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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Americans Are Turning Against Free Trade — A decade and a half ago, I filled my days writing speeches urging Congress to grant President George W. Bush fast-track trade authority. If memory serves, I wrote more speeches on that one subject than on any other.
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David Dayen / Salon:
The Democrats' TPP rebellion just drew blood: Everything you need to know about today's shocking vote — In a major rebuke for the White House, liberal democrats resisted Obama's efforts to fast track trade authority — Today's rebuke for the Obama Administration and his friends …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House Rejects Trade Measure, Rebuffing Obama's Dramatic Appeal — WASHINGTON — Hours after President Obama made a dramatic, personal appeal for support, House Democrats on Friday thwarted his push to expand trade negotiating power — and quite likely his chance to secure a legacy-defining accord spanning the Pacific Ocean.
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Washington Dysfunction, With a Twist: Democrats Desert Their President — WASHINGTON — After years of Republican derision of President Obama's fiscal agenda, which they frequently describe as socialism, in the end it was the president's own Democratic Party that deprived …
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The Huffington Post:
Democrats Rebel To Block Obama's Trade Deals
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CNN:
Democrats reject Obama on trade
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Power Line, Informed Comment and American Spectator
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House deals humiliating blow to Obama in trade fight
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The Nation, RedState, The Last Refuge, PoliticusUSA and Hit & Run
Israel Hayom:
‘My position was: you need to have boots on the ground’ — Former U.S. President George W. Bush tells Israel Hayom in an exclusive interview, “My strategy, the Bush doctrine, was to vigorously pursue those who do us harm and bring them to justice” • “America has been very supportive of Israel,” he remarks.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Bush: You need ‘boots on the ground’ — The United States will need combat troops on the ground to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), former President George W. Bush suggested in a new interview. — “The president will have to make that determination,” …
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
In Europe, Leaders Take Note: Jeb Bush Isn't His Brother — BERLIN — After emerging from a 45-minute meeting here with Jeb Bush, the foreign minister of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, told colleagues that what struck him most about the American was not the strength of his opinions but something simpler: the depth of his curiosity.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Mitt's new mission — Romney is working to rid the GOP presidential primary of the mayhem that marked his own race. — DEER VALLEY, Utah — Mitt Romney is working with an unlikely collaborator — Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul who bankrolled Newt Gingrich's 2012 campaign …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Mark Halperin, Ann Romney to host ‘Sunrise Pilates’ for GOP megadonors
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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Rich Republican Donors Get VIP Retreat Treatment
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Politico:
Newly disclosed hack got ‘crown jewels’ — “This is not the end of American human intelligence, but it's a significant blow,” a former NSA official says. — Hackers have breached a database containing a wealth of sensitive information from federal employees' security background checks …
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Chinese hack of federal personnel files included security-clearance database — The Chinese breach of the Office of Personnel Management network was wider than first acknowledged, and officials said Friday that a database holding sensitive security clearance information on millions …
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Defense One, NPR and Engadget
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Scott Walker's Wisconsin Audition — Anticipating a Republican presidential bid by Scott Walker, the two-term governor of Wisconsin, both The New York Times Magazine and The Washington Monthly recently published lengthy articles about him. (The Times feature, which is in the magazine this weekend, was published online Friday.)
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Dan Kaufman / New York Times:
Scott Walker and the Fate of the Union
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NAACP:
NAACP STATEMENT ON RACHEL DOLEZAL — Baltimore, MD - For 106 years, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has held a long and proud tradition of receiving support from people of all faiths, races, colors and creeds. NAACP Spokane Washington Branch President Rachel Dolezal …
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Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon:
Stop making excuses for Rachel Dolezal: The Spokane NAACP official's fraud is unforgivable
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
The damage Rachel Dolezal has done
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren: I know too much about banking for Wall Street's liking — Elizabeth Warren fired back at Jamie Dimon for suggesting she has no clue what she's talking about in her attacks on Wall Street. — “The problem is not that I don't understand the global banking system,” …
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LeftOfCenter / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Fox News Finds Black Mom To Blame Pool Melee On Black Kids — Day after day it is astounding to see how the producers at Fox and Friends find ways to appeal to their bigoted, and sexist viewers. Saturday Night Live's sketch that accurately portrays the trio of trivia must be revamped this next season …
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