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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’
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Ron Paul's Iowa Edge: A Rock-Solid Caucus Campaign
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Reuters:
In ad for newsletter, Ron Paul forecast “race war”
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Ginger Gibson / The Politico:
Ron Paul 2012: Six comments he needs to explain
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Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Ron Paul Direct Mail Warned Of 'Race War …
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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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Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Dog days: Bo's whereabouts spark latest White House controversy
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Suicidal House Republicans — The payroll tax debacle is now the third suicidal episode undertaken by the House Republicans since they took control at the beginning of the year. The first was when they voted almost unanimously for Paul Ryan's budget, which was filled with grist for attack ads …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The GOP's payroll tax debacle — Now that Congress has reached agreement on what must be one of the worst pieces of legislation in years — the temporary payroll tax holiday extension — let's survey the damage. — To begin with, what even minimally rational government enacts payroll tax relief for just two months?
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House approves payroll tax bill, sends to Obama for signature
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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
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
New York Times sues Justice Department over targeted-killing memo
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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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Donald Trump Bolts Republican Party, Eyeing Other 2012 Options
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Rachel Leven / Ballot Box:
Trump registers as an Independent, keeping door open to White House run
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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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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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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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Iowa Conservative Leader Mired in Controversy After Rick Santorum Endorsement
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Santorum's pop-up Iowa pitch
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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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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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Steve Tetreault / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Poll: Berkley holds slim lead over Heller for Senate seat — WASHINGTON — For many people, the dawn of a new year can mean a fresh start, a clean slate. For the politicians running to represent Nevada in the U.S. Senate, the view close to the new year is a nearly level battlefield judging from the latest measure of public sentiment.
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