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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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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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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
David Jolly defeats Alex Sink in Florida 13th — Republican David Jolly narrowly defeated Democrat Alex Sink in the special election for Florida's 13th District on Tuesday in an unusually expensive race watched closely by both parties as the midterm election season kicks into high gear.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Raw Story, CNN, The Moderate Voice and The Hill
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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Business Insider, No More Mister Nice Blog, Talking Points Memo, Power Line, Yahoo! News and Washington Monthly
David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Senate-CIA Blowup Threatens a Constitutional Crisis — The allegations of CIA snooping on congressional investigators isn't just a scandal—the whole premise of secret government is in question. — Feinstein: Arno Burgi/DPA/ZUMA; CIA flag: CIA/Wikimedia Commons
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New York Times:
Conflict Erupts in Public Rebuke on C.I.A. Inquiry — WASHINGTON — A festering conflict between the Central Intelligence Agency and its congressional overseers broke into the open Tuesday when Senator Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Intelligence Committee and one of the C.I.A.'s staunchest defenders …
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NBC News, CANNONFIRE, The World's Greatest … and Mashable
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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Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Snowden On CIA: 'Suddenly It's A Scandal' When Congress Is Listened In On
Snowden On CIA: 'Suddenly It's A Scandal' When Congress Is Listened In On
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Associated Press and NBC News
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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Slate, Talking Points Memo, Balloon Juice, Real Clear Politics, Hullabaloo and Roll Call
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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The Daily Beast, Close Read, Taylor Marsh, Guardian, CNN, Patrick Leahy, Post Politics, Foreign Policy, ThinkProgress and TalkLeft
Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
SENATOR: CIA IMPROPERLY SEARCHED COMPUTER NETWORK
SENATOR: CIA IMPROPERLY SEARCHED COMPUTER NETWORK
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Hot Air, NO QUARTER USA NET and Post Politics
HHS.gov:
Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace climbs to 4.2 million in February — 27 percent of February Federal Marketplace enrollees are young adults — Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace continued to rise in February to a five-month total of 4.2 million.
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Real Clear Politics, Erik Wemple and The Week
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Administration: 4.2 million people signed up for Obamacare plans through February
Administration: 4.2 million people signed up for Obamacare plans through February
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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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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 and The Raw Story
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
Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast:
Will Young People Buy Health Care From Obama and Zach Galifianakis? — The health of the Affordable Care Act depends on getting “invincibles” who don't think they need plans enrolled. Enter Between Two Ferns. — Social media exploded Tuesday morning with people talking …
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James Poniewozik / TIME:
REVIEW: The First Cringe-Humor President
REVIEW: The First Cringe-Humor President
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New York Times:
Obama Will Seek Broad Expansion of Overtime Pay — WASHINGTON — President Obama this week will seek to force American businesses to pay more overtime to millions of workers, the latest move by his administration to confront corporations that have had soaring profits even as wages have stagnated.
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NationalJournal.com:
Clintonworld Goes After The Washington Post — A Hillary Clinton adviser is implicated in the D.C. corruption scandal but an aide fires back, calling the allegations “bizarre and brazenly false.” — The corruption scandal that has rocked local politics in D.C. now has a Hillary Clinton aide in the mix …
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Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Politico, The Fix and Washington Free Beacon
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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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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Israel Matzav and Washington Post
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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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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NewsBusters, The Dish, New York Times and Mediaite
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