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This poll will officially decide who gets to be the next host of The Daily Show.

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I asked the women of BuzzFeed what beauty products they use over and over again. Here are your new staples.

St. Ives Naturally Soothing Body Lotion, $4.79

A game-changer for anyone with eczema.

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Burt's Bees Lip Balm, $3.30

Always replacing these 'cuz you gotta have one at all times.

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Glossier Balm Dotcom, $12

The master of dry spots, an essential for east coast winters.

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Bumble and Bumble Prêt-à-Powder, $27

For when you can't shampoo.

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The showrunners of the Marvel series talk to BuzzFeed News about their grounded, gynecoid superhero.

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In a Hollywood superhero landscape woefully lacking in female-driven stories, Marvel's Agent Carter is an outlier. The eponymous Agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) is a female spy at the center of the narrative who openly battles sexism in every episode of the 1940s-set drama.

But, according to the ABC series' showrunners — Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas — that's pure happenstance. "I definitely think Agent Carter has feminist issues, and I'm happy to put that out there," Butters told BuzzFeed News in a phone interview. "But at the same time, it never drives our storytelling."

That Agent Carter is a woman is never forgotten on the series, though. In the first episode, which aired in January, she cites her gender as a reason that being approached by a stranger at night makes her uncomfortable; and in the episodes that have followed, she uses feminine tools to carry out her missions — a tube of lipstick to drug a man; a bottle of perfume to defuse a bomb. But the showrunners aren't consciously trying to subvert gendered assumptions, even if it is the result.

"That's not making a statement," Fazekas said. "It's just sort of, well, what would a spy have that you want to hide its true purpose? What would a woman have in her purse? She'd have a tube of lipstick."

More than using her gender to her advantage, however, Agent Carter is visibly bolstered by male characters; on the contrary, the efforts of female characters in male superhero projects largely go unnoticed. Of course, Tony Stark can't be Iron Man without the assistance of Pepper Potts, nor can Spider-Man save New York City without Aunt May to cook him dinner, but the labor of those female characters often goes unnoticed in a way that Agent Carter's male helper characters' does not. No one can do it all alone, a fact that Jarvis (James D'Arcy), the solicitous butler, reminds Carter of when he pointedly notes that Captain America relied on her for support.

"Typically, the roles are reversed, and it's Arrow and Felicity, or you have Superman and Lois Lane. The women are the support. And so when you flip that, I think Jarvis does stand out," Butters said.

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It will also make you hungry. BRB going to In-N-Out.

This is the exterior of a fully detailed Lego recreation of In-N-Out.

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The custom vinyl In-N-Out logo stickers are the only pieces of the set that aren't genuine Lego parts, according to Jon Furman, the man who created this vision.

"All of the parts are stock Lego pieces except for the signage," Furman told BuzzFeed. "I tried to build the structure so it was instantly recognizable as an In-N-Out but since I live in the In-N-Out desert that is the Pacific Northwest, most people here thought that it was a replica of an inferior competitor. I'm not at all cool with that, so I asked a graphic designer I know to replicate the Logo and had an acquaintance print me two of them as vinyl cling stickers. Finishing it was a bit of a collective effort and I've got to give a big thank you to my friend Jordan for the amazing photographs."

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In an email to BuzzFeed, Jon said that the project took about three years to complete, since getting his hands on the right Lego parts wasn't always easy.

"The total build took place over about three years, mostly because getting my hands on the right pieces proved to be a bit of a difficulty early on," Furman said. "For instance, the neon lighting around the upper cornice is made from red lightsaber pieces. Since red lightsabers are included in very few Lego sets you either pay an adult through the nose for them online or barter with the local kids."

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Furman currently lives in Portland, but says on trips back to L.A. he will "plan flights around meal times just to sneak in a Double Double."

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You have the word “juicy” on your rear end.

When Lorelai looked fashionable while painting Luke's Diner.

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When Lorelai and Emily hit the catwalk to raise money for Chilton.

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When Rory proved that reading is sexy.

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BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith sat down with President Barack Obama. 22 minutes, 18 questions.

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FULL TRANSCRIPT:

BuzzFeed News: So, eight years ago, today actually, you announced your campaign in Springfield. I read that speech last night and I was struck by how much it's a generational call to your generation, I guess to some degree mine. You use the word "generation" 13 times in the speech. Now, two of the leading candidates for the next presidential nomination are of the previous generation, and I wonder if you find that at all disappointing?

President Obama: Well, they're both obviously highly qualified candidates. Hillary Clinton I know much better than I know Jeb Bush, and I think she'd be an outstanding president. My understanding is that everybody else is younger than me, which—

BuzzFeed News: Wasn't that the idea?

Obama: —I guess matches up with my gray hair. But, you know ultimately what people are going to be looking for in the next president is what they always look for in a president and that is somebody who is attuned to the hopes and dreams of the American people at a particular moment in time. When I ran in 2008, I think what people understood was that the middle class had been left behind for a pretty long stretch of time. We had been involved in very costly wars that didn't seem to have necessarily made us safer and they were looking for change and, you know, I suspect that the next candidates are going to be grappling with some of the issues that I talked about at the State of the Union: How can we make sure that we have broad-based prosperity now that we're out of crisis? How do we deal with terrorism in a way that's smart and effective? How do we address long-term issues like climate change that sometimes are really hard to do politically? So, I think it will be a fascinating debate.

BuzzFeed News: You were elected with this new coalition of young people, people of color, women, and I wonder is that a coalition that the next Democratic nominee — Hillary Clinton or not — inherits?

Obama: I don't think any president inherits a coalition. I think any candidate has to win over people based on what they stand for, what their message is, what their vision is for the future. I think what's true is that I've done very well among younger Americans and that's always been something I've been very proud of: our ability to reach out to get people involved who traditionally have not always gotten involved or have been skeptical about politics. I think the fact that we got a lot of support from African Americans or Latinos or Asian Americans is just reflective of the shifts in the country. I think it's also important to remember that I won Iowa, which doesn't have one of the most diverse populations in the country. I think there's been, you know, talk that there's a need to reach out more to older Americans or middle America or white working-class families that Democrats haven't done as well on, but that hasn't been unique to me, that's been going on for a while.

BuzzFeed News: Do you think that's right, that there is a need to reach out to them more?

Obama: I absolutely do. I think that one of the biggest challenges in our politics is always how do we get all of us to recognize what we have in common. And there's so many forces that push us apart. Race is just one of them. You've got the rural-urban divide. You have states that are traditionally very Republican versus very Democrat. North-South. But, one of the great things about being president is you travel around and it turns out everybody's struggling with the same things, everybody's hoping for the same things. People's values are pretty common and what I said during the State of the Union is something I still believe, which is that we are more unified than our politics would let on, and the question — particularly during presidential elections — is can we get our politics to give voice to those common things?

BuzzFeed News: If I can move on to the Affordable Care Act. We reported yesterday that the office-supply store Staples is — I'm sure this is an issue you've heard about before — is telling its workers that it will fire them if they work more than 25 hours a week. A manager had told a worker we talked to that "Obama's responsible for this policy," and they're putting these notices on the wall of their break room saying that. I wonder what you'd say to the CEO of Staples, Ronald Sargent, about that policy?

Obama: What I would say is that millions of people are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act. Satisfaction is high. The typical premium is less than $100 bucks.

BuzzFeed News: But this is a specific consequence...

Obama: No, I'm gonna answer the question. And that there is no reason for an employer who is not currently providing health care to their workers to discourage them from either getting health insurance on the job or being able to avail themselves of the Affordable Care Act. I haven't looked at Staples stock lately or what the compensation of the CEO is, but I suspect that they could well afford to treat their workers favorably and give them some basic financial security and if they can't, then they should be willing to allow those workers to get the Affordable Care Act without cutting wages. This is the same argument that I've made with respect to something like paid sick leave. We have 43 million Americans who, if they get sick or their child gets sick, are looking at either losing their paycheck or going to the job sick or leaving their child at home sick. It's one thing when you've got a mom-and-pop store who can't afford to provide paid sick leave or health insurance or minimum wage to workers — even though a large percentage of those small businesses do it because they know it's the right thing to do — but when I hear large corporations that make billions of dollars in profits trying to blame our interest in providing health insurance as an excuse for cutting back workers' wages, shame on them.

BuzzFeed News: Moving on to Russia. You started this presidency with a very productive relationship with President Medvedev and the relations are now probably at their worst since the Cold War. How much of that do you ascribe to Vladimir Putin's character?

Obama: You know, I don't want to psychoanalyze Mr. Putin. I will say that he has a foot very much in the Soviet past. That's how he came of age. He ran the KGB. Those were his formative experiences. So, I think he looks at problems through this Cold War lens and, as a consequence, I think he's missed some opportunities for Russia to diversify its economy, to strengthen its relationship with its neighbors, to represent something different than the old Soviet-style aggression. You know, I continue to hold out the prospect of Russia taking a diplomatic offering from what they've done in Ukraine. I think, to their credit, they've been able to compartmentalize and continue to work with us on issues like Iran's nuclear program. But, if you look at what's happened to the Russian economy, even before oil prices collapsed, it is not an economy that's built for the 21st century. Unfortunately, those forces for modernization inside of Russia, I think, have been sidelined. That's bad for Russia and, over time, it's bad for the United States because if Russia is doing badly, the concern is that they revert to old expansionist ideas that really shouldn't have any application in the 21st century.

BuzzFeed News: We asked our readers [for] questions and we got a lot of questions about weed. One guy, Shawn Gould from Wilmington, it's a familiar situation. He has a felony marijuana possession conviction, so he can't get a job. He said he can't get a job at Boston Market. A kind of problem that disproportionately affects young black men like him. This is obviously a policy challenge you've spent your whole career — one of them — thinking about, but you've been president for six years. What do you say to him?

Obama: We have tried to begin a process of reforming how we deal with non-violent drug offenses, starting with Eric Holder, our attorney general, providing different criteria for evaluation for U.S. attorneys, suggesting to them they don't always just have to charge the maximum in order for them to do a good job. In fact, sometimes it's more appropriate to look at whether a charge against a non-violent drug offender is the right charge. We are reaching out to judges and lawyers — both prosecutors and defense bar — to look at how we can begin to more systematically change sentencing when it comes to non-violent drug offenses. We've revamped the pardoning office in the Justice Department because, traditionally, we weren't reaching a lot of non-violent offenders who, if they received a pardon, perhaps would be in a better position to get employed. Overall — and the final thing is our office of drug prevention policy, one of the things we're trying to do is move off just an enforcement/incarceration strategy more to a public health, treatment strategy. When you look at the progress we've made in reducing teen smoking, for example, or promoting seat-belt use: it's not because we criminalize things, alone — although in the case of seat belts, obviously, you can get a ticket — a lot of it just had to do with public education. The same is true on drug abuse. Unfortunately, we've short-changed that side and the consequences have been particularly devastating in certain segments of the community that need to be addressed.

BuzzFeed News: I want to move to the big LGBT news of yesterday, but first we had a very specific question from a reader who worked for you, a federal lawyer who's transgender named Emily Prince. Federal policy bars discrimination against transgender people under health care plans covered under the ACA, but federal worker plans largely don't cover gender-reassignment surgery. Should they?

Obama: You know, I haven't looked at that policy. My general view is that transgender persons, just like gays and lesbians, are deserving of equal treatment under the law. And that's a basic principle. As you mentioned, my sense is that the Supreme Court is about to make a shift, one that I welcome, which is to recognize that — having hit a critical mass of states that have recognized same-sex marriage — it doesn't make sense for us to now have this patchwork system and that it's time to recognize that, under the equal protection clause of the United States, same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody else.

BuzzFeed News: There are a few officials in Alabama, starting with Judge Roy Moore, but also a number of probate judges, who are resisting that. Do you see shades of George Wallace in the schoolhouse door?

Obama: Well, I... look, I won't… I won't say it's a perfect analogy, but there's a core principle here that's at stake, which is we have a supremacy clause in our constitution. When federal law is in conflict with state law, federal law wins out. My understand — my recollection is that Judge Moore had a similar problem with a federal court ruling that you couldn't put a huge Ten Commandments statue in the middle of your courthouse and, ultimately, federal law was obeyed and I think that the same thing will end up happening here.

BuzzFeed News: Is there anything you'd say to him?

Obama: You know, I think that the courts at the federal level will have something to say to him.

BuzzFeed News: David Axelrod wrote in his book that you hated and weren't good at, he said, "bullshitting," about your position on marriage in '08. Why did you feel you had to do it?

Obama: Well, you know, I think David is mixing up my personal feelings with my position on the issue. I always felt that same-sex couples should be able to enjoy the same rights, legally, as anybody else and so it was frustrating to me not to, I think, be able to square that with what were a whole bunch of religious sensitivities out there. So, my thinking at the time was that civil unions — which I always supported — was a sufficient way of squaring the circle. That, OK, we won't call it "marriage," we'll call it "civil unions," same-sex couples will have the same rights as anybody else, but the word "marriage" with its religious connotations historically would be preserved for marriages between men and women. Where my evolution took place was not in my attitude toward same-sex couples, it was in understanding the pain and the sense of stigma that was being placed on same-sex couples who are friends of mine, where they'd say, "You know what, if you're not calling it marriage, it doesn't feel like the same thing. Even if you gave me the same rights, the fact that I'm being treated differently or the love that we feel is somehow segmented off, that hurts." It was because of those conversations that I ended up shifting positions, that civil unions, in fact, were not sufficient rather than marriage. But, I think the notion that somehow I was always in favor of marriage per se isn't quite accurate. What I was in favor of is making sure that...

BuzzFeed News: Despite that old questionnaire?

Obama: Well, yeah. The old questionnaire, you know, is an example of struggling with what was a real issue at the time, which is how do you make sure that people's rights are enjoyed and these religious sensitivities were taken into account? You know, these are the kinds of things you learn as you… move forward in public life: that sometimes you can't split the difference. That sometimes you just have to be very clear that this is what's right. And what I'm very proud of is to see how rapidly the country has shifted and maybe the small part that I've played, but certainly my Justice Department and others have played, in this administration in getting to where we need to be.

BuzzFeed News: I have sort of an organizing question about that, which is if you talk to people who were involved in your initial coalition — you have labor union activists, civil rights activists, environmentalists, and LGBT rights activists — it's the LGBT rights activists right now who feel most totally fulfilled by your administration, by what you've done. I wonder, did they do something right? Did they push you harder? Or, was it just their moment and it really wasn't about what they did?

Obama: Yeah, I, you know, I think it was a matter of… It was an idea whose time had come. I also think that, unlike sometimes issues of race or even in some cases economic status, I think that there are a lot of people, including Supreme Court justices, who have somebody in their family or somebody that they know who's gay and, as more and more people came out of the closet and they said, "Well, gosh, well I love that person." It changed —

BuzzFeed News: So you don't give the organized community credit as much as the cultural change?

Obama: Well, no no no. I mean, I think the organized community did an excellent job. But, look, the immigrants' rights organizations have done an excellent job, the civil rights organizations have done an excellent job. I think that a lot of it had to do with the willingness of people to recognize the regard they had for the LGBT communities or people in their families. But part of it is also, frankly, that an issue like non-discrimination for the LGBT community is a little bit easier than the issues of inner-city poverty, right? You not discriminating against a gay person may require you to undergo some change of mind, but it doesn't require you to potentially — calling on the government to provide more support for impoverished children so that they've got daycare that's high quality.

BuzzFeed News: We've just got a couple more minutes and there are a couple national security questions I wanted to get in in that time. First, lot of complicated parts in this surveillance debate but there's one thing you could do with the stroke of the pen, which is ending the bulk collection of meta data. Why haven't you?

Obama: Well, what we've done is called on Congress to create a program that preserves what we need in order to fight against potential terror attacks on the homeland while addressing the concerns of privacy critics and libertarians.

BuzzFeed News: But why not stop the program now?

Obama: Well, because I'm still hopeful that we can actually get a bill passed... You know, there is bipartisan support for the bill and, as has been true in a lot of instances including on immigration, my preference is always to actually get legislation passed because it's a little longer lasting.

BuzzFeed News: And finally I wanted to ask you about Kayla Mueller. She was confirmed dead today and I wondered both if you had any reaction to her murder and, really, how do you tell a family that the United States government is not going to do all it can or we have a policy of not doing all we can in these situations?

Obama: Well, first of all, my immediate reaction is heartbreak. I've been in touch with Kayla's family. She was an outstanding young woman and a great spirit and I think that spirit will live on. I think the more people learn about her, the more they appreciate what she stood for and how it stands in contrast with the barbaric organization that held her captive. But I don't think it's accurate then to say that the United States government hasn't done everything that we could. We devoted enormous resources — and always devote enormous resources — to freeing captives or hostages anywhere in the world and I deployed an entire operation at significant risk to rescue not only her, but the other individuals that had been held and probably missed them by a day or two precisely because we had that commitment. The one thing that we have held to is a policy of not paying ransoms with an organization like ISIL. And the reason is that once we start doing that, not only are we financing their slaughter of innocent people and strengthening their organization, but we're actually making Americans even greater targets for future kidnappings… You know, it's as tough as anything that I do, having conversation with parents who understandably want — by any means necessary —for their children to be safe and we will do everything we can, short of providing an incentive for future Americans to be caught.

BuzzFeed News: And I understand the policy review underway, you're ruling out ransoms. Is anything even being considered there?

Obama: Just as a general rule, what we don't want to do is make other American citizens riper targets for the actions of organizations like this.

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It’s time to analyze your behavior for the BAU!

Whatever you do… don’t mention the war!

You tend to be brutally honest.

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You're extremely gifted in the art of cursing.

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The smallest things get under your skin.

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And you take out your anger on inanimate objects.

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Watch this amazing medley of the greatest love songs from the 1960’s through now.

Welcome to your new obsession.

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It all starts with a swing of 60's pop! L-O-V-E!

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We then slide effortlessly from the 60's puppy love into the soulful 70's.

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It's the 80's! Time for Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson!

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Retro Rehab on Oldham Street

With its recognisable mint-green exterior, Retro Rehab remains a firm favourite for vintage shopping in the Northern Quarter. There are racks of items for £5 and even £1, and frequent sales. Who said vintage has to be expensive?

Best for: Bargain men's and women's clothing and accessories.

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Cow on Church Street

Cow has branches in Birmingham, Nottingham, and Sheffield and you can buy their stuff online too.

Becky from the Manchester store told BuzzFeed Life that the vintage scene in Manchester is very influenced by the musical history of the city: "People are still passionate about bands like the Stone Roses and the '90s is a big thing for Manchester, so Cow does really well."

Best for: Denim, shoes, bags, sportswear, and cosy jumpers.

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Pop Boutique on Oldham Street

Oldham Street in Manchester is home to the first Pop Boutique store, although there are now branches in London, Leeds, and Liverpool.

They stock reworked vintage pieces – perfect if vintage clothes don't often come in your size – and there's even a cafe to quench your thirst after a hard afternoon of shopping!

Best for: Men's and women's clothing, shoes, accessories, bags, and furniture.

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Junk Shop on Dale Street

Junk is my personal favourite Manchester vintage shop. Jessie from Junk told BuzzFeed Life that Junk is an ethical retailer that doesn't follow trends:

"We’ve got a selection of handmade-in-Manchester pieces, using materials from recycling mills," she said. "We reuse curtains and bedsheets to make some of the dresses in store. There's also a range of Junk sewing courses – from real beginners to learning upcycling, tailored dressing and prom dressmaking, there’s something for whatever you’re interested in."

Best for: Reworked classics, jewellery, and sewing classes.

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Hawkish Republicans say they won’t place restrictions on the commander-in-chief, but Democrats and dovish Republicans want a strict timeline and limits on ground troops.

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WASHINGTON— As the White House prepares to send language to Capitol Hill authorizing the use of force against ISIS, senators from both parties are saying significant changes need to be made in order for it to pass.

Hawkish Republicans say they'll refuse to vote for an Authorization for Use of Military Force that limits the president in anyway. Democrats and dovish Republicans won't vote for an AUMF without some limitations on ground troops and a strict timeline for an AUMF expiration.

How exactly something would pass Congress in the next couple months is now open question as the United States continues to strike ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

"I don't know the answer to that. We have not really taken a task like this on in a long, long time," said Minority Whip Dick Durbin, when asked how a bipartisan compromise would come about. "The last time we got close to it was the decision to invade Iraq. There was a lot of back and forth… I assume it starts in in the foreign relations committee but beyond that I assume it's going to be the subject for floor debate."

Durbin said the debate would "not be easy" but a lengthy debate may be necessary "to get it right."

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and legal counsel Neil Eggleston briefed senate Democrats on the emerging plan Tuesday afternoon during the caucus lunch. Final language from the White House is not expected until Wednesday or Thursday at the latest. Democratic Leader Harry Reid described the lunch as a "beginning of a discussion."

Democratic members are deeply concerned over four words, Durbin said. The White House AUMF would limit "enduring offensive ground operations" but defensive operations would be exempt.

"We're talking about the department of defense so there is hardly any military operation that cannot be characterized as defensive. Defensive operations are exempt, it would limit offensive operations," he said. "That's where we have to dig in."

Sen. Chris Murphy, an outspoken voice in the party for the need for a more restrictive AUMF said that he would need the ground troop language to change before he could support it.

"It seems to be a substantial change from the draft on the limitations on ground troops that came out of the foreign relations committee," he said.

Democratic senators did said they were happy to hear about certain elements the president planned to include -- a sunset of the 2002 Iraq AUMF and a 3-year authorization, meaning the next president would have to quickly re-evaluate a new AUMF upon taking office.

Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker, told reporters there would be many hearings and no "rush" to get something passed.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, told reporters he was briefed earlier Tuesday by the White House and specifically asked about the use of force against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad

"I asked a question, would the authorization of the use of military force allow us to engage Assad's forces if we sent a ground component into Syria and he tried to attack the people we trained and they said no," Graham said. "In my view unless you are allowed to do that we will fail. You will not defeat ISIL because the army you train to defeat ISIL will be made up of Syrians and they are going to turn on Assad. If you don't protect that army from an Assad air campaign they will fail. If you aren't willing to do that, don't send them in."

"I'm not going to vote for an AUMF that doesn't allow us to destroy ISIL," he added.

Likewise, Sen. John McCain said he would not vote for anything that constrained the president.

"If we don't like what the president does we have the power of the purse but the president is the commander in chief and we should not constrain his military actions," he said. "I want to give him the authority to do what he needs to do in the region."

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A peek into what a red carpet really looks like.

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She never meant to brag.

When she made cute braids ridiculously punk.

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When her pixie cut was even more glamorous than you could ever imagine.

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When she teamed fierce eye make-up with an even more fierce hair colour.

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When she nailed that subtle sunrise vibe...

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Darling you’re a daydream dressed like a daydream.

You're constantly running into stationary objects, plants, and unsuspecting human beings.

WOOPS, my bad. (Again.)

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You only wear headphones while you walk so you can secretly imagine you are the protagonist in your own movie.

A movie where Chris Pratt is your BFF (duh).

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Your favorite time of day is the five minutes before you fall asleep.

Now I get my brain alllllll to myself.

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The Smarter Sentencing Act is being reintroduced by a bipartisan coalition of conservative and liberal senators. Update: A White House official said the Obama administration “applauds” the effort.

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WASHINGTON — The White House and prominent Democratic senators have once again joined forces with the most prominent names in the Republican Party's libertarian wing to try and sell the law-and-order GOP on a bill that would reduce the mandatory-minimum sentences of nonviolent offenders currently serving time in federal prison.

On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of senators led by Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin and Utah Republican Mike Lee announced the reintroduction of the Smarter Sentencing Act, a bill that failed to move despite bipartisan support in the last Congress.

The White House, which has been a prominent supporter of reexamining the mandatory minimum sentences mostly created at the height of the drug war, praised the new effort.

"We applaud Sens. Lee and Durbin for their bipartisan work to move forward with criminal justice reform this year, as the president called on Congress to do in his State of the Union address," a White House official told BuzzFeed News in an email.

The official said the White House has yet to review the new Smarter Sentencing Act language, but that the administration has "every expectation" the new bill will mirror the old, which the official said the president "strongly supported" last year.

The bill would allow federal prisoners currently serving mandatory minimums, which largely affect drug offenses, to have their sentences reviewed by a judge and possibly reduced, in some cases dramatically.

Libertarian Republicans and liberal Democrats have joined forces to push back against mandatory minimums. Liberals most often support the change for social justice reasons, while conservatives have had great success pushing red state legislatures to reduce their prison populations by making the financial argument that fewer nonviolent offenders behind bars saves taxpayer money.

Democratic Sens. Durbin, Chris Coons of Delaware, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, and Cory Booker of New Jersey are joining with Republican Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Lee, and Ted Cruz of Texas in sponsoring the Smarter Sentencing Act, reflecting the unlikely political alliances that have formed over criminal justice in recent years.

But while liberals have, for the most part, been able to rally Democrats in Washington to their cause, libertarians have had a hard time getting law-and-order Republicans in D.C. with careers forged in the tough-on-crime years of the 1980s to get on board.

At the state level, these libertarian-minded conservatives have led a successful nationwide push to have sentencing laws reviewed and sentences reduced, starting in some of the reddest states like Texas. There's a hope among some conservatives that success will trickle up and influence Republicans at the national level still skeptical of reviewing drug sentencing, fearing that reduced penalties will bring back the high crime rates of the past. Newt Gingrich, who recently signed on with criminal justice advocacy effort led by former White House official Van Jones, told BuzzFeed News at a Washington event last month that Republican governors from red states that have made sweeping changes to their criminal justice systems will influence the D.C. GOP.

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa now chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee following the Republican takeover of the Senate. He expressed skepticism at changing mandatory minimum sentences just days after the election, a move that has mandatory minimum opponents in the activist community privately wary of the Smarter Sentencing Act's chances in the new Congress.

Molly Gill, government affairs counsel at Families Against Mandatory Minimums, told BuzzFeed News the reintroduction of the Smarter Sentencing Act should lead skeptics like Grassley to follow in the footsteps of his Republican colleagues who found a "win-win" situation in this issue.

"This is yet another sign that there is unprecedented bipartisan support and momentum for sentencing reform. Members of Congress are excited about working together on this because it's one of those rare win-win issues for both parties," she wrote in an email. "It's an un-missable opportunity to do something that would be good for Congress, for bipartisanship, and for taxpayers, the Justice Department, families, and communities."

This post was updated with comment from the White House.