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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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BREITBART.COM, The Daily Banter, Mediaite and Daily Kos
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. — With enrollment in the Obamacare exchanges now closed, Democrats and their friends in the media are ebullient. Obamacare is an enormous success, they say, and conservatives have been humiliated. On closer inspection, however …
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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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Power Line and Mediaite
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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Talking Points Memo, NY Daily News, PoliticusUSA, Rush Limbaugh, CNN, Deadspin and The Daily Caller
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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The Other McCain and Washington Times
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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Firedoglake and Mediaite
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
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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Talking Points Memo and The Verge
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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Prairie Weather and Washington Monthly
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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Washington Post and The Huffington Post