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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate deals stinging defeat to Obama trade agenda — Senate Democrats on Tuesday delivered a stinging blow to President Obama's trade agenda by voting to prevent the chamber from picking up fast-track legislation. — A motion to cut off a filibuster and proceed to the trade bill fell short of a 60-vote hurdle, 52-45.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senator suggests gender played into Obama-Warren spat — Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, one of the top Democratic opponents of President Barack Obama's trade agenda, criticized Obama on Tuesday for what the senator saw as “disrespectful” comments toward Sen. Elizabeth Warren and indicated that Warren's gender may have played a role.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Foil Obama on Asia Trade Deal — WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, in a rebuke of President Obama, on Tuesday blocked consideration of giving him power to accelerate a broad trade accord with Asia. — After more than six years battling Republicans on everything …
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Politico:
Reid offers plan to break trade impasse — Senator's strategy follows the rejection of Obama's initiative by Democrats. — Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), talks Tuesday about why Democrats voted against opening debate on the trade bill. John Shinkle/POLITICO
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Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
NOW president: Obama's Warren critique sexist — National Organization for Women (NOW) president Terry O'Neill on Wednesday called President Obama's critique of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sexist. — O'Neill told The Hill she took issue with Obama calling Warren by her first name during …
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BostonGlobe.com:
Who is writing the TPP? — CONGRESS IS in an intense debate …
Who is writing the TPP? — CONGRESS IS in an intense debate …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Dem Senator Accuses Obama of Sexism Toward Elizabeth Warren
Dem Senator Accuses Obama of Sexism Toward Elizabeth Warren
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American Spectator and US News
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House escalates Warren feud
White House escalates Warren feud
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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Senate Democrats Shut Down Obama's Trade Bill
Senate Democrats Shut Down Obama's Trade Bill
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats vote to block Obama on trade
Senate Democrats vote to block Obama on trade
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-Bush Aide: Jeb Told Me He Misheard Question About Invading Iraq (VIDEO) — Ana Navarro, a former aide to ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), said on CNN Tuesday that the potential presidential candidate told her he'd misheard a question about the Iraq War. — Navarro, who was Bush's director …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Jeb Bush to skip Iowa Straw Poll — No Iowa Straw Poll for Jeb Bush. — The likely Republican presidential candidate will instead attend a competing event, the RedState Gathering in Atlanta, the day of the Iowa event, GOP sources in Iowa told The Des Moines Register Tuesday.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Jeb Bush's disastrous defense of the Iraq War — Is it possible that in 2016, more than a decade after the invasion of Iraq, the Republican party's presidential nominee could become bogged down in debating whether the war was the right thing to do? The answer, a depressing one for many in the GOP …
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Ann Doss Helms / The Charlotte Observer:
Who should save sight of S.C. man who can't afford surgery? — Luis Lang, an uninsured resident of Fort Mill, S.C., needs an expensive operation to save his sight. Ann Doss Helms ahelms@charlotteobserver.com — ahelms@charlotteobserver.com — To start a lively discussion …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just Shake Your Head — I always try to remind myself …
Just Shake Your Head — I always try to remind myself …
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T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
U-Va. dean sues Rolling Stone for ‘false’ portrayal in retracted rape story — This image is included in a $7.5 million defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone. U-Va. associate dean Nicole Eramo argues that an image from the Cavalier Daily student newspaper (left) was turned into an illustration …
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WXIA-TV:
Man saves dog, but gets arrested anyway — A man saves a dog from a hot Mustang but was arrested because of how he did it. The move landed Michael Hammons behind bars. WXIA — CONNECT — ATHENS, GA (WXIA) - A man saves a dog from a hot Mustang but was arrested because of how he did it.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
There Is No ‘Blue Wall’ — If you were browsing campaign coverage at this point in advance of the 1992 election, you'd be reading a lot about the Republicans' impregnable “red wall.” OK — it wouldn't have been called the “red wall” (the association of Republicans with red states and Democrats …
Numbers / Pew Research Center's Religion …:
America's Changing Religious Landscape — Christians Decline Sharply as Share of Population; Unaffiliated and Other Faiths Continue to Grow — The Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the number of U.S. adults who do not identify with any organized religion is growing …
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Paul Lewis / Guardian:
Revealed: FBI violated its own rules while spying on Keystone XL opponents — The FBI breached its own internal rules when it spied on campaigners against the Keystone XL pipeline, failing to get approval before it cultivated informants and opened files on individuals protesting …
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Watts Up With That?:
22 Very Inconvenient Climate Truths — Here are 22 good reasons not to believe the statements made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — Guest essay by Jean-Pierre Bardinet. — According to the official statements of the IPCC “Science is clear” and non-believers cannot be trusted.
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
AOL Has Been in Talks to Spin Off HuffPost as Part of Verizon Acquisition Deal — According to numerous sources, while it has been negotiating its deal to sell to Verizon, AOL has also been in advanced discussions with a number of parties to spin off its flagship Huffington Post content unit.
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Charlie Cook / National Journal:
Handicapping a Democratic Takeover — The 2016 Senate cycle is shaping up to be the opposite of 2014, with the map heavily stacked against the GOP. — The battle for control of the Senate is finally underway and if early indications are correct, Republicans can be no more confident …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Worry Military Exercises May Lead to Federal Control Of States — Eight weeks of U.S. military exercises this summer in several southwestern states - dubbed Jade Helm 15 - have some wondering if the government is preparing for martial law. Most voters don't oppose such exercises …
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Daniel Trotta / Reuters:
Cuba's Castro concerned over ‘illegal’ activity at U.S. mission — Cuban President Raul Castro said on Tuesday that dissidents are receiving “illegal” training at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana, an issue he raised with U.S. President Barack Obama in talks on restoring diplomatic ties.
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Bill McKibben / New York Times:
Obama's Catastrophic Climate-Change Denial — MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — THE Obama administration's decision to give Shell Oil the go-ahead to drill in the Arctic shows why we may never win the fight against climate change. Even in this most extreme circumstance, no one seems able to stand up to the power of the fossil fuel industry.
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Ben Carson Invokes Dred Scott Decision as Precedent for Ignoring Supreme Court Rulings — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson raised eyebrows last week when he told Newsmax that a potential Supreme Court ruling to legalize same-sex marriage across the country would not have to be implemented …
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Allen West / Allen B. West:
More ominous signs of Christian persecution — My daughter Aubrey and I arrived in Dallas and our home in Woodbridge on Sunday morning. We had departed from Palm Beach Gardens Saturday evening after we watched Austen head off for her senior prom — a doggone big deal, dads!
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