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James Kirchick / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: RT Anchor Liz Wahl Explains Why She Quit — Liz Wahl wasn't just disgusted by the Kremlin-funded TV network's handling of Ukraine, she says in an exclusive interview. RT's coverage of the entire world “made me feel sick.” — American journalist Liz Wahl just made Vladimir Putin's enemies list.
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Liz Wahl / RT:
RT reacts to anchor Liz Wahl quitting on air — During a live broadcast on Wednesday, RT America presenter Liz Wahl announced she was stepping down, citing her disagreements with the network's editorial policy. RT issued a statement following her resignation.
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Russia Today Anchor Resigns Live On Air
Russia Today Anchor Resigns Live On Air
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Hillary walks back Putin-Hitler comparison — Hillary Clinton on Wednesday pulled back from comparing Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions in Ukraine to those of Hitler. — She said comments made the night before at a private event were meant only to bring “a little historical perspective” …
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Guardian, The Dish, The Daily Caller and New York Times
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US Department of State:
President Putin's Fiction: 10 False Claims about Ukraine
President Putin's Fiction: 10 False Claims about Ukraine
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Henry A. Kissinger / Washington Post:
How the Ukraine crisis ends
How the Ukraine crisis ends
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Fox News, Mediaite, Capitol Report and Telegraph
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton: I'm Not Comparing Putin To Hitler, I'm Just Saying He's Acting Like Hitler
Hillary Clinton: I'm Not Comparing Putin To Hitler, I'm Just Saying He's Acting Like Hitler
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Taylor Marsh, New York Times and Politico
Washington Post:
Poll finds Republicans resistant to Chris Christie presidential candidacy — As conservatives gather in the Washington area on Thursday for three days of speeches from prospective 2016 presidential candidates and discussions about the future of the GOP, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll found …
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Seth McLaughlin / Washington Times:
CPAC to test 26 candidates for president with straw poll
CPAC to test 26 candidates for president with straw poll
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Washington Monthly, Roll Call, Gawker, The Daily Beast, US News, Guardian and National Review
Karl Taro Greenfeld / Businessweek:
The Next Ailes: Newsmax's Chris Ruddy Preps TV Rival to Fox News — Christopher Ruddy, 49, the chief executive officer and founder of conservative media company Newsmax Media, is giving a tour of his neighborhood in an Acura driven by his chauffeur, Hector. The car heads south on I-95 from West Palm Beach to Boca Raton.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Newsmax CEO Wants To Combat Fox News With Conservative Cable Channel — Fox's monopoly on conservative cable news may soon come to an end. — A Bloomberg Businessweek profile published Thursday revealed Newsmax.com founder and CEO Christopher Ruddy's plans to expand beyond …
William Voegeli / National Review:
Bait-and-Switch Liberalism — Obamacare and the politics of deception — In June 2009, as health-care reform was being debated vigorously across the country, President Obama told the American Medical Association's convention that, whatever the provisions of the health-care bill he would sign …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Feds give 2-year grace period for non-Obamacare plans
Feds give 2-year grace period for non-Obamacare plans
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Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
Dems May Regret More OCare Delays
Dems May Regret More OCare Delays
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
New Democratic Strategy Goes After Koch Brothers — WASHINGTON — Charles G. and David H. Koch, the billionaire brothers who are perhaps the best-known patrons of conservative Republican politics, are bespectacled and in their 70s. They look genial enough.
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Randa Jarrar / Salon:
Why I can't stand white belly dancers — Whether they know it or not, white women who practice belly dance are engaging in appropriation — Google the term “belly dance” and the first images the search engine offers are of white women in flowing, diaphanous skirts, playing at brownness.
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Washington Post, Balloon Juice, Althouse and The Daily Banter
John Sides / The Monkey Cage:
Why most conservatives are secretly liberals — A couple months ago, a Gallup poll recorded a small uptick in the percentage of Americans who identify as “liberal” — to 23 percent, or what Gallup, eliding the margin of error in the poll, called a “new high.”
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Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Harkin: DOJ Civil Rights Nominee Would Have Been Confirmed If He Was White — Debo Adegbile U.S. Senate Justice Department Mumia Abu Jamal Tom Harkin Tom Harkin Racial Department of Justice Justice Department Doj Civil Rights Division Chief Justice John Roberts Mass Murderer Politics News
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Wesley Lowery / Post Politics:
Senate rejects Obama appointment of Debo Adegbile to top civil rights post
Senate rejects Obama appointment of Debo Adegbile to top civil rights post
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Cop-killer case sinks Obama Justice nominee
Cop-killer case sinks Obama Justice nominee
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Adam Harrington / CBS New York:
Fury Erupts Over Racially-Charged Tweets After Westchester High School Basketball Game — MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Some high school students in Westchester County were under fire Wednesday evening, after their basketball team lost a close game. — As CBS 2's Don Champion reported …
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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
The world's largest photo service just made its pictures free to use — Getty Images is betting their business on embeddable photos — If you go to the Getty Images website, you'll see millions of images, all watermarked. There's more than a hundred years of photography here …
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ABC News:
Dalai Lama Opens Senate Session With Prayer — By DONNA CASSATA Associated Press And on Thursday, the Dalai Lama prayed in the U.S. Senate. — With dozen of lawmakers listening raptly, the Nobel laureate from Tibet opened the session with his favorite prayer and words of advice.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Darrell Issa silences Democrats and hits a new low — Darrell Issa, chairman of the House committee leading numerous investigations of the Obama administration, found a new way to silence Democratic critics who question his actions: He shut off the microphones.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
House panel moves toward Russian sanctions — A key House committee on Thursday took the first step toward a broad package of sanctions hitting Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. — The House Foreign Affairs Committee is taking up a measure calling for a tougher crackdown on top Russian officials and state agencies.
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