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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Is the prosecution of Dinesh d'Souza politically motivated? — “It is not clear from the court documents what led investigators to Mr. D'Souza in a fund-raising case involving relatively small donations, in a race that ended in a blowout win for Ms. Gillibrand. Ms. Long raised about $785,000 in the race.”
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Dinesh D'Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors — Dinesh D'Souza, a best-selling conservative author and filmmaker, was indicted on Thursday on charges that he used straw donors to illegally donate to a 2012 Senate campaign. — Mr. D'Souza is an outspoken political commentator who directed …
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The United States Department of Justice:
Former College President Indicted In Manhattan Federal Court For Campaign Finance Fraud — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau …
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Washington Post:
Conservative author and pundit Dinesh D'Souza charged in campaign finance case
Conservative author and pundit Dinesh D'Souza charged in campaign finance case
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Politicker:
Dinesh D'Souza Indicted for Campaign Finance Fraud
Dinesh D'Souza Indicted for Campaign Finance Fraud
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Conservative Author Dinesh D'Souza Charged With Campaign Finance Fraud
Conservative Author Dinesh D'Souza Charged With Campaign Finance Fraud
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
'2016: Obama's America' Filmmaker Indicted for Violating Campaign Finance Laws
'2016: Obama's America' Filmmaker Indicted for Violating Campaign Finance Laws
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Dinesh D'Souza indicted for campaign finance fraud
Dinesh D'Souza indicted for campaign finance fraud
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Dinesh D'Souza indicted for violating U.S. election law
Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Mike Huckabee Raises Specter of Holocaust In Warning Tea Party To Back Off Purity Tests — WASHINGTON — Whether or not Mike Huckabee is at all serious when he says he's thinking about another presidential run in 2016, what he says still matters to the conservative evangelical wing of the Republican party.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Santorum: Huckabee Comment On Women's Libidos Was ‘Off The Cuff’
Santorum: Huckabee Comment On Women's Libidos Was ‘Off The Cuff’
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Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Huckabee: Dems think women can't control their libido
Huckabee: Dems think women can't control their libido
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Boehner on ‘Tonight Show’: Shutdown was a ‘predictable disaster’ — House Speaker John A. Boehner speaks with Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show.” (Paul Drinkwater / NBC / January 23, 2014) — House Speaker John A. Boehner called last fall's government shutdown a “very predictable disaster” …
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
John Boehner: Sometimes I'm ‘Gestapo’
John Boehner: Sometimes I'm ‘Gestapo’
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Boehner likes Bush for 2016 but not endorsing
Boehner likes Bush for 2016 but not endorsing
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Taegan Goddard's …
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Planet Hillary — Hillary Clinton was nodding solemnly to the mother of a 9/11 victim when Huma Abedin, standing across the room, called out, “Let's load!” to the staff members and bodyguards. The former secretary of state had yet to pick up her award from the Voices of September 11th …
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Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Bolton 2016? There May Be Opportunity for Hawk in GOP Debate — A strange thing happened Tuesday night at a Los Angeles dinner packed with well-heeled businesspeople and Republican donors. — A conservative, best known for his hawkish views on foreign policy, got a rousing ovation when he said he was …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Just What the Political Doctor Ordered: John Bolton!
Just What the Political Doctor Ordered: John Bolton!
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Jonathan Dienst / nbcnewyork.com:
Exclusive: Federal Probe into New Jersey Sen. Menendez Is Widening — The Justice Department is investigating Menendez's efforts on behalf of two businessmen from Ecuador — The federal criminal investigation into New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez is broader than previously known, NBC 4 New York has learned.
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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Sen. Menendez Denies Allegations in New Reported FBI Probe
Sen. Menendez Denies Allegations in New Reported FBI Probe
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Stephen Zaharuk / Moody's:
Moody's: Uncertain healthcare landscape leads to negative outlook for US health insurers — Moody's changed the outlook for US health insurers to negative from stable, as implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)continues to create uncertainty for the industry, says Moody's Investors Service …
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
RNC moves toward 2016 changes despite conservative outrage — A Republican National Committee meeting to compress the 2016 primary schedule grew heated Thursday, as supporters of rule changes beat back repeated attempts by a handful of conservative activists to torpedo them.
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Yahoo! News:
Watch what happens when Obama picks a top donor as ambassador — This is why a future president might finally do away with the practice of nominating a top political donor to be an ambassador. — Here's how the White House described wealthy executive George Tsunis when President Barack Obama nominated …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Industry Awakens to Threat of Climate Change — WASHINGTON — Coca-Cola has always been more focused on its economic bottom line than on global warming, but when the company lost a lucrative operating license in India because of a serious water shortage there in 2004, things began to change.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Populist Imperative — “The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes.” — John Maynard Keynes wrote that in 1936, but it applies to our own time, too.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Dem Congressional Candidate ‘Likes’ Graphic With N-Word and ‘Ching Chong’ on Facebook — Erin Bilbray, a Democratic congressional candidate in Nevada, uses Facebook to connect with friends and supporters alike. She also uses it to express support for musicians (Amy Winehouse, Dave Matthews) and, well, other not-so-wholesome things.
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Jenny Hope / Daily Mail:
Too old to be given cancer treatment: NHS is ‘writing off’ patients who are over 75 — Young lung cancer sufferers are only 10 per cent more likely to die within five years than their continental counterparts — Pensioners with cancer are being written off as too old to treat, campaigners said yesterday.
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Kolten Parker / Houston Chronicle:
Gov. Rick Perry for decriminalization of pot — SAN ANTONIO — Gov. Rick Perry signaled Thursday that he's for the decriminalization of marijuana use — not legalization, but the softening of punishment for pot users in the border state. — “As governor, I have begun to implement policies …
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