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4:50 PM ET, November 23, 2014

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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Graham: House GOP Benghazi report ‘full of crap’  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday blasted a House GOP-led investigation that recently debunked myths about the 2012 Benghazi attack.  —  “I think the report is full of crap,” Graham said on CNN's “State of the Union.”
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
‘Shame on us’ for not passing immigration reform, Graham says  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said Republicans are partially responsible for not passing comprehensive immigration reform.  —  “Shame on us as Republicans for having a body that cannot generate a solution …
Sara Fischer / CNN:
Sen. Lindsey Graham: GOP-led Benghazi report is ‘full of crap’  —  Washington (CNN) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, has some harsh words for the recently released Benghazi report, led by his own party.  —  “I think the report is full of crap,” Graham told Gloria Borger on CNN's “State of the Union” on Sunday.
Discussion: Q13 FOX News and Time
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Graham says ‘maybe’ to 2016 bid
Discussion: Political Wire
Chelsia Rose Marcius / NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-NBC employee Frank Scotti claims Bill Cosby paid off women, invited young models to dressing room as he stood guard  —  Veteran NBC employee Frank Scotti says he helped Bill Cosby deliver thousands of dollars to eight different women in 1989-90 - including Shawn Thompson …
Bart Barnes / Washington Post:
Marion Barry dies at 78; 4-term D.C. mayor was the most powerful local politician of his generation  —  Marion Barry Jr., the Mississippi sharecropper's son and civil rights activist who served three terms as mayor of the District of Columbia, survived a drug arrest and jail sentence …
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Matt Rourke / ABC News:
President Obama: American People Want ‘New Car Smell’ in 2016 Campaign  —  President Obama, acknowledging he's taken some political “dings” during his time in the White House, said in an exclusive interview with ABC News that the American people will want that “new car smell” …
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Politico
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Marina Koren / National Journal:   Obama Offers to Walk John Boehner's Dog. Boehner Doesn't Have a Dog.
BBC:
Bomber ‘kills 45’ at Afghanistan volleyball match  —  A suicide bomber has killed at least 45 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.  —  A spokesman for the governor of Paktika province told the BBC that the attacker had detonated the bomb amid a crowd of people gathering for a game.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Politico:
The anxieties of the GOP majority  —  Even after a historic midterm win, Republican confusion over how to respond to Obama on immigration is evidence of a changing party.  —  It was a quiet meeting on the eve of a political explosion.  —  At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 30 or so members …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
SNL's Obama Shoves The Schoolhouse Rock Bill Down The Capitol Steps  —  Finally, the first biting political spoof from Saturday Night Live in a while: the Bill from Schoolhouse Rock explains to a student how he becomes a law, only to be violently beat up by Barack Obama and his new best friend, “Executive Order.”
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Cory Shaffer / Plain Dealer:
Cleveland police officer shoots 12-year-old boy carrying BB gun  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — A rookie Cleveland police officer shot a 12-year-old boy outside a city recreation center late Saturday afternoon after the boy pulled a BB gun from his waistband, police said.
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Blake Chenault / WOIO-TV:
12-year-old shot in officer-involved shooting at Cleveland rec center
Discussion: ABC News and Hinterland Gazette
New York Times:
The Piecemeal Assault on Health Care  —  Now that they will dominate both houses of Congress, Republicans are planning to dismantle the Affordable Care Act piece by piece instead of trying to repeal it entirely.  —  They are expected to hold at least one symbolic vote for repeal in the next session …
Discussion: Liberaland
Rob Seal / UVA Today:
A Message from President Sullivan Regarding Sexual Violence  —  University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan on Saturday issued the following statement:  —  Dear members of the University Community,  —  Over the past week many of you have reached out to me directly to offer your opinions …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Making of an Imperial President  —  LET me be clear, as he likes to say: I believe that President Obama was entirely sincere when he ran for president as a fierce critic of the imperial executive.  I believe that he was in earnest when he told supporters in 2008 that America's …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
 
 
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Associated Press:
Nigeria: Dozens Dead in Suspected Extremist Attack
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Obama doesn't rule out trip to Ferguson
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
On Keystone and the N.S.A., Clinton Remains Quiet
Discussion: Time
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Bruce Ackerman / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Like the Emancipation Proclamation, Obama's order forces democracy
Discussion: Time and protein wisdom
Milo Yiannopoulos / BREITBART.COM:
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Discussion: Vox Popoli
 

 
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
President Biden signs the ByteDance-TikTok divest-or-ban bill into law, after the Senate passed it by 79-18; the House passed the legislation 360-58 on April 20

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
The FTC bans noncompete clauses that restrict job switching, potentially complicating hiring in Hollywood as firms try to protect trade secrets and other info

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
An interview with NPR CEO Katherine Maher, who defends NPR and accuses critics of “bad faith distortion” of her past comments about the First Amendment

 
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