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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
How McCutcheon Could Come Back to Haunt the Republican Party — When my kids were younger, I loved to roughhouse with them. For a while, we'd all have fun. But then I'd get tired and want to stop, only to realize, to my dismay, that they were just getting started. I'd created something I could no longer control.
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Surprise! The Rich Won One — Today, we are going to discuss the Supreme Court decision on political donations. Already, we have run into a terrible problem, which is the difficulty in having a fun conversation about campaign finance laws. — Let me try for a second: On Wednesday …
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Prairie Weather and The Reaction
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
A Few Data Points on the Supreme Court's Donor-Limit Decision — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down biennial aggregate campaign contribution limits. For 2014, the overall limit was $123,200. There was a lower limit of $74,600 for donations to PACs and party committees …
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Jonathan Rauch / The Daily Beast:
The Answer to the McCutcheon Decision Is More Big Money in Politics
The Answer to the McCutcheon Decision Is More Big Money in Politics
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Lawrence Lessig / The Daily Beast:
Originalists Making It Up Again: McCutcheon and ‘Corruption’
Originalists Making It Up Again: McCutcheon and ‘Corruption’
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The chief either doesn't believe, or doesn't care, that money corrupts politics.
The chief either doesn't believe, or doesn't care, that money corrupts politics.
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Washington Post, Althouse, Center for American Progress, Post Politics and Unfogged
Bradley A. Smith / National Review:
Free Speech at Last: McCutcheon Decision Just Right
Free Speech at Last: McCutcheon Decision Just Right
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Politico, Hot Air, The Mischiefs of Faction and American Prospect
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Kelly refuses to use Ft. Hood shooter's name — Fox News host Megyn Kelly said on her Wednesday show that she will not be saying the suspected Ft. Hood shooter's name as a policy. — “Authorities are identifying the shooter. If you are interested you can get his name on other show …
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Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Both Fort Hood Shooters Bought Their Guns At The Same Store — The man identified as the gunman in Wednesday's mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas purchased his gun from the same store where Major Nidal Hasan purchased a gun he used when he killed 13 people at the base in 2009, according to reports.
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USA Today:
Fort Hood shooter Ivan Lopez had mental problems, saw no combat in Iraq
Fort Hood shooter Ivan Lopez had mental problems, saw no combat in Iraq
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Fort Hood Shooter Had .45-Caliber Pistol That Wasn't Registered On Base
Fort Hood Shooter Had .45-Caliber Pistol That Wasn't Registered On Base
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Washington Post:
Here are the rules on carrying firearms on Fort Hood
Here are the rules on carrying firearms on Fort Hood
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Four dead, 16 wounded in new mass shooting at Fort Hood
Four dead, 16 wounded in new mass shooting at Fort Hood
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Joe. My. God., Hullabaloo and Politico
Charles G. Koch / Wall Street Journal:
Koch: I'm Fighting to Restore a Free Society — Instead of welcoming free debate, collectivists engage in character assassination. — I have devoted most of my life to understanding the principles that enable people to improve their lives. It is those principles—the principles of a free society …
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Associated Press:
US SECRETLY BUILT ‘CUBAN TWITTER’ TO STIR UNREST … WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government masterminded the creation of a “Cuban Twitter” - a communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba, built with secret shell companies and financed through foreign banks, The Associated Press has learned.
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Associated Press:
US SECRETLY CREATED ‘CUBAN TWITTER’ TO STIR UNREST — You are here — Home » United States government » US secretly created ‘Cuban Twitter’ to stir unrest — WASHINGTON (AP) — In July 2010, Joe McSpedon, a U.S. government official, flew to Barcelona to put the final touches …
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Kathryn Mayer / BenefitsPro:
Gibbs predicts employer mandate will be killed — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— A former longtime advisor to President Barack Obama predicted Wednesday that the employer mandate — a key piece of Obamacare — will not survive. — It was among several predictions Robert Gibbs …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
John Roberts's rules of money in politics — Chief Justice John Roberts has a blunt message for wealthy donors tired of campaign finance rules: Fund a super PAC. — It's simpler, he wrote in his McCutcheon v. FEC opinion Wednesday, than dealing with a web of interlocking fundraising committees.
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New York Post:
Rogue alcoholic court reporter kept writing ‘I hate my job’ — An alcoholic Manhattan court stenographer went rogue, channeling his inner “Shining” during a high-profile criminal trial and repeatedly typing, “I hate my job, I hate my job” instead of the trial dialogue, sources told The Post.
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Guardian, The Jawa Report, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and The Raw Story
Jonathan Helman / CNN:
Bill Clinton 'wouldn't be surprised' by an alien visit — (CNN) - It has been a question plaguing man for ages: Are we alone in the universe? — If you ask former President Bill Clinton, he would tell you that he “wouldn't be surprised” if we were visited by extraterrestrials someday.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Bobby Jindal: Conservatives ‘absolutely’ can't give up fight to repeal Obamacare — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL OBAMACARE HEALTH CARE 2016 ELECTIONS BOBBY JINDAL — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal came to Washington on Wednesday with a message to those arguing that conservatives would have to operate within …
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Gov. Bobby Jindal / Fox News:
Real health care reform: Give states the tools, and let them do the job
Real health care reform: Give states the tools, and let them do the job
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American Spectator, RedState and Washington Post
Mara Liasson / NPR:
NPR Poll: Obamacare More Popular Than President … A new bipartisan NPR poll shows approval numbers rising for Obamacare —which is now slightly more popular than its namesake. — Our survey of likely voters, conducted for Morning Edition by Democrat Stan Greenberg of Democracy Corps …
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The Daily Caller, Hinterland Gazette and The PJ Tatler