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Peter Schwartzstein / The Atlantic Online:
There Are No More Good Guys in Egypt — One thing that makes this crisis so vexing: Each of the country's major groups have done something totally horrible in the past few weeks. — CAIRO — Almost a thousand people dead, dozens of churches burnt, its capital's most affluent districts subjected …
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Aaron David Miller / Foreign Policy:
Obama's Egypt Policy Makes Perfect Sense
Obama's Egypt Policy Makes Perfect Sense
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Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
A Policy on Egypt—Support Al Sisi
A Policy on Egypt—Support Al Sisi
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Wall Street Journal:
Allies Thwart America in Egypt
Allies Thwart America in Egypt
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
The Egyptian Debacle
The Egyptian Debacle
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Neil Irwin / Wonkblog:
Why the White House is uneasy with picking Janet Yellen as Fed chair — Obama advisers have reservations about having the current Fed vice chairwoman succeed Ben Bernanke. (Federal Reserve/Flickr) — Many of the economic advisers whom President Obama consults with favor Larry Summers to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve.
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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Senator: Obama Administration Secretly Suspended Military Aid to Egypt — The White House has quietly placed military aid to Egypt on hold, despite not saying publicly whether the Egyptian military takeover was a coup, Josh Rogin reports exclusively. — The U.S. government has decided privately …
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The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Courier Led U.S. to al Qaeda Internet Conference — U.S. officials followed the Internet trail of an al Qaeda courier to learn the details of an electronic conference between more than 20 of the organization's top officials. — Prior to the worldwide security alert …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
The Clinton dramas: Here we go again — Tabloid headlines. Personal dramas. Organizational disarray. Score-settling between rival factions documented in news accounts like a soap opera. — Does this have a familiar ring? — No one - or mostly no one - truly believes the swirl …
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Geoff Earle / New York Post:
Bill Clinton foundation has spent more than $50M on travel expenses — WASHINGTON - Bill Clinton's foundation has spent more than $50 million on travel expenses since 2003, an analysis of the non-profit's tax forms reveal. — The web of foundations run by the former president spent …
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Eric Russell / Portland Press-Herald:
LePage is heard to say Obama ‘hates white people’ — Two Republican lawmakers confirm that the governor made the remark at a fundraiser last week. — Gov. Paul LePage last week told a group of Republicans that President Barack Obama “hates white people,” according to two state lawmakers who heard the remark directly.
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Kevin Miller / Portland Press-Herald:
Seven members of Maine Republican State Committee leave party
Seven members of Maine Republican State Committee leave party
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz: Okay, I'll Renounce My Canadian Citizenship! — This is getting to be more fun than I thought it would be. Ted Cruz is a natural born American citizen blah blah blah. But because he was born in Canada he's actually a Canadian citizen too. He's a dual citizen.
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David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Senator Cruz may have to wait eight months to stop being Canadian
Senator Cruz may have to wait eight months to stop being Canadian
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Ted Cruz, 100 Percent American
Ted Cruz, 100 Percent American
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NEWS.com.au:
Three teens accused of murder of baseball player Chris Lane identified — Lane's death a tragedy with no rhyme or reason — I love you so much: Girlfriend's moving tribute — Parents of two accused teens say they didn't do it — Girlfriend 'doesn't care' what happens to ‘evil’ teens
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Washington Post:
Obama administration asks Supreme Court to allow warrantless cellphone searches — If the police arrest you, do they need a warrant to rifle through your cellphone? Courts have been split on the question. Last week the Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve the issue …
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Mike Dennison / Missoulian:
Scalia to Federalist Society: Court shouldn't ‘invent new minorities’
Scalia to Federalist Society: Court shouldn't ‘invent new minorities’
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Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Scalia: High court shouldn't ‘invent new minorities that get special protections’
Scalia: High court shouldn't ‘invent new minorities that get special protections’
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Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Rural Coloradans to vote on breaking away as 51st state, angered by liberal policies on guns, energy — DENVER — You've got North Carolina and North Dakota, so why not Northern Colorado? — Voters in several rural Colorado counties will be asked whether they want to form …
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Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Cruz Calls 'Why Don't We Impeach' Obama ‘Good Question’ — Conroe, Texas - Asked about the possibility of impeaching President Obama, Ted Cruz did not rule it out. — In a question and answer session following a speech he gave at a Montgomery County GOP dinner last night …
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Alexander gets GOP primary challenger — Tennessee state Rep. Joe Carr (R) announced Tuesday that he will challenge Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) in the Republican primary. — On local radio, Carr said he was running because Alexander was “the most liberal” member of the state's GOP delegation.
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Joey Garrison / Tennessean.com:
Sen. Lamar Alexander gets a challenge from the right
Sen. Lamar Alexander gets a challenge from the right
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U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander / Tennessean.com:
Lamar Alexander: I stay true to my conservative ideals
Lamar Alexander: I stay true to my conservative ideals
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Groklaw:
Forced Exposure ~pj — The owner of Lavabit tells us that he's stopped using email and if we knew what he knew, we'd stop too. — There is no way to do Groklaw without email. Therein lies the conundrum. — What to do? — What to do? I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to figure it out.
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Tesla Motors:
TESLA MODEL S ACHIEVES BEST SAFETY RATING OF ANY CAR EVER TESTED — SETS NEW NHTSA VEHICLE SAFETY SCORE RECORD — Palo Alto, CA — Independent testing by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has awarded the Tesla Model S a 5-star safety rating, not just overall, but in every subcategory without exception.
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Marilyn Stasio / New York Times:
Elmore Leonard, Who Refined the Crime Thriller, Dies at 87 — Elmore Leonard, the prolific crime novelist whose louche characters, deadpan dialogue and immaculate prose style in novels like “Get Shorty,” “Freaky Deaky,” “Glitz” and “La Brava” secured his status as a modern master of American genre writing …
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Three More Key Red States Could Still Sign Onto Obamacare — Virginia's Republican-controlled statehouse is getting closer to expanding Medicaid under Obamacare, a top GOP legislator said Monday. — State Sen. Emmett Hanger, who is heading the panel that was created by the legislature …
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Michael Kinsley / The New Republic:
A Q&A With Jill Abramson — The Times' top editor on mean bosses, liberal biases, and the demise of the Washington Post — For generations, the publishers of the great American newspapers were accidents of birth—sons and daughters (and assorted other relatives) who inherited their positions atop the masthead.
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Megan Ruyle / The Hill:
Issa tops The Hill's 50 Wealthiest — The chief inquisitor of President Obama's White House is now Congress's richest man. — House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) saw his fortune rise to at least $355 million in 2012, enough to take the crown on The Hill's 50 Wealthiest list.
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