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Andrew Kaczynski:
Republican Congressman: We Probably Have The Votes To Impeach Obama — “I'll give you a real frank answer about that: If we were to impeach the president tomorrow, you could probably get the votes in the House of Representatives to do it.” — youtube.com
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CNN, The Moderate Voice, Politico, Crooks and Liars, Daily Kos, Hot Air, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite and Wake up America
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Spokeswoman Won't Say If Rep. Farenthold Is A Birther — A spokeswoman for Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) repeatedly declined Monday to say whether or not the congressman believes President Barack Obama is an American citizen, telling TPM it's a “moot point.”
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ThinkProgress and The Hinterland Gazette
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Seeks to Curtail Stiff Drug Sentences — WASHINGTON — In a major shift in criminal justice policy, the Obama administration will move on Monday to ease overcrowding in federal prisons by ordering prosecutors to omit listing quantities of illegal substances in indictments …
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The United States Department of Justice:
Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association's House of Delegates — Thank you, Bob Carlson, for those kind words - and for your exemplary service as Chair of the American Bar Association's House of Delegates. It's a pleasure to be with you this morning.
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Firedoglake, Washington Wire, Reuters, bet.com, The Informer and Hit & Run
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Holder seeks to avert mandatory minimum sentences for some low-level drug offenders — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is set to announce Monday that low-level, nonviolent drug offenders with no ties to gangs or large-scale drug organizations will no longer be charged with offenses that impose severe mandatory sentences.
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Jonathan Weil / Bloomberg:
Eric Holder Owes the American People an Apology
Eric Holder Owes the American People an Apology
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ThinkProgress, Hot Air, Patterico's Pontifications and Eschaton
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
‘Mandatory minimum’ sentences to end for many drug offenders
‘Mandatory minimum’ sentences to end for many drug offenders
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TalkLeft
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Stop-and-Frisk Practice Violated Rights, Judge Rules — In a repudiation of a major element in the Bloomberg administration's crime-fighting legacy, a federal judge has found that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the New York Police Department violated the constitutional rights of tens of thousands …
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Hit & Run, Associated Press, Techdirt, RH Reality Check, National Review, Above the Law, The Week, Hullabaloo, The New Civil Rights Movement, Outside the Beltway, Gawker, Mediaite, emptywheel, msnbc.com, The Hinterland Gazette, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Human Rights Campaign Blog, Colorlines, Rod 2.:Beta #gay #news … and The Raw Story
Maria Sudekum / Associated Press:
Missouri Fair clown draws criticism for Obama mask — You are here — Home » Barack Obama » Missouri Fair clown draws criticism for Obama mask — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A clown wearing a President Barack Obama mask appeared at a Missouri State Fair rodeo this weekend …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos, Jezebel, Taylor Marsh, Shakesville, Capitol Report and Post Politics
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Obama Rodeo Mask Is ‘Racist’ But Decapitated George Bush Head on a Pike Was Funny
Obama Rodeo Mask Is ‘Racist’ But Decapitated George Bush Head on a Pike Was Funny
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Washington Monthly, Hypocrisy-Now! and Show Me Progress
KSDK-TV:
Obama rodeo clown: Missouri State Fair Commission bans clown who wore mask
Obama rodeo clown: Missouri State Fair Commission bans clown who wore mask
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Yahoo! News, The Hinterland Gazette and Weasel Zippers
CNN:
Rodeo clown mocks Obama at Missouri State Fair
Rodeo clown mocks Obama at Missouri State Fair
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The Hill, msnbc.com, New York Magazine, Mediaite and Right Wing Watch
Dana Loesch / RedState:
Clown Dresses As Obama At MO State Fair, Democrats Cry “Racism®” *UPDATED
Clown Dresses As Obama At MO State Fair, Democrats Cry “Racism®” *UPDATED
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Yahoo! News, Twitchy, Claire McCaskill, CBS St. Louis and The Gateway Pundit
Daily Mail:
'Oprah's a liar': Sales assistant in Swiss racist handbag row denies telling TV host that she could not view item because she couldn't afford it — The sales assistant who refused to show U.S. talkshow billionaire Oprah Winfrey a luxury handbag costing nearly £25,000 claims the superstar lied …
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Weasel Zippers, The Hinterland Gazette and Althouse
en.ria.ru:
Russia Confirms Anti-Gay Law Will Be Enforced at Olympics … Russia's Interior Ministry, which controls the police force, confirmed Monday that the country's controversial anti-gay law will be enforced during the Sochi 2014 Olympics. — Confusion has reigned over how the country intends …
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BuzzFeed, AMERICAblog and The New Civil Rights Movement
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Gays in Russia Find No Haven, Despite Support From the West
Gays in Russia Find No Haven, Despite Support From the West
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Taylor Marsh, The New Civil Rights Movement, AMERICAblog, ThinkProgress, Mediaite and msnbc.com
Tris Reid-Smith / Gay Star News:
Olympic Committee threatens to punish athletes who fight for gay Russians
Olympic Committee threatens to punish athletes who fight for gay Russians
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ThinkProgress, David E's FablogDavid … and The New Civil Rights Movement
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Surveillance Speech: A Low Point in Barack Obama's Presidency — His tone on Friday was inappropriately dismissive, while the substance was misleading at best and mendacious at worst. — Jon Stewart once reacted to a Barack Obama speech by marveling that “at 11 o'clock on a Tuesday …
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Yahoo! News and Informed Comment
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Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Michael Hayden, Bob Schieffer and the media's reverence of national security officials — The former NSA director is held up by the Face the Nation host as an objective authority when he is everything but that — In 2006, the New York Times won the Pulitzer Prize for having revealed …
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Gawker, Hullabaloo and The Dish
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Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
Dana Rohrabacher, GOP House Science Committee Member: ‘Global Warming Is A Total Fraud’ — Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), a longtime member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, recently brushed aside concern that the wildfires currently scorching across his state …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Little Green Footballs
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Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Nudge off! — Why czars of suggestion — Eat better! Exercise more! Save don't spend! — are doomed to inevitable failure — Unemployed? Underemployed? Working the register at Denny's when you used to be on the management track? Just been informed you'll be one of the ObamaCare …
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New York Times:
Republicans and Democrats Both Miscalculated — TWO years ago, Adm. Mike Mullen, at the time the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that debt was the “single biggest threat to our national security” — not some rogue nation, or terrorist group, but debt.
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Daniel W. Drezner, Campaign for America's Future, American Prospect and Paul Krugman
Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:
The Budget Sequester Is a Success — The Obama spending blitz is over and the deficit is heading below 4% of GDP. — The biggest underreported story out of Washington this year is that the federal budget is shrinking and much more than anyone in either party expected.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Plum Line, VodkaPundit, Booman Tribune and msnbc.com
New York Post:
Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner being filmed for possible documentary — Anthony Weiner may be gearing up for the big screen. — Even if he doesn't make it to Gracie Mansion, the mayor wannabe could star in a documentary film about his headline-grabbing campaign.
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NY Daily News, Politico, The Gateway Pundit, National Review, First Read and TheBlaze.com
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Jill Colvin / Politicker:
Anthony Weiner Releases First TV Ad
Anthony Weiner Releases First TV Ad
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The Hill, CNN, Politico, The Moderate Voice, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Caller, Connecting.the.Dots and msnbc.com
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Gov. McDonnell Turns On Old Pal Jonnie Williams — Looks like Jonnie Williams won't be getting a Christmas card from the McDonnells this year. — After the Virginia dietary supplements maker Star Scientific announced on Friday that it did not expect to be prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Expats Balk at Tax Law — American Citizen Renunciations Are Soaring — By - MARIKO SANCHANTA And - JASON CHOW — More U.S. citizens are giving up their American passports as the government cracks down on tax evaders. The WSJ's Deborah Kan speaks to lawyer Eugene Chow …
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The Hill and TaxProf Blog
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz's Dad: ‘Homosexual Marriage’ Designed To Make Government Your God (VIDEO) — The new federal health care law will “destroy the elderly” and “homosexual marriage” is designed to supplant God with government, Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) father warned conservatives in Iowa over the weekend.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite, msnbc.com and ABC News
Talking Points Memo:
Benton: I Saw ‘Hurt’ In McConnell's Eyes Over My Comments — Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) re-election campaign manager Jesse Benton told a local Louisville, Ky. news outlet that he “could see hurt” in the Senate minority leader's eyes over the aide's recently reported remarks about reluctantly serving in that position.
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WHAS, Booman Tribune and Ballot Box