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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
What did Republicans win in the immigration deal? — It's has been widely assumed this morning by some immigration advocates (and by yours truly, too) that the new immigration reform plan's process of citizenship for the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants is contingent on a commission …
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Jordan Fabian / ABCNEWS:
Transcript: Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Transcript: Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
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The Week, Towleroad News #gay, National Review and The Agonist
Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
The U.S. Border Is More Secure Than Ever Before
The U.S. Border Is More Secure Than Ever Before
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The Plum Line, The Political Carnival and Wonkblog
Fox News:
Obama wades back into immigration debate as senators pitch new blueprint
Obama wades back into immigration debate as senators pitch new blueprint
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Washington Post:
Bipartisan group of senators to unveil framework for immigration overhaul
Bipartisan group of senators to unveil framework for immigration overhaul
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Wonkblog, Front page feed, Talking Points Memo, National Review, Firedoglake, The Plum Line, Guardian, Post Politics and First Read
Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
Sometimes a political con is just too transparent to fly …
Sometimes a political con is just too transparent to fly …
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Power Line, National Review, Washington Examiner, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway and Politico
CNN:
Sources: Congressional Hispanic Caucus members urged Obama not to unveil immigration bill — Washington (CNN) - Some senior Democratic members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus used a private White House meeting Friday to urge President Obama not to unveil his own immigration legislation …
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Rush Limbaugh:
Fear Rules the GOP on Immigration — RUSH: Daniel in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Welcome, sir, to the EIB Network. Hello. — CALLER: Hey, Rush. Thanks for taking my call. — RUSH: Yes, sir. I'm a long-time listener and first-time caller. — RUSH: Well, it's great to have you here.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Obama Will Include Same-Sex Couples In Immigration Plan — The Senate is silent on bi-national couples divided by law. — WASHINGTON — Same-sex couples will be a part of the proposal for addressing immigration reform that President Obama is scheduled to unveil Tuesday in Las Vegas …
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Politico, The Right Scoop and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Prominent House Dem: “Madness” To Pass Immigration Reform Without LGBT Protections
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
The House Has Its Own Bipartisan Immigration Plan In The Works, Republicans Say
The House Has Its Own Bipartisan Immigration Plan In The Works, Republicans Say
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Ross Douthat, Hot Air and Senator Ted Cruz
Marsha Blackburn / CNN:
TRENDING: Doubting congresswoman challenges Obama to skeet shooting match — (CNN) - It's about time for some bipartisan...skeet shooting? — Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, joined a chorus of skeptics who questioned President Barack Obama's recent comments about his hobby of skeet shooting …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Carney ‘not sure how often’ Obama goes skeet shooting
Carney ‘not sure how often’ Obama goes skeet shooting
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Politico, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Jammie Wearing Fools
Joshua Green / Business Week:
Obama's Parting Gift to Hillary Clinton — Last week campaign disclosure reports revealed that Hillary Clinton had finally retired the debt from her 2008 presidential campaign—with a little help from the guy who beat her, Barack Obama. Clinton's debt once totaled more than $20 million …
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Marc Ambinder / The Week:
Hillary SuperPAC readies launch
Hillary SuperPAC readies launch
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
What Hillary Clinton's saying about 2016
What Hillary Clinton's saying about 2016
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Bay Buchanan quits TV punditry, takes online real estate class after Romney's ‘brutal’ loss — A former top aide to Mitt Romney says that she quit her career as a television pundit and began taking online real estate classes after the former Republican presidential nominee's “brutal” loss to President Barack Obama.
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Pete Williams / U.S. News:
Exclusive: Boy Scouts close to ending ban on gay members, leaders — The Boy Scouts of America, one of the nation's largest private youth organizations, is actively considering an end to its decades-long policy of banning gay scouts or scout leaders, according to scouting officials and outsiders familiar with internal discussions.
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The Atlantic Wire:
The Truth About Little Women Carrying Big Wounded Men in Combat — One of the recurring arguments against women serving in combat appears on its face to be just good common horse sense: women just don't have the upper body strength to carry a heavy male soldier out of combat.
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Crooks and Liars, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and Eschaton
Chuck Bennett / New York Post:
NYC's real enemy is illegal handguns, Police Commissioner Kelly says — The nation's looming assault-weapons ban is plain common sense, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday — but the city's real enemy is illegal handguns. — “For us in New York City, and I believe …
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Raymond W. Kelly / New York Post:
Scourge of NYC's streets
Scourge of NYC's streets
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nbclosangeles.com:
Doctor Fatally Shot at Office in Newport Beach — A doctor was fatally shot and the suspected gunman was in custody on Monday after a shooting at a doctor's office in Newport Beach, police said. — The shooting happened at 2:45 p.m. in a second floor patient room at 520 Superior Avenue …
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The Hinterland Gazette
Mark Leccese / Gatekeeper:
Scott Brown's Twitter trouble — Most politicians delegate their Twitter account to platitude-producing staffers, all of whom excel in a genre of writing I think of as Bland Earnestness. I'm looking at you @MarkeyMemo, @JohnBoehner and @DevalPatrick. — After U.S. Sen. Scott Brown lost …
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Associated Press:
Report: Treasury approved excessive pay for executives at bailed-out AIG, GM and Ally — Robert Miller/THE WASHINGTON POST - The U.S. Treasury Department building October 22, 2012 in Washington, DC. The Treasury Department disregarded its own guidelines by allowing large pay increases …
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TMZ.com:
20/20 Co-Anchor Chris Cuomo — I'm Moving to CNN! — I'm Moving to CNN! — EXCLUSIVE — Chris Cuomo is calling it quits at “20/20” — TMZ has learned ... he's moving to CNN very soon. — Sources connected with CNN tell us ... Cuomo will host a morning show.
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Rebecca Berg / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul Will Propose Ban On Sending F-16s To Egypt — The senator from Kentucky told a group of conservatives at an off-the-record meeting Monday. Beefing up his pro-Israel credentials. — Image by J. Scott Applewhite / AP — WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul told an off-the-record meeting …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Kroft: Obama-Clinton interview request a surprise — NEW YORK (AP) - With limited time and the unusual nature of a dual appearance with President Obama and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, CBS' Steve Kroft said Monday said he thought it important to focus …
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