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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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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 Banter, The Daily Caller, Balloon Juice and CANNONFIRE
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, Talking Points Memo, TheBlaze.com 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
N. R. Kleinfield / New York Times:
A Bridge to Scandal: Behind the Fort Lee Ruse
A Bridge to Scandal: Behind the Fort Lee Ruse
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, Politicker and Wall Street Journal
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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New York Times, Capital New York, Mashable and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »
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Greg Mitchell / The Nation:
No Shame: Bill Keller Bullies Cancer Patient — It all began last Wednesday when Emma Keller, spouse of former New York Times chief editor (and now weekly columnist) BIll Keller, penned a piece for The Guardian. It concerned a woman in New England named Lisa Adams, who is battling cancer …
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Gigaom and Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Health Care Plans Attracting More Older, Less Healthy People — WASHINGTON — People signing up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's federal and state marketplaces tend to be older and potentially less healthy, officials said Monday, a demographic mix that could threaten …
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Washington Examiner, ABC News, Hot Air, The Daily Caller and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
ObamaCare has youth problem
ObamaCare has youth problem
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Politico, Jammie Wearing Fools and The College Fix
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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NewsBusters 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, New York Times, Daily Kos, 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
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, Mediaite and protein wisdom
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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The Daily Banter and Americans Against the …
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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
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
All In Goes All In on Chris Christie: Chris Hayes to Host 11pm Bridgegate Special — There are many questions swirling around about the ever-deepening Bridgegate scandal, and for the media, one such question is “how much is too much?” — The answer to that depends partially on who you ask …
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Hot Air and National Review
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
The Other Time Christie Was Accused Of Steering Million Dollar Contracts To Political-Connections
The Other Time Christie Was Accused Of Steering Million Dollar Contracts To Political-Connections
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Liberaland
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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Wired, Greentech Media, PandoDaily, TechCrunch, The Verge, New York Times, Gigaom, Mashable and Guardian
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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BuzzFeed and Talking Points Memo
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 …
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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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, New Yorker, NewsBusters blogs, Capital New York, The New Republic and The Huffington Post
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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Deseret News and Mediaite
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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LAist, The Daily Caller, Hit & Run and Firedoglake
Travis Gettys / The Raw Story:
Ted Cruz crowd loves blogger's jokes about opening fire on cars with California plates — A conservative blogger drew big laughs at a rally for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) when he suggested that Texans open fire on cars bearing California license plates. — “I've said this several times in Texas …
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Washington Monthly, The Reality-Based Community, Talking Points Memo and Liberaland
Travis Gettys / The Raw Story:
Sarah Palin on Katie Couric losing her talk show: ‘What goes around comes around’ — Sarah Palin won't rule out a possible run for elected office, but she insists she won't appear on “Dancing With The Stars.” — “Oh, my gosh, that is something you don't want to (see),” Palin told Extra's Mario Lopez …
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Mediaite and NewsBusters blogs
Yahoo! News:
Gates: White House ‘should go look in the mirror’ — Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates pushed back against critics who suggested he should have sat on his memoir about his years in the Obama administration, insisting his tell-all is not a “betrayal” of Obama.
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Politico, TheBlaze.com and Washington Free Beacon
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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ThinkProgress, The Daily Banter 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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CNN, ThinkProgress, Washington Post and Taylor Marsh