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Salman Masood / New York Times:
Taliban Attack on School in Pakistan Kills More Than 100 — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Taliban gunmen stormed a school in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing more than 100 people, most of them children, in the worst terrorist attack in Pakistan in years. Hundreds of students were trapped inside …
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BBC:
Pakistan Taliban ‘kill 100’ in assault on Peshawar school — At least 100 people, mostly children, have been killed in a Taliban assault on an army-run school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials say. — Five or six militants wearing security uniforms entered the school, officials said.
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Jibran Ahmad / Reuters:
Over 120 Pakistanis, mostly children, killed in Taliban high school attack — (Reuters) - At least 126 people, most of them children, were killed on Tuesday when Taliban gunmen stormed a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, taking hundreds of students hostage in the bloodiest insurgent attack in the country in years.
Daily Mail:
'Our classmates were shot in front of us... I felt bullets flying past my head': Boy aged 10 recounts horror of seeing friends gunned down in Pakistani school slaughter as Taliban fighters massacred more than 100 children — A 10-year-old boy caught up in the Peshawar school massacre that saw …
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CNN:
At least four children dead as Taliban storm Pakistan school
At least four children dead as Taliban storm Pakistan school
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Saad Khan / Agence France-Presse:
Carnage as Taliban storm Pakistan school, kill 130
Carnage as Taliban storm Pakistan school, kill 130
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Politico:
Vivek Murthy confirmed as surgeon general — The Senate on Monday narrowly confirmed Vivek Murthy to be the nation's surgeon general, making him one of the highest-profile beneficiaries of the Senate's nuclear option. — The nomination was strongly opposed by the National Rifle Association …
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Jim Malewitz / Politico:
Ted Cruz trolled over surgeon general vote — The Senate's confirmation of Vivek Murthy to surgeon general on Monday gave Democrats a chance to troll GOP firebrand Ted Cruz on twitter. — Implying the Republican senator paved the way for a vote after over 500 days without a surgeon general …
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The Hill:
Manchin sides with NRA against Obama's surgeon general nominee — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Monday bucked Democratic leadership to vote against the controversial surgeon general nominee whom conservatives have bashed for calling gun violence a public health concern.
Charles Hoskinson / Washington Examiner:
Unqualified nominees get their jobs — thanks, Harry
Unqualified nominees get their jobs — thanks, Harry
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Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
Senate Confirms Vivek Murthy As Surgeon General Over NRA Opposition
Senate Confirms Vivek Murthy As Surgeon General Over NRA Opposition
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Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:
EXCLUSIVE: New York Mag's Boy Genius Investor Made It All Up — In an exclusive Observer interview, Mohammed Islam, said to have investment returns of $72 million as a hs senior, admits he invented the whole story — Damir Tulemaganbetov and Mohammed Islam (r) in the office of 5WPR …
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Jessica Pressler / New York Magazine:
12. Because a Stuyvesant Senior Made Millions Picking Stocks. His Hedge Fund Opens as Soon As He Turns 18.
12. Because a Stuyvesant Senior Made Millions Picking Stocks. His Hedge Fund Opens as Soon As He Turns 18.
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Bill Clinton: Eric Garner 'didn't deserve to die' — Bill Clinton urged people to move beyond hard-wire racial perceptions and said that the unarmed black man killed after an apparent chokehold by police in New York City “didn't deserve to die.” — Clinton made the comments in an interview with Fusion …
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Trevor Eischen / Politico:
David Brooks: Elizabeth Warren has chance of being nominated — New York Times columnist David Brooks says Elizabeth Warren has a “significant and growing chance of being nominated” as the Democratic candidate in the 2016 presidential election. — In an op-ed titled “Warren Can Win,” …
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Get Ready for the Obama Boomlet — Remember when pundits loved the president? The conditions are right for that old feeling to return. — Remember when pundits loved Barack Obama? It's been quite a few years now. But I suspect some of the adoration is about to come back. — There are three reasons.
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John Lewis / The Atlantic Online:
Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and the ‘Other America’
Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and the ‘Other America’
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Political Insider blog and Mediaite
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
David Garth, 84, Dies; Consultant Was an Innovator of Political TV Ads — David Garth, a pugnacious and indefatigable pioneer of the political commercial, who helped elect governors, senators and four New York City mayors, died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 84.
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Politico:
Ted Cruz reignites GOP civil war — Republican senators pounded Ted Cruz over the weekend, lashing him for his procedural tactics and ultimately voting in large numbers against his immigration gambit. — Now, Cruz's allies off Capitol Hill are looking for revenge. — Story Continued Below
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Michael Kinsley / Vanity Fair:
The Irony and the Ecstasy — Every serious G.O.P. presidential aspirant invokes the glorious era of Ronald Reagan, to which the country must return. Ignore the fact that, for the likes of Paul Ryan and Rand Paul, Reagan's actual record—from increased bureaucracy to higher deficits—should be seen as a complete failure.
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Govt urges dismissal of lawsuit over immigration — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is urging dismissal of a lawsuit that would dismantle the president's immigration program, an initiative designed to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation.
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Plain Dealer:
Cleveland Browns receiver Andrew Hawkins delivers emotional response to Cleveland police union's reaction to ‘Justice for Tamir Rice’ shirt — Adam Ferrise, Northeast Ohio Media Group By Adam Ferrise, Northeast Ohio Media Group — CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins defended …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
That big CIA ‘torture’ report? Americans just shrugged. — A new poll from the Pew Research Center is the first to gauge reactions to last week's big CIA report on “enhanced interrogation techniques” — what agency critics call torture. — And the reaction is pretty muted.
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Paul Kendrick / Talking Points Memo:
C'mon, Stop Blaming Obama For Failing To Cure America Of Racism — A few days ago in a Fox News segment called “Post-Racial President Keeps Dividing America,” Judge Jeanine said “Americans, once hopeful that after electing the first African-American president the issue of race would be a thing of the past …
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Nothing Succeeds Like Liberal Secession: Blue America Without Red America Would Be A Basket Case — The July 4, 2019, ceremony marking the final dissolution of the United States of America was quite amicable compared to the anger and bitterness of the preceding five years.
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Insurers ease ‘Obamacare’ deadline — WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to head off a new round of consumer headaches with President Barack Obama's health care law, the insurance industry said Tuesday it will give customers more time to pay their premiums for January.
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Jonathan Turley / USA Today:
After Ferguson, come the apologies for nothing: Column — Racially-charged campuses shut down the conversation. — College campuses last week seemed more like centers of political reeducation rather than real learning as various academics have been forced into public apologies over references …
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Michael Lewis / Bloomberg View:
Eight Things I Wish for Wall Street — It's a wonderful life on Wall Street, yet here is a holiday wish list to make it even better. — 1. The financial sector rids itself of anyone with even the faintest reason to believe that he or she is unusually clever.