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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
CNN: PETRAEUS TO TESTIFY HE KNEW LIBYA WAS TERRORISM ‘ALMOST IMMEDIATELY’ — Just a few minutes ago on CNN, Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr reported that a high-placed source informed her that former CIA Chief David Petraeus will use his upcoming testimony to amend his previous testimony.
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Fox News:
Intel officials struggle to explain Libya talking points, pressure on Petraeus to clear the air — Top intelligence officials struggled to explain to lawmakers Thursday why their initial talking points after the Libya attack minimized the role of militant groups, putting pressure …
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Power Line, NO QUARTER USA NET and CNN
CBS News:
CIA talking points for Susan Rice called Benghazi attack “spontaneously inspired” by protests
CIA talking points for Susan Rice called Benghazi attack “spontaneously inspired” by protests
Halimah Abdullah / CNN:
Congressional intelligence committees briefed on Benghazi attacks
Congressional intelligence committees briefed on Benghazi attacks
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New York Times, iOwnTheWorld.com, emptywheel, Washington Post and Outside the Beltway
CNN:
McCain skips Benghazi briefing, gets testy when questioned by CNN — (CNN) - Most of the Republican members of a Senate committee investigating the terrorist attack at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, skipped a classified briefing by administration officials on the incident Wednesday, CNN has learned.
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
What Benghazi Is about: Scandal Envy — If you're looking at the Republican harumphing over Benghazi and asking yourself, “Why are we supposed to be so mad about this again?” you're not alone. Let's review: There was an attack on our consulate that killed four Americans, including our ambassador.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog and Mother Jones
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama, Boehner launch second effort to reach grand fiscal deal — President Obama and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and their staffs will be the principal negotiators in talks to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” — As the talks begin formally at the White House Friday, lawmakers and special interest groups …
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
President Obama, GOP Leaders Hold Fiscal Summit at White House — President Obama and top congressional leaders on Friday will convene their first “fiscal cliff” summit, seeking to avert an economically-toxic package of sweeping tax hikes and deep spending cuts that will take effect in 46 days without a bipartisan deal.
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Murray: Can't guarantee 2014 budget
Murray: Can't guarantee 2014 budget
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Politico, CNN and The Lonely Conservative
Kirsten Powers / Fox News:
President Obama's silly, sexist defense of Susan Rice — Nov. 14, 2012: President Obama answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington.AP — Don't pick on the little lady. — Wednesday, President Obama bizarrely cast the U.N. Ambassador …
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Yousef Munayyer / Open Zion:
Bodies for Ballots — They say when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. But when you are a politician and all you have is a hammer, you must convince voters every problem looks like a nail. This is the only thinking that can explain Israel's behavior in escalating bombardment of Gaza.
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3quarksdaily, Mondoweiss, Guardian, New York Times and The Daily Beast
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Wall Street Journal:
Israel Mobilizes Troops as Hostilities Escalate
Israel Mobilizes Troops as Hostilities Escalate
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“The Lid”, New York Times, Weekly Standard and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Paul Danahar / Associated Press:
Israel and Gaza militants in deadly exchanges - as it happened
Israel and Gaza militants in deadly exchanges - as it happened
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BBC, Foreign Policy, maannews.net, ABCNEWS, Firedoglake, Reuters, Guardian, Booman Tribune and The Daily Dish
Jim Epstein / Reason:
Oklahoma Doctors vs. Obamacare — Surgery center provides free-market medicine. — Three years ago, Dr. Keith Smith, co-founder and managing partner of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, took an initiative that would only be considered radical in the health care industry …
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AEIdeas, Power Line and Hot Air
Mike Carter / The Seattle Times:
Respected agent in Seattle terror probe leaked Petraeus case — The FBI agent who started the email inquiry that eventually led to the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus is known for his work in Seattle leading the investigation into millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Mitt's Inglorious Shuffle Off the National Stage — In 1952 Adlai Stevenson was the presidential nominee of the Democratic party and lost. He was renominated in 1956 to face Dwight Eisenhower again. And again he lost. There are some other cases like this in American history.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Week and The Moderate Voice
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Leaders' Debate: Change Message or Candidates? — LAS VEGAS—Two weeks after their presidential election defeat, Republican Party leaders are falling into roughly two camps as they struggle to explain what happened and devise ways to broaden the party's base.
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Taegan Goddard's … and Prairie Weather
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
As G.O.P. Governors Gather, Prescriptions and Whispers for 2016
As G.O.P. Governors Gather, Prescriptions and Whispers for 2016
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Washington Post, The Fix and Hot Air
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
House GOP: Hey, who's up for a few earmarks? Update: Proposal withdrawn — Alternate headline: The House GOP has a fee-vah and the only prescription is ... more pork-barrel politics! Having won the House majority two election cycles in a row, some inside the GOP caucus want to bring back earmarking — with reforms, of course:
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Roll Call, The Hill and Conservatives4Palin
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Times See No Evil CEO Mark Thompson's Veil of Ignorance Continues To Unravel — The NY Times stuck with embattled former BBC chief Mark Thompson based on his assurances that despite thirty-three years at the BBC including eight at the helm he had never heard a whisper about BBC star Jimmy Savile's pedophilia.
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New York Times, Poynter and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
BuzzFeed:
Surreal Instagrams From Israel Defense Forces Soldiers — As drama unfolds between Israel and Hamas — both in real life and over their Twitter accounts — young soldiers Instagram photos of themselves at ease. — Katie Notopoulos — an hour ago — 96 responses
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Chris Carroll / Times Free Press:
Scott DesJarlais supported ex-wife's abortions, slept with patients, divorce transcript shows … A decade before calling himself “a consistent supporter of pro-life values,” Tennessee physician and Republican U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais supported his ex-wife's decision to get two abortions …
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Firedoglake, Shakesville, Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', The Hill, Washington Monthly, New York Times and The Fix
Bethany Mandel / Commentary Magazine:
Why Isn't Sandy Obama's Katrina? — The pictures from New Orleans after Katrina were iconic. Stories breathlessly filed from the Superdome warned of rampant crimes, inadequate access to basic sanitation, even babies getting raped (which was later proven to be a rumor).
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
The Daily Caller has obtained details of an ACHIEVE Act proposal being floated by some senate Republicans. — It appears similar to the conservative alternative to the Dream Act that Sen. Marco Rubio worked on last summer (before President Obama issued his executive order, effectively tabling the issue until after the election).
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Fernanda Santos / New York Times:
Paradise Valley Journal: Arizona Still Awaiting Some Election Results — PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — The question of tipping the political scales in Arizona, like anyplace, is “purely mathematical,” Bruce Merrill said. More people voting for the other side matters only if enough of them vote …