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Irin Carmon / MSNBC:
Abortion opponents defend their movement after Colorado shooting — In the wake of Friday's deadly shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, groups that oppose abortion are defending themselves against the charge that their rhetoric helped inspire the killer.
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Obamacare repeal may finally land on Obama's desk — Republicans are closer than ever to putting a repeal of Obamacare on the president's desk. — After an all-out effort by emissaries and allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the past two weeks to woo skeptical GOP senators …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Fiorina: Spin after clinic attack ‘typical left-wing tactics’ — Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina said she is not surprised by comments blaming the Planned Parenthood attack on abortion opponents. — “This is so typical of the left, to immediately begin demonizing the messenger …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP chairwoman defends abortion probe after Planned Parenthood shootings
GOP chairwoman defends abortion probe after Planned Parenthood shootings
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Whisper Campaigns And “Zipper Problems”: How Jeb Bush's Allies Tried — And Failed — To Stop Marco Rubio — On the night of the 2010 midterm elections, a portly, silver-haired Jeb Bush stood on a stage in the courtyard of Miami's luxe Biltmore Hotel, appearing to choke back tears.
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Herman Cain / Best of Cain:
Politics: Hey Jeb: Before you talk about my ‘fall,’ try getting as far as I got — Big talk from Mr. 5.5 percent. — Someone should tell Jeb Bush that I've accepted an invitation to speak at Donald Trump's rally this coming Monday in Georgia. I accepted for a simple reason: He asked.
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
5 takes on 2016 as the campaign kicks into high gear
5 takes on 2016 as the campaign kicks into high gear
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Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Black Pastors Rail Against Closed-Door Meeting With Trump, Citing Racist Language And Incitement — Dozens of African American pastors gathered behind closed doors with GOP frontrunner Donald Trump at his office in New York City on Monday. The Trump campaign originally told press the pastors …
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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Amy Schumer and Serena Williams' Nude Photoshoot Is a Big Middle Finger to Trolls — For more than half a century, Italian tire maker Pirelli has released an annual calendar full of photos of supermodels in pin-up poses wearing skimpy lingerie or nothing at all.
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Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
The 2016 Pirelli Calendar May Signal a Cultural Shift — When Agnes Gund, the 77-year-old philanthropist and president emerita of the Museum of Modern Art, got the call, she thought: “That's odd. What's that got to do with someone like me?” — When Fran Lebowitz, the 65-year-old author …
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Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune:
1 in custody in threat at University of Chicago linked to Laquan McDonald shooting — University of Chicago security officers patrol the Hyde Park campus quad on Nov. 30, 2015. … An online threat to kill 16 white male students or staff in retaliation for the shooting of Laquan McDonald forced …
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Walker Bragman / Salon:
More like Reagan than FDR: I'm a millennial and I'll never vote for Hillary Clinton — I never thought I'd be encouraging people to not vote for the Democratic nominee for president. But I am — I am a 27-year-old, politically active, progressive millennial voter.
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Liberal Values and Independent Journal
New York Times:
Sheldon Silver, Ex-New York Assembly Speaker, Is Found Guilty on All Counts — Sheldon Silver, an assemblyman who rose from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to become one of New York State's most powerful politicians, was found guilty on Monday in a federal corruption trial …
William Saletan / Slate:
Forget Syria. The most dangerous religious extremists are migrants from North and South Carolina. — Another terrorist attack. Another grim tally of the dead and wounded. Another killer full of hate, from a land that breeds such men. Like millions of migrants before him, the perpetrator crossed the border unchallenged.
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Devin Henry / The Hill:
White House presses GOP on ISIS — The White House is pushing congressional Republicans to formally authorize military action against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and institute new rules to prevent terrorism in the United States. — The press comes in the wake …
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Politico, ABC News and Talking Points Memo
Josh Blackman / Josh Blackman's Blog:
Posner: The 14th Amendment is “Old, Cryptic, or Vague.” But What About Article III? — The Yale Journal asked Judge Richard Posner to re-review William Eskridge's 1996 Book, The Case for Same-Sex Marriage. In his initial review in 1997, Posner rejected the right to same-sex marriage as a constitutional matter.
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Washington Post and Instapundit
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Fox News' Steve Doocy: ‘I Actually Remember’ Muslims Cheering On 9/11 — “Fox and Friends” co-host Steve Doocy came to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's defense on the show Monday, saying he “actually” remembers hearing about Muslim Americans cheering the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.
Spiegel Online:
Ex-US Intelligence Chief on Islamic State's Rise: — ‘We Were Too Dumb’ — Interview Conducted By Matthias Gebauer and Holger Stark — Without the Iraq war, Islamic State wouldn't exist today, former US special forces chief Mike Flynn openly admits. In an interview …
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Raw Story, Slantpoint, Common Dreams and Sputnik International
Associated Press:
Clinton opened State Department office to dozens of corporate donors, Dem fundraisers — WASHINGTON - As secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton opened her office to dozens of influential Democratic party fundraisers, former Clinton administration and campaign loyalists …
Andreas Rivera / Standard-Examiner:
Police: Mother, daughter and friends go on egg tossing spree — RIVERDALE — A 44-year-old Ogden woman has an unusual way of bonding with her daughter — one that landed her with criminal charges after a night of widespread vandalism. — Jennifer Terry was charged with class A misdemeanor causing a catastrophe in October.
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Merrill v. Lynch / isp.yale.edu:
FOLLOWING MAJOR FIRST AMENDMENT VICTORY, NATIONAL SECURITY LETTER RECIPIENT NICHOLAS MERRILL ABLE TO REVEAL PREVIOUSLY UNDISCLOSED SCOPE OF FBI WARRANTLESS SURVEILLANCE TOOL — CONTACT: Rebecca Wexler — PATRIOT ACT GAG ORDER LIFTED IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME:
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New York Times, Hit & Run and Mother Jones
Philip Pullella / Reuters:
World headed toward ‘suicide’ if no climate agreement: pope — The U.N. climate conference in Paris is most likely humanity's last chance to thwart global environmental disaster, Pope Francis said on Monday, warning the world was “at the limits of suicide”.
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Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune:
State sues prisoners to pay for their room, board — Melvin Moore is a paroled inmate being sued by the Illinois Department of Corrections to recoup the costs of incarceration. … The $31,690 Johnny Melton received to settle a lawsuit over his mother's death was going to help him start life anew after prison.