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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
White House offers praise of Egypt's election of Muslim Brotherhood president
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Byron Tau / Politico:
White House congratulates Egypt's Morsi
White House congratulates Egypt's Morsi
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New York Post:
Slapping a friend — For the past couple of months, Democrats and their pundit allies — apparently expecting to lose on ObamaCare in the Supreme Court — have been engaged in a campaign to delegitimize the high court in the eyes of the public. In a related development …
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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.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Hispanic Voters Put Other Issues Before Immigration — Healthcare, unemployment are tops among six issues tested — PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. Hispanics prioritize immigration, healthcare, and unemployment to equal degrees, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll asking about the importance of six national policy issues.
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Jimmy Carter / New York Times:
A Cruel and Unusual Record — THE United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights. — Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only the most recent, disturbing proof of how far our nation's violation of human rights has extended.
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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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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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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
25% Fewer Men Than Women Graduate College; Obama: It's ‘A Great Accomplishment ... For America’ — (CNSNews.com) - In an op-ed published Saturday in Newsweek, President Barack Obama marked the 40th anniversary of the enactment of Title IX—which bars gender discrimination in education …
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Brian X. Chen / Bits:
Flipboard in Content Deal With New York Times — The New York Times said on Monday that it would make its articles available through Flipboard, a popular app for browsing news and social media on phones and tablets. It will be the first time that the newspaper has allowed subscribers …
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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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