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Los Angeles Times:
Republican majorities struggle to get Congress working — After six weeks in session and 139 roll call votes in a House and Senate that feature some of the largest Republican majorities in generations, one of the most telling statistics from the new Congress is this: President Obama's veto threats outnumber …
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
Boehner ‘certainly’ prepared to let DHS funding expire
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Conservatives not sweating Homeland Security shutdown
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Washington Monthly, Christian Science Monitor and Hot Air
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Scott Walker's national education effect: Column — The college dropout governor may bring reality back to an Ivy League-suffocated government. — A lot of people don't know much about him yet, and he may not even be running, but if Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is elected president in 2016 …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
A Presidential Education — One of the issues raised by Scott Walker's quick ascendancy to the top tier of presidential candidacy in the 2016 Invisible Primary is the phony scandal of his lack of a college degree. I call it a “phony scandal” because while there have been a few liberals …
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Chris Stephen / Guardian:
Libya and Egypt launch air strikes against Isis after militants post beheadings video — President Sisi had vowed to ‘avenge the criminal killings’ after release of video purporting to show killing of 21 Christians, believed to be kidnapped Egyptians — Egypt reported that its war planes …
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New York Post:
Let's see her e-mails — It's been nearly two years since Lois Lerner planted a question at an American Bar Association gathering to slip in the fact that the IRS had singled out Tea Party groups for special scrutiny. — Since then, we've learned the following:
The Atlantic Online:
What ISIS Really Wants — The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here's what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it. — Graeme Wood
Daily Mail:
Mother of four shot in road rage horror while teaching daughter to drive dies as grieving husband vows to find mystery killer — Las Vegas mom Tammy Meyers, 44, gave her 15-year-old daughter a driving lesson that triggered an unthinkable chain of events — A car allegedly followed …
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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
GOP cools on Loretta Lynch — President Obama's pick to serve as the next attorney general is having a hard time finding Republican supporters. — To be confirmed by the Senate, attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch only needs four Republicans to support her nomination.
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Get ready for the return of the Global War On Terror — Are you ready for a revival of the Global War on Terror? Not that it ever really went away (even if President Obama retired the term), but the increasingly complex situation with ISIS is moving America toward a return to the days of fear and loathing …
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Yanis Varoufakis / New York Times:
No Time for Games in Europe — ATHENS — I am writing this piece on the margins of a crucial negotiation with my country's creditors — a negotiation the result of which may mark a generation, and even prove a turning point for Europe's unfolding experiment with monetary union.
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Matt Grant / WESH-TV:
Hundreds of teens cause chaos in Ocoee — Fights erupt, shots fired outside movie theater — Police made two arrests after a night of mayhem in Ocoee on Saturday. — Authorities with the Ocoee Police Department said one juvenile was arrested on charges of battery and resisting arrest without violence.
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Ian Parker / New Yorker:
The Shape of Things to Come — How an industrial designer became Apple's greatest product. — I. Launch Day … “We can do this the easy way or we can do this the cute way.” — BUY THE PRINT » … II. The Studio … “Excuse me—those performance reviews were supposed to be anonymous.”
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The Daily Caller, Tech Times and The Verge
Michael Wilner / Jerusalem Post:
Washington officials deny report of freezing Israel out of Iran nuclear talks — Jewish congressmen ask Boehner to explain accusation ... Boehner admits making calculated move not to inform W... Earlier on Sunday, Channel 2 reported that Obama administration would cease providing Israel …
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