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Bradley Manning: I want to live as a woman — Facebook - Twitter - Reddit - Pinterest - Email — Bradley Manning, the Army private sentenced to military prison for leaking classified documents, revealed he intends to live out the remainder of his life as a woman. — “I am Chelsea Manning.
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Chelsea E. Manning / TODAY.com:
‘I am Chelsea’: Read Manning's full statement — Video: “I am Chelsea Manning. I am female,” explains the Army private via a statement read on TODAY Thursday. Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday for leaking classified government documents.
Michael Pearson / CNN:
Bradley Manning says he wants to live as a woman, be called Chelsea — (CNN) — Bradley Manning wants to be a woman. — The U.S. Army soldier sentenced this week to 35 years in prison for leaking 750,000 pages of classified documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said Thursday …
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Bradley Manning's Excessive Sentence
Bradley Manning's Excessive Sentence
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
After Sentencing, Manning Says, ‘I Am Female’
After Sentencing, Manning Says, ‘I Am Female’
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Eli Stokols / KDVR.com:
Sparks fly after Sen. Marble's ‘chicken’ comment in poverty hearing — DENVER — Democratic lawmakers couldn't believe their ears as they listened to Sen. Vicki Marble, R-Fort Collins, deliver a long soliloquy explaining that more blacks and Hispanics live in poverty, in part, because of fried chicken.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The great Democrat hope: Government shutdown — They'd never say it publicly. But catch many Democrats in an honest moment and they would admit that a Republican-led government shut down this fall might be the best thing — perhaps the only thing — that could revive their fading hopes of capturing the House next year.
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Caren Bohan / Reuters:
Republicans weigh using debt limit as leverage on Obamacare — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers, who staunchly oppose President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, are considering using a fall showdown over the country's borrowing limit as leverage to try to delay the law's implementation.
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
University of Virginia cuts some health benefits, citing ObamaCare costs — The University of Virginia said Wednesday that it will stop offering health insurance to some employees' spouses because of rising costs under ObamaCare. — The university said the Affordable Care Act will add $7.3 million to its healthcare costs next year.
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Jay Hancock / Kaiser Health News:
UPS Won't Insure Spouses Of Some Employees — This KHN story was produced in collaboration with — Partly blaming the health law, United Parcel Service is set to remove thousands of spouses from its medical plan because they are eligible for coverage elsewhere.
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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
U.P.S. to End Health Benefits for Spouses of Some Workers
U.P.S. to End Health Benefits for Spouses of Some Workers
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Michael Hirsh / NationalJournal.com:
Why Assad Will Win — The U.S. is giving up on the Arab Spring, and the Syrian dictator knows it. — This undated photo posted on the official Instagram account of the Syrian Presidency purports to show Bashar Assad visiting with soldiers in Baba Armr, Homs province, Syria.
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France calls for ‘force’ if Syria chemical weapons use is proved
France calls for ‘force’ if Syria chemical weapons use is proved
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Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:
Does Anybody Care If Assad Uses Chemical Weapons Again?
Does Anybody Care If Assad Uses Chemical Weapons Again?
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
Ted Cruz, traitor to his class — Henry Adams said that politics is the systematic organization of hatreds. For the left, over the past year it has seemed at times to be the systematic organization of hatred of Ted Cruz. — The freshman senator is not the first Texan to be so honored.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz: Savior or bane of the Republican Party?
Ted Cruz: Savior or bane of the Republican Party?
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
GOP Strategist To MSNBC: Ted Cruz Is ‘Lying to the Voters’
GOP Strategist To MSNBC: Ted Cruz Is ‘Lying to the Voters’
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Meet the privileged Obama-supporting white kids who perpetrated cruel Oberlin race hoax — One of the two students removed from Oberlin College earlier this year for allegedly circulating virulently racist, anti-Jewish and anti-gay messages around campus is an ardent leftist and committed supporter …
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Scott Gordon / nbcdfw.com:
Police: Texas Lt. Gov. Dewhurst Asked to Get Relative Out of Jail — In statement, Dewhurst says he acted as “concerned family member” — The Allen Police Department released the full audio of a call Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst made to police to find out what he had to do to get a recently arrested relative out of jail.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Report: Bob Filner expected to resign — Bob Filner is expected to resign as part of a deal reached during mediation negotiations involving the embattled San Diego mayor accused of sexually harassing scores of women, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. — As of Wednesday …
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Mayor Bob Filner / Most Recent:
Proposed Filner settlement reached
Proposed Filner settlement reached
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Talking Points Memo:
Liz Cheney Pays Fine For Fishy Fishing License — Republican Wyoming Senate candidate Liz Cheney paid a $220 bond Wednesday for making a false statement on an application for a fishing license last year, Jackson Hole News&Guide reported. — Records show that the daughter …
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Lauren McGaughy / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Polls show Louisianians disappointed with Jindal, blame Obama for post-Katrina response — President Barack Obama is shown here with Gov. Bobby Jindal and Gen. Thad Allen in 2010. According to a poll released Wednesday, Jindal's approval rating in his home state has dropped 13 points below that of the president.
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Seth / GLAAD:
Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; ‘As a gay man, I must decline’ — Actor and screenwriter Wentworth Miller today rejected an invitation to attend the St. Petersburg International Film Festival, citing Russia's anti-LGBT laws. In a letter to the Festival's Director …
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Stephen Wilson / ABC News:
Russia Defends Anti-Gay Law in Letter to IOC — The Russian government assured the IOC on Thursday it will not discriminate against homosexuals during the Sochi Olympics, while defending the law against gay “propaganda” that has provoked an international backlash.
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Jeffrey A. Singer / Wall Street Journal:
Jeffrey Singer: The Man Who Was Treated for $17,000 Less — Bypassing his third-party payer, my patient avoided a high hospital ‘list price.’ — Every so often I have an extraordinary and surprising experience with a patient—the kind that makes us both say, “Wow, we've learned something from this.”