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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Bill Clinton Still Doesn't Use Email — If Hillary Clinton's emails are eventually cracked open, don't expect to see any juicy correspondence with her husband—or any correspondence at all. Bill Clinton doesn't use email. — The former president, who does regularly use Twitter …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Go to hell — Hillary Clinton had something to say to the media about her email. It wasn't too subtle. — Lead image by Getty. — Hillary Clinton was likable enough, answering questions calmly though with a weary smile. She even offered a feint toward humility, allowing that …
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Washington Post:
BREAKING: Clinton says it ‘might have been smarter’ to use State e-mails — UNITED NATIONS — Hillary Rodham Clinton acknowledged Tuesday that she had erred in using only a private e-mail server for work correspondence at the State Department, saying that she sent about 60,000 e-mails …
Politico:
Hillary Clinton: I used private email account for ‘convenience’ — She admits deleting thousands of personal emails in her first remarks on the controversy. — UNITED NATIONS — Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign began on terms set by her adversaries …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
What Hillary Said, and What She Didn't — Paul has summed up very well the high points of Hillary Clinton's presser this afternoon. You can read the transcript here. On the most fundamental question, Hillary said, in essence, “That's my story and I'm sticking to it”:
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Does Bill Clinton email? It depends whom you ask — Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that personal emails between her and her husband, former President Clinton, exist on a private account. But the former commander-in-chief's spokesman has said Clinton has only sent two email messages in his lifetime …
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Wall Street Journal and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Tim / America Rising:
VIDEO: Hillary Clinton Admits To Having Two Phones — Today, Hillary Clinton claimed her reason for using personal email while Secretary of State was “convenience,” she only wanted to use one phone. However, just two weeks ago, Clinton said she used multiple devices.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Hillary said she emailed with Bill, but the thing is ... Bill Clinton doesn't use email. — At a press conference on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton said the server that housed her emails while she was secretary of state (that was reportedly housed at her home in New York) was set up for President Bill Clinton.
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Twitchy and The Gateway Pundit
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Decision to Hold News Conference at U.N. Irks Press Corps
Hillary Clinton Decision to Hold News Conference at U.N. Irks Press Corps
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Washington Free Beacon
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Defends E-mail Practices, and Draws a Line
Hillary Clinton Defends E-mail Practices, and Draws a Line
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton Reveals She Didn't Save Trove Of Personal Emails
Hillary Clinton Reveals She Didn't Save Trove Of Personal Emails
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Washington Monthly
Clinton E-mails / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Press Conference: The Live Blog
Hillary Clinton Press Conference: The Live Blog
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
What Hillary Clinton Says About Her Private Emails
What Hillary Clinton Says About Her Private Emails
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Republicans May Have Undermined Their Own Cause Against Iran — 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 …
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New York Times:
Irate Democrats Denounce G.O.P on Iran Letter — WASHINGTON — Angry Democrats on Tuesday excoriated the open letter sent to Iran's leadership warning about a nuclear agreement with President Obama, but the 47 Republicans who signed it remained defiant and unapologetic, saying the president should have seen their opposition coming.
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Iran bill author faults White House for GOP pushback on talks — Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, suggested Tuesday that the reason Republicans wrote an open-letter to Iran is due to the White House's resistance to congressional involvement in ongoing nuclear talks.
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Cotton fires back at Biden over Iran letter
Cotton fires back at Biden over Iran letter
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Michael Crowley / Politico:
Was the GOP's Iran letter really unprecedented?
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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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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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
BREAKING: ATF Temporarily Pulls Proposal to Ban AR-15 “Green Tip” Ammunition
BREAKING: ATF Temporarily Pulls Proposal to Ban AR-15 “Green Tip” Ammunition
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Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
No, it's not constitutional for the University of Oklahoma to expel students for racist speech [UPDATED in light of the students' expulsion] — Some University of Oklahoma students in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity were videorecorded singing (as best I and others can tell),
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New York Times:
Fraternity Vows Broader Look Into Use of Racist Chant — NORMAN, Okla. — As the University of Oklahoma expelled two students Tuesday for leading a racist song that sparked outrage across the country, the fraternity involved said it would investigate incidents at other campuses as it faced questions …
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Kelly Ogle / news9.com KWTV:
SAE House Mom And Coach Switzer Get Emotional Over Controversial Video
SAE House Mom And Coach Switzer Get Emotional Over Controversial Video
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Reuters:
Wikipedia to file lawsuit challenging mass surveillance by NSA — (Reuters) - Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that runs free online encyclopedia Wikipedia, will file a lawsuit against the National Security Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, challenging the government's mass surveillance program.
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Wikimedia blog:
Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA to challenge upstream mass surveillance
Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA to challenge upstream mass surveillance
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Steve Vladeck / Lawfare:
The Iran Letter and the Logan Act — Please like our Facebook page and follow Lawfare on Twitter: — The second-day story about the letter by 47 Republican Senators to the government of Iran that Jack's discussed here and here has shifted to whether these Senators have violated the Logan Act …
Jack Quann / newstalk.com:
Bishop of Elphin: Gay parents of children are not necessarily parents — LISTEN: Kevin Doran says homosexuality is not “what God intended” — A Catholic Bishop's view that gay couples with children “are not parents” has been described as “a nonsense”. — The Bishop of Elphin Kevin Doran …
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