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Benjamin Goad / The Hill:
GOP to Obama: Don't use lame-duck Congress to replace Holder — Conservatives are warning President Obama against using a lame-duck session of Congress to push through Attorney General Eric Holder's replacement, even as the White House signals its intention to fill the post quickly.
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New York Times:
Eric Holder's Legacy — By any measure, the nearly-six-year tenure of Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has been one of the most consequential in United States history. His decision to resign, which he announced on Thursday, was long anticipated; he has said he will stay on through his successor's confirmation.
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Joshua DuBois / The Daily Beast:
Eric Holder: ‘We Finally Started to Turn This Aircraft Carrier Around.’ — The outgoing AG talks to The Daily Beast about his ‘signature achievement,’ his vicious opponents, and why he isn't done yet: 'I don't just want to give speeches.' — In an exit interview today …
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
From Good to Great — When it came to civil rights …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Why Holder Quit — The backstory of how Obama lost his ‘heat shield.’
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Hot Air
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Host: Holder Ran The DOJ ‘Much Like The Black Panthers Would’
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Why Holder Quit — The backstory of how Obama lost his ‘heat shield.’
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Nick Gillespie / TIME:
Eric Holder's Legacy: Duplicity, Incompetence, and Obliviousness
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Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
AG Holder to step down following six-year tenure
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Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Al Sharpton Says He's Helping The White House Pick The Next Attorney General
The National Interest:
Good Riddance, Eric Holder
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David Nather / Politico:
Eric Holder's real legacy
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Michael Brown / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Ferguson public relations representative was convicted of reckless homicide — • By Stephen Deere sdeere@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8116 and Steve Giegerich sgiegerich@post-dispatch.com 314.725.6758 — Devin Sean James, who is overseeing public relations for Ferguson after the Michael Brown shooting …
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Adam McDonald / KMOV-TV:
Ferguson representative fired for deadly past
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Conservatives Launch ‘Unprecedented’ Campaign Against Pro-Marriage Equality Republicans — National Organization for Marriage, Family Research Council, and CitizenLink lash out against candidates “working to actively alienate the Republican base.” — Olaf Faeskorn/Tisei for Congress
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Michael Lewis / Bloomberg View:
The Secret Goldman Sachs Tapes — Probably most people would agree that the people paid by the U.S. government to regulate Wall Street have had their difficulties. Most people would probably also agree on two reasons those difficulties seem only to be growing: an ever-more complex financial system …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why We're Talking About Mitt Romney — I've been mostly ignoring the various “Romney 2016!” trial balloons floated by various parties over the last six months or so (including by some of my dear friends, alas), but now that someone as sober and well-informed as Byron York has weighed in with a …
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Jim O'Sullivan / The Boston Globe:
Martha Coakley dragged down by national trends — As White House Democrats prepare to stump in Massachusetts for Attorney General Martha Coakley in the governor's race, a new Globe poll shows that national political conditions may be hobbling her chances for victory.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Beating Brownback Would Redeem 2014 — After reading Patrick Caldwell's very thorough explanation of why Gov. Sam Brownback's in danger of losing in November, I'm more convinced than ever that whether or not Republicans are kept from taking control of the Senate, it would be an important …
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Patrick Caldwell / Mother Jones:
What's the Matter With Sam Brownback?
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Politico:
How Sen. Kay Hagan's husband won stimulus cash — When Kay Hagan voted for President Barack Obama's 2009 economic stimulus package, the Democratic senator hailed it as “the best way forward for working families across North Carolina.” — One of the families that later benefited is her own.
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Ben White / Politico:
Crunch time for Jeb Bush — It's now or never for Jeb Bush. — The former Florida governor flirted with presidential runs in 2008 and 2012 but ultimately demurred, always with the flickering possibility of mounting a campaign down the road. But at 61 years old, the second son …
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Washington Post:
450,000 in Va. may lack proper ID needed to vote — About 450,000 voters in Virginia may lack the proper identification needed to cast a ballot in the November midterm elections, the Virginia State Board of Elections said Thursday. — Under a state law that took effect this year …
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Washington Post:
FBI blasts Apple, Google for locking police out of phones — FBI Director James B. Comey sharply criticized Apple and Google on Thursday for developing forms of smartphone encryption so secure that law enforcement officials cannot easily gain access to information stored on the devices — even when they have valid search warrants.
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Associated Press:
Outside Groups' Planned Spending by the Numbers — Seven high-profile national political organizations have asked television stations to set aside more than $80 million in airtime to shape Senate races between now and Election Day, Nov. 4. A look at where groups plan to empty their pockets during the next 5 1/2 weeks:
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Politico
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Golden Bowl — Amy Chozick covers Hillary Clinton for the New York Times. She is an enterprising and dedicated reporter, and many of her stories have annoyed the 2016 presidential frontrunner. This week Chozick covered a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. It was her turn to be annoyed.
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