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Jeanne Marie Laskas / GQ Magazine Online:
Have You Heard the One About President Joe Biden? — That's No Joke. Consider: He is the most quietly effective politician in D.C. (Don't laugh.) The “Most Influential Vice President in History.” (Seriously, stop laughing.) One of our nation's most senior statesmen. (Look it up!)
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
GQ interview: Joe Biden hedges on 2016
GQ interview: Joe Biden hedges on 2016
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BizPac Review, The Hill, The PJ Tatler and National Review
Meredith Shiner / The World's Greatest …:
Testy Meeting Among Senate GOP on ‘Nuclear Option’ Deal — A meeting of Senate Republicans on Wednesday grew tense as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told his members he could have gotten a better deal on nominations than the one negotiated by rank-and-file Republicans.
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Firedoglake, Washington Monthly, WHAS, The Hill, Taegan Goddard's …, The Huffington Post, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Booman Tribune
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Chris Frates / NationalJournal.com:
Republicans, White House in Talks Toward Big Fiscal Deal — GOP senators and Obama's chief of staff have been meeting for weeks to set a course that might avoid a crisis when America hits its debt limit in the fall. — At least a dozen Republican senators are regularly meeting …
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Crooks and Liars, Yahoo! News, Hullabaloo, The Hill, ABC News, susiemadrak.com, Washington Wire and The Reaction
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Ginger Gibson / Politico:
What happened to Benghazi probe? — After months of fiery hearings and vows to get to the bottom of Benghazi, House Republicans are now barely making a peep when it comes to an issue they once couldn't stop talking about. — Democrats say Republicans are lacking damaging evidence …
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Althouse, Chicago Boyz, Hot Air, CNN and The Hill
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
On Obamacare, Republicans test the definition of insanity — Well, this is embarrassing. Republicans have made so many attempts to repeal “Obamacare” that the scorekeepers have lost count. — “Republicans,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, “voted to repeal it 40 times.”
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Althouse and The Daily Caller
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Reuters:
Officials warn of Obamacare insurance exchange delays
Officials warn of Obamacare insurance exchange delays
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Michelle Malkin and Weasel Zippers
Sam Baker / The Hill:
President to tout ObamaCare savings in Thursday address
President to tout ObamaCare savings in Thursday address
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The Heritage Foundation, The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo and New York Times
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Prominent Democrats Are Now Comfortable With Racial and Ethnic Profiling — How else can one interpret President Obama and Senator Chuck Schumer saying that the NYPD's Ray Kelly would make a good secretary of Homeland Security? — On Wednesday, President Obama assured a Univision reporter that Ray Kelly …
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National Review, NY1 and The Huffington Post
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
For Coalition Politics; Against Hypocrisy Trolling
For Coalition Politics; Against Hypocrisy Trolling
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
IRS lawyer says scandal was overseen by D.C., names names — Top IRS officials in Washington, D.C. planned and oversaw the agency's improper targeting of conservative groups, according to the 72-year old retiring IRS lawyer who will testify Thursday before the House Oversight Committee.
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Pat Dollard and Ed Driscoll
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Darrell Issa / USA Today:
Rep. Darrell Issa: IRS Tea Party trail leads to DC
Rep. Darrell Issa: IRS Tea Party trail leads to DC
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msnbc.com and The Raw Story
Robert Costa / National Review:
Paul Ryan Returns to Iowa — Des Moines, Iowa — Paul Ryan, the 2012 Republican vice-presidential nominee, will headline a prominent Republican dinner in Iowa this fall, a visit that is sure to stoke talk of a potential presidential bid. — According to Iowa governor Terry Branstad …
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Post Politics and Ballot Box
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Jon Lovett / Salon:
Liz Cheney for Senate — Vicious, cynical and talented Liz Cheney is perfect — Liz Cheney, the infamous political operative and daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, announced last night that she is running for Senate. After careful consideration, I believe this is welcome news …
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ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and New York Magazine
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
The Cheney in Waiting — Dick Cheney's daughter wants to be a senator!
The Cheney in Waiting — Dick Cheney's daughter wants to be a senator!
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Slate, American Spectator, ThinkProgress, Balloon Juice and Washington Examiner
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Congressman: Benghazi Survivors Forced to Sign Non-Disclosure Agreements — Congressman Frank Wolf, a Republican from Virginia, said today on the House floor that survivors of the Benghazi terror attack have been forced to sign non-disclosure agreements: — “On Tuesday I raised the question …
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Hot Air, BizPac Review and The PJ Tatler
Hadas Gold / Politico:
DNA test: Rep. Steve Cohen not the father — The woman whom Rep. Steve Cohen has been claiming is his out-of-wedlock daughter is not, according to a paternity test revealed on Thursday. — CNN had a paternity test done on Victoria Brink with Cohen's participation, although the Tennessee Democrat did not appear on camera.
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CNN and FishbowlDC
Michael Simkovic / Concurring Opinions:
Brian Tamanaha Says We Should Look at the Below Average Outcomes (And We Did) — Brian Tamanaha's response to The Economic Value of a Law Degree, as reported by Inside Higher Education doesn't capture the contents of the study. According to IHE, Tamanaha said:
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Discourse.net, TaxProf Blog and Balkinization
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Lauren Ingeno / Inside Higher Ed:
The Upside of Law School
The Upside of Law School
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DealBook, Above the Law, Discourse.net, Balkinization, Concurring Opinions and Law Librarian Blog
Nasser Al-Awlaki / New York Times:
The Drone That Killed My Grandson — SANA, Yemen — I LEARNED that my 16-year-old grandson, Abdulrahman — a United States citizen — had been killed by an American drone strike from news reports the morning after he died. — The missile killed him, his teenage cousin and at least five …
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emptywheel and Mediaite
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Conversation about race? Get real — Let's take the advice of the attorney general of the United States. Let's have a national conversation about race in the wake of the Zimmerman case. Let's make it a painfully honest conversation — except about all the things that are painful for us to admit.
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New Republic, msnbc.com, National Review, News Desk, Weasel Zippers, The Hinterland Gazette, The Hill and BizPac Review
Robert J. Lopez / Los Angeles Times:
17 people arrested in Zimmerman trial protest in Victorville — Demonstrators in Beverly Hills protest the George Zimmerman verdict on Wednesday. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times / July 17, 2013) — Demonstrators held a peaceful rally in Beverly Hills against the George Zimmerman trial verdict …
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Doug Lederman / Inside Higher Ed:
(Another) Apparent Loan Deal — WASHINGTON — The months-long saga to try to reset the interest rates on federal student loans appeared near an end Wednesday night, as Senate negotiators said they had reached a deal that would tie rates to the market and set the rate for all undergraduate loans at 3.86 percent in 2014.
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Washington Post, AEIdeas, Wonkblog, Yahoo! News and Politico
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
‘Ridiculous’: Reporters Mock, Sneer At Daily Caller Intern Who Dared Ask Jay Carney A Question — The impropriety displayed on Wednesday by a high school-age intern who dared to ask White House Press Secretary Jay Carney a question relating to the security provided to the family of George Zimmerman knows no bounds.
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The Spectacle Blog, The Daily Caller, FishbowlDC, The Week, The PJ Tatler, PolicyMic, Politico, Pat Dollard, The Jawa Report and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion