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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 — The House select committee investigating the deadly attacks in Benghazi will begin shortly and the only lingering question is whether Democrats will participate. — The lead up to the panel's work has already devolved into a back and forth …
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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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US News and New York Times
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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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
Robert Reich Trashes White House ‘Numbskull’ For Walmart Event
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Charles Krauthammer / National Review:
Republicans Move on Benghazi
Republicans Move on Benghazi
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RADAR:
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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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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Ayaan Hirsi Ali / Wall Street Journal:
Boko Haram and the Kidnapped Schoolgirls
Boko Haram and the Kidnapped Schoolgirls
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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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ThinkProgress:
Iowa's Republican Secretary of State Just Proved That Voter ID Laws Are Unnecessary — Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz (R) — CREDIT: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File — Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz (R), one of the nation's most enthusiastic voter suppressors …
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Matt Purple / American Spectator:
Sequester Death Toll: One Job — At the core of the dysfunction in Washington is this dilemma: Government must approve spending cuts, yet government has no interest in approving spending cuts. Federal employees are quite content with their lifestyles—46 percent more in retirement benefits …
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Erika Johnsen / Hot Air:
The total number of federal jobs lost to sequestration? That would be... one.
The total number of federal jobs lost to sequestration? That would be... one.
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Mitt Romney: Raise the minimum wage — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Thursday morning said he supports an increase in the minimum wage, breaking with many Republicans who have stood against it. — “I, for instance, as you know, part company with many of the conservatives in my party on the issue of the minimum wage.
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Byron Tau / Politico:
John Mica, fake joint roll into pot hearing — Call it a joint committee hearing. — Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) brought a rolled marijuana cigarette to a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee hearing Friday. — Mica was quick to add that it was not a real joint …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep. Waves Joint At Hearing, Says Staff Rolled It (VIDEO)
GOP Rep. Waves Joint At Hearing, Says Staff Rolled It (VIDEO)
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George Knapp / 8 News NOW:
FBI investigating Bundy supporters in BLM dispute — LAS VEGAS — A dramatic development in the saga surrounding rancher Cliven Bundy, the FBI has entered the case. — The 8 News NOW I-Team has learned that FBI agents have started an investigation into the events surrounding a potentially deadly showdown one month ago.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Report: FBI Questioning Local Law Enforcement About Bundy Militia
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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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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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Now That's Rich — Institutional Investor's latest “rich list” in its Alpha magazine, its survey of the 25 highest-paid hedge fund managers, is out — and it turns out that these guys make a lot of money. Surprise! — Yet before we dismiss the report as nothing new …
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Meet Trey Gowdy, GOP Benghazi Attack Dog — Since House Speaker John Boehner announced the creation of a select committee to investigate the Benghazi affair, Republicans have been saying it will be a serious investigation, while Democrats have been saying it will be a partisan circus.
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