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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Obesity Rate for Young Children Plummets 43% in a Decade — Federal health authorities on Tuesday reported a stunning 43 percent drop in the obesity rate among 2- to 5-year-old children over the past decade, the first broad decline in an epidemic that often leads to lifelong struggles …
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Ed Rogers / PostPartisan:
The Insiders: Another day, another Obamacare disaster — In a colossal “oh by the way” revelation, last Friday afternoon the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a federal agency under the United States Department of Health and Human Services (that would be the executive branch run …
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The Hill:
Firm disowns lobbyist selling anti-gay bill — A K Street lobbying giant joined a brewing battle over gay and lesbian rights Tuesday when it disowned a former employee who is hawking legislation to bar gays from the National Football League (NFL). — In an unusual public rebuke …
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Talking Points Memo and The Huffington Post
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CBS News:
Jeb Bush, Rand Paul top GOP's 2016 presidential wish list: Poll — Shares - — While the 2016 presidential election may be two years away, some prospective contenders have been getting a bit of media attention. The latest CBS News/New York Times Poll asked the public whether …
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Dalia Sussman / New York Times:
Most Democrats Want Clinton to Run in 2016 — More than 8 in 10 Democrats say they want Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president in 2016, showing a level of interest in her that no other potential candidates - Democrat or Republican - come close to matching among their party's voters, according to a New York Times/CBS News Poll.
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Issa, House GOP to recall Lois Lerner — House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is hauling Lois Lerner back to Congress. — Issa told Lerner's attorney in a Tuesday letter that he expected the retired IRS official to appear before his committee on March 5.
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Politico and Patterico's Pontifications
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Betsy Rothstein / The Daily Caller:
Tommy Christopher out at Mediaite — Mediaite and its illustrious White House Correspondent Tommy Christopher have parted ways, The Mirror has learned. And it wasn't voluntary. We're told Christopher was fired. Details are still forthcoming. — In the past year there were murmurings …
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Patterico's Pontifications and Politico
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Jonathan Shapiro / WABE 90.1 FM:
‘Religious Freedom’ Bill Opposed By LGBT Advocates Likely Dead In Georgia House — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Wendell Willard, R-Sandy Springs. — Credit Ga. House of Reps. — One of the most controversial bills considered by the state House this year is likely dead for the session.
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ThinkProgress, LGBTQ Nation, Joe. My. God., Advocate and Political Insider blog
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Dana Liebelson / Mother Jones:
Georgia Wants to Allow Businesses to Kick Gay People Out of Diners
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Why Lawmaking on a Grand Scale Is a Dying Art — When Rep. Dave Camp (R., Mich.) laid plans to unveil a big tax reform bill this week, it was as if he was operating in some kind of time warp. No one seemed to have told the Ways and Means Committee chairman that Congress isn't doing much legislating any more.
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Taegan Goddard's …, Los Angeles Times, Althouse, AEIdeas and Washington Wire
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden: ‘I May Be a White Boy, But I Can Jump’ — During a celebration of African-American History Month, Vice President Joe Biden said, “I may be a white boy, but I can jump.” The comments were made at Biden's home, the Naval Observatory. — Via the pool report:
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Dave Camp / Wall Street Journal:
Dave Camp: How to Fix Our Appalling Tax Code — Every year Americans spend more than six billion hours and $168 billion to file their returns. — There have been so many changes to the tax code over the past decade that it is now 10 times the size of the Bible, but with none of the Good News.
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The Hugh Hewitt Show, TIME and Washington Post
John Diedrich / JSOnline:
ATF agents lost track of dozens of their own guns, reports show — By John Diedrich and Raquel Rutledge of the Journal Sentinel — ATF agents have lost track of dozens of government-issued guns, after stashing them under the front seats in their cars, in glove compartments or simply leaving …
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Boehner's Favorability Returns to Pre-Shutdown Levels — Thirty-two percent view speaker favorably, 50% unfavorably — WASHINGTON, D.C. — After suffering record-low favorability for his tenure as House speaker in October, John Boehner's image among Americans has rebounded to pre-shutdown levels.
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Real Clear Politics, Politico and Fox News
Brooks Hays / UPI:
Radioactive water from Japan's Fukushima power plant reaches Canada — Fukushima water has arrived off Canada, but scientists say there's no reason to panic. — Researchers say radioactive cesium isotopes from Japan's severely damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant have made their way to the waters just off the coast of Canada.
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Bloomberg and Firedoglake
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Oops: GOP Bill Would Strip 1 Million Workers Of Health Coverage — A Republican-led bill designed to “save American workers” would cause 1 million workers to lose their health care coverage and increase the deficit by $74 billion, according to Congress' official scorekeeper.
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BobCesca.com, The Raw Story, Daily Kos, Liberal Values and ThinkProgress
Wall Street Journal:
Viva Rubio — What a great, myth-destroying statement from Marco Rubio, on the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday afternoon, on the facts about Cuba and their connection to events in Venezuela. — We have pressed in these parts for American political figures to speak clearly …
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The Daily Caller
Delta Air Lines Newsroom:
DELTA ISSUES STATEMENT ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION — ATLANTA, Feb. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today issued the following statement: — “As a global values-based company, Delta Air Lines is proud of the diversity of its customers and employees, and is deeply concerned …
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Political Insider blog, Los Angeles Times and Towleroad News #gay
Tony Merevick / BuzzFeed:
Intel, Yelp Join Companies Urging Arizona Governor To Veto Anti-LGBT Bill — “I believe that every consumer has a right to be served by a business without fear of discrimination,” Yelp's CEO wrote in an open letter to Gov. Jan Brewer. Updates: Delta and PetSmart speak out against the bill.
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