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Tea Party: Boehner ‘declared war’ — Tea Party Patriots said Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has “declared war on the Tea Party” with his “smug and pretentious rant” against certain right-wing organizations. — The group made the charge in a fundraising email to supporters, seeking to win donations over the public feuding.
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Outside the Beltway and Washington Post
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Why This Round of the Republican Civil War Was Different — Republican leaders finally had enough with conservatives' antics and decided to take back control. It worked, and we got a budget deal. — Another round of the long-running GOP civil war broke out this week, and you could be forgiven for greeting it with a yawn.
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Politico, Weekly Standard, Washington Post, Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, Post Politics and Connecting.the.Dots
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Heritage Action: Boehner picks fight to clear way for immigration
Heritage Action: Boehner picks fight to clear way for immigration
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Guardian
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Sheriff: Colo. school shooting suspect is dead — Two people were reported injured Friday afternoon during the shooting at the Denver school. — Two teens were injured Friday afternoon during a shooting at a suburban Denver high school by a fellow student, who then took his own life.
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Hit & Run and Liberaland
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With Affordable Care Act, Canceled Policies for New York Professionals — Many in New York's professional and cultural elite have long supported President Obama's health care plan. But now, to their surprise, thousands of writers, opera singers, music teachers, photographers, doctors …
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JustOneMinute, Hit & Run, Conservative Intelligence … and Althouse
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Sam Baker / NationalJournal.com:
Take Two Aspirin and Blame Everything on Obamacare — How the health care law became the scapegoat for everything. — Obamacare has become the scapegoat for problems that were already prevalent in the health care system. (Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images) — Welcome to the Obamacare era.
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The Impolitic and Paul Krugman
Karyn Maughan / eNCA:
Search form — A baboon has been spotted on the streets of Bryanston in Johannesburg, appearing hungry and confident... watch the eyewitness video. — EXCLUSIVE: Senior ANC officials walked through the stands in a vain attempt to stop crowds booing President Jacob Zuma at Madiba's memorial.
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NBCNews, The Independent, The Daily Caller, Politico, Mediaite, BizPac Review, Mashable, Gawker, The Other McCain, Business Insider, NY Daily News, Right Wing Watch and The PJ Tatler
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Man who faked sign language at Mandela memorial has faced murder, other charges — JOHANNESBURG — The sign language interpreter who gestured meaninglessly at the Nelson Mandela memorial in South Africa on Tuesday has faced charges of murder, rape, theft, breaking and entering …
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Associated Press, The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress, Post Politics and Althouse
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Media Matters Declares Victory: ‘The War On Fox Is Over’ — WASHINGTON — Since its founding in 2004, the progressive watchdog group Media Matters for America has been a thorn in the side of Fox News. Its dozens of staffers monitor the network's leadership, hosts, guests and financial dealings incessantly …
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Politico, The Other McCain, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller, National Review, TheBlaze.com and The PJ Tatler
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Huckabee, an Eye on 2016, Sees ‘a Real Opportunity’ — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas has not been among the Republicans frequently named as a potential 2016 presidential candidate, but he would like that to change. — “I'm keeping the door open,” …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Mike Huckabee quits radio show, sets sights on 2016 election
Mike Huckabee quits radio show, sets sights on 2016 election
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NBCNews and Right Wing Watch
Yuval Levin / National Review:
Pressing the Panic Button? — As usual, it's hard to tell just what's going on inside the administration regarding Obamacare, but I don't think we can really take the steps announced by HHS yesterday as anything but a bright, red, flashing warning light about the internal expectations regarding January.
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The PJ Tatler and AEIdeas
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HHS.gov:
Administration takes steps to ensure Americans signing up through the Marketplace have coverage …
Administration takes steps to ensure Americans signing up through the Marketplace have coverage …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Obamacare's Never-Ending Fix-a-Thon
Obamacare's Never-Ending Fix-a-Thon
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Politico, Wonkblog, Hit & Run, The Minority Report Blog, Washington Examiner, Betsy's Page, The Hill, Power Line and Daily Kos
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Feds say they disrupted suicide bomb plot by worker at Wichita airport — A 58-year-old airport worker was charged Friday with allegedly planning a suicide bombing at a passenger terminal at the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in Kansas. — The suspect, Terry Lee Loewen …
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The Jawa Report, Atlas Shrugs and Jihad Watch
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My critics have “income envy”: Ed Schultz unloads after backlash to his union quote — Knocking “media wannabes,” MSNBC host Ed Schultz addresses criticism of his response to alleged NBC union-busting — After a Salon report depicting Ed Schultz's handling of a dispute between a group …
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Mediaite, NewsBusters, Hullabaloo and susiemadrak.com
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Robert A. Levinson was an overweight bear of a man who once worked as an F.B.I. agent and desperately wanted to recapture the life of international intrigue he relished as an expert on Russian organized crime. But as he sat in a hotel room in Geneva in early 2007, he was anxious about a secret mission he had planned to Iran.
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Gov. Christie announces another top Port Authority official has resigned after GWB flap — Bill Baroni, the Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, testifies before a state Assembly panel last month. (Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger)
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Post Politics and Talking Points Memo
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Another resignation comes in Christie administration over bridge scandal
Another resignation comes in Christie administration over bridge scandal
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The Huffington Post, Politico, ABC News and First Read
David Brooks / New York Times:
Strengthen the Presidency — A couple of months ago, I visited the Congressional Budget Office, one of our most trust-inspiring government agencies. On the elevator ride, one of the economists confided that it can be challenging to be in government these days.
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Mediaite, JustOneMinute, Hot Air, Heritage Action for America, Questions and Observations, The PJ Tatler and TheBlaze.com
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Chinese Naval Vessel Tries to Force U.S. Warship to Stop in International Waters — A Chinese naval vessel tried to force a U.S. guided missile warship to stop in international waters recently, causing a tense military standoff in the latest case of Chinese maritime harassment, according to defense officials.
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The Gateway Pundit, Freedom Outpost, Hot Air and BizPac Review
New York Times:
Bipartisan Budget Deal Forged in House Faces Opposition in Senate — WASHINGTON — A bipartisan budget deal that sailed through the House on an overwhelming, bipartisan vote is running into difficulty in the Senate, where Republicans — some furious, some conservative and some running for office …
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The Huffington Post and Politico
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Psychology of Lululemon: How Fashion Affects Fitness — Does expensive athletic wear actually incline us to work out? “Enclothed cognition” proposes that the clothes you wear directly affect how we think and what we do. — The Simpsons might seem an odd place to find scientific inspiration.
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Althouse