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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Christie Story Attracts Little Public Interest — Recent Opinions of New Jersey Governor Are Largely Unchanged — The public paid far more attention to last week's cold snap than to the controversy swirling around New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. There also has been little short-term change …
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
After the bridge scandal, a test for Chris Christie — There is something inherently absurd about a political scandal resulting from an event that could also have been caused by a stray deer and a truck filled with watermelons. Instead, the closing of two access lanes to the George Washington Bridge …
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Campaign for America's Future
Travis Gettys / The Raw Story:
Sarah Palin on Katie Couric losing her talk show: ‘What goes around comes around’
Sarah Palin on Katie Couric losing her talk show: ‘What goes around comes around’
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Mediaite and NewsBusters blogs
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
All In Goes All In on Chris Christie: Chris Hayes to Host 11pm Bridgegate Special
All In Goes All In on Chris Christie: Chris Hayes to Host 11pm Bridgegate Special
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Hot Air and National Review
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
NJ Dem: Development Theory Is ‘Absolutely’ Plausible In Bridge Scandal
NJ Dem: Development Theory Is ‘Absolutely’ Plausible In Bridge Scandal
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The Daily Caller, The Daily Banter, Balloon Juice and CANNONFIRE
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
The Other Time Christie Was Accused Of Steering Million Dollar Contracts To Political-Connections
Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Records Show Christie Administration Canceled Meetings After Jersey City Mayor Didn't Endorse
Records Show Christie Administration Canceled Meetings After Jersey City Mayor Didn't Endorse
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New York Times, ABC News, Gothamist, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Business Insider, National Review, TheBlaze.com, Talking Points Memo and American Power
Ana Marie Cox / Guardian:
That West Virginia chemical spill? It's likely a bigger scandal than Bridgegate
That West Virginia chemical spill? It's likely a bigger scandal than Bridgegate
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Wall Street Journal
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
ObamaCare has youth problem — Too few young people are signing up for ObamaCare to stop premiums from rising, new data released by the administration on Monday show. — Only 24 percent of Obama-Care's enrollees are young people, well below the 40 percent benchmark set by the administration …
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Politico, WJLA-TV, Jammie Wearing Fools, Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire and The College Fix
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New York Times:
Older Pool of Health Care Enrollees Stirs Fears on Costs
Older Pool of Health Care Enrollees Stirs Fears on Costs
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The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, ABC News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hot Air, NewsBusters and Wall Street Journal
Washington Post:
Health-insurance sign-ups by young adults are off pace seen as key to new law's success
Health-insurance sign-ups by young adults are off pace seen as key to new law's success
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Power Line, Forbes, Real Clear Politics and Pirate's Cove
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What if Americans rebel against the Obamacare mandate?
What if Americans rebel against the Obamacare mandate?
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AEIdeas
Brian Hughes / Washington Examiner:
Quarter of Obamacare sign-ups are young adults, short of target
Quarter of Obamacare sign-ups are young adults, short of target
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Power Line
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: An uneasy day for presidential power — Seeming a bit troubled about allowing the Senate to have an on-off switch on the president's power to temporarily fill vacant government posts, the Supreme Court on Monday indicated that it may yet allow just that.
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Talking Points Memo, First Read, RH Reality Check, ThinkProgress, Hot Air, Daily Kos, New York Times, Moe Lane and Hawkings Here
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama Cabinet Liaison Leaving for Private Practice
Obama Cabinet Liaison Leaving for Private Practice
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Politico
Yahoo! News:
Gates: White House ‘should go look in the mirror’
Gates: White House ‘should go look in the mirror’
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TheBlaze.com, Politico and Washington Free Beacon
Sarah Jean Seman / Townhall.com:
Supreme Court To Weigh Constitutionality of Obama Power Grab
Supreme Court To Weigh Constitutionality of Obama Power Grab
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SCOTUSblog, protein wisdom and Mediaite
Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
Readers Lash Out About Bill Keller's Column on a Woman With Cancer — Bill Keller's column in The Times on Monday about Lisa Bonchek Adams has generated a great deal of negative response. Xeni Jardin, the well-known writer who blogs on Boing Boing, sometimes about her own experience with cancer, was outraged, calling it bullying.
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Greg Mitchell / The Nation:
No Shame: Bill Keller Bullies Cancer Patient
No Shame: Bill Keller Bullies Cancer Patient
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The Raw Story, The Atlantic Online, Mashable, Gigaom, Capital New York, Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Poynter, Wonkette and American Power, more at Mediagazer »
Taylor Berman / Gawker:
Noisy Texter Shot to Death in Florida Movie Theater — A moviegoer shot two people—one of them fatally—this afternoon, reportedly after one of them refused to stop texting during a movie. — According to Fox 13 in Tampa Bay, a man and his wife were watching a matinee showing of Lone Survivor …
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Wesley Chapel / FOX 13 News:
Man killed after dispute over texting in theater — A moviegoer lost his life inside a Pasco County theater Monday afternoon after a dispute over texting with a retired police officer. — According to the sheriff's office, the dispute happened before the 1:20 showing of 'Lone Survivor …
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New York Times, Hinterland Gazette and The Raw Story
Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
New Iran agreement includes secret side deal, Tehran official says — (Abedin Taherkenareh / European Pressphoto Agency / February 3, 2007) … WASHINGTON - Key elements of a new nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers are contained in an informal, 30-page text not yet publicly acknowledged …
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Power Line, National Review and The Week
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Fredrik Dahl / Reuters:
IAEA gains more Iran access, but not enough for bomb probe
IAEA gains more Iran access, but not enough for bomb probe
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Jihad Watch
Investor Relations:
Google to Acquire Nest — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to buy Nest Labs, Inc. for $3.2 billion in cash. — Nest's mission is to reinvent unloved but important devices in the home such as thermostats and smoke alarms.
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TechCrunch, PandoDaily, Wired.co.uk, The Verge, Wired, Greentech Media, Gigaom, Guardian, Mashable and New York Times
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Rep. Sean Maloney Is Engaged To His Longtime Partner, Randy Florke — “[I]t's interesting when you've been in love with someone for 21 years and your country finally catches up to you,” the New York representative says of his Christmas Day engagement. — Randy Florke, left, and Rep. Sean Maloney …
Scott Wise / WTVR-TV:
McDonnell leaves McAuliffe behind big surprise in bathroom — RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) - Apparently it's a Virginia tradition. — On his way out of the door, the out-going governor pulls a prank on the incoming governor. — So for his prank, former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell left …
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Talking Points Memo and BuzzFeed
Los Angeles Times:
Police not guilty in Kelly Thomas death; DA won't try 3rd officer — An Orange County jury Monday found two former Fullerton police officers accused of killing a schizophrenic homeless man, Kelly Thomas, not guilty. — Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli were charged with striking Kelly Thomas …
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The Daily Caller, LAist, Hit & Run and Firedoglake
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Feinstein rejects NYT on Benghazi — The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said that key conclusions of a recent New York Times investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attack are wrong. — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) rejected the Times's conclusion that al Qaeda …
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Talking Points Memo
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Gawker editor says he was told Roger Ailes was having him tailed — Here's something you won't read in Gabriel Sherman's hotly anticipated book about Roger Ailes: Gawker editor John Cook told Capital he was reliably informed that Ailes, the powerful chairman of the Fox News Channel, had him tailed in 2012.
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Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, The Verge, New York Times and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »
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Jacob Weisberg / New York Times:
Gabriel Sherman's ‘Loudest Voice in the Room’
Gabriel Sherman's ‘Loudest Voice in the Room’
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The Daily Banter, NewsBusters blogs, Capital New York, New Yorker and The New Republic
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Mitt Romney Dances ‘Gangnam Style’ (VIDEO) — Former Massachusetts governor and 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R) learned how to dance “Gangnam Style” with performer Alex Boye at a Mormon youth conference in Arizona this weekend.
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Mediaite and Deseret News
Fox News:
The Benghazi Transcripts: Top Defense officials briefed Obama on ‘attack,’ not video or protest — Minutes after the American consulate in Benghazi came under assault on Sept. 11, 2012, the nation's top civilian and uniformed defense officials — headed for a previously scheduled Oval Office session …
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Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit
Jeremy Lott / RealClearWorld:
What Republicans Need to Say About Iraq — “I believe war in Iraq was a mistake.” — Eight words, eleven syllables, none of them tough to pronounce. Unless, of course, you're a GOP presidential hopeful. — In a 2007 New Hampshire Republican primary debate the question was put to several GOP hopefuls …
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The American Conservative and The Moderate Voice
Cara Lemieux / The Shriver Report:
Gender Equality Is a Myth! — We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn't a reality yet. Today, women make up half of the U.S. workforce, but the average working woman earns only 77 percent of what the average working man makes.
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The Daily Banter, ThinkProgress and New York Magazine
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Beyoncé Knowles-Carter / The Shriver Report:
A Woman's Nation Pushes Back From The Brink
A Woman's Nation Pushes Back From The Brink
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ThinkProgress, CNN, Washington Post and Taylor Marsh