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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
What Should We Read Into FL-13? Maybe Nothing. — Here are three basic thoughts on the race: — 1. My sense is that the Democratic candidate, former state chief financial officer and 2010 gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink, will probably win. — Back in mid-January …
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Associated Press, American Spectator, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, The Rothenberg Political … and The Raw Story
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Tampa Bay Times:
David Jolly elected to represent Pinellas County in Congress — CLEARWATER — Republican David Jolly on Tuesday night won the closely-watched, extremely expensive and relentlessly negative battle for Florida's 13th Congressional District, signaling trouble for Democrats as they head …
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Politico
Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
PPP poll: Alex Sink 48%, David Jolly45%, Lucas Overby 6%
PPP poll: Alex Sink 48%, David Jolly45%, Lucas Overby 6%
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Talking Points Memo, Power Line, Business Insider, Washington Monthly, Yahoo! News and Slate
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The Jolly-Sink showdown: What to watch
The Jolly-Sink showdown: What to watch
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CNN, The Gateway Pundit, The Raw Story, American Spectator, The Hill, Hot Air, The Political Carnival, Taylor Marsh, The Fix, Smart Politics and National Review
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Snowden On CIA: 'Suddenly It's A Scandal' When Congress Is Listened In On — Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden released a statement Tuesday after Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA), the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, accused the Central Intelligence Agency …
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Associated Press and NBC News
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Washington Post:
Transcript: Sen. Dianne Feinstein says CIA searched Intelligence Committee computers
Transcript: Sen. Dianne Feinstein says CIA searched Intelligence Committee computers
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CNN, Yahoo! News, Guardian, ThinkProgress, Post Politics, The Switch, Foreign Policy and TalkLeft
Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
Intrigue at the Top: CIA, Senate Feud Goes Public
Intrigue at the Top: CIA, Senate Feud Goes Public
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Politico
Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
SENATOR: CIA IMPROPERLY SEARCHED COMPUTER NETWORK
SENATOR: CIA IMPROPERLY SEARCHED COMPUTER NETWORK
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Hot Air, Post Politics and NO QUARTER USA NET
Niels Lesniewski / The World's Greatest …:
Feinstein: CIA Spied on Intelligence Committee (Updated) (Video)
Feinstein: CIA Spied on Intelligence Committee (Updated) (Video)
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Talking Points Memo, Slate, Real Clear Politics, emptywheel, Hullabaloo and Roll Call
Vanity Fair:
The Game of Thrones TV-Show Creators Already Know What Happens at the End of the Book Series — Vanity Fair contributing editor Jim Windolf talks to George R. R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the ongoing book series on which the popular HBO show Game of Thrones is based …
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Talking Points Memo, The Verge, Gawker, The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler, Twitchy, The Week and Guardian
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Joe McGinniss, the journalist who harassed Sarah Palin, dead at 71. — Too bad to put in a life's work and have something creepy that you did be the #1 thing many or most people attach to your name when they see that you died. — “The Selling of the President” was a great exposé of the what it takes to run for President.
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The Dish
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Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Joe McGinniss, ‘Fatal Vision’ Author, Dies at 71
Joe McGinniss, ‘Fatal Vision’ Author, Dies at 71
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NewsBusters and Mediaite
Tami Luhby / CNNMoney.com:
Why casino workers hate Obamacare — Casino workers are preparing to strike against several Las Vegas establishments, but their real target is President Obama. — Culinary Workers Union Local 226 is pushing about a dozen of its employers to contribute more money to its health insurance fund to cover rising Obamacare costs.
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JustOneMinute
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Erratic House Republicans Have Officially Lost It On Obamacare
Erratic House Republicans Have Officially Lost It On Obamacare
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Salon and The BRAD BLOG
James Poniewozik / TIME:
REVIEW: The First Cringe-Humor President — President Obama goes beyond the late-night interview to prove, with Zach Galifianakis, that insult comedy isn't just for Congress anymore. — This is what gridlock gets you. Unable to get major legislation through a divided Congress …
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Taylor Marsh, The Verge and Hot Air
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Matthew Hoye / CNN:
No joke: Obama interviewed by Zach Galifianakis
No joke: Obama interviewed by Zach Galifianakis
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BuzzFeed, Politico and National Review
Miscellany Blue:
Rep. Kyle Tasker: ‘50,000 battered women and I still eat mine plain’ — State House Rep. Kyle Tasker (R-Nottingham) is no stranger to controversy, but an image he posted today on a public Facebook page is exceptional even by his standards. — Tasker posted the image while commenting …
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PoliticusUSA, Talking Points Memo and The Raw Story
Natasha Velez / New York Post:
Gal dead after ‘black-market’ butt injection — A black-market New Jersey beautician botched a silicone butt injection at a seedy Meatpacking District hotel, leaving her client to die after suffering seizure-like symptoms, police said Tuesday. — Tamira Mobley, 28, has been charged …
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Gawker and Hinterland Gazette
Nora Caplan-Bricker / The New Republic:
Mike Huckabee Could Be President—If Only He Wanted It — Mike Huckabee had asked me to send him my picture. He'd be sans entourage for our meeting at a Starbucks near Fox News's midtown Manhattan headquarters, and he wanted to be able to pick me out of the crowd.
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Senate Makes America's Pathetic Public Financing System Even More Pathetic — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) successfully attained unanimous consent on Tuesday to pass H.R. 2019, a House bill to end public funding for party conventions. The bill would authorize the money …
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Eric Cantor … and Common Cause
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Administration: 4.2 million people signed up for Obamacare plans through February — About 940,000 people selected Obamacare insurance plans in February, bringing to 4.2 million the total number of people opting for health coverage in the law's insurance exchanges since the enrollment opened in October.
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Jess Denham / The Independent:
Russell Crowe's Noah banned in three Arab countries before worldwide premiere — Darren Aronofsky's forthcoming Biblical epic Noah has been banned in several Middle Eastern countries for depicting religious figures. — Censorship boards in Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates …
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Washington Post and Israel Matzav
Fox News:
Malaysia's military investigating reports that missing plane changed course, made it to country's west coast — Malaysia's military says it is investigating reports that a missing Boeing 777 jetliner headed to Beijing changed course and made it to the Malacca Strait, hundreds of miles away …
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Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Telegraph, Mashable, Hot Air, Guardian, TruthRevolt.org, neo-neocon, Fox News Insider and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
McConnell: We're Going to ‘Crush’ Tea Party Candidates in GOP Primaries This Year — Provocative comments over the weekend from Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell will provide grist for the ‘grassroots vs. establishment’ mill for some time. In an interview with the New York Times …
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Glenn Beck, protein wisdom, The Hill, American Spectator and RedState
New York Times:
Even Before Fort Lee Lane Closings, Port Authority Was a Christie Tool — For a state that lost hundreds of lives on Sept. 11, the gifts were emotionally resonant: pieces of steel from the ruins of the World Trade Center. They were presented by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey …
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Mediaite, Daily Kos and The Raw Story
Dina ElBoghdady / Washington Post:
With clock ticking on mortgage relief, homeowners wonder what's ahead — Five years after the federal government bailed out more than 1 million struggling homeowners, many who got the relief may end up losing their homes after all. — Already, nearly 30 percent of those who qualified for relief have defaulted again.
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National Review
Robin Marty / Politico:
The Cookiecott — Pro-life groups say the Girl Scouts are selling something else along with their Thin Mints: abortion. — When a cheerful, green-sashed third grader steps on the porch of the house next door, or rings the bell of the neighbor across the street, she's probably prepping her sales pitch …
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Hit & Run and Liberaland