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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Obama Relents on Proposal to End ‘529’ College Savings Plans — WASHINGTON — President Obama, facing angry reprisals from parents and from lawmakers of both parties, will drop his proposal to effectively end the popular college savings accounts known as 529s, but will keep an expanded tuition tax credit …
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New York Times:
White House Drone Crash Described as a U.S. Worker's Drunken Lark — WASHINGTON — It was 42 degrees and raining lightly around 3 a.m. on Monday when an inebriated off-duty employee for a government intelligence agency decided it was a good time to fly his friend's drone, a 2-foot-by-2-foot …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say — How the language police are perverting liberalism. — Around 2 a.m. on December 12, four students approached the apartment of Omar Mahmood, a Muslim student at the University of Michigan, who had recently published a column in a school newspaper about his perspective as a minority on campus.
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Alex Pareene / Gawker:
Punch-Drunk Jonathan Chait Takes On the Entire Internet — So, here is sad white man Jonathan Chait's essay about the difficulty of being a white man in the second age of “political correctness.” In a neat bit of editorial trolling, New York teased the column with following question …
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Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Clinton willing to testify before Benghazi panel, Democrat says — Hillary Clinton is willing to testify before the House Select Committee that is investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, according to the panel's top Democrat. — Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Congressman: Hillary Clinton agrees to testify to House's Benghazi panel — Washington (CNN)Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has agreed to testify to the House's select committee investigating Benghazi, the panel's Democratic ranking member told CNN on Tuesday.
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David Knowles / Bloomberg Politics:
Hillary Clinton Willing to Testify, Again, on Benghazi
Hillary Clinton Willing to Testify, Again, on Benghazi
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Huckabee Couldn't Deal With Women At Fox News Who Swore In The Office — Mike Huckabee channeled his internal Ned Flanders last week, lamenting the fact that he doesn't just hear cuss words in the office these days, but he even hears them coming from women.
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Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
Huckabee Not a Fan of Women Swearing in Workplace: ‘Just Trashy!’
Huckabee Not a Fan of Women Swearing in Workplace: ‘Just Trashy!’
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republican leaders look for escape plan on immigration — Republican leaders in the House and Senate are boxed in on immigration and searching for a way out. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) are struggling to find a way to fund the Department …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Keep immigration riders off DHS bill, all Senate Dems say
Keep immigration riders off DHS bill, all Senate Dems say
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Senate Democrats give Obama an Iran deadline
Senate Democrats give Obama an Iran deadline
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
The Netanyahu Disaster — Benjamin Netanyahu, making friends and influencing people (Reuters/The Atlantic) — Benjamin Netanyahu believes he has just one job, and that is to stop Iran from getting hold of nuclear weapons. He might argue that this description of his mission …
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Would a U.S. Strike Against Iran Actually Work?
Would a U.S. Strike Against Iran Actually Work?
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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
State Department-Funded Group Bankrolling Anti-Bibi Campaign
State Department-Funded Group Bankrolling Anti-Bibi Campaign
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Mike Cason / al.com:
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore says he will continue to recognize ban on same-sex marriage — Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has released a letter to Gov. Robert Bentley saying that he intends to continue to recognize the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and urging the governor to do so.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Lashes Out At Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Lashes Out At Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
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New York Times:
Sheldon Silver to Be Replaced as Speaker of New York State Assembly — ALBANY — Facing federal corruption charges, Sheldon Silver is being replaced as speaker of the New York Assembly next week, Democratic lawmakers said on Tuesday, paving the way for them to choose a new leader in an election to be held Feb. 10.
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Michelle Obama's uncovered head draws Saudi Twitter critique — First lady Michelle Obama faced backlash from Twitter users in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for not wearing a head covering during her brief visit there with the president. — Obama wore loose-fitting clothes including a long blue jacket …
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Koch donors give Marco Rubio early nod — Straw poll at donor summit rates 5 GOP hopefuls. — Getty — The Koch brothers' conservative network is still debating whether it will spend any of its massive $889-million budget in the Republican presidential primaries, but the prospect …
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The Onion:
NYC Mayor: ‘Reconcile Yourselves With Your God, For All Will Perish In The Tempest’ — NEW YORK—As a major winter storm continued its advance toward New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio advised residents Monday to make peace with whatever higher power they call God, for all shall meet their death in the coming tempest.
Evan Greer / The Hill:
Congress: You can't fool the public on net neutrality — There's this quote from Abraham Lincoln: — “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” — It popped into my head last week …
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Austin American-Statesman:
Rick Perry loses second request to dismiss case against him — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Perry has long insisted he was exercising his line item veto authority. — Rick Perry was indicted for abusing his powers in the veto threat of the Public Integrity Unit.
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Off the Kuff and New York Times
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Disney Eyeing Chris Pratt For Indiana Jones Revival — EXCLUSIVE: Here's one from the helluva good idea department. Marvel offerings are soaring, and Star Wars is being reinvigorated by director JJ Abrams. Now, Disney has just started to turn its attention to reviving the Indiana Jones franchise …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Gohmert: ‘Our Republican females sent entirely wrong message’ by wanting rape exception to abortion ban — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Tuesday accused GOP congresswomen — who he called “Republican females” — of sending “entirely the wrong message” …
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Fox News:
Pentagon denies decision made to charge Bergdahl with desertion — Pentagon and Army officials on Tuesday strongly denied claims that the U.S. military has decided to file desertion charges against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was released by Taliban-aligned militants last year in exchange for five Guantanamo prisoners.
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