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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
How “Khorasan” Went From Nowhere To The Biggest Threat To The U.S. — The Islamist group targeted in airstrikes in Syria was almost unknown to the American public until recently. Now the Obama administration says they present a direct threat to the U.S. — The guided-missile cruiser USS …
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Syria Becomes the 7th Predominantly Muslim Country Bombed by 2009 Nobel Peace Laureate — The U.S. today began bombing targets inside Syria, in concert with its lovely and inspiring group of five allied regimes: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Jordan.
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Obama, After Airstrikes in Syria, Says U.S. Will ‘Take the Fight’ to ISIS — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday hailed the American-led coalition that conducted airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State, declaring, “We're going to do what is necessary to take the fight to this terrorist group.”
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Obama Administration Confident No Civilians Were Killed In Syrian Air Strikes
Obama Administration Confident No Civilians Were Killed In Syrian Air Strikes
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Mike Giglio / BuzzFeed:
Who Is The U.S. Actually Bombing In Syria?
Who Is The U.S. Actually Bombing In Syria?
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Weekly Standard and Reuters
CNN:
Source: Al Qaeda group in Syria plotted attack against U.S. with explosive clothes
Source: Al Qaeda group in Syria plotted attack against U.S. with explosive clothes
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The White House:
Statement by the President on Airstrikes in Syria
Statement by the President on Airstrikes in Syria
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Cheryl Pellerin / DoD:
DoD Official: Successful Syrian Strikes Only the Beginning
DoD Official: Successful Syrian Strikes Only the Beginning
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The Long War Journal
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
D'Souza gets community confinement for election law violation — (Reuters) - Conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza was sentenced on Tuesday to spend eight months in a community confinement center during five years of probation after pleading guilty to a campaign finance law violation.
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Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Conservative Writer Dinesh D'Souza Is Spared Prison Time For Campaign Finance Conviction
Conservative Writer Dinesh D'Souza Is Spared Prison Time For Campaign Finance Conviction
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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
D'Souza Is Spared Prison Time for Campaign Finance Violations
D'Souza Is Spared Prison Time for Campaign Finance Violations
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Politico, American Spectator and Outside the Beltway
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Close Alaska Races for Senate, Governor — PPP's newest Alaska poll finds toss up races for both the US Senate and Governor. Dan Sullivan leads Mark Begich 43/41 for the Senate, with minor candidates combining for 5%. Bill Walker leads incumbent Sean Parnell 42/41 for Governor …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
GOP ticket leads in Arkansas
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Vulnerable Kansas Senator: We Are Heading Toward ‘National Socialism’ — Incumbent Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), who is facing an unexpectedly fierce challenge for re-election, warned Monday at a campaign stop that the United States is heading for “national socialism.”
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
President Obama Gesture to Marines Dubbed ‘Latte Salute’ — Some are calling it the “latte salute.” — When President Obama stepped off Marine One at the Wall Street landing zone in New York City, en route the United Nations, he saluted two Marines at the bottom of the stairs as he held a coffee cup in the same hand.
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
9 Absurd Edit Justifications By Wikipedia's Neil Tyson Truthers — In case you've been living under a rock, you know that there's been a bit of controversy over a quote that Neil Tyson invented and then attributed to President George W. Bush. Long story short: everything about Tyson's story is false …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Snap Out of It — I've been living in and visiting New York for almost a half-century now. One thought occurs as I walk around these days: The city has never been better. — There has never been a time when there were so many interesting places to visit, shop and eat …
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Chris Vognar / Dallas Morning News:
How a piece of Rush Limbaugh's riches went to abortion rights, courtesy of Dallas author Merritt Tierce — Last week we ran the story of local author Merritt Tierce, whose debut novel, Love Me Back, includes some wild tales from a high-end Dallas steakhouse. Tierce used to work at Nick & Sam's.
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Scott Walker / Salon:
GOP's vote-suppressing militia: Why Scott Walker's thugs are getting violent — It seems like a long time ago but it's actually been just a couple of years since a whole bunch of Wisconsin voters had second thoughts about the man they'd elected to the governor's office and decided they couldn't wait another two years to be rid of him.
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Jennifer A. Kingson / New York Times:
On a Warmer Planet, Which Cities Will Be Safest? — Alaskans, stay in Alaska. People in the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest, sit tight. — Scientists trying to predict the consequences of climate change say that they see few safe havens from the storms, floods and droughts that are sure to intensify over the coming decades.
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Jim Webb Mulls 2016 Run That Could Pose Clinton Challenge — Former Virginia senator Jim Webb said today he is “seriously” considering a 2016 presidential bid, and will make a decision within the next two to five months. — “I am seriously looking at the possibility of running for president …
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Announces First Steps to Reduce Tax Benefits of Corporate Inversions — Unfair Practice Erodes the U.S. Tax Base — WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a notice that takes targeted action to reduce the tax benefits of …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Treasury Creates New Hurdles to Inversion Relocations
Treasury Creates New Hurdles to Inversion Relocations
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Wall Street Journal:
A Pro-Family, Pro-Growth Tax Reform — Two simple income-tax brackets: 15% and 35%. End the marriage penalty and increase the child tax credit. — Too many Americans believe the American dream is slipping away for them and their children. They see their cost of living rise while their paychecks remain stagnant.
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Hendrik Hertzberg / New Yorker:
The Wisdom of the Crowd — “Don't follow leaders,” the bard of Hibbing once advised. “Watch the parking meters,” he added—whatever that meant. — At Sunday's vast and beautiful climate march, on Central Park West somewhere in the Sixties, I ran into Bill McKibben, a longtime acquaintance …
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James Queally / Los Angeles Times:
Chelsea Manning, convicted WikiLeaks soldier, sues federal government — Chelsea Manning, the U.S. Army private convicted of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, is suing the federal government to receive appropriate medical care …
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
GOP's scorched-earth Kansas plan — Control of the Senate is potentially at stake in Kansas, and the GOP is beginning to double down. — With a two-man race now looking all but certain, national Republicans are planning a scorched-earth offensive to frame Sen. Pat Roberts's (R-Kan.) …
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Elle:
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG: I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE — Coming off of her stirring dissent in the Hobby Lobby case, 21-year veteran Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has never been a more important voice for American women. In a rare interview—featured exclusively …
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