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New York Times:
Wrong Turn on Syria: No Convincing Plan — President Obama has put America at the center of a widening war by expanding into Syria airstrikes against the Islamic State, the Sunni extremist group known as ISIS and ISIL. He has done this without allowing the public debate that needs to take place …
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Firedoglake, Balkinization, Mediaite, Washington Post, Althouse and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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In Syria, Obama stretches legal and policy constraints he created for counterterrorism
In Syria, Obama stretches legal and policy constraints he created for counterterrorism
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CNN and American Prospect
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Al Qaeda Plotters in Syria ‘Went Dark,’ U.S. Spies Say
Al Qaeda Plotters in Syria ‘Went Dark,’ U.S. Spies Say
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Hot Air, Belmont Club, The Long War Journal, The Independent, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal
New York Times:
U.S. Is Carrying Out Vast Majority of Strikes on ISIS, Military Officials Say
U.S. Is Carrying Out Vast Majority of Strikes on ISIS, Military Officials Say
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Washington Post, The Hugh Hewitt Show, Business Insider and Hot Air
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama praises Arab coalition against ISIS
Matt Fuller / Roll Call:
Congress in No Rush to Return for ISIS War Authorization
Congress in No Rush to Return for ISIS War Authorization
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msnbc.com, Daily Kos, New York Times and Washington Post
Vindicator:
UPDATE | Jim Traficant in ‘very critical’ condition after accident at farm — GREENFORD — Ex-U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. is in “very critical condition” after an accident on his family farm, his wife, Tish Traficant, said today. — The former congressman, 73, is …
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WFMJ-TV:
Former Congressman Jim Traficant critically injured in farm accident — GREENFORD, Ohio - — Former Ohio Congressman, Jim Traficant, is hospitalized after being seriously injured in a farm accident. — Traficant was found just before 8:00 p.m. Tuesday under an overturned tractor …
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Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Full text of President Obama's 2014 address to the United Nations General Assembly — Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by President Barack Obama — Address to the United Nations General Assembly — Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen …
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New York Times, Hot Air, TalkLeft and Wall Street Journal
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Obama: ISIS A “Network Of Death” That “No God Condones” — “When it comes to America and Islam, there is no us and them — there is only us.” The president calls on Muslim-majority nations to reject extremism. — Mike Segar / Reuters — President Obama urged Muslim-majority nations …
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Hit & Run
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Reporters say White House sometimes demands changes to press-pool reports — White House press-pool reports are supposed to be the news media's eyes and ears on the president, an independent chronicle of his public activities. They are written by reporters for other reporters …
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Hit & Run, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, FishbowlDC, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy, more at Mediagazer »
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Barack Obama roasted over ‘Starbucks salute’ — Many criticized the coffee-in-hand salute by Obama. White House Instagram
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Conservative lawmakers secretly plot to oust John Boehner — For months, several clusters of conservative lawmakers have been secretly huddling inside and outside the Capitol, plotting to oust John Boehner from the Speaker's office when House Republicans regroup after the November elections.
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Washington Post, PoliticusUSA and Capitol Report
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Why I can't resign now — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is pushing back against suggestions that she should soon retire, saying President Barack Obama would be unable to get a justice like her through the Senate. — “Who do you think President Obama …
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The Federalist, National Review, Above the Law, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller and The Hill
Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:
State rep candidate voted in Illinois and Wisconsin — Republican Kathy Myalls is urging voters to elect her to a seat in the Illinois State Legislature. — But will she vote for herself? — It's a fair question, since records show Myalls has voted in both Illinois and Wisconsin in recent years.
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Talking Points Memo
BBC:
French hostage Herve Gourdel ‘beheaded in Algeria’ — An Algerian jihadist group has released a video that appears to show the beheading of French tourist Herve Gourdel, who was seized on Sunday. — Jund al-Khilafa, an ally of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Iraq …
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TalkLeft, Nol.hu and Associated Press
Jack Jenkins / ThinkProgress:
Southern Baptists Kick Out Gay-Friendly Church — The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), the nation's largest protestant denomination, has kicked out a California church whose pastor embraces homosexuality, claiming that the minister and the church are not in …
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Washington Monthly, Baptist Press News, ABP News and Raw Story
Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
Facebook to cut ties with conservative policy group — Facebook will possibly end its relationship with a controversial conservative policy organization over its stance on climate change, The Chronicle learned Tuesday. — The social media giant in Menlo Park would be the second Silicon Valley giant …
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ThinkProgress, National Journal, Gawker, Guardian, Talking Points Memo, The Moderate Voice and Eclectablog
Washington Examiner:
What if we applied feminist logic to other crimes? — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CRIME FEMINISM CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT — Feminists have been arguing that it's “victim-blaming” to suggest steps that women can take to reduce the risk of being sexual assaulted. But what if that same logic were applied to all crime prevention tips?
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No More Mister Nice Blog and JustOneMinute
James Cook / Business Insider:
The Emma Watson Naked Photo Countdown Was The Work Of Serial Internet Hoaxers — A mysterious countdown website emerged on Monday that hinted at the imminent reveal of naked photographs of the actress Emma Watson, stolen using the same iCloud vulnerability that hackers used to steal photographs …
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Guardian, Mediaite, Mashable, addictinginfo.org, Hit & Run, Washington Post, CNN and The Daily Caller