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Jeb Bush's foreign policy team is eerily familiar, in one Venn diagram — Former Florida governor Jeb Bush will announce his foreign policy vision in a speech Wednesday in Chicago. Accompanying that speech is a rollout of a slate of experts who will help guide the candidate on foreign policy issues.
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Mediaite, Wall Street Journal, CNN, The Huffington Post and Hot Air
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Inside Jeb Bush's ‘shock and awe’ launch — While Bush avoided the spotlight last year, aides were making a plan. — NEW YORK — In November 2013, Jeb Bush took to the rostrum at New York's Marriott Marquis for the annual meeting of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association …
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The Stranger …, Fox News, Washington Post, New York Magazine and rubber hose


The Same People Who Lied To You About Iraq Are Now In Charge Of Jeb Bush's Foreign Policy — President George W. Bush with then-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in 2006. — CREDIT: AP — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) will deliver a speech on Wednesday that seeks to distance his foreign policy views …
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BuzzFeed, Reuters, Washington Post, msnbc.com and Politico

Politico Makes Case For Just Declaring Jeb Bush President Right Now — I'm already abundantly on record defending Politico as an indispensable institution that among other things regularly produces some valuable reporting on American politics and government.
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Bloomberg Business and Booman Tribune


Jeb Bush and the ghost of W
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Bloomberg Business, Vox, The Great Debate, Washington Post and The Week

Jeb Bush: ‘I love my father and my brother...but I am my own man’
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The Moderate Voice, New Yorker, Shakesville, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Hot Air and The Week

Jeb Bush: ‘I Am My Own Man,’ Not My Brother or Father
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Bloomberg Business


Op-Ed President Obama: Our fight against violent extremism — The United States has made significant gains against terrorism. We've decimated the core al Qaeda leadership, strengthened homeland security and worked to prevent another large-scale attack like 9/11. — At the same time, the threat has evolved.
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Obama: Extremists Have “Legitimate Grievances”
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Twitchy, White House.gov Blog and Ed Driscoll


Oklahoma Bill Banning AP US History Would Make Students Study Ten Commandments, 3 Speeches By Reagan — An Oklahoma bill banning Advanced Placement U.S. History would also require schools to instruct students in a long list of “foundational documents,” including the Ten Commandments, two sermons and three speeches by Ronald Reagan.
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New York Magazine, Tulsa World and Daily Kos
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Oklahoma bill would make AP U.S. History history
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Talking Points Memo, Oklahoma Watch, Addicting Info and Raw Story


Is President Obama a Muslim? A lot has been written about this, but if photographs speak louder than words, then a photo taken at last August's U.S.-African Leaders' Summit in Washington D.C. might shed considerable light. — It shows Barack Hussein Obama flashing the one-finger affirmation …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, alicublog and Raw Story


Muslims To Form ‘Peace Ring’ Around Norwegian Synagogue After Copenhagen Attacks — A group of Muslims plan on forming a “peace ring” around a synagogue in Oslo, Norway, following the recent attack on a synagogue in Copenhagen. — Hajrad Arshad, the 17-year-old organizing the event …
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The Local, FOX News Radio, Horizons and Jewish Telegraphic Agency


Sapling planted by Barack Obama at Raj Ghat on the verge of dying — A tree sapling planted by US President Barack Obama at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat in New Delhi during his recent visit to India is apparently on the verge of ‘dying’, probably due to lack of proper care.
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Sheriff: Man who falsely claimed detective assaulted him caught on video punching himself — A California man, who claimed detectives assaulted him during an interview at the Lane County Jail last month, has been found guilty of attempted coercion and initiating a false report after surveillance video …
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The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Associated Press
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Alleged Police Brutality Victim Caught on Camera Punching Self in Face
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Mediaite


Guy Who Gets Paid to Say Obamacare Doesn't Work Can't Find a Single True Fact to Support His Case — It's the Heritage Foundation. We are dealing with morons here. — Obamacare has increased enrollment in its health care exchanges to more than 11 million, and the conservative response …
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Daily Kos and Lawyers, Guns & Money


D'Souza On Obama: ‘You Can Take The Boy Out Of The Ghetto...’ — Conservative activist and convicted felon Dinesh D'Souza on Wednesday raised the bar for his incomprehensible Twitter feed, tweeting a photo of President Obama with the message, “YOU CAN TAKE THE BOY OUT OF THE GHETTO.”
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Raw Story and The Daily Banter


A Judge's Assault on Immigration — President Obama surely knew that his recent executive actions to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation would run into trouble as soon as a 26-state lawsuit opposing the actions landed on the desk of Federal District Judge Andrew Hanen, of Brownsville, Tex.
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ON LABOR, Salon, JustOneMinute, Gothamist, ACS Blog, Immigration Impact, The Week and Hot Air
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Obama Administration Unlikely to Seek Emergency Stay on Immigration Ruling
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Washington Post, Lawfare, Department of Homeland …, ImmigrationProf Blog and ABC News


Scott Walker, and the problem with valuing credentials over competence — “Whatever you do, make sure you finish college. You'll regret it if you don't have a degree.” — My father offered me this advice once. Actually, he offered it to me thousands of times (as did my mother) …
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Hot Air, Mediaite and Washington Post
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Is Clinton a liberal Reagan? — It is very possible that Hillary Clinton will be elected president by a substantial margin, return the Senate to Democratic control, name Supreme Court justices who will create a liberal court for a generation and help elect enough Democrats to the House …


Final Tally: 2014's Midterm Was Most Expensive, With Fewer Donors — The final figures are in: The 2014 election was the most expensive midterm election in history, costing a grand total of $3.77 billion. But for the first time since 1990, fewer Americans donated money in this midterm election than the one before.
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NPR and Washington Post


Trey Gowdy: Time for a Select Committee to Investigate the IRS Scandal — The congressman versus the Obama administration, part infinity. — GREENVILLE, S.C.—At a Republican Party fundraising breakfast in his district on Wednesday, Representative Trey Gowdy suggested that the congressional GOP needed …
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Washington Monthly and Daily Kos


Failed Theory Posed by Wall Street Dems Puts Hillary Clinton in a Bind — Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin at Columbia University Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2000, in New York. — There was a time where it was plausible to argue that more education …
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Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality and Papers


Rev. Graham: Obama ‘Ignoring These Are Islamic Extremists’ ‘Bent on Destroying the West’ - 'He's Given a Pass to Islam' — President Barack Obama will not acknowledge the truth of Islamic terrorism, its religious grounding in the Quran, and that it is bent on “destroying the West,” …
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FOX News Radio


Foreign Government Gifts to Clinton Foundation on the Rise — Donations raise ethical questions as Hillary Clinton ramps up expected 2016 bid — The Clinton Foundation has dropped its self-imposed ban on collecting funds from foreign governments and is winning contributions at an accelerating rate …
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The Federalist, Weekly Standard, Fox News, National Review and Washington Post