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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.
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Washington Post:
Sen. Rand Paul: My filibuster was just the beginning — Then something unexpected happened. House conservatives started appearing in the back of the chamber to show their support. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.), who stayed for five hours, offered me his boots when I complained that I had not worn my most comfortable shoes.
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Grace Wyler / Business Insider:
36 Hours That Changed The Republican Party — Libertarians Believe Their Moment Has Finally Arrived
36 Hours That Changed The Republican Party — Libertarians Believe Their Moment Has Finally Arrived
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Rand Paul's triumph
Rand Paul's triumph
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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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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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Olivier Knox / Yahoo! News:
Brennan takes oath on draft Constitution—without Bill of Rights — (David Lienemann/Official ... Oh, dear. This is probably not the symbolism the White House wanted. — Hours after CIA Director John Brennan took the oath of office—behind closed doors, far away from the press …
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Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
Blast Hits Afghan Capital Shortly After Hagel Arrives — KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber wearing a vest bomb struck outside the Afghan defense ministry on Saturday, killing at least 10 people in a blast just hours after Chuck Hagel, the new United States defense secretary, arrived here in Kabul.
Joyce Chen / Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Elisabeth Hasselbeck Leaving The View After Nine Years, Viewers Found Her “Too Extreme and Right Wing” — The people have spoken. Elisabeth Hasselbeck, one of the five cohorts of ABC's daytime talk show The View, will not be returning to the couch next season …
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Josh Barro / Bloomberg:
Don't Cut Social Security, Expand It — With everyone in Washington experiencing sea-bass-induced euphoria, we're talking again about a “grand bargain” to replace the sequestration and shrink the federal budget deficit. And that means we're talking about using the chained consumer-price index …
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Guardian:
Cable exposes coalition divisions over austerity — Business secretary warns of damage as Office for Budget Responsibility rebukes David Cameron over impact of cuts — Political divisions over continuing austerity widened as the business secretary, Vince Cable, warned David Cameron …
Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post:
Norah O'Donnell Debuts On ‘60 Minutes’ With Sheryl Sandberg Exclusive: ‘There Will Be A Lot Of Strong Reactions’ (VIDEO) — “I am not a fan of that phrase,” “CBS This Morning” co-host Norah O'Donnell said when she was asked the perennial question, “Can women have it all?”
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Market Speaks — Four years ago, as a newly elected president began his efforts to rescue the economy and strengthen the social safety net, conservative economic pundits — people who claimed to understand markets and know how to satisfy them — warned of imminent financial disaster.
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
In court, bin Laden relative denies plot charge — (Reuters) - A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden pleaded not guilty in a New York court on Friday to conspiring to kill Americans, becoming one of the highest-ranking al Qaeda figures to face trial in the United States for crimes connected to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Pols mull daylight saving time options — The Sunshine State could have extended daylight saving time if one state senator gets his way. — Florida state Sen. Darren Soto, a Democrat, introduced the “Sunshine Protection Act” earlier this year that would make daylight saving time permanent year round.
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