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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Mitt Isn't Ready to Call It Quits — “Hey, Ann, can you come here a sec?” Mitt Romney called out, sinking into the cushions of a walnut-colored easy chair, his legs outstretched on a matching ottoman. Romney's blue work shirt was tucked into faded jeans; sockless ankles peeked out from his New Balance sneakers.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Romney '12 in Two Paragraphs — Buried near the end of a soft-focus Mark Liebovitch piece on a visit with Ann and Mitt Romney, mainly preoccupied with determining whether the Mittster is serious about running again, is this fascinating snippet: … Liebovitch was interested in the …
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New York Times:
Many Missteps in Assessment of ISIS Threat — WASHINGTON — By late last year, classified American intelligence reports painted an increasingly ominous picture of a growing threat from Sunni extremists in Syria, according to senior intelligence and military officials.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: Obama wasn't passing buck with ISIS comment
White House: Obama wasn't passing buck with ISIS comment
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Erin Dooley / ABC News:
7 Questions for Secret Service Director Julia Pierson After WH Intrusion
7 Questions for Secret Service Director Julia Pierson After WH Intrusion
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Tod Palmerthe / Kansas City Star:
Referees flag Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah for celebration penalty after slide and prayer in endzone — Husain Abdullah is a devout Muslim. He's also a safety for the Chiefs, and he made a promise to himself if he ever did find himself in the end zone. — “If I get a pick …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
NFL: Muslim Player Shouldn't Have Been Penalized For Touchdown Prayer — The NFL said Kansas City Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah, a devout Muslim, shouldn't have been flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct after kneeling in prayer post-touchdown during Monday night's game against the New England Patriots.
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Wynton Hall / BREITBART.COM:
REPORT: OBAMA HAS MISSED OVER HALF HIS SECOND-TERM DAILY INTEL BRIEFINGS — A new Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report reveals that President Barack Obama has attended only 42.1% of his daily intelligence briefings (known officially as the Presidential Daily Brief, or PDB) …
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Jan Morgan Media:
My Gun Range is a Muslim Free Zone — The Gun Cave Indoor Shooting Range is now a a MUSLIM FREE ZONE. — To understand why I arrived at this decision, you must first take in to consideration the nature of my business. — This is not a coffee and donut shop. This is a live fire indoor shooting range.
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Camille Paglia / TIME:
The Modern Campus Cannot Comprehend Evil — Paglia is the author of Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art From Egypt to Star Wars. — Young women today do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature — The disappearance of University …
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Dawinder S. Sidhu / The Atlantic Online:
How Serious Is the Supreme Court About Religious Freedom? — Religious freedom in the United States has ebbed and flowed between two competing concepts: the principled view that religion is a matter of individual conscience that cannot be invaded by the government, and the practical concern once expressed …
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Erwin Chemerinsky / Politico:
A Supreme Failure
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Early voting in Ohio blocked (UPDATED)
Early voting in Ohio blocked (UPDATED)
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John B. Judis / The New Republic:
This Is What's the Matter With Kansas — Sam Brownback tried to create a conservative utopia. He created a conservative hell instead. — The midterm elections of 2010 were good for Republicans nearly everywhere, but amid the national Tea Party insurgency, it was easy to overlook the revolution that was brewing in Kansas.
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
For ISIS, Slaughter Is an End in Itself — LONDON — In a famous passage from “Survival in Auschwitz,” Primo Levi relates an incident upon arrival in the Nazi death camp that captures the intersection of the human with the inhuman. He and other Italian prisoners have been held in a shed as they await their fate.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Lawyer Suing To Save A GOP Senate Seat Bungles His Case, Leaves His Client At Home — Thomas Haney, a lawyer suing the Kansas Democratic Party in a suit that could save Sen. Pat Roberts' (R-KS) uphill bid for reelection, showed up to court on Monday missing a crucial element of his case — his client.
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TMZ.com:
Michael Phelps — Arrested FOR DUI ... Again — BUSTED FOR DUI — ... Again — EXCLUSIVE — Michael Phelps was arrested for driving under the influence in Baltimore, Maryland early this morning ... TMZ Sports has learned. — Our sources tell us ... the USA Olympic legend was pulled …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Ugly Senate fight could await Obama's attorney general nominee — BARACK OBAMA ERIC HOLDER THOMAS PEREZ ATTORNEY GENERAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ROBERT GATES — President Obama has a pretty obvious deadline for nominating a successor to departing Attorney General Eric Holder.
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
For next attorney general, reach across aisle: Column — Like at Defense, an attorney general and a president should come from different parties. — Eric Holder has announced that he will be stepping down as attorney general as soon as a replacement can be named.
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William Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Eric Holder slightly more popular than Sebelius and Shinseki
Eric Holder slightly more popular than Sebelius and Shinseki
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Geena Davis: Women ‘stalled’ in D.C. — Actress Geena Davis says the route to getting more women into public office lies not only in D.C — but in Hollywood. — “We're not showing female politicians in the entertainment media,” Davis, founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in the Media, said in an interview.
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Daily Mail:
Piers' next chapter: MailOnline hires former CNN anchor Morgan as Editor-at-Large (US) — Piers Morgan has been a journalist for 25 years. As Editor-at-Large (US) he will dissect and comment on the big stories that matter in America — This is his first major new role after spending …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Piers Morgan joins Daily Mail Online
Piers Morgan joins Daily Mail Online
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Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
U.S., Afghanistan sign security pact to allow American forces to remain in country — KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States and Afghanistan on Tuesday signed a vital security deal that allows some American troops to remain in Afghanistan beyond this year, ensuring a continuing U.S. presence in the region.
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
US, Afghanistan sign security agreement
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Poor Dudes Who Don't Get a “Say” Over a Woman's Reproductive Decisions — At events like this weekend's Values Voter Summit, the most interesting stuff happens not at plenary sessions where pols and opinion-leaders deliver calculated and polished remarks, but at the break-out sessions …
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Nathalie Baptiste / American Prospect:
At Religious Right Gathering, Dubious Plan Emerges for Recapturing the Presidency
At Religious Right Gathering, Dubious Plan Emerges for Recapturing the Presidency
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