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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush's foreign policy team is eerily familiar, in one Venn diagram  —  Former Florida governor Jeb Bush will announce his foreign policy vision in a speech Wednesday in Chicago.  Accompanying that speech is a rollout of a slate of experts who will help guide the candidate on foreign policy issues.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Jeb Bush's Attack On Obama Over Iran Goes Horribly Wrong  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb.  Bush answers questions after speaking to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.  —  CREDIT: AP  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) called on Congress to pass legislation that would trigger sanctions …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Politico Makes Case For Just Declaring Jeb Bush President Right Now  —  I'm already abundantly on record defending Politico as an indispensable institution that among other things regularly produces some valuable reporting on American politics and government.
Politico:
Inside Jeb Bush's ‘shock and awe’ launch  —  While Bush avoided the spotlight last year, aides were making a plan.  —  NEW YORK — In November 2013, Jeb Bush took to the rostrum at New York's Marriott Marquis for the annual meeting of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association …
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush Makes Vague First Foray Into Foreign Policy  —  His prescription: Hit ISIS, arm the Ukrainians, keep NSA surveillance, chuck the original justification for getting into Iraq in 2003.  Broad strokes, but few details.  —  Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush listens to a question during …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
The Same People Who Lied To You About Iraq Are Now In Charge Of Jeb Bush's Foreign Policy
Discussion: Washington Post and msnbc.com
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Jeb Bush: ‘I Am My Own Man,’ Not My Brother or Father
Barack Obama / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed President Obama: Our fight against violent extremism  —  The United States has made significant gains against terrorism.  We've decimated the core al Qaeda leadership, strengthened homeland security and worked to prevent another large-scale attack like 9/11.  —  At the same time, the threat has evolved.
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Obama: Extremists Have “Legitimate Grievances”  —  As the White House kicks off day-two of a summit on combating generic violent extremism, President Obama has published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times titled, “Our fight against violent extremism.”  While the administration has overtly refused …
Dan Roberts / Guardian:
Chapel Hill ‘hate crime’ response criticised by Muslim lawmaker
Discussion: Common Dreams and Shakesville
Michael W. Chapman / CNSNews:
Rev. Graham: Obama ‘Ignoring These Are Islamic Extremists’ ‘Bent on Destroying the West’ - 'He's Given a Pass to Islam'
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Guy Who Gets Paid to Say Obamacare Doesn't Work Can't Find a Single True Fact to Support His Case  —  It's the Heritage Foundation.  We are dealing with morons here.  —  Obamacare has increased enrollment in its health care exchanges to more than 11 million, and the conservative response …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Oklahoma Bill Banning AP US History Would Make Students Study Ten Commandments, 3 Speeches By Reagan  —  An Oklahoma bill banning Advanced Placement U.S. History would also require schools to instruct students in a long list of “foundational documents,” including the Ten Commandments, two sermons and three speeches by Ronald Reagan.
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Chelsea Gorrow / Register-Guard:
Sheriff: Man who falsely claimed detective assaulted him caught on video punching himself  —  A California man, who claimed detectives assaulted him during an interview at the Lane County Jail last month, has been found guilty of attempted coercion and initiating a false report after surveillance video …
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Hudson Hongo / Gawker:
Alleged Police Brutality Victim Caught on Camera Punching Self in Face
Discussion: Mediaite
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Muslims To Form ‘Peace Ring’ Around Norwegian Synagogue After Copenhagen Attacks  —  A group of Muslims plan on forming a “peace ring” around a synagogue in Oslo, Norway, following the recent attack on a synagogue in Copenhagen.  —  Hajrad Arshad, the 17-year-old organizing the event …
F. W. Burleigh / American Thinker:
Is President Obama a Muslim?  A lot has been written about this, but if photographs speak louder than words, then a photo taken at last August's U.S.-African Leaders' Summit in Washington D.C. might shed considerable light.  —  It shows Barack Hussein Obama flashing the one-finger affirmation …
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
D'Souza On Obama: ‘You Can Take The Boy Out Of The Ghetto...’  —  Conservative activist and convicted felon Dinesh D'Souza on Wednesday raised the bar for his incomprehensible Twitter feed, tweeting a photo of President Obama with the message, “YOU CAN TAKE THE BOY OUT OF THE GHETTO.”
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Banter
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
No, the VA has not fired 60 people for manipulating wait-time data  —  “Nine hundred people have been fired since I became secretary.  We've got 60 people that we fired who have manipulated wait times.”  —Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, NBC “Meet the Press” interview, Feb. 15, 2015
Discussion: Mediaite, Hot Air and Truth Revolt
David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Trey Gowdy: Time for a Select Committee to Investigate the IRS Scandal  —  The congressman versus the Obama administration, part infinity.  —  GREENVILLE, S.C.—At a Republican Party fundraising breakfast in his district on Wednesday, Representative Trey Gowdy suggested that the congressional GOP needed …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Aaron Mueller / MLive.com:
Woman who fatally shot herself in eye was adjusting her bra holster, St. Joseph police say  —  ST. JOSEPH, MI — A woman who accidentally shot herself in the eye on New Years Day at her Lake Michigan home was adjusting the handgun in her bra holster, police say.
Maria Puente / USA Today:
Dr. Seuss returns with newly discovered book  —  Dr. Seuss long ago passed from the scene but old manuscripts by the beloved children's author keep turning up.  —  Random House Children's Books said Wednesday it will publish a recently discovered manuscript with Dr. Seuss sketches, called What Pet Should I Get, on July 28.
Discussion: Washington Times and The Week
Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Convicted Conservative Felon D'Souza Shows His Ass Again  —  Someone needs to tell Dinesh D'Souza to back away from the Twitter slowly and return to his cushy room at the halfway house where he's serving his term for trying to buy himself a Senator in 2012.  With every tweet …
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
Bad lieutenant: American police brutality, exported from Chicago to Guantánamo  —  Exclusive: At the notorious wartime prison, Richard Zuley oversaw a shocking military interrogation that has become a permanent stain on his country.  Part one of a Guardian investigation reveals …
Discussion: Common Dreams, Chicago and Hit & Run
Austin American-Statesman:
Travis judge rules Texas gay-marriage ban unconstitutional  —  A Travis County judge ruled Tuesday that the Texas ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, but there was no rush to the altar after county officials — scrambling to understand the impact of the judge's 3 p.m. order …
Lawrence Mishel / American Prospect:
Failed Theory Posed by Wall Street Dems Puts Hillary Clinton in a Bind  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin at Columbia University Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2000, in New York.  —  There was a time where it was plausible to argue that more education …
Peter Maass / The Intercept:
Stephen Kim Spoke to a Reporter.  Now He's in Jail.  This Is His Story.  —  ON THE MORNING of June 11, 2009, James Rosen stepped inside the State Department, scanned his building badge and made his way to the Fox News office in the busy press room on the second floor.  It was going to be a hectic day.
 
 
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