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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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Hot Air, Politico, The Federalist, American Spectator and The Verge
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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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Balloon Juice
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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CNN, Guardian, Newsmax, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Hill, American Prospect and Liberal Values
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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Washington Post and Washington Times
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Fox melts down after torture report: ‘The United States of America is awesome, we are awesome!’
Fox melts down after torture report: ‘The United States of America is awesome, we are awesome!’
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Talking Points Memo, CANNONFIRE, Mediaite, Taylor Marsh, Jezebel and rubber hose
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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Bloomberg View, The Seattle Times, New York Times, The Daily Caller and Wall Street Journal
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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United States Senator …, Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg View, Vox, PoliticusUSA and Politico
New York Times:
The Senate Report on the C.I.A.'s Torture and Lies
The Senate Report on the C.I.A.'s Torture and Lies
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Washington Post, Business Insider, Questions and Observations, Bloomberg View, Hot Air and Democracy in America
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
WATCH Fox Host Lose It Over Senate Torture Report: ‘We Are Awesome!’
WATCH Fox Host Lose It Over Senate Torture Report: ‘We Are Awesome!’
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Mediaite, The Daily Banter, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, Raw Story, New Yorker, The Moderate Voice, ProPublica and Unfogged w/ Comments
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 …
Discussion:
National Review and The Hugh Hewitt Show
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
What will Cruz do? — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) faces a tough decision on whether to follow through on his pledge to block any legislation he deemed nonessential in the lame-duck session. — With his colleagues scrambling to finish a $1 trillion government-funding measure and get out of town, Cruz is a wild card.
Discussion:
Political Wire
James Hohmann / Politico:
DSCC left with $20.4M in post-election debt
DSCC left with $20.4M in post-election debt
Discussion:
Washington Post and Political Wire
Peter Overby / NPR:
In Spending Bill, A Gift For Political Party Fundraising
In Spending Bill, A Gift For Political Party Fundraising
Discussion:
Politico, Daily Kos, Political Wire and Democracy21
Manu Raju / Politico:
Harry Reid's new mission: Blocking ‘crazy stuff’
Harry Reid's new mission: Blocking ‘crazy stuff’
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Hot Air, Daily Kos and Washington Free Beacon
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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Yahoo! News, Weekly Standard and Hot Air
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Deal reached on $1.01 trillion spending bill
Deal reached on $1.01 trillion spending bill
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RedState, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, Power Line, PoliticusUSA and The Daily Caller
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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Washington Monthly, Fox News, Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
How much did Gruber make? — ObamaCare consultant Jonathan …
How much did Gruber make? — ObamaCare consultant Jonathan …
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National Review
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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Power Line, CNSNews and Wall Street Journal
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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New York Times and Politico
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Gruber grilled at marathon hearing
Gruber grilled at marathon hearing
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Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and Fox News
Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
Still cooking the ObamaCare books
Still cooking the ObamaCare books
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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.
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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Talking Points Memo, JustOneMinute, RedState, Fox News, Mediaite and The Daily Banter
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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Betsy's Page
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.
Discussion:
Political Wire and Washington Post
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.
Discussion:
Political Wire
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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Instapundit
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Social Injustice Ate My Homework — Harvard law students have been taught to think like spoiled children. — If there were a First Rule of our present penchant for victimhood, it would presumably be that everything unpleasant that happens in the world must, in some way, eventually be about you.
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Shot in the Dark and National Law Journal