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The New Republic:
TNR Exclusive: A Collection of Ron Paul's Most Incendiary Newsletters — For years, Ron Paul published a series of newsletters that dispensed political news and investment advice, but also routinely indulged in bigotry. Here's a selection of some especially inflammatory passages …
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Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Ron Paul Denies Writing Letter On ‘Coming Race War’
TPM2012 — Ron Paul Denies Writing Letter On ‘Coming Race War’
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Talking Points Memo, Indecision Forever, The Hill, Washington Monthly, Slate, Guardian, Stinque and Little Green Footballs
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Ron Paul's Iowa Edge: A Rock-Solid Caucus Campaign
Ron Paul's Iowa Edge: A Rock-Solid Caucus Campaign
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TechCrunch, The Huffington Post, Iowa Caucuses, Slate and Salon.com
Ginger Gibson / The Politico:
Ron Paul 2012: Six comments he needs to explain
Ron Paul 2012: Six comments he needs to explain
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Hot Air, Pirate's Cove, The Daily Caller, Riehl World View, ABCNEWS, This Is So Gay, CBS News and Catholic Bandita
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers frustrated with Boehner-Cantor soap opera — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) are being prodded by their House GOP colleagues to work through their battle-scarred relationship. — Republican lawmakers said they are frustrated …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Suicidal House Republicans
The Suicidal House Republicans
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Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Dish and The Atlantic Online
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House approves payroll tax bill, sends to Obama for signature
House approves payroll tax bill, sends to Obama for signature
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Outside the Beltway and Hot Air
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The GOP's payroll tax debacle
The GOP's payroll tax debacle
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Jennifer Steinhauer / The Caucus:
For Payroll Tax Cut, Next Step Is Obama's Signature
For Payroll Tax Cut, Next Step Is Obama's Signature
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New America Media, Daily Kos, New York Times, Washington Monthly, Prairie Weather and Connecting.the.Dots
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A done deal — Congress sure can move quickly when it wants to.
A done deal — Congress sure can move quickly when it wants to.
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Booman Tribune and New York Times
Sara Sorcher / The Atlantic Wire:
Obama Blames Hawaii for his ‘Deep Down’ Laziness — The personality trait President Obama says he most deplores in himself and others is not exactly one you'd expect from, presumably, one of the busiest people in the world: laziness. — “You're lazy?” Barbara Walters incredulously asked Obama …
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Holly Bailey / Yahoo! News:
Congressman apologizes for criticizing Michelle Obama's ‘large posterior’ — A Republican congressman from Wisconsin has offered a personal apology to First Lady Michelle Obama after he was overheard at an airport lounge criticizing her “large posterior.” — Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner …
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The Humble Libertarian, THEROOT.COM and Outside the Beltway
Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Trump dumps GOP — (CNN) - Donald Trump continued to tease a potential presidential run by changing his voter registration Thursday from Republican to “unaffiliated” and publicly denouncing the behavior of members of his former party. — Michael Cohen, an aide to Trump …
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ABCNEWS:
Donald Trump Bolts Republican Party, Eyeing Other 2012 Options — ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: — Donald Trump is officially a man without a party. — The real estate mogul whose flirtation with the 2012 presidential race has never really ended despite announcing seven months ago …
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Mediaite, Roger L. Simon, SQUATLO RANT, M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S … and GOP 12
Rachel Leven / Ballot Box:
Trump registers as an Independent, keeping door open to White House run
Trump registers as an Independent, keeping door open to White House run
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Outside the Beltway
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. rejects South Carolina voter ID law, calling it discriminatory — REUTERS/Benjamin Myers (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) — The Justice Department on Friday entered the divisive national debate over new state voting laws, rejecting South Carolina's measure requiring …
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Justice Department blocks South Carolina's voter identification law
Justice Department blocks South Carolina's voter identification law
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The Politico
Justin Sink / The Hill:
New York Times sues Justice Department over targeted-killing memo
New York Times sues Justice Department over targeted-killing memo
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New York Magazine, Firedoglake and Courthouse News Service
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Media continues letting Romney claims skate by unchecked — Steve Benen flags a Mitt Romney interview with Mark Halperin, in which Romney pushed back on criticism of his Bain years by claiming that Obama didn't create “any new jobs.” Romney said: … Halperin didn't bother challenging Romney on this claim.
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Washington Monthly, Campaign 2012, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Daily Kos and The Politico
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Post-Truth Campaign — Suppose that President Obama were to say the following: “Mitt Romney believes that corporations are people, and he believes that only corporations and the wealthy should have any rights. He wants to reduce middle-class Americans to serfs, forced …
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Daily Kos, Washington Monthly, US Politics, Washington Post, Prairie Weather and Balloon Juice
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Bob Vander Plaats' Pay-For-Play Scandal: Charged A Million Bucks For Endorsement, Asked Candidates To Drop Out — Bob Vander Plaats' endorsement of Rick Santorum has produced a backlash among conservatives in Iowa, some of whom are accusing the FAMiLY LEADER president of engaging in …
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ABCNEWS, Indecision Forever, Outside the Beltway and Good As You
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Solange Uwimana / Media Matters for America:
Fox Celebrates Holidays With Outrageous Race-Based Attack On Obama — Fox News' animosity toward President Obama, three years into his presidency, is by now well-known. This is the network that routinely calls Obama a socialist, accuses him of being involved in all sorts of conspiratorial plots, and claims that he hates America.
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Sky Dancing, Crooks and Liars and Washington Monthly
Anita Kumar / Washington Post:
Perry disqualified from Va. primary ballot — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, state GOP officials said Friday evening. — Perry's campaign told state election officials it had submitted 11,911 signatures …
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Patterico's Pontifications, Outside the Beltway, The Right Scoop and Richmond Times-Dispatch
Joe Biden / Des Moines Register:
Vice President: This is what a real opportunity society looks like — M itt Romney recently laid out his plan for America. Reading about it, I thought of my dad. My dad was a hard worker. He took pride in what he did. And, like millions of Americans, that pride was put to the test …
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John Wildermuth / San Francisco Chronicle:
Gay-friendly clergy disinvited from Castro church — Most Holy Redeemer Church, a Catholic parish in the middle of the Castro, is in trouble again with church leaders over how best to minister to its heavily gay and lesbian congregation. — In the latest incident, Archbishop George Niederauer …
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