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RGK / Hercules and the umpire:
Remembering Alexander Bickel's passive virtues and the Hobby Lobby cases — In the Hobby Lobby cases, five male Justices of the Supreme Court, who are all members of the Catholic faith and who each were appointed by a President who hailed from the Republican party, decided that a huge corporation …
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Federal Judge Blasts Hobby Lobby Decision: Supreme Court Should ‘STFU’ — Judge Richard George Kopf, a George H.W. Bush appointee to the federal bench who maintains his own personal blog, has some harsh words for the Supreme Court in the wake of their birth control decision …
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Philip J. Victor / Al Jazeera America:
Gitmo detainees' lawyers invoke Hobby Lobby decision in court filing — Attorneys say clients have religious rights afforded by same law cited by SCOTUS in controversial Hobby Lobby ruling — Lawyers for two Guantanamo Bay detainees have filed motions asking a U.S. court to block officials …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
THE STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN TEXAS IS NOW THE CRAZIEST IN AMERICA — It seems almost pointless to mention this but there is simply no state Democratic party in any of the 50 states that is so clearly, obviously demented. … Getty Images — If you want to see the clearest symptoms …
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Jonathan Chait Follow / New York Magazine:
The Republican Party After the Apocalypse
The Republican Party After the Apocalypse
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W. James Antle III / The Week:
Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and the new era of conservative policy ideas
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Can ‘Reformicons’ Save the Republican Party?
Can ‘Reformicons’ Save the Republican Party?
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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
John Walsh Takes on NRA, Vows to Continue Piers Morgan's Gun-Control Campaign on CNN — “The Hunt” host says Vice President Joe Biden agreed with him that politicians are “scared s—less” of the NRA — Piers Morgan is gone from CNN, but new host John Walsh plans to continue his campaign for gun control.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
John Walsh, CNN's new anti-NRA advocate — John Walsh, the host of CNN's new primetime series “The Hunt,” looks set to replace Piers Morgan as the cable network's in-house gun control advocate. — “We have a serious problem with guns in this country, and we refuse to address it,” Walsh …
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Sarah Palin On Hillary Clinton, Advice for ‘The View’ and Her Latest TV Show (Exclusive) — As Sportsman Channel orders a second season of her “Amazing America,” the GOP star offers her thoughts on the firings at daytime talker, Clinton's new book and our “incorrigibly disastrous” political system.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obamacare's next threat: A September surprise — Obamacare open enrollment closed March 31. The White House's Obamacare war room did not. — Most state health insurance rates for 2015 are scheduled to be approved by early fall, and most are likely to rise, timing that couldn't be worse …
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Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Michelle Obama Employs Only 2 Men; Pays Men 46% More Than Women On Staff
Michelle Obama Employs Only 2 Men; Pays Men 46% More Than Women On Staff
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
White House Counsel: Boehner Lawsuit Will Be Quickly Thrown Out
White House Counsel: Boehner Lawsuit Will Be Quickly Thrown Out
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Kimberly Hefling / ABC News:
NEA Wants Duncan's Resignation — The nation's largest teachers' union wants Education Secretary Arne Duncan to quit. — Delegates of the National Education Association adopted a business item July 4 at its annual convention in Denver that called for his resignation.
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Chris Mooney / Mother Jones:
Forget Red State, Blue State: Is Your State “Tight” or “Loose”? — A new theory about the cultures of different regions could go a long way toward explaining why the United States is so polarized. — It is obvious to anyone who has traveled around the United States that cultural assumptions, behaviors, and norms vary widely.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No one is reading ‘Hard Choices,’ either. — By now, the poor sales of Hillary Clinton's new book “Hard Choices” are well-documented. (Relatively poor, we will add, given the complex topography of bookselling.) — But another metric came to our attention this weekend which allows us …
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Washington Post:
It's time for progressives to reclaim the Constitution — You cannot talk for very long to a conservative these days without hearing the words “constitutional” and “constitutionalist.” — Formulations such as “I am a constitutional conservative” or “I am a constitutionalist” are tea party habits …
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ThinkProgress:
To Improve Accuracy, BBC Tells Its Reporters To Stop Giving Air Time To Climate Deniers — Celebrity scientist Bill Nye and CNN Crossfire host S.E. Cupp debate whether climate change exists. These kinds of debates will be few and far between on the BBC under a new policy announced Thursday.
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Lindsay Abrams / Salon:
BBC staff ordered to stop giving equal air time to climate deniers
BBC staff ordered to stop giving equal air time to climate deniers
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Peter Nickeas / Chicago Tribune:
Fourth of July weekend toll: 82 shot, 14 of them fatally, in Chicago — For 10 minutes, it seemed like the shooting was everywhere in the South Chicago neighborhood. — It started when someone shot and wounded a couple, then two people fired at the shooter, then there was a chase …
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John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Put Spotlight on Companies Moving Overseas — New data from the Congressional Research Service shed light on a hot tax question: How many corporations have exited the U.S. for tax purposes in recent years? — A summary released Monday by House Democrats says that 47 U.S. corporations …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Conservative Delusions About Inflation — On Sunday The Times published an article by the political scientist Brendan Nyhan about a troubling aspect of the current American scene — the stark partisan divide over issues that should be simply factual, like whether the planet is warming or evolution happened.
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
McDaniel's Lawyer: We've Found ‘Thousands’ Of Ineligible Voters — State Sen. Chris McDaniel's (R) lawyer said McDaniel's campaign and supporters have found “thousands” of examples of ineligible voters who cast their vote for Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) in the runoff election for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.
Benny Johnson / BuzzFeed:
New Anti-Obamacare Stunt: A Creepy Carnival On The National Mall — Generation Opportunity, a Koch-funded group targeting youths, will be hosting a giant carnival on the National Mall. — Generation Opportunity, the conservative nonprofit group who created the Creepy Uncle Sam anti-Obamacare campaign …
Brownsville Herald:
Militia group heading to Texas border — A spokeswoman for the group, Denice Freeman, said the operation is a call for civilian militia members — both armed and unarmed — to voluntarily guard private property in the Laredo area and other Texas locations where owners feel threatened by …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
TSA to make U.S.-bound fliers turn on phones — The TSA is requiring passengers flying to the U.S. from some overseas airports to power up their electronic devices before boarding — or risk having to leave their phones or tablets behind. — News reports have suggested the Department …
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Latest Snowden Leak Is Devastating to NSA Defenders — The agency collected and stored intimate chats, photos, and emails belonging to innocent Americans—and secured them so poorly that reporters can now browse them at will. — Consider the latest leak sourced to Edward Snowden from the perspective of his detractors.
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