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Ben Jacobs / The Daily Beast:
Behind Closed Doors, Cheney Tells Republicans That Obama Supported Muslim Brotherhood — The former vice president tries to sell reluctant House Republicans on “comprehensive” action against ISIS by blaming the president, of course. — Dick Cheney spoke to House Republicans on Tuesday about the need for military action in Iraq.
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New York Times:
As Obama Makes Case, Congress Is Divided on Campaign Against Militants — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday will begin laying out his case for an expanded military campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria when he faces congressional leaders who are averse to taking …
Washington Post:
Poll: Public supports strikes in Iraq, Syria; Obama's ratings hover near his all-time lows — Americans overwhelmingly view Islamic State terrorists as a serious threat to vital U.S. interests and, in a significant shift, widely support airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
A President Whose Assurances Have Come Back to Haunt Him — WASHINGTON — When President Obama addresses the nation on Wednesday to explain his plan to defeat Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria, it is a fair bet he will not call them the “JV team.” — Nor does he seem likely to describe Iraq as …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Why White House and Congress don't want vote on military action — It's becoming clear that we're about to seriously ramp up efforts to combat ISIS in Iraq and possibly Syria as well. While it would be extremely premature to call it a “war,” there is some kind of more significant military action on its way.
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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Offer Obama ISIS War Authorization He Doesn't Want
Republicans Offer Obama ISIS War Authorization He Doesn't Want
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Steven Sotloff spokesman blasts White House handling
Steven Sotloff spokesman blasts White House handling
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Condi Rice: The one person who could save the NFL — Condoleezza Rice made a startling admission to the New York Times in 2002. The then-national security adviser to President George W. Bush said it was “absolutely right” that she wanted to be commissioner of the National Football League.
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Aaron Wilson / Baltimore Sun:
Janay Rice breaks her silence, describes situation as ‘horrible nightmare’ — Former Ravens running back's wife shares her feelings — Janay Palmer is defending Ray and blaming the media. In a post from her Instagram page on Tuesday morning, and verified by the Baltimore Sun …
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Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:
Ray Rice domestic violence case shows NFL, Roger Goodell's willful blindness and need to maintain plausible deniability
Ray Rice domestic violence case shows NFL, Roger Goodell's willful blindness and need to maintain plausible deniability
TMZ.com:
Ray Rice Video — NFL Commish in the Dark ... By Choice?
Ray Rice Video — NFL Commish in the Dark ... By Choice?
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A majority of Americans say Obama's presidency is a ‘failure’ — A majority of Americans and even many Democrats consider President Obama's tenure to be a “failure,” according to a new poll from the Washington Post and ABC News. — The poll shows Americans say 52-42 that Obama has been more of a failure than a success.
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Georgia GOPer Complains About Early Voting, Excessive Black Voting — A Republican state senator in Georgia has vowed to end Sunday balloting in DeKalb County due to the fact that the area is “dominated by African American shoppers and it is near several large African American mega churches.”
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Daniel Malloy / Political Insider blog:
David Perdue is back on the air, jean-jacketed but baby-less
David Perdue is back on the air, jean-jacketed but baby-less
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Support for ObamaCare continues to fall — Public approval of ObamaCare continued to sink this summer, issuing the latest warning for vulnerable Democrats who will face voters this fall after backing the law. — Just 35 percent of voters now support the Affordable Care Act …
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Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Democrats Have Plenty of Reasons to Dread November
Democrats Have Plenty of Reasons to Dread November
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Planned Parenthood Wants to Limit Women's Access to Birth Control to Save Obamacare — SHARES — We've officially reached a new and obscene level of hypocrisy, folks. — As I write about extensively in my latest book Assault and Flattery: The Truth About the Left and Their War on Women …
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Rebecca Leber / The New Republic:
Don't Buy Republicans' Sudden Change of Heart on Birth Control
Don't Buy Republicans' Sudden Change of Heart on Birth Control
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Jamie Schram / New York Post:
NBC producer busted for posting secret sex tapes to porn site — An NBC News digital producer was busted Tuesday for secretly making a video of his girlfriend having sex with him on Valentines Day — and posting it on a porn web site, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate advances constitutional amendment — Several Senate Republicans joined Democrats on Monday to advance a constitutional amendment that would give Congress and the states greater power to regulate campaign finance. — But the bipartisanship ends there.
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Monica Wehby backs gay marriage in TV ad
Monica Wehby backs gay marriage in TV ad
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
America's new class system: Column — “Clerisy” class does the bidding of tech oligarchs to detriment of the middle class. — We've heard a lot of election-year class warfare talk, from makers vs. takers to the 1% vs. the 99%. But Joel Kotkin's important new book, The New Class Conflict …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Cruz: Stop deferred deportations with CR — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Tuesday that legislation to freeze President Obama's executive order deferring the deportations of illegal immigrants who come to the country at a young age should be attached to a stopgap spending measure.
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Teresa Stepzinski / Florida Times Union:
Clay deputy's son, 2, accidentally fires father's gun inside Wendy's; bullet fragments strike boy, 3 others — The 2-year-old son of a Clay County sheriff's deputy was struck in the foot by a shattered bullet fragment and sustained minor injuries when his father's personal handgun accidentally discharged …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Top Republican Appears On Fox News To Debunk Fox's Latest Benghazi Conspiracy — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) — Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, dismissed a conspiracy about the attacks on U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi …
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Krauthammer's million — Last night on the FOX News Special Report, Bret Baier announced that Charles Krauthammer's collection of columns (mostly) — Things That Matter — has sold a million copies. It is a remarkable achievement for a book of previously published pieces by an author …
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Robin Bravender / eenews.net:
‘Wonkish’ GOP congressman counting most on anti-Dem sentiment to score Senate seat — HOUMA, La. — If Bill Cassidy wins the Louisiana Senate contest, it may have more to do with President Obama, Harry Reid and Mary Landrieu than with him. — And that's just fine with Cassidy.
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