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Julia Ioffe / The New Republic:
Putin's Press Conference Proved Merkel Right: He's Lost His Mind — In Sunday's New York Times, Peter Baker reported that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had tried talking some sense into Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader has an affinity for the Germans and Merkel especially …
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ThinkProgress, WorldViews, News Desk, Mediaite, susiemadrak.com, New York Times and Bloomberg View
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Reuters:
Russian stocks, ruble rebound as Putin breaks silence on Ukraine — (Reuters) - Russian assets rebounded on Tuesday as President Vladimir Putin said he would only use force in neighbouring Ukraine as a last resort. — The mood on the markets was calmer after panic selling on Monday …
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Guardian, US Department of State and Booman Tribune
Fox News:
Putin's claim of no Russian troops in Crimea stuns Kerry
Putin's claim of no Russian troops in Crimea stuns Kerry
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kyivpost.com, Guardian, The Agonist and The Dish
CNN:
Rubio, Cotton: Congress must act quickly to punish Putin, support Ukraine
Rubio, Cotton: Congress must act quickly to punish Putin, support Ukraine
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Fox News, Bloomberg, Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air, Politico and Weekly Standard
CNN:
Putin: Russia has no plans to annex Ukraine's Crimea region
Putin: Russia has no plans to annex Ukraine's Crimea region
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New York Times, Mashable, National Review, BuzzFeed, Washington Post, kyivpost.com, Hot Air, Power Line, Taylor Marsh and The Gateway Pundit
Jason Karaian / Quartz:
The markets are punishing Russia more swiftly than diplomats ever could
The markets are punishing Russia more swiftly than diplomats ever could
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Bloomberg View, Mediaite, Washington Monthly, The Huffington Post, New York Times and Business Insider
John Judis / The New Republic:
“We Are Speaking Very Loudly. We Are Carrying a Small Stick.”
“We Are Speaking Very Loudly. We Are Carrying a Small Stick.”
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The Agonist, Politico, National Review, The Federalist, TIME and Hot Air
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
In the Ukraine crisis, the U.S. has a credibility problem
In the Ukraine crisis, the U.S. has a credibility problem
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The New Republic, The Week, Washington Free Beacon, EcoWatch, Guardian, Hot Air, kyivpost.com and The Huffington Post
Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:
Wife says Alan Grayson shoved her during domestic incident — Judge issues temporary injunction after wife's allegations against U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando. — A judge has granted a temporary protective injunction against U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, after his wife filed paperwork accusing …
The Fiscal Times:
Economists Say Paul Ryan Misrepresented Their Research — The Fiscal Times — An exhaustive critique of the federal social safety net released by Rep. Paul Ryan on Monday is meant to be the intellectual foundation for an overhaul of the federal anti-poverty programs.
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Washington Post:
Read the House GOP's poverty report
Read the House GOP's poverty report
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The National Memo, The Fix, American Prospect, Guardian, PoliticusUSA, Wonkblog, National Review, American Spectator and Hullabaloo
Brian Beutler / Salon:
Hidden in plain sight: Proof GOP doesn't actually care about the poor
Hidden in plain sight: Proof GOP doesn't actually care about the poor
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Washington Post, Washington Monthly, Eschaton and Daily Kos
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Hillary Clinton's Strengths: Record at State, Toughness, Honesty — But Benghazi Seen as Top Negative — If she runs for president in 2016, Hillary Clinton would bring a number of potential strengths to the race, from her tenure as secretary of state to her perceived toughness and honesty.
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CNN, TheBlaze.com and Post Politics
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David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:
As Ukraine Rages, GOP Fires on Hillary for Failed “Reset”
As Ukraine Rages, GOP Fires on Hillary for Failed “Reset”
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BuzzFeed, The Dish, Yahoo! News and The Week
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Chipotle Warns It Might Stop Serving Guacamole If Climate Change Gets Worse — This Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, photo, shows the door on a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Robinson Township, Pa — It's your choice, America. Fix the climate, or the guac gets it. — Chipotle Inc. is warning investors …
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Talking Points Memo, Watts Up With That?, The Week and The Gateway Pundit
Natalie Villacorta / Politico:
Sarah Palin: Barack Obama known for ‘mom jeans’ — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a man known for wrestling bears while President Barack Obama is known for wearing mom jeans. — “People are looking at Putin as one who wrestles bears and drills for oil …
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Taylor Marsh and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Palin: Obama ‘Wears Mom Jeans’ and ‘Equivocates’ on Russia
Palin: Obama ‘Wears Mom Jeans’ and ‘Equivocates’ on Russia
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The Moderate Voice, Americans Against the …, The Raw Story, Hinterland Gazette and Scared Monkeys
David Weigel / Slate:
Why Obama Got Russia Wrong (and Romney Got It Right) — To peer into the conservative media and blogosphere as it covers Russa's invasion of Crimea is to risk a fatal dose of schadenfreude. There are reports about how Sarah Palin totally called that Putin would invade Ukraine …
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Rush Limbaugh, The Monkey Cage, The Daily Caller and Twitchy
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Rothman: MSNBC's Most Embarrassing Mockery of Romney's Russia Warnings
Rothman: MSNBC's Most Embarrassing Mockery of Romney's Russia Warnings
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NewsMax.com and Washington Free Beacon
Isaac Chotiner / The New Republic:
Mitt Romney Was Right About Russia
Mitt Romney Was Right About Russia
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Talking Points Memo, Ricochet Conversations Feed, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, The Week and Ed Driscoll
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Lindsey Graham Blames Russian Invasion on Obama Reaction to Benghazi — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) took to Twitter this afternoon to connect the Russian invasion into Ukraine's Crimean peninsula to the Obama administration's response to the 2012 terrorist attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya that left four Americans dead.
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Liberaland, Talking Points Memo, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Daily Kos and Business Insider
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Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Lindsey Graham Blames Benghazi For Ukraine Crisis
Lindsey Graham Blames Benghazi For Ukraine Crisis
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The New Civil Rights Movement
Bill Bush / The Columbus Dispatch:
Boy points finger like gun, gets suspended — A Columbus principal suspended a student for three days last week after the child pointed a “lookalike firearm” at another student in class and pretended to shoot. — The boy's age? 10. The “level 2 lookalike firearm” cited in his suspension letter?
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CNN, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Raw Story and ABC News
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obama, the feckless tyrant — President Obama is such a weak strongman. What's more, he is a feeble dictator and a timid tyrant. — That, at any rate, is Republicans' critique of him. With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Obama's critics pivoted seamlessly from complaining about his overreach …
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Eric Cantor …, The Moderate Voice, Power Line, Daily Kos and Prairie Weather
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
New ObamaCare delay to help midterm Dems — The Obama administration is set to announce another major delay in implementing the Affordable Care Act, easing election pressure on Democrats. — As early as this week, according to two sources, the White House will announce a new directive allowing insurers …
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Politico, Sister Toldjah, Washington Post, Right Turn, Fox News, Hit & Run, Rush Limbaugh, RedState, Mediaite, MichelleMalkin.com, The Week, The PJ Tatler, The Lonely Conservative, National Review, Hot Air, Prairie Weather, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Free Beacon and Jammie Wearing Fools
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
The GOP's Obamacare repeal dilemma, in one quote — The other day I noted that Thom Tillis, the expected GOP candidate for Senate in North Carolina, has been struggling to explain his stance on Obamacare — he knows repeal is a non-starter because the goals of Obamacare remain popular, but isn't willing to embrace any alternatives.
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Talking Points Memo and Hullabaloo
Ezekiel J. Emanuel / The New Republic:
Insurance Companies as We Know Them Are About to Die — And here's what's going to replace them — Americans hate health insurance companies. They are easy targets for everyone to beat up on. When premiums go up, we blame insurance companies; we do not blame the underlying hospitals …
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Liberal Values, The PJ Tatler, Firedoglake, The Gateway Pundit and CBS DC
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Man Accidentally Shoots 12-Year-Old Driving By His House, Immediately Shoots Self — An Orlando, Fl. man accidentally discharged a gun on Friday, first striking a 12-year-old girl in a moving car then himself immediately after, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
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Orlando Sentinel and ThinkProgress
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Michele Bachmann Is Disappointed That American Jews ‘Sold Out’ By Supporting Obama — Michele Bachmann is deeply disappointed with the American Jewish community for supporting President Barack Obama, whose policies she believes will reduce Israel to “rubble.”
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The Moderate Voice, frc.org, Mediaite and Right Wing Watch
New York Times:
Corrections: March 4, 2014 — An article on Wednesday about the unfinished Crimean palace of Viktor F. Yanukovych, the ousted president of Ukraine, referred imprecisely to his possible fate. While the new government in Kiev wants to put him on trial for mass murder, and many are calling for his execution …
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