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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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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.
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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Washington Post:
Surgeon general nominee Vivek Murthy, opposed by gun lobby, confirmed
Surgeon general nominee Vivek Murthy, opposed by gun lobby, confirmed
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Political Wire, The White House, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid plays hardball in lame duck
Harry Reid plays hardball in lame duck
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Hinterland Gazette, The Hill and Hot Air
Salman Masood / New York Times:
Taliban Kill Scores in Attack on Pakistani School — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In one of Pakistan's bloodiest attacks in recent years, scores of people were killed after a group of Taliban gunmen stormed a school in northern Pakistan, officials and rescue workers said on Tuesday.
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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.
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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Saad Khan / Agence France-Presse:
Carnage as Taliban storm Pakistan school, kill 130 — 12 hrs ago — Peshawar (Pakistan) (AFP) - Taliban insurgents killed at least 130 people, most of them children, after storming an army-run school in Pakistan on Tuesday in one of the country's bloodiest attacks in recent years.
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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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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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Fox News:
Warren's present-tense denial adds to speculation she will run in 2016
Warren's present-tense denial adds to speculation she will run in 2016
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Shark Tank
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Don't Bet On Clinton Faltering In Iowa A Second Time
Don't Bet On Clinton Faltering In Iowa A Second Time
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iotwreport.com, Washington Monthly, Wall Street Journal and OnPolitics
Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
Warren says (4 times) she's not running for president
Warren says (4 times) she's not running for president
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National Review, New York Post and NPR
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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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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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
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.
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: 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 says it will give customers more time to pay their premiums for January.
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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.
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.
Lauran Neergaard / Associated Press:
Survey: E-cigs surpass regular cigs in teen use — Associated Press 1 hr ago — WASHINGTON (AP) — Electronic cigarettes have surpassed traditional smoking in popularity among teens, the government's annual drug use survey finds. — Even as tobacco smoking by teens dropped to new lows …
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.
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
The world according to Garth — Remembering the pioneer of the modern political ad. — He cut his teeth producing high school sports for local television, and his first political crusade was Adlai Stevenson's sentimental presidential campaign in 1960. He made the on-air advertisements …
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Tony Romm / Politico:
Uber answers Al Franken, takes aim at privacy questions — Uber on Monday strongly defended its privacy practices, telling Sen. Al Franken in a letter that the company “prohibits employees from accessing rider personal information except for business purposes” — but the Democratic senator said he still isn't convinced.
John Paul Rollert / The Atlantic Online:
Meeting Ayn Rand on the Las Vegas Strip — For eight days last summer, a new generation of Randians was indoctrinated in the auditoriums of The Venetian. Where better to absorb Atlas Shrugged 's teachings than in a city of extremes? — 111-degree heat is confounding …
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