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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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Jeffrey Toobin / News Desk:
The John Roberts Project — If you think that the Supreme Court's decision today in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission was bad, just wait: worse may be on the way. — The issue before the Court was fairly narrow, even a little obscure. Congress bars individuals from contributing …
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David Bernstein / Washington Post:
Breyer's dangerous dissent in McCutcheon (the campaign finance case)
Breyer's dangerous dissent in McCutcheon (the campaign finance case)
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neo-neocon and AEIdeas
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
A Few Data Points on the Supreme Court's Donor-Limit Decision
A Few Data Points on the Supreme Court's Donor-Limit Decision
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Richard Hasen / SCOTUSblog:
Symposium: Does the Chief Justice not understand politics, or does he understand it all too well?
Symposium: Does the Chief Justice not understand politics, or does he understand it all too well?
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The New Republic, Talking Points Memo, The Dish, News Desk, Slate and Post Politics
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Ruling Hints More Campaign Finance Dominoes May Fall
Ruling Hints More Campaign Finance Dominoes May Fall
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The Daily Beast, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and ACS Blog
Peter Olsen-Phillips / Sunlight Foundation Blog:
Day after McCutcheon, FEC commissioners clash over dark money
Day after McCutcheon, FEC commissioners clash over dark money
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Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Angus King and The Monkey Cage
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Surprise! The Rich Won One
Surprise! The Rich Won One
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Prairie Weather and The Reaction
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
John Roberts's rules of money in politics
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, ThinkProgress, The Plum Line and Unfogged
Mitchell / The Mozilla Blog:
Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO — Mozilla prides itself on being held to a different standard and, this past week, we didn't live up to it. We know why people are hurt and angry, and they are right: it's because we haven't stayed true to ourselves. — We didn't act like you'd expect Mozilla to act.
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Mozilla Co-Founder Brendan Eich Resigns as CEO, Leaves Foundation Board — Brendan Eich, the well-known techie who has gotten swept up in a controversy about his support of California's anti-gay marriage law Proposition 8, is resigning as CEO of for-profit Mozilla Corporation and also from the board …
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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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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Networks Snub Obama On Primetime Health Care Address — The White House sought primetime air the day Obamacare hit 7 million signups. — Larry Downing / Reuters — WASHINGTON — White House officials sought valuable primetime air for a rare, impromptu Tuesday night address to tout …
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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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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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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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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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CNN:
What we know about the Fort Hood shooter
What we know about the Fort Hood shooter
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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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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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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 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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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, Mediaite, The Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Alix Spiegel / National Security:
So You Think You're Smarter Than A CIA Agent … The morning I met Elaine Rich, she was sitting at the kitchen table of her small town home in suburban Maryland trying to estimate refugee flows in Syria. — It wasn't the only question she was considering; there were others:
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Hit & Run, The Daily Caller, The Verge and AEIdeas