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Larry Gordon / Los Angeles Times:
Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security chief, to head UC — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is being named the next president of the 10-campus UC system. (Alex Wong / Getty Images / July 18, 2012) — Janet Napolitano, the U.S. secretary of Homeland Security and former governor of Arizona …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Report: Napolitano to Resign
Report: Napolitano to Resign
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Dan Friedman / NY Daily News:
Schumer Pushes NYPD's Ray Kelly for DHS Secretary
Schumer Pushes NYPD's Ray Kelly for DHS Secretary
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NationalJournal.com:
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Four Ways Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Shaped U.S. Immigration Policy
Four Ways Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Shaped U.S. Immigration Policy
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Christian Beckner / Foreign Policy:
15 Top Slots At DHS Now Vacant With Napolitano's Resignation
15 Top Slots At DHS Now Vacant With Napolitano's Resignation
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WikiLeaks:
Statement by Edward Snowden to human rights groups at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport — Edward Joseph Snowden delivered a statement to human rights organizations and individuals at Sheremetyevo airport at 5pm Moscow time today, Friday 12th July. The meeting lasted 45 minutes.
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Guardian:
Edward Snowden appears at Moscow airport and renews asylum claim - live — Edward Snowden along with Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks (left) at a meeting with human rights campaigners in Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow today. Photograph: Tanya Lokshina/Human Rights Watch — Sort by: — 6.43pm BST
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USA Today:
Snowden has ‘no regrets,’ seeks asylum in Russia
Snowden has ‘no regrets,’ seeks asylum in Russia
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ACLU:
U.S. Actions in Snowden Case Threaten Right to Seek Asylum
U.S. Actions in Snowden Case Threaten Right to Seek Asylum
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New York Times:
U.S. Is Pressing Latin Americans to Reject Snowden
U.S. Is Pressing Latin Americans to Reject Snowden
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Snowden complains of hounding, asks Russia for temporary asylum
Snowden complains of hounding, asks Russia for temporary asylum
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Adam Weinstein / Gawker:
This, Courtesy of MSNBC, Is Trayvon Martin's Dead Body. Get Angry. — A reader of mine sent me this photo last night. As the murder trial of George Zimmerman wheezes to its conclusion, the TV networks dutifully pipe in live pool video from the courtroom, as if it is force-fed …
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Erik Wemple:
Geraldo: Jurors would have ‘shot and killed Trayvon Martin a lot sooner than George Zimmerman did’ — On this morning's “Fox & Friends,” criminal-justice expert Geraldo Rivera fielded a question about a ruling in the George Zimmerman trial, under which the jury will be allowed to consider a manslaughter conviction.
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John Fund / National Review:
Obama's Alinskyite Administration
Obama's Alinskyite Administration
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Geraldo: Al Sharpton And ‘Race Politics’ Forced Florida To Pursue ‘Weak’ Case Against Zimmerman
Geraldo: Al Sharpton And ‘Race Politics’ Forced Florida To Pursue ‘Weak’ Case Against Zimmerman
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Pass the Bill! — It's beginning to look as though we're not going to get an immigration reform law this year. House Republicans are moving in a direction that will probably be unacceptable to the Senate majority and the White House. Conservative commentators like my friends Bill Kristol …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Oh, snap! The GOP misfires on food stamps. — There was a rare moment of candor on the House floor this week. — Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Tex.), a committee chairman and the man who led House Republicans to their majority in 2010, was explaining why he and his colleagues decided to drop the food stamp program from the farm bill.
New York Times:
In the House, a Refusal to Govern — On two crucial issues this week, the extremists who dominate the Republican majority in the House of Representatives made it clear how little interest they have in the future prosperity of their country, or its reputation for fairness and decency.
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Republicans to Tackle Cuts in Food Stamp Program
Republicans to Tackle Cuts in Food Stamp Program
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Janegalt / Megan McArdle:
Why I Think the GOP Will Have Control in 2017 — My assertion that there's a 70% chance that the GOP controls White House, Senate, and House in 2017 has attracted a lot of pushback. And it's certainly possible that I'm wrong! Here's my thinking, for what it's worth:
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Susan Walsh / The Reliable Source:
White House summer interns: It never hurts to have connections
White House summer interns: It never hurts to have connections
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Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Exclusive: Rick Perry's October trip to Israel sign of another White House bid
Exclusive: Rick Perry's October trip to Israel sign of another White House bid
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ThinkProgress:
Iowa Supreme Court: It's OK To Fire A Woman For Being Too Attractive — Joseph Diebold is an intern with ThinkProgress. — Standing by a December decision, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that a male dentist who fired a female assistant because she was too attractive and threatened his marriage did not commit sex discrimination.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Concerning “Libertarian Populism” — Like any political tradition associated with the defense of privilege, American conservatism has been the object of many efforts to give it a popularizing makeover. There was the “Modern Republicanism” of the Eisenhower era, which was a useful device …
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Walter Shapiro / American Prospect:
Coming to Do Good, Staying to Do Well — For 20 years, since the weekend of Bill Clinton's first inauguration, I have rented against all financial prudence an apartment in Washington, D.C. even though I really live in Manhattan. So, at least in a real-estate sense, I can rightfully claim …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Bob McDonnell's stunning fall from grace — In 2010, the political world pegged Bob McDonnell as a president in the making. Last year, they put him on every VP list. As recently as May, they called the popular Virginia governor a political model for his would-be successors in Richmond, Democrat and Republican alike.
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Reuters:
New front opens in Syria as rebels say al Qaeda attack means war — (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said on Friday the assassination of one of their top commanders by al Qaeda-linked militants was tantamount to a declaration of war, opening a new front for the Western-backed fighters struggling against President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
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Wendy Davis / CNN:
It's the real Texans who count — Editor's note: Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis, a Democrat, was elected to the Texas Senate in 2008 and lives in Fort Worth. — (CNN) — I stood up and began talking on the floor of the Texas State Senate not long ago because I hoped the Republicans in power …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Another IRS Scandal Waiting to Happen — Federal Elections Commissioner Donald McGahn wants to rein in the bureaucracy of this sensitive agency. The political left is furious. — The Obama administration claims it wants to ensure that the rank political abuse perpetrated by the Internal Revenue Service is never repeated.
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