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Topic: Roger Ailes biography sparks
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Roger Ailes biography sparks
an Internet shopping spree
Washington Post, by Erik Wemple
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Posted By:Toledo, 1/25/2013 5:25:31 PM
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| Gabriel Sherman should be flattered. People seem to believe that the New York Magazine writer’s pending, unauthorized biography of Roger Ailes will be a big deal. Look at all the attention that’s come his way since he started working on it: Last spring, he saw his subscription to the Putnam County News and Recorder summarily cancelled. That’s the community paper published by Elizabeth Ailes, the wife of Roger Ailes. “I don’t want to get into a financial transaction with him and his credit card,” Elizabeth Ailes explained to the Erik Wemple Blog last June regarding the subscription cutoff.
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Getting To Maybe
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The New Yorker, by Ryan Lizza
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Posted By: toledo- 6/17/2013 7:09:54 AM
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Six years ago, when John McCain, the Arizona senator, last worked on an immigration bill, his partner was Ted Kennedy, of Massachusetts. Kennedy, especially in his final decade in the Senate, was known for working closely with ideological opponents to pass major pieces of legislation. On a recent morning, McCain sat in his dimly lit office, across the street from the Senate, and said how much he missed Kennedy. The Massachusetts senator died in August, 2009, at the age of seventy-seven, after a protracted battle with brain cancer. McCain, who is known for his irascible disposition and his sarcastic
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Give me your spouse beaters ….
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Daily Caller, by Mickey Kaus
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Posted By: toledo- 6/17/2013 7:04:38 AM
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Gang of 8 vs. VAWA: Byron York notes some of the shortcomings of the pending Gang of 8 bill’s treatment of illegal immigrants with criminal records: You’re only blackballed when you are convicted of three misdemeanors–an achievement, given the tendency of overworked prosecutors to accept misdemeanor pleas for felony charges. Even three misdemeanors can be waived by Janet Napolitano–or whoever is Secretary of DHS–”in the public interest.” And you have to have been convicted of the misdemeanors on separate days. …
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Cheney Rejects Obama’s IRS Story
On Fox: ‘Cannot Conceive’ Of Agents
Acting On Their Own
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Mediaite, by Evan McMurry
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Posted By: toledo- 6/17/2013 7:02:55 AM
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After defending the NSA surveillance programs earlier On Fox News Sunday, former Vice President Dick Cheney went on to criticize the IRS and James Rosen scandals, in particular citing the IRS activity as “one of the worst abuses of power imaginable.” “It clearly was used for political purposes,” Cheney said, adding, “I cannot conceive of a situation in which it didn’t come from higher up.” While Cheney stopped short of implicating the White House in the IRS’ nefarious affairs,
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Dr. Ben Carson, In Retrospect
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Power Line, by John Hinderaker
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Posted By: toledo- 6/17/2013 7:00:37 AM
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Last Thursday evening, I had the privilege, for the eighth consecutive year, of acting as master of ceremonies for the Annual Dinner of the Center of the American Experiment. This year’s dinner featured Dr. Benjamin Carson, one of the most eminent physicians in the United States, whose speech at the National Prayer Breakfast made him a household name. There was a lot of excitement about Dr. Carson’s appearance, and 1,000 people, a sellout crowd, attended the dinner. I had the opportunity to spend some time with Dr. Carson before the event began.
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Yahoo Reportedly Fought Against
NSA’s PRISM Program In 2008
(And Lost) Before Joining
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Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar
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Posted By: toledo- 6/14/2013 11:49:26 AM
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Among the recent revelations about the NSA was the PRISM program, which tech companies have denied participating in. According to a New York Times report, one of those companies, Yahoo, fought back in 2008 against the government requests on the grounds that it would be unconstitutional — but failed. Thus, the company became part of the program. “The government had sought help in spying on certain foreign users, without a warrant,
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America to Congress: You Suck!
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National Journal, by Ron Fournier
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Posted By: toledo- 6/14/2013 10:57:45 AM
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A bit of news for members of Congress on their way home for the weekend: America hates you. Nearly eight in 10 Americans told Gallup pollsters this month they disapprove of the way Congress is handing its job, the 45th consecutive month that more than two-thirds of Americans graded Congress poorly. The problem isn´t as much what Congress is doing as what it is not getting done. Fifty-nine percent of the disapproving Americans cited partisan gridlock and ineffectiveness for their thumbs-down. Fewer than 30 percent cited performance on specific issues or ethics. It gets worse.
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Obamacare: Is a $2,000
deductible ´affordable?´
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CNN, by Tami Luhby
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Posted By: toledo- 6/13/2013 10:49:40 AM
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NEW YORK Until now, much of the debate swirling around Obamacare has focused on the cost of premiums in the state-based health insurance exchanges. But what will enrollees actually get for that monthly charge? States are starting to roll out details about the exchanges, providing a look at just how affordable coverage under the Affordable Care Act will be. Some potential participants may be surprised at the figures: $2,000 deductibles, $45 primary care visit co-pays, and $250 emergency room tabs.
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Edward Snowden Is In The
Process Of Destroying Any Support
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Business Insider, by Brett LoGiurato
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Posted By: StormCnter- 6/18/2013 5:34:23 AM
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Amid a steady rise of backlash, Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old former National Security Agency contractor who was the source of a spring of leaks about the agency´s surveillance methods, conducted a live chat on The Guardian´s website Monday morning. Judging from some of the pointed questions he´s been asked and the reaction to newly leaked revelations over the past few days, it´s clear that much of the sympathy and support Snowden had built up for his early exposures is eroding. Many Americans supported his decision to leak information about a pair of National Security Agency surveillance programs, which, he detailed, gathered information
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Barbara Walters Defends Maher
Calling Trig Palin Retarded:
‘I Don´t Think He Intended
it to be Mean-Spirited’
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Newsbusters, by John Nolte
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Posted By: JoniTx- 6/17/2013 5:19:02 PM
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As NewsBusters reported last week, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin called out vulgarian comedian Bill Maher for referring to her Down Syndrome son Trig as "retarded." On ABC´s The View Monday, co-host Barbara Walters astonishingly defended Maher saying, "I don´t think he intended it to be mean-spirited" (video follows with transcript and commentary): WHOOPI GOLDBERG: At a recent standup show in Las Vegas, comedian Bill Maher apparently called Sarah Palin’s five-year-old developmentally-challenged son Trig retarded. And Sarah blasted him on Twitter as a bully. Is that, is it, is he a bully? Is he a bad, what is he?
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Who is he? Obama keeps allies,
enemies guessing in second term
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The Hill, by Justin Sink
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Posted By: ketchuplover- 6/17/2013 6:31:12 AM
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Five months into his second term, allies and enemies are as confounded as ever about who President Obama really is. Is he the dyed-in-the-wool liberal that his biggest supporters and critics suggest? Or is he a pragmatic, even cynical, politician who cares more for his popularity than taking risks for his ideological goals or living up to his rhetoric? Even in the short period since his reelection, Obama has provided evidence to support conflicting interpretations. His efforts to pass immigration reform, the unsuccessful push for stricter gun controls and tax hikes on high earners buttress the case for Obama-as-ideologue.
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Jeb Bush labels conservative
critics ‘the chirpers’
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Washington Post, by Aaron Blake
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 6/17/2013 1:22:30 PM
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Jeb Bush says he’s not worried that his work toward comprehensive immigration reform and his ties to the GOP establishment will alienate conservatives and negatively impact a potential 2016 presidential campaign, referring to critics as “the chirpers.” “If I decide to run for office again, it will be based on what I believe, and it will be based on my record,” the former Florida governor said in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody. “And that record was one of solving problems completely from a conservative prospective.” Bush (R) pointed to his conservative
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Rubio Aide: ‘There Are American
Workers Who, For Lack of a
Better Term, Can’t Cut It’
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National Review Online, by Rich Lowry
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Posted By: trapper- 6/16/2013 11:18:45 PM
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Politico’s Playbook has an excerpt from a new Ryan Lizza piece from the New Yorker that is not yet online. It contains a passage on the back-and-forth between labor and the Chamber that has a quote from a Rubio staffer that is going to raise eyebrows, to say the least: “There are American workers who, for lack of a better term, can’t cut it. There shouldn’t be a presumption that every American worker is a star performer. There are people who just can’t get it, can’t do it, don’t want to do it. And so you can’t obviously discuss that publicly.” Here is the entire context:
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Iran to send 4,000 troops to
support President Assad in
Syria as British Armed Forces
play war games on border
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Daily Mail [UK], by Suzannah Hills
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/16/2013 11:08:12 PM
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Iran is preparing to send 4,000 troops in to Syria to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the wake of America´s announcement it will be providing ´military aid´ to the country´s Muslim rebels. President Barack Obama made the pledge earlier this week after the U.S. claimed it found ´conclusive evidence´ Assad´s regime has used chemical weapons against the rebel forces--which includes the most extreme Sunni Islamists--and has called for Britain and France to back the move. While Britain hasn´t made a guarantee either way as yet, more than 350 Royal Marines are being sent to Jordan
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Marco Rubio doesn´t
know if ´he´s getting
played´ by Democrats
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Washington Examiner, by Charlie Spiering
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Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 6/17/2013 6:42:44 AM
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Is Marco Rubio, R-Fla., getting played by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.? During his interview with ABC’s Jonathan Karl this morning, Rubio didn’t even seem to understand what that meant. “Are you being played by the Democrats?” asked Karl. “Is Chuck Schumer playing you?” “I don’t — I quite frankly, I don’t even know what that means,” Rubio replied. “Is he using you?” Karl continued. “Is he using you to try to accomplish something that the Democrats want and is not — not a conservative bill?” Rubio responded that immigration reform was a bi-partisan issue that “all Americans
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