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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems reject GOP offer on Benghazi — House Democratic leaders on Friday rejected a Republican proposal designed to entice the minority party into participating in a special investigation of the deadly 2012 attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya. — Although the GOP bill creating …
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New York Times:
Center Ring at the Republican Circus — The hottest competition in Washington this week is among House Republicans vying for a seat on the Benghazi kangaroo court, also known as the Select House Committee to Inflate a Tragedy Into a Scandal. Half the House has asked to “serve” on the committee …
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Politico:
Benghazi panel already faces partisan tension
Benghazi panel already faces partisan tension
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Faces Big Dilemma As Its Obamacare War Fizzles: What Next?
GOP Faces Big Dilemma As Its Obamacare War Fizzles: What Next?
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Donald Sterling's Pathetic Racism Excuse Revealed In Second Secret Recording: I Was Just ‘Jealous’ & ‘Trying To Have Sex With’ V. Stiviano! LISTEN To His Crude Comments About His Penis Size — Yesterday, Donald Sterling's reaction to his racism scandal was heard for the first time …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Sterling Says He Made Racist Comments To Get Stiviano In Bed — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling reportedly claims he made his now-infamous racist comments to his personal assistant V. Stiviano because he was jealous that she was being courted by black men. — “The girl is black.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Paul Diverges From His Party Over Voter ID — MEMPHIS — Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky broke Friday with fellow Republicans who have pushed for stricter voting laws as a way to crack down on fraud at the polls, saying that the focus on such measures alienates and insults African-Americans and hurts the party.
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Max Brantley / Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times:
Judge Chris Piazza invalidates Arkansas's same-sex marriage ban — Circuit Judge Chris Piazza today invalidated the Arkansas ban on same-sex marriage and recognition of marriages legally entered by same-sex couples in other states. — An appeal is expected.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Arkansas Judge Strikes Down State Ban On Same-Sex Marriage
Arkansas Judge Strikes Down State Ban On Same-Sex Marriage
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Andrew Demillo / Associated Press:
Arkansas Judge Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban
Arkansas Judge Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban
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James Oliphant / NationalJournal.com:
Progressive Bloggers Are Doing the White House's Job — This administration enjoys an advantage afforded no other: a partisan media that has its back, minute-by-minute. — Off the record: The Obama administration has a complicated relationship with traditional media. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Alexander C. Kaufman / The Huffington Post:
Robert Reich Trashes White House ‘Numbskull’ For Walmart Event — Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich trashed the White House on Thursday for using Walmart, an enemy of unions and fair-pay advocates, as a poster company for a new climate-change campaign. — Reich, who served under President …
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Charles Krauthammer / National Review:
Republicans Move on Benghazi
Republicans Move on Benghazi
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Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun Times:
There are rumblings Bill Clinton may apologize to wife, Lewinsky — The Lewinsky affair . . . Is Bubba about to blubber? — Sneed hears rumbles former President Bill Clinton, who lied about his affair with White House intern Monica “That Woman” Lewinsky, may opt to publicly apologize …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Four Pinocchios for Obama's claim that Republicans have ‘filibustered about 500 pieces of legislation’ — “Here's what's more disconcerting. Their [Republicans] willingness to say no to everything — the fact that since 2007, they have filibustered about 500 pieces of legislation that would help …
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Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Obamacare Myth-Making — Five phony success stories.
Obamacare Myth-Making — Five phony success stories.
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
¿Quién es el mentiroso más grande?
¿Quién es el mentiroso más grande?
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
A Successor to ‘Colbert’ Is Named — What comes after “The Colbert Report”? — On Comedy Central it will be “The Minority Report” and the host will be the “senior black correspondent” from “The Daily Show” — otherwise known as Larry Wilmore. — Comedy Central has concluded a deal …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Louie Gohmert Compares Gay Rights Advocates To Nazis In House Floor Speech (VIDEO) — You know who else called people “haters”? — Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) does, so he took to the House floor on Friday afternoon to offer a Third Reich comparison that was bizarre even for Third Reich comparisons.
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Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal:
FAA: U.S. Airliner Nearly Collided With Drone in March — Incident Appears to be First Case of a Big U.S. Airliner Nearly Colliding With an Airborne Drone — A U.S. airliner nearly collided with a drone over Florida earlier this year, a federal official said, a near miss that highlights risks posed …
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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
AJC Poll: Carter in tight race with Deal, Nunn leading GOP Senate contenders — An Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll that rolls out Saturday finds Democrats in an especially close race for the state's top offices in November. — The poll has Gov. Nathan Deal three percentage points ahead …
Amnesty International USA:
Nigerian Authorities Failed to Act on Warnings About Boko Haram Raid on School — Contact: Gabe Cahn, gabe@westendstrategy.com, 202.776.7700, c: 202.412.1678, @AIUSAmedia — (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Damning testimonies gathered by Amnesty International reveal that Nigerian security forces failed …
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Lisa Respers France / CNN:
Benham brothers lose HGTV show after ‘anti-gay’ remarks — Tune in to “New Day” during the 6 a.m. hour to hear from David and Jason Benham. — (CNN) — Twin brothers David and Jason Benham have lost their opportunity to host their own HGTV show. — The brothers ran afoul of the network …
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