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Bob Kerrey / USA Today:
Sen. Bob Kerrey: Partisan torture report fails America — Intelligence agencies need guidance to do better, Senate Democrats failed to provide it. — I regret having to write a piece that is critical of the Democratic members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
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Aleksander Chan / Gawker:
Fox News Host: Get Over CIA Torture Report Because “America Is Awesome” — As people work their way through the passel of documents that is the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on post-9/11, Bush-era CIA torture, Fox News is ready to weigh in: The long-planned doc dump is all political subterfuge.
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell: Torture Report Was One Last ‘Thumb In The Eye’ Of Bush Admin — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) bashed a CIA torture report released by Democrats on Tuesday as just one last “thumb in the eye of the Bush administration.” — McConnell made those comments during a Politico Lessons from Leaders event.
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mccain.senate.gov:
FLOOR STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON CIA INTERROGATION METHODS
FLOOR STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON CIA INTERROGATION METHODS
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Adam Chandler / The Atlantic Online:
This Is How a Prisoner of War Feels About Torture
This Is How a Prisoner of War Feels About Torture
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Howard Dean / Politico:
I'm Ready for Hillary — Hillary Clinton is by far the most qualified person in the United States to serve as President. If she runs, I will support her. I have known Hillary for almost twenty-five years. We first met when I was the governor of Vermont and she was the First Lady …
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Michael Hirsh / Politico:
Michael Hayden Is Not Sorry — The Senate report rakes Bush's former CIA director over the coals. He fires back in an exclusive interview. — Though the CIA's “enhanced interrogation” program long predated his takeover of the agency in 2006, former Director Michael Hayden has found himself …
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National Journal:
Sen. Mark Udall, Bashing CIA, Reveals Classified Findings on Interrogation Program
Sen. Mark Udall, Bashing CIA, Reveals Classified Findings on Interrogation Program
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The Hill:
Senate Republicans feud over whether to keep nuke option — Senate Republicans met behind closed doors Tuesday to debate whether they should reverse changes to the filibuster that made it easier for Senate Democrats to confirm President Obama's nominees. — GOP lawmakers and senators-elect …
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Washington Monthly, The Hugh Hewitt Show, National Review and The PJ Tatler
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
What will Cruz do? — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) faces …
What will Cruz do? — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) faces …
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BuzzFeed:
Lena Dunham: Why I Chose To Speak Out — The ways I've been attacked for sharing my story show how far we have to go when discussing sexual assault. — Mike Marsland / WireImage / BuzzFeed — It has been almost a decade since I was sexually assaulted.
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Hilary Sargent / Boston Globe:
Harvard Business School Professor Goes to War Over $4 Worth of Chinese Food — Ben Edelman (left) and Ran Duan (right) — Ben Edelman is an associate professor at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit.
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
How much did Gruber make? — ObamaCare consultant Jonathan Gruber refused to say Tuesday how much money he received in federal and state contracts related to healthcare reform. — In a series of tense exchanges with lawmakers, Gruber declined to estimate how much he was paid and repeatedly referred questions to his lawyer.
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Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
Jonathan Gruber's Weak New Excuse for His Obamacare Exchange Subsidies “Speak-O”
Jonathan Gruber's Weak New Excuse for His Obamacare Exchange Subsidies “Speak-O”
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Noah Rothman / Hot Air:
Gruber won't deny the White House wanted to trick Congress into passing the ACA
Gruber won't deny the White House wanted to trick Congress into passing the ACA
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Perry Chiaramonte / Fox News:
Parents angry after school tells 13-year-olds they can have sex, choose gender — Students at Acalanes High School in Northern California were given this gender identity chart in a sex ed class conducted by the local Planned Parenthood chapter. — Students at one northern California high school …
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Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Plurality-Winning Governors Elected At Century-Long High Water Mark — The rate of gubernatorial candidates elected without the support of a majority of voters is at its highest level since the 1910s — The 2014 election cycle fell far short of the projected upheaval in the number of governors ousted from office in November.
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Washington Monthly, OnPolitics, Washington Post and Political Wire
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Jonathan Gruber hearing was a zany coda to Darrell Issa's tumultuous tenure — A gaffe, under the oft-cited Michael Kinsley rule, is when somebody in Washington accidentally speaks the truth. But what happens when frankness leads you to say something so monumentally stupid …
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Democrats lost the South through culture war and elitism — Fritz Hollings, John Edwards, Zell Miller, Blanche Lincoln, John Breaux, Kay Hagan, Mark Pryor and Mary Landrieu. These eight Democrats have been senators from the South in the past decade. — If not for Southern Democrats …
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Bank of America sees $50 oil as Opec dies — “Our biggest worry is the end of the liquidity cycle. The Fed is done. The reach for yield that we have seen since 2009 is going into reverse”, said Bank of America.
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Harry Reid's new mission: Blocking ‘crazy stuff’ — An interview with the Senate's incoming minority leader. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has had one of the hardest jobs in Washington for the past six years as he battled Republicans, struggled to keep his party in power and worked to advance President Barack Obama's agenda.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Reid, in Diminished Role, Vows Fight With G.O.P.
Reid, in Diminished Role, Vows Fight With G.O.P.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Rick Santorum is running for president again — and says this time will be different — Rick Santorum won primaries and caucuses in 11 states in 2012, coming in a respectable second in the GOP presidential primary season. And Republicans have a history of bestowing their nomination on the next guy in line …
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