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Joshua Green / Businessweek:
The Secret Gingrich-Santorum ‘Unity Ticket’ That Nearly Toppled Romney — It's one of the great untold stories of the 2012 presidential campaign, a tale of ego and intrigue that nearly upended the Republican primary contest and might even have produced a different nominee …
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Andrew Kohut / Washington Post:
The numbers prove it: The GOP is estranged from America — Andrew Kohut is the founding director and former president of the Pew Research Center. He served as president of the Gallup Organization from 1979 to 1989. — In my decades of polling, I recall only one moment when a party …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Priebus slams ‘idiotic statements’ by Republicans as reason for losses — Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Friday said the party played into a “caricature” of itself in the 2012 election cycle, citing “idiotic statements” and “biologically stupid things” said by Mitt Romney and other GOP candidates.
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Tom Tillison / BizPac Review:
Media fail: Stomp Jesus FAU professor is a Dem. Party official
Media fail: Stomp Jesus FAU professor is a Dem. Party official
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Washington Post:
Dominican official links Daily Caller to alleged lies about Menendez — A top Dominican law enforcement official said Friday that a local lawyer has reported being paid by someone claiming to work for the conservative Web site the Daily Caller to find prostitutes who would lie and say they had sex …
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Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Biden's One-Night Paris Hotel Tab: $585,000.50 — As it turns out, Vice President Joe Biden's London stay in February was not the most expensive part of his trip. A government document released on February 14, 2013 shows that the contract for the Hotel Intercontinental Paris Le Grand came in at $585,000.50.
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Fox News:
Netanyahu apologizes to Turkish PM for Gaza flotilla raid, in phone call with Obama — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a phone call arranged with help from President Obama, apologized to Turkey Friday for the deaths of its citizens during a 2010 Gaza flotilla raid.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Netanyahu apologizes to Erdogan
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
Netanyahu apologizes to Turkey over 2010 Gaza flotilla
Netanyahu apologizes to Turkey over 2010 Gaza flotilla
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Bill Clinton Reaches Out to Ashley Judd and Her Rival — Kentucky Wildcats fan and actress Ashley Judd waves during the game against the Louisville Cardinals, Dec. 29, 2012 in Louisville, Ky. Alison Lundergan Grimes speaks at the 131th annual Fancy Farm Picnic, Aug, 6, 2011 in Fancy Farm, Ky. (Getty Images
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Mitt Romney invites donors to $5K trip — Mitt Romney isn't running for president, but he's still looking for supporters' contributions. — The former presidential candidate sent out an email Thursday evening to bundlers and big donors, asking them to join him for a four-day June summit in Park City, Utah.
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Democracy Now:
Phil Donahue on His 2003 Firing from MSNBC, When Liberal Network Couldn't Tolerate Antiwar Voices … In 2003, the legendary television host Phil Donahue was fired from his prime-time MSNBC talk show during the run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The problem was not Donahue's ratings …
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Phil Donahue On MSNBC Firing: Chris Matthews Was ‘Threatened’ By Me (VIDEO)
Phil Donahue On MSNBC Firing: Chris Matthews Was ‘Threatened’ By Me (VIDEO)
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Cynthia Johnston / Reuters:
Marine kills two at Quantico base, takes own life — (Reuters) - An active-duty Marine shot dead two fellow service members at a base at Quantico, Virginia, then barricaded himself in a building and killed himself, prompting a brief lockdown of the base, the Marines said on Friday.
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Good news for people who like bad news about inequality — So here's some bad news: The rise in wealth inequality? It's permanent. — This graph, which shows wealth inequality is even more severe than income inequality, isn't related to the study. It's just more bad news.
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Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Senate rejects repeal of healthcare law, again — The Senate on Friday rejected another GOP attempt to repeal President Obama's healthcare law. — An amendment to the Senate budget resolution from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) failed on a 45-54 vote on Friday.
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Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Ryan's budget rejected in Senate on 40-59 vote
Ryan's budget rejected in Senate on 40-59 vote
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Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
The Man Who Could Turn Texas Blue: Rick Perry — By opposing Medicaid expansion, the governor could hurt the GOP in a must-win state. — AUSTIN, Texas—Big in all things, Texas leads the nation in failing to provide health insurance. About one in four Texans are uninsured, the highest percentage in any state.
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Wall Street Journal:
Health Insurers Warn on Premiums — Health insurers are privately warning brokers that premiums for many individuals and small businesses could increase sharply next year because of the health-care overhaul law, with the nation's biggest firm projecting that rates could more than double for some consumers buying their own plans.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Is border secure? Administration doesn't have a clue … If Congress passes comprehensive immigration reform, it will depend on the Obama administration to enforce the law. How might that work? — A glimpse of the future came Wednesday when the House Subcommittee on Border …
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
Officials Still Seek Ways to Assess Border Security
Officials Still Seek Ways to Assess Border Security
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Jonathan Kandell / New York Times:
Chinua Achebe, Nigerian Writer, Dies at 82 — Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian writer who was black Africa's most widely read novelist and one of the continent's towering men of letters, has died after a brief illness, his publisher and agent said in London on Friday. He was 82.
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Alison Flood / Guardian:
Novelist Chinua Achebe dies, aged 82
Novelist Chinua Achebe dies, aged 82
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Michael McConnell / Wall Street Journal:
The Constitution and Same-Sex Marriage — Next week the Supreme Court will be asked to decide an issue in an area in which it has said it has no jurisdiction. — For most Americans, the Supreme Court cases being heard on Tuesday and Wednesday next week are about same-sex marriage.
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Sorourke / nation.foxnews.com:
Wasserman-Schultz: My Aides on Brink of Starvation — WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: MY AIDES CAN'T AFFORD GOOD MEALS … On Tuesday, FL Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and her colleague VA Rep. Jim Moran openly whined about the impacts of spending cuts on their personal office budgets.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Most Senate Dems Join GOP Push To Repeal Obamacare Tax — A majority of Senate Democrats want to eliminate a $29 billion piece of Obamacare. — Thirty-four Democratic senators joined every Republican Thursday night in voting for a nonbinding budget amendment to repeal the law's 2.3 percent sales tax on medical devices.
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