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Mark Fallon / Politico:
Dick Cheney Was Lying About Torture — The Senate report confirms it doesn't work. As those of us on the inside knew. — It's official: torture doesn't work. Waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11, did not in fact “produce the intelligence that allowed us to get Osama bin Laden …
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Taylor Marsh and Outside the Beltway
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
The insane narrative you are supposed to believe about the torture report — On Friday, Bloomberg View's Josh Rogin reported that Secretary of State John F. Kerry had quite the conversation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.): … The State Department pushed back somewhat on that story …
Anthony D. Romero / New York Times:
Pardon Bush and Those Who Tortured
Pardon Bush and Those Who Tortured
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emptywheel, Hullabaloo, RedState, The Dish, Daily Signal and Daily Kos
Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
Dianne Feinstein leaving intelligence job amid clash on tactics report
Dianne Feinstein leaving intelligence job amid clash on tactics report
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CNN, Addicting Info and New York Times
New York Times:
White House and Republicans Clash Over C.I.A. Torture Report
White House and Republicans Clash Over C.I.A. Torture Report
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Reuters, BBC and Prairie Weather
Jose A. Rodriguez Jr. / Washington Post:
Today's CIA critics once urged the agency to do anything to fight al-Qaeda
Today's CIA critics once urged the agency to do anything to fight al-Qaeda
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The Huffington Post, New York Times, Foreign Policy, Hit & Run and NO QUARTER USA NET
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
How The New Republic Lost Its Place — The strangest thing about the calamity that last week struck my old magazine, The New Republic, is this: It wasn't about politics. When I was coming of age in the 1980s and 1990s, TNR was known for its intramural ideological brawls.
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James Kirchick / The Daily Beast:
The Rise and Fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America's Worst Gay Power Couple — Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge have always been entitled brats. And now the media has finally noticed. — Just three years ago, Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge were the toast of the liberal establishment.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The New Republic is dead, thanks to its owner, Chris Hughes
The New Republic is dead, thanks to its owner, Chris Hughes
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Mediaite, Fox News, Balloon Juice, The Huffington Post and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »
Pew Research Center:
Sharp Racial Divisions in Reactions to Brown, Garner Decisions — Many Blacks Expect Police-Minority Relations to Worsen — The public has very different reactions to the recent grand jury decisions in two police-related deaths that have sparked protests in cities across the country.
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Jezebel and The Gateway Pundit
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Americans back charges in Eric Garner death
Poll: Americans back charges in Eric Garner death
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Prairie Weather
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why Eric Garner is the turning point Ferguson never was
Why Eric Garner is the turning point Ferguson never was
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The Dish, FOX2now.com, New York Magazine, Hot Air, National Review and No More Mister Nice Blog
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans clash on reversing nuclear option in Senate — Republicans are split over whether to change the Senate's rules to allow filibusters on executive and judicial nominations. — As they head into a conference meeting on Tuesday, some Republicans say it's time to undo a wrong committed …
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Outside the Beltway
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
Lena Dunham's publisher says her alleged rapist “Barry” wasn't actually named Barry — Lena Dunham in a scene from the HBO series “Girls.” (JoJo Whilden/HBO via AP) — As I noted last week, Lena Dunham's memoir describes her having sex with someone named Barry, whom she labels as Oberlin's “resident conservative.”
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Althouse, Betsy's Page, Vox Popoli, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Twitchy
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Clare Foran / The Atlantic Online:
The Plan to Get Climate-Change Denial Into Schools — “As the amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases increase, the Earth warms. Scientists warn that climate change, caused by this warming, will pose challenges to society.” — That language—featured in a fifth-grade Texas …
Bill Clark / Roll Call:
McConnell Pushes Campaign Finance Changes — An effort to ease limits on spending by party committees was among the late lingering issues as negotiations continued on legislation to keep the government funded past Thursday. — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has championed the change …
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Political Wire
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
McConnell Plots a Functional, Bipartisan Senate
McConnell Plots a Functional, Bipartisan Senate
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PoliticusUSA
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
MoveOn.org Looks to Nudge Elizabeth Warren Into 2016 Presidential Race — WASHINGTON — Some Democrats are “Ready for Hillary.” MoveOn.org is ready for Elizabeth Warren. — The liberal group is poised to spend $1 million on a campaign to draft Senator Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat …
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Politico and Political Wire
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Politics:
Approval Ratings Hit 5-Year High for GOP — Republicans are enjoying a five-year peak in popularity after their wins in the midterm elections, according to a new Bloomberg Politics poll, while President Barack Obama struggles with his lowest job approval rating, at 39 percent.
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Political Wire
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Associated Press:
When rape matters, and when it doesn't: Column — In the eyes of the media, all rapes are equal. But some rapes are more equal than others. — Rape is a terrible crime and deserves the harshest punishment and condemnation. Yet, in the public sphere, all rapes are not created equal.
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National Review, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Washington Post and Bloomberg View, more at Mediagazer »
Jon Hilsenrath / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Aims to Signal Shift on Low Rates — Central Bank Could Drop ‘Considerable Time’ Phrasing in Policy Statement — Federal Reserve officials are seriously considering an important shift in tone at their policy meeting next week: dropping an assurance that short-term interest rates …
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Business Insider, Economist's View, Tim Duy's Fed Watch and Calculated Risk
Allen McDuffee / The Atlantic Online:
De Blasio: Giuliani ‘Fundamentally Misunderstands the Reality’ of Race — The New York mayor today addressed the week in protests, and experience with his own son. — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday admonished former Mayor Rudy Giuliani for his repeated recent comments that …
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The Gateway Pundit
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Applying ‘Broken Windows’ to the Police — In poorer neighborhoods, overly aggressive officers are too often a source of community anxiety. Their misbehavior contributes to disorder. — One of the most influential policing concepts of our era, the broken-windows theory …
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Washington Post