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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Can We Get Hillary Without the Foolery? — PLEASE don't ask me this anymore. — It's such a silly question. Of course Hillary is running. I've never met a man who was told he could be president who didn't want to be president. So naturally, a woman who's told she can be the first commandress in chief wants to be.
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Toby Harnden / The Sunday Times:
Hunger grows for President Hillary — Plans by a team of admirers for a run in 2016 are gathering pace as a top fundraiser lends his support, says Toby Harnden in Washington — A TOP Democratic fundraiser and confidant of Bill and Hillary Clinton for more than two decades is advising …
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Huffington: Hillary Clinton ‘obviously running’ in 2016
Huffington: Hillary Clinton ‘obviously running’ in 2016
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Malloy: NRA's LaPierre acts like a circus clown — (CNN) - Responding to criticism from the National Rifle Association over Connecticut's new gun laws, Gov. Dan Malloy argued the pro-gun group's executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, is simply blowing smoke.
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Connecticut Governor Compares NRA Vice President To ‘Clown At The Circus’ — Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy (D) tore into the National Rifle Association during an appearance on CNN's State Of The Union on Sunday. The NRA this week introduced its legislative response to the massacre in Malloy's home state.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Hinterland Gazette and Business Insider
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Sen. McCain: I 'don't understand' GOP threats to filibuster Senate gun bill — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday expressed opposition to possible GOP efforts to filibuster a Senate gun-control measure, saying he did not “understand” the move to block debate. — “I don't understand it,” said McCain on CBS's “Face the Nation.”
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
McCain: 'I don't understand' threats to block gun bill debate
McCain: 'I don't understand' threats to block gun bill debate
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Detroit Free Press:
Guest commentary: Michigan can be testing ground for a refocused GOP — After losing the popular vote in five out of the last six presidential elections, the Republican Party has engaged in some needed soul searching. GOP leaders know big changes are required.
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Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
The Only Age Group With Higher Unemployment Than a Year Ago Is ... 20somethings — There's a small silver lining in here. We promise. — Each generation of Americans has suffered in its own way during these post-recession years, but only one age group has managed to go the past year without reducing its unemployment rate.
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Weekly Standard
Russell Myers / Daily Mail:
Is this foul-mouthed, self-obsessed Twitter teen really the future of British policing? Youth crime tsar's sex and drug rants — Britain's first youth police commissioner was facing urgent calls to quit last night after she tweeted a torrent of foul-mouthed rants boasting about her sex life, drug taking and drinking binges.
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime — On one covert video, farm workers illegally burn the ankles of Tennessee walking horses with chemicals. Another captures workers in Wyoming punching and kicking pigs and flinging piglets into the air. And at one of the country's largest egg suppliers …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Democrats push problem solvers in House contests — Democratic Party officials believe that Kevin Strouse is exactly the kind of candidate who can help them retake the House next year. — He's a smart, young former Army Ranger — good qualities for any aspiring politician.
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Associated Press:
Rick Warren mourning for son — Popular evangelical Pastor Rick Warren asked members of his Southern California church for prayers as he and his family coped with the apparent suicide of his 27-year-old son. — The church said on Saturday that Matthew Warren took his own life at his Mission Viejo home.
Snejana Farberov / Daily Mail:
Revealed: New York City councilman in corruption plot is a tribal PRINCE in bizarre PAGAN sect where members dress in medieval garb, make sacrifice and have spear-throwing contests — New York City Councilman Dan Halloran may be a suspect in a bribery plot to fix the upcoming mayoral election …
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americanthinker.com, The Other McCain and The Mahablog
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M.L. Nestel / New York Post:
Councilman busted in bribery probe was flogged by leaders of his heathen religion
Councilman busted in bribery probe was flogged by leaders of his heathen religion
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New York Post:
Weiner eye on mayor bid: sources — Former Rep. Anthony Weiner is laying the groundwork for a political comeback, possibly as a startling addition to this year's mayoral race, sources said yesterday. — Political insiders were abuzz at news that Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin …
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Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Joe. My. God.