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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Republicans worry they'll lose House if they botch debt talks — There's growing angst among Republicans that the party's House majority could be at risk in 2014 if the deep GOP divisions that emerged during the recent “fiscal cliff” negotiations persist in looming negotiations over a slew of budgetary issues.
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CTPost.com:
President Barack Obama: Now is the time — As a society, our first task must be to care for our children — to shield them from harm and give them the tools they need not only to pursue their dreams, but to help build this country. That is how we will be judged.
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Kevin Cirilli / Reuters:
Marco Rubio: Obama lacks ‘courage’ on guns
Marco Rubio: Obama lacks ‘courage’ on guns
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Why President Obama might choose to lose on guns
Why President Obama might choose to lose on guns
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Everything You Need To Know About Obama's Gun Violence Prevention Proposals
Everything You Need To Know About Obama's Gun Violence Prevention Proposals
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Taylor Marsh, Alas, a Blog, NewsMax.com, Wonkblog and The Impolitic
Sari Horwitz / Post Politics:
NRA planning ‘the fight of the century’ against Obama
NRA planning ‘the fight of the century’ against Obama
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Meet The Republicans Who Want To Impeach Obama Over Gun Regulations
Meet The Republicans Who Want To Impeach Obama Over Gun Regulations
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msnbc.com, New York Magazine and Liberal Values
Lamine Chikhi / Reuters:
Six hostages, 8 kidnappers killed in Algeria siege; 7 still held — (Reuters) - Six foreign hostages and eight of their captors were killed when Algerian forces fired on a vehicle being used by besieged gunmen at a gas plant in the remote Algerian desert on Thursday, a local source told Reuters.
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CBS News:
Militants: 35 hostages dead in Algerian copter attack
Militants: 35 hostages dead in Algerian copter attack
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Los Angeles Times, Alan Colmes' and Hot Air
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
US confirms Americans among hostages taken by militants in Algeria
US confirms Americans among hostages taken by militants in Algeria
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Wall Street Journal:
Militants Grab U.S. Hostages
Militants Grab U.S. Hostages
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Weekly Standard, Right Turn and MarketBeat
Matthew Stolle / Post Bulletin:
Franken undecided on assault weapons ban — On the day that President Obama proposed a sweeping package of gun-control measures, U.S. Sen. Al Franken signaled his support for several components of Obama's plan. — Franken, speaking during a press event in Rochester, said he supports limits …
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Erica Goode / New York Times:
Even Defining ‘Assault Rifles’ Is Complicated — One obstacle President Obama may face in proposing a new federal ban on assault weapons could lie in the use of the term “assault weapon” itself. — The label, applied to a group of firearms sold on the civilian market …
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
How Gun Culture Won Over Liberals — The new “gun nuts”: media elites, locavores, and hipster hunters. — On a Sunday morning a couple years ago, Brooklyn journalist Foster Kamer and a few of his “particularly liberal” blogger friends decided to skip brunch and hit the shooting range instead.
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Republicans Brag They Won House Majority Because Of Gerrymandering — In a classic Kinsley gaffe, the Republican State Leadership Committee released a report boasting that the only reason the GOP controls the House of Representatives is because they gerrymandered congressional districts in blue states.
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John Howard / New York Times:
I Went After Guns. Obama Can, Too. — IT is for Americans and their elected representatives to determine the right response to President Obama's proposals on gun control. I wouldn't presume to lecture Americans on the subject. I can, however, describe what I, as prime minister of Australia …
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul Plans To Nullify Obama's Gun Executive Actions — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has a plan to undo President Obama's executive actions on guns. — Paul plans to debut the proposal on Wednesday's edition of Hannity on Fox. Details of the plan shared with TPM Wednesday show Paul plans …
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Sources: Rand Paul to push legislation nullifying Obama's executive actions on guns
Sources: Rand Paul to push legislation nullifying Obama's executive actions on guns
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Weasel Zippers, Joe. My. God., Israpundit and Hot Air
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Mark Levin: Obama's Executive Orders ‘Un-American,’ ‘Fascistic’
Mark Levin: Obama's Executive Orders ‘Un-American,’ ‘Fascistic’
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Deadspin:
Manti Te'o's Dead Girlfriend, The Most Heartbreaking And Inspirational Story Of The College Football Season, Is A Hoax — Notre Dame's Manti Te'o, the stories said, played this season under a terrible burden. A Mormon linebacker who led his Catholic school's football program back to glory …
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Eddie Gehman Kohan / Obama Foodorama:
White House Takes Down Petition Calling For Beyoncé To Be “Disinvited” From Inauguration Due To PepsiCo Deal — White House spokesman says removal of petition from ‘We the People’ site has nothing to do with controversy...But East Wing doesn't want to discuss the optics problem for Let's Move! campaign...
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Infowars:
Other Tyrants Who Have Used Children As Props — Infowars.com — Obama's shameless exploitation of children as set pieces is hardly new or original. In fact, tyrants and dictators have used kids as props down through the ages. — Here are a few more recent examples: — The Soviet Union's Joseph Stalin
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voteview blog:
An Update on Political Polarization through the 112th Congress — The 112th Congress closed unceremoniously this month with a series of votes (by the House and Senate) to avert the “fiscal cliff”. With this data, we can now analyze roll call voting in the 112th Congress in its entirety …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
What Is Driving Growth in Government Spending? — It's one of the most fundamental political questions of our time: What's driving the growth in government spending? And it has a relatively straightforward answer: first and foremost, spending on health care through Medicare and Medicaid …
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Forbes
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Recreational assault weapons fire riddles Ohio home, narrowly misses officer — Two men were arrested in Ohio on Wednesday after their target practice with an AK-47 assault rifle accidentally shot up a woman's home and nearly hit a officer who was responding to reports of gunfire.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Denis McDonough to Become White House Chief of Staff — WASHINGTON — President Obama is planning to elevate a key national security deputy, Denis R. McDonough, to White House chief of staff, administration officials said on Wednesday, making perhaps his closest foreign policy adviser the gatekeeper to the Oval Office.
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