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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
What to Do in Iraq — It's widely agreed that the collapse of Iraq would be a disaster for American interests and security in the Middle East and around the world. It also seems to be widely assumed either that there's nothing we can now do to avert that disaster, or that our best bet is supporting Iran against al Qaeda.
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Frederick Kagan / NY Daily News:
Put out this fire — Why the U.S. must step up to stop Iraq from falling to radical jihadist terrorists — Iraq is burning, and the United States of America is watching. — The Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham, a radical Islamist group more commonly called ISIS, has made good its name.
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The Dish, Washington Post and alicublog
USA Today:
U.S. evacuates embassy as bombs, fighting rock Iraq
U.S. evacuates embassy as bombs, fighting rock Iraq
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Hit & Run, Hot Air, Doug Ross, The Gateway Pundit and New York Times
CNN:
Iraq crisis pulls in U.S., Iran
Iraq crisis pulls in U.S., Iran
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New York Times, The Daily Banter, The Week, Right Wing Watch and The Gateway Pundit
Reuters:
U.S. considers action with Iran against Iraq insurgent onslaught
U.S. considers action with Iran against Iraq insurgent onslaught
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Business Insider and Washington Free Beacon
CNN:
Terrifying execution images in Iraq; U.S. Embassy in Baghdad relocates some staff
Terrifying execution images in Iraq; U.S. Embassy in Baghdad relocates some staff
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Guardian, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo and Hit & Run
The Hill:
Is Obama done with Washington? — Is President Obama done with Washington? — The 44th president has never been the capital's biggest fan, but his frustration with life in D.C. is bubbling to the surface in ways both casual and substantive. — The president twice went for unscheduled walkabouts …
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National Review, The Daily Caller, Ed Driscoll and RedState
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Ashton Davis / GOP.com:
Political Animal Declares, “Another Clinton in the White House is Nuts!” — @HRCSquirrel Stars In “It's Nuts” Video — WASHINGTON - The Republican National Committee released a new web video, “It's Nuts,” starring the HRC Squirrel, who has been tailing Hillary Clinton and the Ready …
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post and Daily Kos
Hillary Clinton / CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Clinton tops Obama on every issue
CNN/ORC Poll: Clinton tops Obama on every issue
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Politico, Outside the Beltway and PoliticusUSA
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
The Unelectable Whiteness of Scott Walker — A journey through the poisonous, racially divided world that produced a Republican star — In early August of 2011, a few days after Congress passed a deal to end the debt-ceiling showdown that brought the nation to the brink of credit default …
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Washington Monthly, Althouse, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway, JSOnline, Lawyers, Guns & Money and RedState
ThinkProgress:
Obama Administration Announces Executive Order Protecting LGBT Employees Of Federal Contractors — The White House is expected to announce Monday that President Obama will issue an executive order requiring that all companies who contract with the federal government must not discriminate …
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hrc.org and The Raw Story
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Obama Drafting Executive Order On LGBT Job Discrimination
Obama Drafting Executive Order On LGBT Job Discrimination
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Guardian, Washington Post, Daily Kos, AMERICAblog News and Washington Blade
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
CNBC Anchor Confronts Rick Perry About Remark Comparing Gays To Alcoholics (VIDEO) — A CNBC anchor pressed Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Monday to explain his remark that compared being gay to being an alcoholic. — “Whether or not you feel compelled to follow a particular lifestyle or not …
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Shakesville, Right Wing Watch and Mediaite
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Rick Perry: Leave gay question to shrinks
Rick Perry: Leave gay question to shrinks
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Washington Post and The Stranger …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Key Midterm Election Indicators at or Near Historical Lows — Approval of Congress at 16%; national satisfaction at 23% — PRINCETON, NJ — The election environment for congressional incumbents in 2014 will be challenging, with several key public opinion indicators as negative or nearly …
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Firedoglake, Washington Post, Hot Air, CNN, KGW-TV, Politico, The Week and Prairie Weather
The Wrap:
Malia Obama Works on Set of Halle Berry's ‘Extant’ During Pilot Reshoots (Exclusive) — The first daughter was spotted working as a production assistant, an insider tells TheWrap — President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama's oldest daughter Malia could be setting her sights on Hollywood.
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Talking Points Memo and Inside TV
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Leslie Larson / NY Daily News:
Malia Obama working as production assistant on Halle Berry's ‘Extant’: report
Malia Obama working as production assistant on Halle Berry's ‘Extant’: report
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Althouse
New York Times:
Population Shifts Turning All Politics National — SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — When William E. Davis was growing up here in DeSoto County, just across the state line from Memphis, there were more than 300 dairy farms, and he was raised on one of them. — “Now there are zero,” said Mr. Davis, 66 …
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Washington Monthly, Political Insider blog, No More Mister Nice Blog, ABC News, Balloon Juice and Washington Post
Associated Press:
SCOTUS Rules On ‘Straw Purchaser’ Gun Law — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says federal law does not allow a “straw” purchaser to buy a gun for someone else, even if both are legally eligible to own firearms. — The justices ruled Monday that the federal background check law applied …
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The Raw Story
Alex Mitchell / MLive.com:
Tense encounter between open-carry advocate and Kalamazoo police detailed in recordings, reports — KALAMAZOO, MI — Police reports and recordings of a sometimes tense 40-minute encounter with a belligerent, rifle-toting man offers insight into how officers tried to diffuse …
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and The Raw Story
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
The Hillary Tapes — Newly discovered audio recordings of Hillary Clinton from the early 1980s include the former first lady's frank and detailed assessment of the most significant criminal case of her legal career: defending a man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl.
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National Review, The Week, Fox News, The Daily Caller, America Rising and The Lonely Conservative
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Health Care and Climate: President Obama's Big Deals — Several times in recent weeks I've found myself in conversations with liberals who shake their heads sadly and express their disappointment with President Obama. Why? I suspect that they're being influenced, often without realizing it, by the prevailing media narrative.
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Talking Points Memo, JustOneMinute and Daily Kos
Jacques Leslie / New York Times:
A Piketty Protégé's Theory on Tax Havens — GABRIEL ZUCMAN is a 27-year-old French economist who decided to solve a puzzle: Why do international balance sheets each year show more liabilities than assets, as if the world is in debt to itself? — Over the last couple of decades …
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TaxProf Blog