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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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Mother Jones, The National Memo, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Daily Kos, National Review, Naked Politics and The PJ Tatler
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Immigration tough sell in GOP House
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msnbc.com, Scared Monkeys, Reuters, Hot Air and CNN

Bipartisan immigration plan faces deep skepticism
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The U.S. Border Is More Secure Than Ever Before
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Pirate's Cove, The Plum Line, The Daily Caller, The Political Carnival and Wonkblog

Transcript: Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
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The Week, National Review, Towleroad News #gay and The Agonist

The House Has Its Own Bipartisan Immigration Plan In The Works, Republicans Say
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The Maddow Blog, The Hill, Ross Douthat, Hot Air and Senator Ted Cruz


Super PAC to back Hillary Clinton — Fans of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have launched a super PAC on her behalf as speculation continues to swirl about her 2016 ambitions. — “Ready for Hillary” on Friday filed with the Federal Election Commission, following on the heels of another group called “HILLARYCLINTONSUPERPAC.”
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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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Outside the Beltway, Truthdig, Booman Tribune and Prairie Weather

Love has no pride — The thought that love has no pride is an old one. Indeed, it has become something of a cliché. Yet it is achieved the status of cliché by virtue of the truth in it. — CBS's venerable 60 Minutes show brought us an example of the cliché in action over the weekend.
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Fox News, National Review and The Raw Story


Steve Kroft's ‘Softball’ Obama Interviews Diminish 60 Minutes — All 14 questions the award-winning correspondent posed in his recent sit-down were glaringly flawed. Jon Stewart is more hard-hitting. — CBSNews.com — On 60 Minutes, the news magazine show that prides itself on …

Hillary SuperPAC readies launch
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Prairie Weather, The Moderate Voice, The Hinterland Gazette and Truthdig

TRENDING: Skeptical 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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The Hill, americanthinker.com, American Power, Weasel Zippers, Jammie Wearing Fools and Politico
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Carney ‘not sure how often’ Obama goes skeet shooting
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Politico, Jammie Wearing Fools, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit


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, Towleroad News #gay, AMERICAblog, The Right Scoop, Joe. My. God. and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Sources: Congressional Hispanic Caucus members urged Obama not to unveil immigration bill
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Politico, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, The Hill, Twitchy, BuzzFeed and americanthinker.com

Prominent House Dem: “Madness” To Pass Immigration Reform Without LGBT Protections
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The Plum Line

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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Washington Examiner and Rumproast


I Was Quite Surprised By Some Things On My American Airlines International ‘Economy Class’ Flight — Everyone's always complaining about how horrible flying is—especially “economy class” flying. — And compared to other ways that one can spend one's time, flying is indeed often unpleasant and aggravating.
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Subsidies Create Glut Of College Grads — Higher Education: A new study finds almost half of Americans with college degrees are working at jobs that don't require one. It's the latest example of how federal subsidies are creating a massive higher-education bubble.
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americanthinker.com and Betsy's Page


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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U.S. News and The Hinterland Gazette


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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americanthinker.com and Taegan Goddard's …


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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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Crooks and Liars and Eschaton


Official: US May Set up Drone Base in Niger — A U.S. military official says the Pentagon is considering setting up a drone base in northwest Africa to increase intelligence collection on Islamic militants in the region. — The official says the U.S. signed an agreement Monday that would set …
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Politico


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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American Power, Wizbang and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Scourge of NYC's streets
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Weasel Zippers, JustOneMinute and Daily Pundit


Draft UN climate report shows 20 years of overestimated global warming, skeptics warn — The predicted temperature changes (darker red indicating greater change) due to global warming, based on data that scientists, policymakers and the public are now questioning.
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Right Wing News


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 …