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Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Huckabee: Dems think women can't control their libido — Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R) said Thursday that Republicans need to take a more combative attitude toward winning the votes of women, by emphasizing that women aren't weaklings in need of help from the government.
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David Weigel / Slate:
Mike Huckabee: Democrats Want Women to Think “They Can't Control Their Libido” — Earlier today, Harvard's Institute of Politics announced that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who's currently a Fox News host and who may run for president again in 2016, would be a “visiting fellow” for the spring semester.
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AMERICAblog News, Talking Points Memo and The Raw Story
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
NBC, CNN Reporters Pounce on Huckabee's ‘Libido’ Comments; Forced to Issue Corrections — Entertainer and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee appeared on Thursday to play right into the hands of the Democrats with a full frontal offensive in the “War on Women.”
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Weekly Standard and Hot Air
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee: Gov't Shouldn't Help Women Who Can't Control Libidos — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) said that the government shouldn't help women who can't control their “libido or their reproductive system” by providing co-pay-free birth control and that Democrats are encouraging women to be “victims of their gender.”
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Feministing
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Biggest Liberal ‘Super PAC’ to Fund Possible Clinton Bid — The largest liberal “super PAC” in the country has begun raising money to elect Hillary Rodham Clinton president, formally aligning itself with Mrs. Clinton's undeclared presidential ambitions more than two years away from the election.
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Talking Points Memo, Tom Moran, The Moderate Voice, PennLive.com and Balloon Juice
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Arem Duplessis / The 6th Floor:
How Our Hillary Clinton Cover Came About
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Independent Journal Review, Daily Dot and The Fix
Dorsey Shaw / BuzzFeed:
19 Things That The New York Times Magazine “Planet Hillary” Cover Looks Like
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She The People and Gothamist
William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
U.S. Attorney Issues Subpoena to Christie's Re-election Campaign — Federal prosecutors in New Jersey conducting a preliminary inquiry into accusations that aides to Gov. Chris Christie shut down access lanes to the George Washington Bridge as political retribution have issued grand jury subpoenas …
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Liberaland and Hinterland Gazette
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Darryl Isherwood / New Jersey Online:
U.S. Attorney subpoenas Christie campaign and GOP State Committee over bridge scandal
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Politico, Daily Kos and Post Politics
David Martosko / Daily Mail:
‘Vindictive ... p***k’ Chris Christie accused of THIRD political revenge act as Democrats …
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PoliticusUSA and Weasel Zippers
Human Rights Campaign Blog:
Utah Special Attorney General Cites “Religious Duty” in Decision to Take Anti-Marriage Equality Case — Gene Schaerr, a Washington, D.C. partner at the law firm Winston & Strawn, is citing his personal religious beliefs as the rationale behind his decision to quit his job and become …
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Washington Post and National Review
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Mark Herring explains gay marriage shift
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Towleroad News #gay, CNN, neo-neocon, The Agonist and Mediaite
Eyder Peralta / NPR:
Virginia's New Attorney General Will Not Defend Gay-Marriage Ban
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Washington Post, ThinkProgress, Associated Press, Daily Kos, The Dish, Advocate, GLAAD, Talking Points Memo, Guardian, Washington Blade and The Reaction
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Watchdog Report Says N.S.A. Program Is Illegal and Should End — WASHINGTON — An independent federal privacy watchdog has concluded that the National Security Agency's program to collect bulk phone call records has provided only “minimal” benefits in counterterrorism efforts, is illegal and should be shut down.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Independent review board says NSA phone data program is illegal and should end
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Guardian, Mashable, americanthinker.com, emptywheel and The Verge
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Rand Paul Is the 2016 Republican Frontrunner — Don't laugh. He has built-in advantages in Iowa and New Hampshire, a party moving in his direction, and formidable fundraising potential. — If Chris Christie was ever the frontrunner for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, he isn't anymore.
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Washington Monthly, The Dish and Truthout Stories
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New York Times:
Leaning Right in Hollywood, Under a Lens — LOS ANGELES — In a famously left-leaning Hollywood, where Democratic fund-raisers fill the social calendar, Friends of Abe stands out as a conservative group that bucks the prevailing political winds. — A collection of perhaps 1,500 right-leaning players …
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The Heritage Foundation, American Spectator, The PJ Tatler and Weasel Zippers
MiamiHerald.com:
Justin Bieber arrested in Miami Beach over DUI, drag-racing — After allegedly smoking pot all day, drinking beer and popping anti-depressants, bad-boy pop star Justin Bieber went on a wild pre-dawn drag race in Miami Beach that landed him in jail Thursday morning, police said.
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Alan Duke / CNN:
Bieber: What the f*** did I do? — (CNN) — Justin Bieber …
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Taking Note, KFOR-TV, Taylor Marsh and Gawker
Adam Withnall / The Independent:
Mystery of the Lyubov Orlova: Ghost ship full of cannibal rats ‘could be heading for Britain’ — A ghost ship carrying nothing but disease-ridden rats could be about to make land on Britain's shore, experts have warned. — The Lyubov Orlova cruise liner has been drifting across …
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Telegraph, NPR, Gawker, The Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Pope Cautions Catholics Against ‘Bombarding People With Religious Messages’ — Pope Francis on Thursday said that Catholics should start a conversation about their beliefs in order to promote their message, not simply tout their perspective. — “Effective Christian witness …
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ncronline.org and Liberaland
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Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Pope: Internet Is a ‘Gift From God’ for Dialogue
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The Verge, Shakesville, Mediaite, Gothamist and The PJ Tatler
Daniel Bice / JSOnline:
Welder lauded by Scott Walker in speech is sex offender — By Daniel Bice of the Journal Sentinel — Emphasizing his role as a job creator, Gov. Scott Walker praised Christopher Barber's initiative during the governor's annual “state of the state” speech on Wednesday.
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Daily Kos, The Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Post Politics
TIME:
Revenge-Porn King Hunter Moore Indicted on Federal Charges — Moore and an alleged accomplice Charles “Gary” Evens were indicted on 15 counts, including conspiracy, seven counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information and seven counts of aggravated identity theft
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Guardian, Techdirt, The Verge, The Raw Story, Gawker, Daily Dot, The Other McCain and Balloon Juice
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer seeks to poison Tea Party — Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the Senate Democrats' political guru, has a plan to poison the Tea Party by driving a wedge between its rich funders and its blue-collar rank and file. — Schumer, one of the Democrats' most influential strategists …
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
The Heritage Foundation Might Be Shedding Some Of Its Crazy Soon — 2013 wasn't exactly been a banner year for the Heritage Foundation, Washington's most well-known and influential conservative think tank. — In its first year under former senator and tea party godfather Jim DeMint …
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Paul Krugman, Washington Monthly and The Moderate Voice
Tom Howell Jr / Washington Times:
Moody's downgrades health insurers, citing Obamacare — Warns of ‘unstable and evolving regulatory environment’ — Moody's Investor Service has changed its outlook for the U.S. health care insurance sector from stable to negative, citing Obamacare's rollout and the uncertainty it brings.
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Hot Air, The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler and Ed Driscoll
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
CNN lays off more than 40 journalists — CNN has laid off more than 40 senior journalists in its newsgathering operation - including a pregnant producer who was two weeks away from giving birth to twins - as part of a reorganisation of the business under Jeff Zucker.
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Mediaite and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
Christopher Flavelle / Bloomberg:
Guns Make Voting Even Harder — If you want to feel truly dispirited about the health of U.S. democracy, skip the stories about Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell and go straight to today's report on the American voting experience. — The report, by a presidentially appointed commission …
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The PJ Tatler, Eduwonk and National Review
Elizabeth Campbell / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Fetus in Muñoz case is “distinctly abnormal,” attorneys say — FORT WORTH — Attorneys for the family of a pregnant Haltom City woman who has been on life support at John Peter Smith Hospital for eight weeks issued a statement late Wednesday that the fetus is “distinctly abnormal.”
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CNN, Hullabaloo, ThinkProgress, Liberaland and The Raw Story
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Paul Ryan doesn't want to be House speaker — SAN ANTONIO — Rep. Paul Ryan said he does not want to be speaker of the House, a declaration that will have reverberations in Republican leadership circles in Washington. — During a wide-ranging luncheon in a hotel ballroom here Thursday …
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Talking Points Memo
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Why the 2014 Senate Races Matter So Much — Yesterday I laid out some scenarios for the 2014 Senate races. At President Obama's current job approval rating, Democrats would likely suffer substantial losses in the upper chamber. On the other hand, if the president were to improve his standing …
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