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Seymour M. Hersh / London Review of Books:
The Killing of Osama bin Laden — It's been four years since a group of US Navy Seals assassinated Osama bin Laden in a night raid on a high-walled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The killing was the high point of Obama's first term, and a major factor in his re-election.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Report: Obama lied about bin Laden raid — An expose published on Sunday alleges that President Obama deceived Americans with his narrative of the 2011 assassination of Osama bin Laden. — Author Seymour M. Hersh accuses Obama of rushing to take credit for the al Qaeda leader's death.
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Mark Lagerkvist / Watchdog.org:
Big appetite: Christie buys $300K of food & booze with NJ expense account — GRILLED: Chris Christie's state-paid grocery bills shrank after Barbara Walters asked if he was too heavy to be president — Chris Christie's expense account tells a story of appetite and ambition …
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Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
The Clock Is Ticking And Republicans Still Have No Serious Obamacare Alternative — Republicans keep saying they'll be ready to act if the Supreme Court upholds the big legal challenge to Obamacare, thereby wiping out financial assistance for millions of people in two-thirds of the states.
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
The GOP's festival of flip-flopping — Do Republicans care that their presidential primary is turning into an exhibition of cartwheel-size political flip-flops? — Politicians have every right to change their mind as the facts and pressures change. But politically expedient flip-flopping …
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Your 2016 Weekend Speed Read
The Note: Your 2016 Weekend Speed Read
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Hopefuls Talk Tough on National Security
GOP Hopefuls Talk Tough on National Security
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The Moderate Voice and The American Conservative
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg View:
Why Huckabee, Carson and Fiorina Will Matter
Why Huckabee, Carson and Fiorina Will Matter
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Wall Street Vampires — Last year the vampires of finance bought themselves a Congress. I know it's not nice to call them that, but I have my reasons, which I'll explain in a bit. For now, however, let's just note that these days Wall Street, which used to split its support between the parties …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren fires back at Obama: Here's what they're really fighting about
Elizabeth Warren fires back at Obama: Here's what they're really fighting about
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Says King Won't Attend Meetings in U.S. — WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that its new monarch, King Salman, would not be attending meetings at the White House with President Obama or a summit gathering at Camp David this week, in an apparent signal …
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Ahmed Al Omran / Wall Street Journal:
Rulers Snub Arab Summit, Clouding U.S. Bid for Iran Deal
Rulers Snub Arab Summit, Clouding U.S. Bid for Iran Deal
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Christian Science Monitor, Business Insider and Instapundit
Tobias Salinger / NY Daily News:
UCSD art student forced to perform naked to pass, mom protests, art professor says that's not the full-frontal truth (VIDEO) — Visual arts students at the University of California, San Diego, must exhibit themselves in the buff before a naked class of 20 and a nude professor or fail an upper-level course, a disgusted mom told KGTV-TV.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Clinton Foundation's Behind-the-Scenes Battle With a Charity Watchdog Group — After landing on a high-profile watch list, the Clinton group is fighting to recover its good name. — Shares — Last Wednesday, Bill Clinton ratcheted up Clintonworld's counter assault on Clinton Cash …
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Full picture of Clinton charities' foreign government funding remains elusive
Full picture of Clinton charities' foreign government funding remains elusive
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Political Wire
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Cuomo Orders Emergency Measures to Protect Workers at Nail Salons — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ordered emergency measures on Sunday to combat the wage theft and health hazards faced by the thousands of people who work in New York State's nail salon industry. — Effective immediately …
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
ABC News Has No Idea What Alex Jones' Deal Is — Conspiratorial radio host Alex Jones and ABC News are at loggerheads over how Jones managed to miss his appearance on This Week Sunday morning. — Before a segment about Jade Helm, the military training operation Jones suspects is a dry run …
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Talking Points Memo and Liberaland
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Of Museums and Racial Relics — Recently, Rush Limbaugh lambasted the first lady, Michelle Obama, for bringing up the idea of diversity among museum visitors at the opening of the new Whitney Museum in New York. — According to Limbaugh, the first lady said: “Museums and concert halls …
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Pirate's Cove
Judd Gregg / The Hill:
Why New Hampshire matters — On a recent weekend, nineteen people who happen to be Republicans and think they should be president gathered in a hotel in Nashua, New Hampshire to begin to make their case to the voters of that state. — If history is a precursor of the future …
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RedState
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Prize For The Most Racist Interview Of A 2016 Candidate Goes To Bloomberg's Mark Halperin — Bloomberg's Mark Halperin, who somehow managed to act like a bigger jerk than Ted Cruz — Late last month, Bloomberg's Mark Halperin conducted a cringe-worthy interview with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).
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Steve Eder / New York Times:
Tony Rodham's Ties Invite Scrutiny for Hillary and Bill Clinton — The heavyset 60-year-old man who walked with a cane seemed an unlikely speaker at the glamorous launch party for a cosmetics company held in Santa Monica, Calif., in March. — But Tony Rodham appeared at ease among …
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