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USA Today:
People know the consequences: Opposing view — Why did France allow the tabloid to provoke Muslims? — Contrary to popular misconception, Islam does not mean peace but rather means submission to the commands of Allah alone. Therefore, Muslims do not believe in the concept of freedom of expression …
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George Packer / New Yorker:
The Blame for the Charlie Hebdo Murders — The murders today in Paris are not a result of France's failure to assimilate two generations of Muslim immigrants from its former colonies. They're not about French military action against the Islamic State in the Middle East, or the American invasion of Iraq before that.
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Europe Is Under Siege — The European Parliament complex in Brussels, where I happen to be sitting at the moment, is meant to be a monument to post-World War II continental ideals of peaceable integration, tolerance, free speech, and openness. All of these notions seem to be under attack at once …
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Daily Mail:
Attack came less than 24 hours after 12 people were shot dead at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, also in Paris — French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve - pictured second left, at the site of the shooting in Montrouge - said the shooter was still at large
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Guardian:
Charlie Hebdo staff vow to publish next week with 1m print run — Writer for satirical magazine says ‘stupidity will not win’ as Google pledges to donate €250,000 to support the publication — Surviving staff members of Charlie Hebdo have vowed to publish the satirical weekly next Wednesday …
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New York Times:
Two Brothers Suspected in Killings Were Known to French Intelligence Services — PARIS — When Chérif Kouachi first came to the attention of the French authorities as a possible terrorist a decade ago, he was in his early 20s and, according to testimony during a 2008 Paris trial …
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Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
After Charlie Hebdo attack, U.S. Catholic group says cartoonists ‘provoked’ slaughter
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Bill / Catholic League:
MUSLIMS ARE RIGHT TO BE ANGRY
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Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:
Manhunt for Charlie Hebdo Attack Suspects Continues
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Blasphemy We Need — In the wake of the vicious murders …
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Is Islam to Blame for the Shooting at Charlie Hebdo in Paris?
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Arthur Goldhammer / Fact-Based, In-Depth News:
Let's not sacralize Charlie Hebdo
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Matt Welch / Hit & Run:
‘Je suis Charlie’? No, You're Not, or Else You Might Be Dead
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer to Retire — Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, one of the chamber's most tenacious liberals, announced Thursday she will not seek re-election in 2016 to a fifth term. — A staunch supporter of abortion rights, gun control and environmental protections …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Barbara Boxer retiring, not running for reelection in 2016 — Sen. Boxer: I will not run in 2016 01:20 — Story highlights — Boxer announced her decision not to run for reelection in 2016 in a YouTube video with her grandson — Boxer said she will work to elect …
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Dems' Big Conundrum In GOP Senate: How To Deploy The Filibuster? — When Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) took to his chamber's floor on Wednesday he warned that the now minority Senate Democrats “had no intention of just rolling over” but added that the “gratuitous obstruction …
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Durbin: ‘Now is the time’ to raise gas tax
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Cory Shaffer / Plain Dealer:
Extended Tamir Rice shooting video shows officers restrained sister — CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland police officers forced Tamir Rice's 14-year-old sister to the ground, handcuffed her and placed in the back of a Cleveland police car steps away from her wounded 12-year-old brother.
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
It's All Right with Sam — Samuel A. Alito Jr. may be the least recognizable of Supreme Court justices. I doubt if one American in a thousand could pick him out of a lineup. Those who do know the name, if not the face, of the 64-year-old justice most likely lump him with the other conservatives …
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Dumbest 57 Seconds Ever On TV? — Adam Baldwin linked to this MSNBC clip with a succinct tweet “Spot the morons/cowards.” — All due respect to Adam, but his understatement is almost a scandal. We've posted a lot of incredibly stupid sound bites from MSNBC and other places around here …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Clinton Foundation Accepted $25,000 from Known Pedophile — On July 18, 2006, the Clinton Foundation received a $25,000 check from the C.O.U.Q. Foundation, whose president was known pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, a friend of Bill Clinton. The donation is revealed in the C.O.U.Q. Foundation's 990 tax form, filed with the IRS.
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Reuters:
Howard Dean: Paris attackers not ‘Muslim terrorists’ — File photo of Howard Dean, former head of the Democratic National Committee. — Former Democratic Party head Howard Dean objected to calling the shooters in the Paris attack “Muslim terrorists,” though the attackers were witnessed shouting “Allahu akbar” as they fired.
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Burlington Free Press:
Shumlin defeats Milne in Legislature governor vote — Peter Shumlin has been re-elected Vermont governor by state Legislature, 110-69, over Republican challenger Scott Milne. — That's 61.5 percent for Shumlin, 38.5 for Milne. — Libertarian Dan Feliciano, the third-place finisher …
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Political Wire and Real Clear Politics
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Boehner defends retribution — A day after winning his third term as Speaker, John Boehner (R-Ohio) said his conference had begun a “family conversation” about how to respond to the 25 conservatives who revolted and voted against him on the floor. — Boehner confirmed that the Rules …
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner and Shark Tank
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Two Infants Too Young For Vaccinations Contract Measles From Unvaccinated People At Disneyland — CREDIT: PRNewsFoto/Disney Parks via AP Images — California officials issued a health alert this week over a measles outbreak that appears to have originated at Disneyland theme parks.
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