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Brianna Keilar / CNN:
Obama to put women's issues ‘front and center’ in address — (CNN) - Working women and their struggles will form a major part of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night, CNN has learned, underscoring the important role women play both in Obama's domestic agenda …
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Boehner warns Obama headed for ‘brick wall’ — Washington (CNN) - House Speaker John Boehner warned President Barack Obama that he will “run into a brick wall” by using his executive power and bypassing Congress, as the White House has signaled the President intends to do.
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Jon Favreau / The Daily Beast:
How Obama Prepares for the Grueling State of the Union — The president puts in back-to-back 2 a.m. nights rewriting his speech to make it “sing” and hopefully sway Congress. A former speechwriter shares what it's like inside the White House. — There are plenty of reasons to think that the State …
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
State of the Union 2014: Obama calls for ‘year of action’ — President Barack Obama plans to make 2014 a year of action by using his executive authorities wherever possible, while still striving to work with Congress on big pieces of his agenda, he will say Tuesday night in his State of the Union address.
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Politico:
State of the Union 2014: Rand Paul to stress jobs in Obama rebuttal — Sen. Rand Paul plans to offer up Republican red meat by calling for lower taxes and blasting the president's jobs record as he delivers one of several GOP responses to the State of the Union address Tuesday night.
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The Daily Caller, National Review and Althouse
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Obama's SOTU Could Be A Big Deal For Immigration Reform — Really
Obama's SOTU Could Be A Big Deal For Immigration Reform — Really
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Liberaland, OpenSecrets.org and Vox Popoli
Ashley Killough / CNN:
‘Duck Dynasty’ to represent at State of the Union
‘Duck Dynasty’ to represent at State of the Union
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Politico and The Daily Banter
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Great Caesar's Ghost
Great Caesar's Ghost
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American Spectator and Post Politics
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Obama to lay out go-it-alone approach in State of Union speech
Obama to lay out go-it-alone approach in State of Union speech
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TalkLeft
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Outlines Economic Steps on His Authority — WASHINGTON — After five years of fractious political combat, President Obama declared independence from Congress on Tuesday as he outlined a series of limited initiatives on jobs, wages, retirement and the environment that he will take without legislative approval.
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John B. Judis / The New Republic:
The Political State of the Union Is Not Good — Obama and the Democrats are in deep trouble — In his memo this week, Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg warns me to “forget the conventional wisdom” that “the president is in trouble.” Greenberg points to Barack Obama's approval rating being up …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
State of the Union 2014: Obama to hand Senate tough wage battle
State of the Union 2014: Obama to hand Senate tough wage battle
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Obama to use executive action to raise minimum wage for federal contractors
Obama to use executive action to raise minimum wage for federal contractors
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Obamacare: Tom Coburn loses cancer doctor — Cancer-stricken Sen. Tom Coburn revealed Tuesday that his health insurance under Obamacare doesn't cover his oncologist, but said he still is receiving excellent care. — “I'm doing well from a health standpoint, got great docs,” Coburn said on MSNBC's …
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
The End of the Beginning on Obamacare Repeal — Sens. Tom Coburn, Richard Burr, and Orrin Hatch rolled out an Obamacare replacement plan today that I think offers us a good window into how the health care debate is evolving on Capitol Hill. I recommend Philip Klein's rundown …
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City Journal:
America's Most Successful Communist — It was no surprise last year when rock stars, led by Bruce Springsteen, barnstormed battleground states for John Kerry, and no surprise that, save for a handful of country singers, George W. Bush could count on no similar support from pop performers.
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John Nichols / thenation.com/blogs/117:
Pete Seeger: This Man Surrounded Hate and Forced it to Surrender
Pete Seeger: This Man Surrounded Hate and Forced it to Surrender
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Sky Dancing, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Truthdig, The Moderate Voice and American Power
Jon Pareles / New York Times:
Pete Seeger, Champion of Folk Music and Social Change, Dies at 94
Pete Seeger, Champion of Folk Music and Social Change, Dies at 94
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Wendy Davis hits back at Bristol Palin — Texas gubernatorial hopeful Wendy Davis brushed off criticism about her life story from Bristol Palin, saying that nothing Palin accused her of was true. — Davis was responding to a blog post from the daughter of former Gov. Sarah Palin …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Gawker, #BB4SP and americanthinker.com
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Dana Davidsen / CNN:
Wendy Davis' daughters step in to defend their mother's life story
Wendy Davis' daughters step in to defend their mother's life story
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Politico
Ted Hesson / Fusion:
Wendy Davis Rebuffs Bristol Palin's Motherhood Critique
Wendy Davis Rebuffs Bristol Palin's Motherhood Critique
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She The People, Talking Points Memo, OnPolitics, Trail Blazers Blog, The PJ Tatler and The Daily Banter
The Hill:
56 Dems endorse Hillary for 2016 — Fifty-six Democratic lawmakers say they would endorse Hillary Clinton for president if she launches a 2016 White House bid, according to a survey conducted by The Hill. [SEE COMPLETE LIST] — Twenty-two congressional Democrats had already publicly endorsed Clinton.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Rand Paul: Hillary off hook for Bill's past
Rand Paul: Hillary off hook for Bill's past
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Jim Lindgren / Washington Post:
If we want more income equality, should we return to the economy of George W. Bush? — Other things being equal, income equality is better than inequality. But other things are NOT equal. The easiest way to make incomes more equal in the short run is to have a recession.
Shoebat Foundation / Walid Shoebat:
Obama's Brother joins Hamas, says ‘Jerusalem is ours; We are Coming’ — By Walid Shoebat and Ben Barrack — While in Sanaa, Yemein in 2010, President Barack Obama's brother Malik Obama was at an event billed as the Orphans Development Fund (ODF) Conference.
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Domenico Montanaro / NBCNews:
Poll: Christie numbers tank as scandals continue — Chris Christie's political future looks to be in serious danger with more Americans believing the embattled New Jersey governor is lying about the bridge closure scandal than telling the truth, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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David Plotz / Slate:
The California Supreme Court's cruel, self-righteous decision to reject the disgraced journalist's bar application. — Stephen Glass, the disgraced New Republic journalist, and once my friend, lied to me most of the times we spoke. My wife Hanna Rosin was one of his closest confidantes at the New Republic …
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The Dish, The Reality-Based Community, The Other McCain, New York Times, emptywheel and Washington Post
Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Christine Whitman recalls her 1995 GOP State of the Union response — Former New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman during a walk-through of her response to President Clinton's State of the Union Address, at the state Assembly chambers in Trenton, N.J. (Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press / January 23, 1995)
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Ryan Loskarn leaves letter — Jesse Ryan Loskarn, the former top Senate GOP aide who committed suicide last week, said in a letter released by his family that he was sexually abused as a child, and the horror from that episode eventually led him down a path toward possessing child pornography.
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ThinkProgress:
Why These Undocumented Immigrants Will Join President Obama At The State Of The Union — When Cristian Avila was rejected for a college scholarship a few years ago, his mother “fell to her knees” crying and profusely apologized. That was the moment Avila found out that he was undocumented.
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The Daily Caller, Congressman Joe Garcia, Thehour.com and ImmigrationProf Blog