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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fraternity of Failure — Jeb Bush wants to stop talking about past controversies. And you can see why. He has a lot to stop talking about. But let's not honor his wish. You can learn a lot by studying recent history, and you can learn even more by watching how politicians respond to that history.
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
The Myth of ‘Faulty Intelligence’ — The Iraq War, both how it began and how it proceeded, is now an active topic in the 2016 presidential campaign, which I think is a highly salutary development. But it does mean that we need to be on guard for the kind of distortions, misleading statements …
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Salon, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo
Chris Good / ABC News:
Jeb Bush on Disagreeing With Family: ‘I Have a Hard Time With That’ … Jeb Bush seems to have a talking point to explain why he hesitated so long to say, in hindsight, that the Iraq war was a mistake: He won't “go out of [his] way” to disagree with his brother.
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Washington Examiner, Mediaite, New York Times, Medium and Progress Pond
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rove declines to endorse Jeb Bush
Rove declines to endorse Jeb Bush
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The Mahablog, US News and The Week
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Ivy Ziedrich, College Student, Warms to Role as Jeb Bush Critic on ISIS
Ivy Ziedrich, College Student, Warms to Role as Jeb Bush Critic on ISIS
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Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money and ABC News
Tim Weiner / New York Times:
B. B. King, Defining Bluesman for Generations, Dies at 89 — B. B. King, whose world-weary voice and wailing guitar lifted him from the cotton fields of Mississippi to a global stage and the apex of American blues, died Thursday in Las Vegas, The Associated Press reported. He was 89.
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Brad Paisley / CNN:
B.B. King, the Beale Street Blues Boy 12 photos
B.B. King, the Beale Street Blues Boy 12 photos
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Washington Post:
Islamic State seizes capital of Iraq's largest province — Iraqi government forces are fighting back against an Islamic State advance that began overnight. Witnesses say the militant group raised its black flag over a government compound in the city center on Friday. (Reuters)
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
ISIS Fighters Seize Government Headquarters in Ramadi, Iraq
ISIS Fighters Seize Government Headquarters in Ramadi, Iraq
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Save Obama (on trade) — That free trade is advantageous to both sides is the rarest of political propositions — provable, indeed mathematically. David Ricardo did so in 1817. The Law of Comparative Advantage has held up nicely for 198 years. — Nor is this abstract theory. We've lived it.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House sends Iran review bill to Obama
House sends Iran review bill to Obama
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Common Dreams and RedState
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: Trade spat with Warren ‘has never been personal’
Obama: Trade spat with Warren ‘has never been personal’
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Talking Points Memo
Sarah Mimms / National Journal:
Why Some Male Members of Congress Won't Be Alone with Female Staffers — Numerous women who work on the Hill say they've been excluded from solo meetings and evening events, a practice that could be illegal. — It's no secret that Congress is dominated by men, but as women work to make inroads …
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The Week
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Orlando Pub Owner Allegedly Holds Black Couple At Gunpoint: ‘Call Jesse Jackson’ — A pub owner in Orlando, Fla. was arrested after allegedly holding a black couple at gunpoint and telling them to call Jesse Jackson, the Orlando Sentinel newspaper reported Wednesday.
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Raw Story, Addicting Info and Balloon Juice
Matt Friedman / New Jersey Online:
Howard Dean screams about Chris Christie in N.J.: 'You're not gonna win!' — ATLANTIC CITY — For the last decade, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has been the butt of jokes about the “Dean Scream.” — On Thursday night, Dean turned the joke on Gov. Chris Christie and his presidential hopes.
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Romney vs. Holyfield: 'I'm Staying Far Away From His Ears' — Friday night in Utah — not exactly Las Vegas — the former Republican heavyweight Mitt Romney will face the former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield in a charity boxing match. The bout will benefit CharityVision …
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Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's litmus test for Supreme Court nominees: a pledge to overturn Citizens United — Hillary Clinton told a group of her top fundraisers Thursday that if she is elected president, her nominees to the Supreme Court will have to share her belief that the court's 2010 Citizens United decision must …
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Althouse, Outside the Beltway, Liberaland, The Reaction and Instapundit
Peter Jacobs / Business Insider:
Kid who got in to every Ivy League school is going to the University of Alabama — and it's a brilliant decision — High-school senior Ronald Nelson had an incredibly hard decision to make this year about college — mainly because he got into all eight Ivy League universities.
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Instapundit and The College Fix
Seth Lipsky / Wall Street Journal:
A Liberal Speech Cop Targets Alan Greenspan — The former Fed chairman drops out of a monetary conference after he's assailed by Paul Krugman. — To the list of questions the left has sought to place off limits to open debate—global warming, same-sex marriage, campaign finance, abortion—add a startling new topic: monetary reform.
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The Week and New York Times
Science:
A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries — 1Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA. — 2Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), Washington, DC, USA. — 3National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, MA, USA.
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New York Times and NPR
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Republican Party to Vote in Support of Religious-Freedom Laws — The GOP follows presidential candidates as issue takes hold on campaign trail — The Republican National Committee is expected to approve a resolution Thursday reaffirming support for so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Acts …
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Rob Virtue / Daily Express:
BBC reporter slammed for comparing hate preacher Anjem Choudary to Gandhi and Mandela — THE BBC has come under fire after one of its chief reporters shockingly compared extremism preacher Anjem Choudary to civil rights heroes Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. — GETTY •IG
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Damon Linker / The Week:
Is Christianity in America doomed? — Last month, New Atheist God-hater Daniel Dennett wrote an op-ed column in The Wall Street Journal that used a Pew poll to argue that the future of religion is bleak. I responded with a column of my own in which I mocked this claim …
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The American Conservative, Christianity Today, Washington Post and US News
Emily Zanotti / American Spectator:
James O'Keefe and Judith Miller Talk Press Freedom — Mention either James O'Keefe's or Judith Miller's name and you are likely to cause a stir. — Besides being two major figures in the world of journalism over the last decade, both have rarely shied away from stirring up controversy …
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Great Stephanopoulos mess — ABC anchor proves to be his own worst enemy. — Former Clintonland insider George Stephanopoulos, who has excelled at both politics and journalism, appears to have failed both professions with a single transgression. — As my POLITICO colleague Dylan …
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