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Who do Americans blame for the VA scandal? — Shares - — NEW YORK — Americans split in their thoughts over who they think is most to blame for the problems at Veterans Affairs department medical facilities, which involve allegations that VA hospitals kept delays in treatment off the books …
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Kevin OBrien / Associated Press:
Where VA has taken veterans, Obamacare is leading all Americans: Kevin O'Brien — The White House says Americans can't draw any conclusions yet about just how screwed up is the Department of Veterans Affairs medical care system. — Well, yes, Americans can.
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Washington Monthly, rubber hose, No More Mister Nice Blog, Real Clear Politics and Rush Limbaugh
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
The Veterans Affairs Scandal Was Decades in the Making — Yes, you should be angry. But at whom? — It's been more than six months since CNN and then the Arizona Republic began reporting about veterans dying while they were waiting for medical services—in some cases …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Anatomy of a Veterans' Affairs scandal
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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Obama's talking points miss point on VA scandal
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NationalJournal.com:
Who Really Broke Veterans Affairs?
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Amid growing Veterans Affairs scandal, why Eric Shinseki is hard to fire
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Michael Kinsley / New York Times:
‘No Place to Hide,’ by Glenn Greenwald — “My position was straightforward,” Glenn Greenwald writes. “By ordering illegal eavesdropping, the president had committed crimes and should be held accountable for them.” You break the law, you pay the price: It's that simple.
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
NBC News To Sit Down With Snowden For First American TV Interview
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
House reformers claim victory over NSA — Lawmakers worried about protecting civil liberties said they had scored a win on Thursday with the passage of the USA Freedom Act. — The bill had to overcome opposition from members on both sides of the aisle who worried it was too weak to curb …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House Votes to Limit N.S.A.'s Collection of Phone Data
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The Atlantic Online:
The Case for Reparations — Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole. — Ta-Nehisi Coates … — Deuteronomy 15: 12-15
Michael Catalini / NationalJournal.com:
Democratic Senator Says Some Oppose Obamacare Because Obama Is Black — Republican Sen. Ron Johnson responds, “God help you for implying I'm a racist.” — A senior Democratic senator suggested Wednesday that President Obama's race factored into opposition to the Affordable Care Act …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Outrage: Jay Rockefeller, Ron Johnson duel over ‘race card’
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New York Times:
Citing N.B.A. Example, Senators Urge N.F.L. to Act on Redskins' Name — WASHINGTON — Fifty members of the Senate have signed a letter to the N.F.L. to urge its leadership to press the Washington Redskins to change the team name in the aftermath of tough sanctions against the owner …
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Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed:
50 Democratic Senators To NFL: Change The Washington Redskins' Name
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The Clarion-Ledger:
MS Tea Party vice chairman arrested in Cochran case — UPDATED: Madison city court officials say that Mark Mayfield will appear before a judge today. — Also, attorney Kevin Camp, who represents Clayton Kelly, said two more arrests either have been or will be made in addition to Mayfield.
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Joy Powell / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Fox anchor Gregg Jarrett jailed briefly after incident in MSP airport bar — Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett was jailed Wednesday after being arrested in a bar at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. — Jarrett, who is a weekend co-anchor on the FOX News Channel, was arrested about 12:30 p.m …
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BBC:
Thailand military seizes power in coup — The BBC's Jonah Fisher says the move is likely to lead to confrontation — Thailand's military has announced it is taking control of the government and has suspended the constitution. — In a TV statement, army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha vowed …
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Thomas Fuller / New York Times:
Thai Army Declares Coup, Citing Need to ‘Reform’ Nation
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Heather Boushey / The Atlantic Online:
It Wasn't Household Debt That Caused the Great Recession — Why are nearly 10 million people still out of work today? Was it because in September 2008, the U.S. government failed to bail out the insolvent investment bank Lehmann Brothers? Was it because the two U.S. housing finance giants Fannie Mae …
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New York Times
Bryon Garrison / Big Bend Courier:
Bold witness to alleged abuse by federal agents comes forward (Thank you readers 12,000 views in one day) — Alpine Texas - Nicholas Branson is a 30 year old student at Sul Ross University, studying for a degree in geology. Now this student and former Eagle Scout is afraid for his future, for his career and even for his life.
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Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Nationalization of Senate Elections Poses Challenge to Democrats in 2014 — Democrats face several challenges in trying to maintain their majority in the U.S. Senate in the 2014 midterm election. In addition to the normal tendency of the president's party to lose seats in midterm elections …
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
BREAKING: Mitt Romney to stump for Joni Ernst in Iowa — Mitt Romney, a Republican who 731,000 Iowans hoped would become the next president, is returning for the first time since the 2012 general election. — The Des Moines Register has learned that Romney will be in Iowa next week to stump for GOP U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst.
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Washington Monthly and OnPolitics
Seth D. Michaels / Talking Points Memo:
Moderately Anti-Democratic: The Lie Of The Political ‘Center’ — We keep using some words in our political debate, but they don't really mean what we think they mean. — The think tank Third Way released a poll last week showing a commonplace fact about U.S. politics …
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The Moderate Voice and New York Times
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