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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Rand Paul on plagiarism charges: If dueling were legal in Kentucky... Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday that accusations of plagiarism in his speeches makes him wish dueling were legal in Kentucky. — “I take it as an insult, and I will not lie down and say people can call me dishonest …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Three Pages Of Rand Paul's Book Were Plagiarized From Think Tanks — The worst case yet. Paul's office says the book notes Paul didn't individually report out each case. — Joshua Roberts / Reuters — An entire section of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's 2013 book Government Bullies …
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Brian Knowlton / The Caucus:
Rand Paul Muses About ‘Dueling’ With His Accusers
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Washington Monthly, Business Insider and The Huffington Post
Duke / Jersey Jazzman:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: @GovChristie to Teacher: “I Am Tired Of You People!” — UPDATE: I posted this about 12 hours ago on a late Saturday night, and already it has over 30K hits. I've never seen blog traffic like this, especially on a weekend. Is it not obvious that there has been an enormous amount …
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The Moderate Voice, The Impolitic, Hullabaloo, The Hinterland Gazette, Liberaland and Crooks and Liars
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Peter Hamby / Washington Post:
Review: ‘Double Down,’ on the 2012 election, by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann
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Hit & Run, The Reaction, Taegan Goddard's … and The Raw Story
Chris / MASON CONSERVATIVE:
Virginia Democrat Calls For Forcing Doctors To Accept Medicare And Medicaid Patients — You would think that when your party is burying a hole that is getting harder and harder to get out of, you wouldn't want to that hole get deeper faster. But here is Kathleen Murphy …
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Erin McPike / CNN:
Obama stumps for McAuliffe in Virginia governor's race — Arlington, Virginia (CNN) - President Barack Obama sidestepped talking about his signature achievement, health care reform, and instead focused on the politics of the government shutdown in a campaign rally to help Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe …
CNN:
A year after the 2012 election, Romney talks 2016 — Washington (CNN) - Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney dismissed reports that he passed over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as his running mate because of Christie's weight. — On NBC's “Meet the Press,” the former Massachusetts …
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Washington Post:
HealthCare.gov: How political fear was pitted against technical needs — In May 2010, two months after the Affordable Care Act squeaked through Congress, President Obama's top economic aides were getting worried. Larry Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council …
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The PJ Tatler, Weasel Zippers, Forbes, Taegan Goddard's … and Weekly Standard
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The Hill:
O-Care stonewall: Media stymied — A slew of media organizations have petitioned the government to release ObamaCare data that the White House has refused to make public. [WATCH VIDEO] — CNN, ABC, MSNBC and others have filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking information on the beleaguered healthcare.gov website.
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New York Times:
Insurance Policies Not Worth Keeping — Congressional Republicans have stoked consumer fears and confusion with charges that the health care reform law is causing insurers to cancel existing policies and will force many people to pay substantially higher premiums next year for coverage they don't want.
Stephanie Simon / Reuters:
Texas tea party seeks Ted Cruz 2.0: David Barton — Texas tea party activists eager to send another firebrand in the mold of Ted Cruz to the Senate have launched a movement to draft evangelical historian David Barton to run against Sen. John Cornyn. — Barton, who hosts a daily radio broadcast …
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Voter ID law snags former House Speaker Jim Wright — FORT WORTH — Former House Speaker Jim Wright was denied a voter ID card Saturday at a Texas Department of Public Safety office. — “Nobody was ugly to us, but they insisted that they wouldn't give me an ID,” Wright said.
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Seth Stephens- Davidowitz / New York Times:
In the N.B.A., ZIP Code Matters — AS the N.B.A. season gets under way, there is no doubt that the league's best player is 6-foot-8 LeBron James, of the Miami Heat. Mr. James was born poor to a 16-year-old single mother in Akron, Ohio. The conventional wisdom is that his background is typical for an N.B.A. player.
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