A.M. Links: Republican David Jolly Wins In First 2014 Election, Snowden Calls Feinstein a Hypocrite, Obama Gets Game of Thrones Episodes Early

Republican David Jolly won
yesterday’s special election in
Florida’s 13^th congressional district in a race
Democrats and Republicans believed was going to be an indicator on
the political fallout from Obamacare. Libertarian Lucas Overby, a
27-year-old commercial diver, won nearly 5 percent of the
vote.
President Obama is planning to unilaterally expand overtime pay
requirements for “executive or professional” workers by
revising
Labor Department regulations to lift the salary threshold at
which employers are no longer required to offer salaried employees
overtime pay.
Lindsey Graham and John McCain have come out in support of

Dianne Feinstein’s allegations against the CIA. Graham says the
Senate should declare war on the CIA if the allegations are true,
while John McCain wants to see an independent investigation. Edward
Snowden, meanwhile, called Feinstein a hypocrite for only caring
about government spying when it involves her staffers.
European Union (EU) countries have approved the wording of
sanction measures against
Russia for violating Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty. The
seven-page document is expected to be approved by a meeting of EU
foreign ministers on Monday. NATO is now flying surveillance planes
out of
Poland to monitor the situation in Ukraine.
Three Somali soldiers convicted of killing a journalist as well
as fellow government soldiers were publicly executed by firing
squad in Mogadishu.
President Obama gets to watch
Game of Thrones before the episodes air on HBO because the
network sends them to him in advance, according to the show’s
co-creators. (h/t Jeff Patterson)