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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
McCain: Are You a “Wacko Bird” Like Rand Paul, Justin Amash, and Ted Cruz? — “Wacko Birds” is the new “Jerk Store.” — That is, it's the sort of comedic comeback that reflects far worse - and oh-so-sadly - on its creator than its intended target. — During a recent tirade, Sen. John McCain …
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Rand Paul / Washington Post:
Sen. Rand Paul: My filibuster was just the beginning — If I had planned to speak for 13 hours when I took the Senate floor Wednesday, I would've worn more comfortable shoes. I started my filibuster with the words, “I rise today to begin to filibuster John Brennan's nomination for the CIA.
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Host Of TV Gun Show 'A Rifleman's Journal' Shot And Killed — The host of The Sportsman Channel's “A Rifleman's Journal” was shot and killed in Montana on Friday. The gunman, seemingly a jealous husband, then turned the weapon on himself. — It is not yet clear if the weapon used in the crime was obtained legally.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Impolitic, The Raw Story and Althouse
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Crimesider / CBS News:
Gregory Rodriguez, Sportsman Channel host of “A Rifleman's Journal,” killed by gunman who also killed himself, Mont. police say — (CBS/AP) WHITEFISH, Mont. - A Montana man shot and killed Gregory Rodriguez, the host of the Sportsman Channel show “A Rifleman's Journal,” …
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Ryan Goodman / New York Times:
The Drone Question Obama Hasn't Answered — THE Senate confirmed John O. Brennan as director of the Central Intelligence Agency on Thursday after a nearly 13-hour filibuster by the libertarian senator Rand Paul, who before the vote received a somewhat odd letter from the attorney general.
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New York Times:
How a U.S. Citizen Came to Be in America's Cross Hairs — WASHINGTON — One morning in late September 2011, a group of American drones took off from an airstrip the C.I.A. had built in the remote southern expanse of Saudi Arabia. The drones crossed the border into Yemen …
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Paul Krugman:
The English Prisoner — “If this plan is working, what would a failing one look like?” So asks Martin Wolf in response to David Cameron's speech insisting that his austerity policy was right, is right, and is succeeding. Simon Wren-Lewis goes through Cameron's assertions in some detail …
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Financial Times, mainly macro and Business Insider
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Guardian:
Cable exposes coalition divisions over austerity
Cable exposes coalition divisions over austerity
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans blast Obama administration for New York trial of al Qaeda spokesman — The Obama administration's decision to try former al Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a relative of Osama bin Laden, in a New York federal court has sparked an uproar that it could compromise classified intelligence.
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Scared Monkeys and Reuters
Jane Perlez / New York Times:
China Says It Won't Forsake North Korea, Despite Support for U.N. Sanctions — BEIJING — China's foreign minister said Saturday that Beijing would not abandon North Korea, reiterating China's longstanding position that dialogue, not sanctions, is the best way to persuade the North to abandon its nuclear weapons.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
9th Circuit Appeals Court: 4th Amendment Applies At The Border; Also: Password Protected Files Shouldn't Arouse Suspicion — Here's a surprise ruling. For many years we've written about how troubling it is that Homeland Security agents are able to search the contents of electronic devices …
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Ian Drury / Daily Mail:
What a way to treat a heroine: Royal Navy girl who fought in Afghanistan told to cover up uniform on Virgin flight in case it offended other passengers — Virgin Atlantic staff wrongly told her it was company policy not to allow military personnel to travel in uniform
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Elad Benari / Arutz Sheva:
Hamas: Obama Visit to Temple Mount - a Declaration of War — Hamas and Islamic Jihad say that a visit by Obama to the Temple Mount will be a declaration of war on the Islamic world. — The Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups threatened on Friday that a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama …
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Elder of Ziyon, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and The Times of Israel