Cato Scholars Defend NSA, Libertarians Revolt
“I doubt the authors speak for most others at Cato and they certainly don’t speak for the broader movement,” says one unhappy libertarian.
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U.S. Will Provide Military Support To Syrian Rebels
U.S. has concluded Assad used chemical weapons, but no details yet on the specific military support that will be provided.
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White House Says Syrian Regime Used Chemical Weapons, Military Plans No-Fly Zone
The Assad regime used chemical weapons to kill more than 100 rebels.
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John McCain Jumps The Gun By Announcing That Obama Will Arm The Syrian Rebels
Oops.
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LGBT Members Of Congress Push President Obama On Workplace Protections
Representatives Maloney, Polis, Takano and Pocan offer their thoughts on ENDA, President Obama and the executive order LGBT advocates are hoping he’ll sign.
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Marco Rubio Still A Favorite Among Social Conservatives
The Florida senator has recently been the target of some friendly fire on the right, but at the start Faith and Freedom Coalition conference, he’s the star of the show.
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Intelligence Committee Chair: Court Order Not Needed To Search Metadata
Also says Congress will push for legislation to limit how much access contractors have to classified information.
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Marco Rubio Veers Right On Gay Issues
After previously taking care to avoid personal positions on several LBGT issues, the Florida senator got personal on same-sex couples’ immigration rights and “special protections” in the workplace.
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Steve King: Aliens Invaded My Office
The “brazen,” “illegal alien” variety, he tweeted.
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Nevada Congressman’s Son: Obama Is Only Good At "Spear Chucking And Rock Skipping"
Rep. Joe Heck’s son Joey has made several racist, homophobic, and sexist remarks on Twitter. “I apologize to everyone he may have offended,” the Congressman tells BuzzFeed.
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Republicans Plan To Sue The Government Over NSA Spying
The details of the proposed legal action are still a little nebulous.
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Thanks To The Supreme Court, Angelina Jolie’s Breast Cancer Test Might Become More Affordable
Companies were patenting certain gene mutations. They lost in the Supreme Court Thursday. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Don’t Worry MSNBC, Cable News Ratings Will Soon Be Irrelevant
The metric of the future will be web traffic, and the sooner the cable news networks realize it, the better.
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FBI: NSA’s Domestic Monitoring Could Have Prevented 9/11
During a hearing on Capitol Hill, FBI Director Robert Mueller used the events of September 11, 2001 as an example of why the National Security Agency’s monitoring of all Americans communications are critical.
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Eight GetEqual Activists Arrested During Sit-In At Speaker John Boehner’s Office
Calling on the House speaker to hold a vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would ban LGBT discrimination in employment, eight activists with GetEqual were arrested Thursday.
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Racists Escaped Extra Tax Scrutiny
As long as you don’t call yourself “tea party”…
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Anthony Weiner Is Doing The Food Stamp Challenge
John Liu, city comptroller and another mayoral candidate, is doing the SNAP challenge too. “I’m gonna get probably a loaf of bread, some peanut butter, rice, lentils,” says Weiner.
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NYU Denies Booting Chinese Dissident
The Chinese dissident is leaving NYU amid reports that the university bowed to pressure from the Chinese government. “These are unrelated matters.”
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Chris Christie Slow Jams The News With Jimmy Fallon
“Take it from my man, the love guv…”
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Jeremy Scahill Trashes Cable News On "The Tonight Show"
The Dirty Wars director, who spent the past week promoting his new film on cable news, called MSNBC “one long episode of the E! True Hollywood Story of Barack Obama.”
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Rand Paul Appears On Two Cable News Channels At Once Wearing Different Shirts
Is he magical?!
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Obama Faces Pressure From Friends On Executive Inaction For LGBT Workers
“[T]here is no person who has given me directly any reason that it has not yet happened or that it couldn’t or shouldn’t happen,” Human Rights Campaign president says of an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT employees.
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Democratic Senator Skipped Briefing On NSA Program He Said He Didn’t Know About
“Sen. [Jeff] Merkley thought the meeting would be on an area that he had already been briefed on, and when conflicts arose he missed the meeting,” liberal lawmaker’s office said in a statement.
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NSA Chief Grilled At Senate Hearing
Says spying program has foiled “dozens” of terrorist plots.
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“Veep” Creator Isn’t Paying Too Much Attention To Joe Biden
Armando Iannucci, creator and write of HBO’s Veep, sits down with BuzzFeed to talk politics. How Washington is like LA.
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Rep. Peter King Calls For Glenn Greenwald’s Arrest
“This is putting American lives at risk and clearly done to hurt Americans,” King says of Greenwald’s scoops.
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Arizona Senator’s Son Used Homophobic, Anti-Semitic Language On Twitter
“He has apologized and I apologize as well,” says Senator Jeff Flake.
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Bill Clinton Says He Changed Hospital Policy To Watch Chelsea’s Birth
Bill Clinton told doctors he would not be refused and haggled his way into the operating room just before Chelsea was born. “Father of the Year.”
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Everyone Is Posting Pictures Of Their Socks For George H.W. Bush’s Birthday
The Bush center celebrated by wearing exuberant socks.
