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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Republican Debt Ceiling Gambit Is Unconstitutional — House Republicans are backing away from their threat to plunge the United States into a catastrophic budget default and will instead pursue the somewhat less reckless strategy of passing a three-month increase in the debt limit.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Agrees to Lift Debt Ceiling for 3 Months — WASHINGTON — Backing down from their hard-line stance, House Republicans said Friday that they would agree to lift the federal government's statutory borrowing limit for three months, with a requirement that both chambers of Congress pass …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
House Republicans agree to vote on bill to raise debt limit for 3 months
House Republicans agree to vote on bill to raise debt limit for 3 months
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
A new strategy for the GOP — It has become conventional wisdom …
A new strategy for the GOP — It has become conventional wisdom …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
House Republicans plan debt ceiling vote
House Republicans plan debt ceiling vote
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Slate and Washington Monthly
Neal Karlinsky / ABCNEWS:
Lance Armstrong May Have Lied to Winfrey: Investigators — Lance Armstrong may have lied to Oprah Winfrey during his so-called confession Thursday night about his doping during the Tour de France bicycle race, investigators told ABC News today. — Armstrong, 41, admitted …
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SBNation.com
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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
PolitiFact Concedes Their ‘Lie of the Year’ is the ‘Literal Truth’ — Earlier today, I wrote a lengthy critique pointing out the inconvenient fact that PolitiFact's Lie of the Year — “The Romney campaign's ad on Jeeps made in China” — turns out to be true.
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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
Whoops: PolitiFact's ‘Lie of the Year’ Turns Out to Be True
Whoops: PolitiFact's ‘Lie of the Year’ Turns Out to Be True
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Reuters, nation.foxnews.com and NewsBusters
Amanda Marcotte / The Raw Story:
Rush Limbaugh Incites Violence Against Women Seeking Abortion — As everyone here reading knows, terrorism is a major concern for abortion providers. Just the other night, I went to an event for Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, and one of the doctors speaking …
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Twitchy, Weasel Zippers and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Alabama's Clinic Escorts Protect Women From Anti-Abortion Protesters Singing ‘Happy Birthday Dead Baby’ — As the 40th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision approaches, anti-abortion fervor is reaching a fever pitch in some conservative areas. At Alabama's Women Center …
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al.com and Alan Colmes'
Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Stephen Colbert's sister will run for Congress — Stephen Colbert may have “run for president,” but his sister is actually going to run for Congress. — Elizabeth Colbert-Busch's soon-to-be-official campaign has informed South Carolina Democratic Party executive director Amanda Loveday …
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Sister of Stephen Colbert to run for Rep. Tim Scott's seat
Sister of Stephen Colbert to run for Rep. Tim Scott's seat
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CNN and St. Andrews, SC Patch
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Stephen Colbert's Sister To Run For Tim Scott's House Seat
Stephen Colbert's Sister To Run For Tim Scott's House Seat
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Jezebel
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Next Four Years — President Obama's second inaugural comes at an interesting moment, what you might call the end of the era of the Grand Bargain. Throughout his first term, Democrats and Republicans didn't achieve a Grand Bargain on spending and taxes, but there was a sense that history was moving in that direction.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
David Brooks Now Totally Pathological
David Brooks Now Totally Pathological
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Booman Tribune and Washington Monthly
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
NRA President Blames Obama For ‘Hundreds’ Of Death Threats … On a right-wing talk show on Thursday, David Keene, the president of the National Rifle Association, blamed President Obama and the left for what he says have been hundreds of death threats made against him and his family.
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Addicting Info, The Raw Story and Daily Kos
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Randy Hall / NewsBusters:
Poll Shows NRA More Popular Than President Obama; As Usual, Media Ignore
Poll Shows NRA More Popular Than President Obama; As Usual, Media Ignore
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The Gateway Pundit and The Fix
Ernest Istook / BREITBART.COM:
NRA PRESIDENT: DEATH THREATS AGAINST ORG REFLECT OBAMA'S TACTICS
NRA PRESIDENT: DEATH THREATS AGAINST ORG REFLECT OBAMA'S TACTICS
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Daniel W. Drezner:
How the current GOP thinks like revolutionaries — and why that's a bad thing — In an exit interview with the Wall Street Journal, outgoing U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said some provocative things about the state of America's political system and how that affects our standing in the world.
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Michael Volpe / Front Page Magazine:
Former Dem Senator Praises Hagel Pick on Iranian State TV
Former Dem Senator Praises Hagel Pick on Iranian State TV
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Power Line
Jim Fitzgerald / Associated Press:
NY NEWSPAPER REMOVES HANDGUN PERMIT HOLDER DATA — WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A suburban New York newspaper that outraged gun owners by posting the names and addresses of residents with handgun permits removed the information from its website Friday. — The Journal News took down the data …
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National Review and Newsday
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John Ingold / Denver Post:
Aurora theater shooting: Judge OKs effort to subpoena Fox News reporter Jana Winter — The judge overseeing the murder case against accused Aurora movie theater shooter James Holmes has signed off on a defense effort to subpoena a New York-based Fox News reporter over a story the woman wrote.
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Mediaite
Reuters:
One American dead in Algeria hostage crisis — U.S. officials confirmed Friday that one American has died in the hostage standoff at the Algerian natural gas field, The Associated Press reported, though reliable details about the terror attack there remained elusive.
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Daily Mail, Weasel Zippers and Politico
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Chris McGreal / Guardian:
US confirms one American hostage killed in Algeria attack
US confirms one American hostage killed in Algeria attack
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Infowars
Tevi Troy / Washington Post:
Five myths about this year's flu — Tevi Troy is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a former deputy secretary of health and human services. — The rapid onset of the flu season this year has led to illness, absenteeism, hospitalizations and, tragically, death.
Mike Farrell / Broadcasting & Cable:
Time Warner Cable Bans Gun Ads — Company-wide initiative comes weeks after Sandy Hook tragedy — Just weeks after the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Time Warner Cable has initiated a company-wide ban on certain gun ads.
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Hot Air, CNY Central and The Right Scoop
lauraingraham.com:
Shut Up & Blog — Sen. Rand Paul slams Christie for NRA comments, Sandy aid — Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) gave a wide-ranging interview, during which he attacked New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for his criticism of the NRA and his grandstanding on Sandy aid …
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The Fix, Politico, Gothamist, Los Angeles Times, Addicting Info, Hot Air, Mediaite, Reuters and Post Politics
defense.gov:
IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Convening Authority for Military Commissions Declines to Withdraw Conspiracy Charge Against Alleged 9/11 Co-Conspirators Pending Appellate Ruling — The Department of Defense announced today that the convening authority for military commissions declined to withdraw …
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Mother Jones, Lawfare and Politico
Timothy Dionisopoulos / Campus Reform:
[WATCH] Actor Danny Glover tells students 2nd Amendment was created to protect slavery — The Constitution's Second Amendment was created to bolster slavery and capture land from Native Americans, award winning actor Danny Glover told a group of students at a Texas A&M sponsored event on Thursday.
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The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and The Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Gallup and USA Today part ways — Gallup will no longer be conducting polls for USA Today, the two organizations announced Friday. — Both said the split, after 20 years of collaboration, was a mutual decision based on the changing media and polling landscape.
Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
New Study Highlights Threat From Far Right-Wing Groups In U.S. — A new study from a think tank connected to the West Point Military Academy highlights the threat of violent far-right movements in the United States, leading to the conclusion that, while diverse in in their causes …
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
West Point center cites dangers of ‘far right’ in U.S.
West Point center cites dangers of ‘far right’ in U.S.
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Infowars, Booman Tribune, The Right Scoop, National Review, Weasel Zippers and protein wisdom
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News poll: Twice as many favor more guns over banning guns to reduce crime — Nearly twice as many voters say there would be less violent crime if more law-abiding Americans owned guns, than if guns were banned. — In addition, while American voters generally favor strengthening gun laws …
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Wall Street Journal and Hot Air