jobs Gibbs lacks, the list goes on — Robert Gibbs has held many jobs in his accomplished political career: White House spokesman, presidential confidant, campaign strategist and more. He even ran a Democratic 527 group during the 2004 campaign. — But there are also quite …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Senate intel chair: No warning signs of Egypt uprising — The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday that there had been little warning from American intelligence in the run-up to the Egyptian protests. — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that there wasn't any real heads …
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Posey Can't Say If He Takes Govt. Health Care Because He Doesn't ‘Know’ If He's ‘A Federal Employee’ — Over the past few months, congressional Republicans have endured much criticism for privately accepting government-sponsored health insurance as they publicly railed against health care reform.
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
CNN's King: I'm out-Foxed — CNN's John King acknowledged last night that his network has a “Fox problem,” complaining that CNN gets little access to the expected GOP presidential field. — Introducing a quick interview with Newt Gingrich the CNN host was able to land over the weekend in Simi Valley …
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New York Times:
On Evolution, Biology Teachers Stray — Teaching creationism in public schools has consistently been ruled unconstitutional in federal courts, but according to a national survey of more than 900 public high school biology teachers, it continues to flourish in the nation's classrooms.
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Associated Press:
Electronic Flaws Did Not Cause Toyota Problems, U.S. Says — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration's investigation into Toyota safety problems found no electronic flaws to account for reports of sudden, unintentional acceleration and other safety problems.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Welfare Reform for the whole country — What could go wrong? … Make that “shared sacrifice for everyone but rich people who will not feel any of this personally.” Let's try to be accurate. — But I think the Obama administration may have found a comparison that will make the Villagers' eyes roll …
Wall Street Journal:
A ‘Truce’ on Social Issues? Get Real — Is Mitch Daniels afraid to talk about abortion? — If you think going to war is contentious, look at what happens when you call for a truce. Ask Mitch Daniels. — In a June profile by the Weekly Standard's Andrew Ferguson …
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
Most New York Students Are Not College-Ready — New York State education officials released a new set of graduation statistics on Monday that show less than half of students in the state are leaving high school prepared for college and well-paying careers. — The new statistics …
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