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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Cotton fires back at Biden over Iran letter — Sen. Tom Cotton is firing back at Vice President Joe Biden's criticism of his letter to Iran, saying: What does he know about foreign policy? — “Joe Biden, as [President] Barack Obama's own secretary of defense has said …
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The New Republic, The Gateway Pundit, Hullabaloo, Washington Post, Daily Kos and The PJ Tatler
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Tom Cotton May Just Have Undermined His Own Cause — The letter drafted by the freshman Senator Tom Cotton, and signed by 46 of his Republican colleagues, warning Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that any deal he makes with U.S. Non-Supreme Leader Barack Obama might soon be undone …
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Washington Post and Bloomberg View
Bloomberg Business:
Tom Cotton Says Republicans Are Not Traitors for Letter to Iran — (Bloomberg) — A letter sent by 47 Republican senators to Iranian leaders in defiance of President Barack Obama is a civics lesson, not the act of traitors, said Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, the freshman Republican who drafted the message.
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Was the GOP's Iran letter really unprecedented? — From Reagan to Clinton, both Democrats and Republicans have tried to sabotage the other party's foreign policy. — The senator was outraged. Congress had challenged the foreign policy of the president, ignoring that he is …
en.mfa.ir:
Dr. Zarif's Response to the Letter of US Senators — Asked about the open letter of 47 US Senators to Iranian leaders, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Dr. Javad Zarif, responded that “in our view, this letter has no legal value and is mostly a propaganda ploy.
Politico:
GOP dissenters: Iran letter could backfire
GOP dissenters: Iran letter could backfire
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Talking Points Memo, ABC News, The Hill, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Guardian, Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit, Reuters and New York Times
New York Times:
Republican Moves Imperil Democratic Cooperation on Iran
Republican Moves Imperil Democratic Cooperation on Iran
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Political Wire and No More Mister Nice Blog
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: Tom Cotton hands Dems an easy way of siding with Obama on Iran
Morning Plum: Tom Cotton hands Dems an easy way of siding with Obama on Iran
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The New Republic, Washington Monthly, CNN, Power Line and Daily Kos
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
‘TRAITORS’: NY Daily News Slams GOP Senators Who Signed Iran Letter (PHOTO)
‘TRAITORS’: NY Daily News Slams GOP Senators Who Signed Iran Letter (PHOTO)
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Joe. My. God., Twitchy and The Hill
Hart Williams / The Moderate Voice:
Defending Treason … Shorter translation: Neener neener poo pooh.
Iran Primer / New Articles:
Part II: Iran Responds to GOP Letter
Part II: Iran Responds to GOP Letter
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NY Daily News, Hit & Run, Wall Street Journal, Power Line, The Daily Banter and The Hugh Hewitt Show
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Immediately After Launching Effort to Scuttle Iran Deal, Senator Tom Cotton to Meet with Defense Contractors
Immediately After Launching Effort to Scuttle Iran Deal, Senator Tom Cotton to Meet with Defense Contractors
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Vox, FreakOutNation, US News, Raw Story, The Huffington Post and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Editorials / NY Daily News:
Un-patriot games as GOP senators undermine President on Iran
Un-patriot games as GOP senators undermine President on Iran
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Power Line, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and Raw Story
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Clinton press conference threatens to be a media fiasco — Amid intense media scrutiny over her use of a private email account at the State Department, Hillary Clinton has finally agreed to take questions from the press: On Tuesday, she will hold a brief media avail at the United Nations …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Credentials for Hillary Press Avail Needed to Be Requested 24 Hours Ahead of Time — Hillary Clinton will be holding a press availability today at the United Nations in New York City. But all members of the press won't be able to attend. Only those who requested credentials 24 hours before the event …
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Business Insider, Washington Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Huffington Post, Hot Air and Moe Lane
Clinton E-mails / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Press Conference: The Live Blog
Hillary Clinton Press Conference: The Live Blog
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ABC News and Washington Examiner
CBS News:
Hillary Clinton to respond to email controversy Tuesday
Hillary Clinton to respond to email controversy Tuesday
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Taylor Marsh, National Review, NBC News and Balloon Juice
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Hillary's Choice
Hillary's Choice
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BREITBART.COM, Hit & Run, The Week, Bloomberg View, Politico, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Washington Post and The Daily Caller
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
No, a public university may not expel students for racist speech [UPDATED in light of the students' expulsion] — Some Oklahoma University students in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity were videorecorded singing (as best I and others can tell), … Oklahoma University president David Boren said …
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Reuters, KOCO, neo-neocon, The Daily Caller, The Federalist, ABC News and Hit & Run
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Kelly Ogle / news9.com KWTV:
SAE House Mom And Coach Switzer Get Emotional Over Controversial Video — NORMAN, Oklahoma - — Monday night as SAE members scrambled to empty their belongings out of the closed fraternity house their 79-year-old house mother, a longtime friend of Barry Switzer, did the same thing.
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CBS News, Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run, Hinterland Gazette, Mediaite, Raw Story and Mashable
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
University of Oklahoma Expels 2 Students Over Racist Fraternity Video — NORMAN, Okla. — Officials with the University of Oklahoma here on Tuesday expelled two students they had identified as playing a leading role in singing a racist chant on a bus over the weekend that has sparked outrage across the country.
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Right Wing Watch, Washington Post, Daily Oklahoman, ThinkProgress and USA Today
Oklahoma Daily:
Sigma Alpha Epsilon house mom implicated in recently surfaced racist video — A video surfaced Monday evening appearing to depict OU's Sigma Alpha Epsilon house mom. — The Feb. 24, 2013 Vine, shows a woman who appears to be Beauton Gilbow saying the n-word repeatedly.
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NY Daily News, Gawker, Mashable, FreakOutNation and Liberaland
New York Times:
Stop Spying on Wikipedia Users — SAN FRANCISCO — TODAY, we're filing a lawsuit against the National Security Agency to protect the rights of the 500 million people who use Wikipedia every month. We're doing so because a fundamental pillar of democracy is at stake: the free exchange of knowledge and ideas.
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Hot Air, Hit & Run and Common Dreams
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ATF:
Notice to those Commenting on the Armor Piercing Ammunition Exemption Framework — Thank you for your interest in ATF's proposed framework for determining whether certain projectiles are “primarily intended for sporting purposes” within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(17)(C).
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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
ATF shelves bullet ban proposal
ATF shelves bullet ban proposal
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National Review and The Federalist
Jeremy Scahill / The Intercept:
The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets — RESEARCHERS WORKING with the Central Intelligence Agency have conducted a multi-year, sustained effort to break the security of Apple's iPhones and iPads, according to top-secret documents obtained by The Intercept.
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Computerworld, Mashable, The Daily Caller, Techdirt, National Journal, Common Dreams, The Verge and The Week
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Is No Barack Obama — Hillary Clinton has already emerged as the “inevitable” Democratic nominee, a title she aspired to, but could never claim, eight years ago. The closest rival she has this time is Elizabeth Warren — who is no Barack Obama.
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Washington Monthly