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Congressman Allen West / Facebook:
The Muslim B'Hood takeover in Egypt shows Arab Spring is radical Islamic nightmare. — A year ago there were those of us who warned the Obama Administration of a Muslim Brotherhood takeover in Egypt. We were castigated as alarmists and loose cannons. Today our predictions have come …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
White House offers praise of Egypt's election of Muslim Brotherhood president — The White House is cautiously praising the outcome of Egypt's first competitive presidential election, won by Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist party. — “The United States congratulates …
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Byron Tau / Politico:
White House congratulates Egypt's Morsi — The White House congratulated Egypt's president-elect Mohamed Morsi on his victory in that country's presidential election, calling it a “milestone” in the country's transition to democracy. — “We look forward to working together with President-elect Morsi …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Hill Poll: Voters: Obama over-reached blocking Fast and Furious docs — A clear majority of likely voters believes President Obama has exercised his executive power inappropriately — particularly in blocking the release of documents relating to Operation Fast and Furious, according to a new poll for The Hill.
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Jonathan Turley / Washington Post:
The fate of health care shouldn't come down to 9 justices. Try 19. — It could all be in the hands of just one justice. After a 14-month fight in Congress and an unprecedented challenge by states to the power of the federal government, the fate of health care in this country is likely to be decided by a 5-4 vote.
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Kathleen Geier / Washington Monthly:
Concern troll of the day: Campbell Brown — Question: does the New York Times op ed page have any quality control mechanisms? At all? — Okay, we all know that there are major problems with some of their op ed columnists. First off, there's David Brooks, that shallow …
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Campbell Brown / New York Times:
Planned Parenthood's Self-Destructive Behavior
Planned Parenthood's Self-Destructive Behavior
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Shadid said to blame NYT for death — Anthony Shadid, the Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times reporter who died in Syria this year, had heated arguments with his editors just prior to his final trip into the country, a cousin of Shadid's says, and told his wife that were he to die the New York Times would be to blame.
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Romaric Ollo Hien / Agence France Presse:
Wine, women and song tempt Mali's Islamists — OUAGADOUGOU — Wine, women and song are putting Malian Islamists to the test as they talk about the future of their divided country with regional mediators in Burkina Faso. — “The problem is that in our hotel we can't help looking …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
All the President's Privileges — WHEN George W. Bush was president of the United States, it was an article of faith among liberals that many of his policies were not just misguided but unconstitutional as well. On issues large and small, from the conduct of foreign policy to the firing …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama plays 101st round as president — President Obama waited for the temperature to cool just a bit before heading to the golf course on Sunday. — Obama is golfing at the Fort Belvoir course, according to a White House pool report. The president is golfing with White House chef Sam Kass …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Koch: I helped change Obama — Ed Koch, the mercurial former New York mayor and Jewish community figure who was helpful to George W. Bush in places like Florida in the 2004 presidential race, sees “change” by President Obama, who he was slow to support, on the subject of Israel.
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New York Times:
Ex-Governor of New York Reluctantly Accepts Portrait — For years, former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo has refused to sit for his official portrait, leaving a void in the likenesses of former governors that line a corridor in the New York State Capitol. — His son Andrew M. Cuomo, now the governor …
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