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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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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Mitt Romney's Latest Excuse for His 47 Percent Remarks Is a Doozy — You won't believe who he's blaming now. — Mitt Romney explains his 47 percent remark, Take 23. — During a recent sit-down with the New York Times' Mark Leibovich, the former GOP presidential nominee …
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
White House intruder was tackled by off-duty Secret Service agent — The man who jumped over the White House fence and sprinted through the main floor of the mansion could have gotten even farther had it not been for an off-duty Secret Service agent who was coincidentally in the house and leaving for the night.
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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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Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
NFL penalizes Muslim player for praying; league says it was wrong (updated)
NFL penalizes Muslim player for praying; league says it was wrong (updated)
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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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James Hohmann / Politico:
Liberal doves run as war hawks
Liberal doves run as war hawks
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Brooks Boliek / Politico:
FCC sacks NFL blackout rule — The FCC dumped the sports blackout rule Tuesday, dealing a blow to the NFL at a time of growing scrutiny for the league in Washington. — In a unanimous 5- vote, the commission eliminated the decades-old regulation, which prevents cable and satellite TV …
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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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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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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
7 Charts That Prove Obamacare Is Working — One year after healthcare.gov crashed, things are looking up for the president's signature achievement — Obamacare is not popular. In the latest tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation, 47 percent of respondents said they have an unfavorable opinion …
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Holder to depart with 26-percent favorable rating — Attorney General Eric Holder will leave the administration with a 26-percent favorable rating, but that is higher than two other Cabinet secretaries who recently departed the Obama administration. — According to an online YouGov poll …
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The Hill:
Reid, Daschle feud erupts — Simmering tensions between Harry Reid and Tom Daschle are erupting into an all-out feud. — Daschle is expressing frustration with the Senate majority leader (D-Nev.) for refusing to endorse Rick Weiland, a former Daschle aide who is running for the South Dakota seat held …
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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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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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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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Robert Zubrin / National Review:
Obama Betrays the Kurds — In his speech to the United Nations last week, President Obama pledged to the world that the United States would use its might to stop the horrific depredations of the terrorist movement variously known as the Islamic State, ISIS, or, as he calls it, ISIL.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why it might be time to sell that Rand Paul stock — Sen. Rand Paul's best window for winning the 2016 Republican presidential nomination increasingly looks like it has passed. — A lot can happen over the next 18 months, but the renewed focus on foreign policy — and more specifically …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ben Carson: AP History Would Make Kids Want To ‘Sign Up For ISIS’ (VIDEO) — Conservative pundit Dr. Ben Carson on Monday suggested that the new AP U.S. History curriculum will make students want to “sign up for ISIS.” — During a speech at the Center for Security Policy's National Security Action Summit …
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Charles B. Strozier / The Huffington Post:
How Climate Change Helped ISIS — As the Obama administration undertakes a highly public, multilateral campaign to degrade and destroy the militant jihadists known as ISIS, ISIL and the Islamic State, many in the West remain unaware that climate played a significant role in the rise of Syria's extremists.
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