memeorandum: We Have a Deal With Iran. A Good One. (Fred Kaplan/Slate)

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Abject Surrender by the United States — Negotiations for an “interim” arrangement over Iran's nuclear weapons program finally succeeded this past weekend, as Security Council foreign ministers (plus Germany) flew to Geneva to meet their Iranian counterpart.

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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:

Obama's Very Personal Deal With Iran — Did he finally earn that Nobel? — T.J. Kirkpatrick-Pool / Getty Images — A little more than four years ago, the Norwegian Nobel Committee embarrassed President Barack Obama with an unearned Peace Prize. — The announcement praised him for having …

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Fred Kaplan / Slate:

We Have a Deal With Iran. A Good One. — It's everything Obama hoped to achieve in Geneva. — The Iranian nuclear deal struck Saturday night is a triumph. It contains nothing that any American, Israeli, or Arab skeptic could reasonably protest. Had George W. Bush negotiated this deal …

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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

Schumer ‘Disappointed’ With Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Sunday he is “disappointed” with the nuclear deal reached Saturday between the U.S. and Iran — “I am disappointed by the terms of the agreement between Iran and the P5+1 nations because it does not seem proportional …

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Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:

Iran's top officials hail nuclear deal as beginning of new era — TEHRAN — Iran's top officials on Sunday welcomed the initial agreement struck with world powers over its nuclear activities, hailing the deal as the beginning of a new era for the Islamic republic, both in its relations …

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Reuters:

Netanyahu says Iran nuclear deal is ‘historic mistake’ — Bennett: “Israel does not see itself as bound by this bad, this very bad agreement that has been signed.” — Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu characterized the agreement signed with Iran early Sunday morning as a historic mistake.

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Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Early skepticism, caution on nuclear deal

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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Sec. John Kerry: ‘No Daylight’ Between Israel, U.S. on Goal for Iran Nuclear Program

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Laura Rozen / The Back Channel:
Exclusive: Burns led secret US back channel to Iran

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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Schumer: Iran wins in nuclear agreement

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The White House:
Fact Sheet: First Step Understandings Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran's Nuclear Program

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The White House:
Statement By The President On First Step Agreement On Iran's Nuclear Program

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Indira A.R. Lakshmanan / Bloomberg:
Iran to Reap $7 Billion in Sanctions Relief Under Accord

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Reuters:
Breakthrough deal curbs Iran's nuclear activity

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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Kerry: Israel is safer under new deal

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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israeli Leaders Denounce Geneva Accord

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Steven Hayward / Power Line:

Filibuster Rope-a-Dope? — Did the crafty Mitch McConnell just succeed in getting Democrats to damage their long-term interest by nuking the filibuster? I've always defended the filibuster (and still do) as a valid anti-majoritarian device, especially useful for when fitful voters …

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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:

Filibuster change clears path for Obama climate regs crackdown — Green groups might be the biggest winners from Senate Democrats' decision to gut the minority party's filibuster rights on nominations. — Their top priority — President Obama's second-term regulations on climate change …

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The Hill:
Filibuster faces terminal decline

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Eric Posner / Slate:
Centrists Should Mourn the Demise of the Filibuster

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Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:

In rural Kentucky, health-care debate takes back seat as the long-uninsured line up — | in BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. — On the campaign trail, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was still blasting the new health-care law as unsalvageable. At the White House, President Obama …

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John Harwood / New York Times:

Don't Dare Call the Health Law ‘Redistribution’ — WASHINGTON — Rebecca M. Blank was a top candidate in 2011 to lead President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, but then the White House turned up something politically dangerous. — “A commitment to economic justice necessarily implies …

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Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:

Sarah Palin Humiliates Herself On Fox News By Not Knowing What the Nuclear Option Is — Sarah Palin hit a new low even for her today, by apparently not knowing what the nuclear option is during an interview on Fox News Sunday. — Video: — Palin said, … I don't think Palin knows exactly what the nuclear option is.

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Tim Blair:

MEATWORKER DIPLOMACY — Australian pride is restored. — This is no small accomplishment, considering the depths to which we sank in 2009, when then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered this wince-making speech to that year's United Nations climate conference in Denmark:

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MySanAntonio.com:

SAPD officer accused of rape — A San Antonio police officer was arrested Saturday and accused of raping a 19-year-old woman on the South Side early the day before. At a news conference Saturday, police said the officer has been accused of sexual assault before.

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