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WSJ/NBC News Poll: Obama's approval rating hits new low. — President Obama notched the lowest approval ratings of his presidency in the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, amd wide pessimism about the economy and deep frustration with Washington.
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WSJ Poll: Voters Stay Negative on Christie
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PoliticusUSA and The Week

WSJ Poll: Candy Is Dandy But Pot Is Less Harmful
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The Week


David Jolly's victory spells trouble for Democrats nationwide — If I'm a Democratic House member in any competitive district in America or a Democratic incumbent senator up for re-election this year in a moderate-to-conservative state like North Carolina, Arkansas, Colorado, Alaska or Louisiana …
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Why a Republican Wave in 2014 is Looking More Likely Now — David Jolly wasn't expected to win Tuesday's special election. But he capitalized on an increasingly favorable political environment for the GOP. — Tuesday night's special election in Florida should be a serious scare for Democrats …
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Florida race shows Democrats' Obamacare dilemma — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL OBAMACARE 2014 ELECTIONS — The widely respected Florida political analyst Adam Smith sees big problems for Democrats in the loss of Alex Sink to Republican David Jolly in the special election to fill the House seat from Florida's 13th Congressional District.
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Washington Monthly, The Daily Beast, Fox News, Power Line, Betsy's Page and Real Clear Politics

Florida loss big blow to Democrats' 2014 hopes
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Feinstein drops CIA bombshell — The CIA conducted an unconstitutional search of a Senate Intelligence Committee computer network that amounted to illegal spying, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) charged Tuesday in a dramatic speech on the Senate floor. — Feinstein said the CIA's actions …
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Did the CIA Chief Just Dare Obama to Fire Him?
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The Senate-CIA Blowup Threatens a Constitutional Crisis
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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.

ObamaCare's Secret Mandate Exemption — HHS quietly repeals the individual purchase rule for two more years. — ObamaCare's implementers continue to roam the battlefield and shoot their own wounded, and the latest casualty is the core of the Affordable Care Act—the individual mandate.
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At Least One Person Killed in East Harlem Building Collapse — At least one person was killed when two buildings collapsed in East Harlem on Wednesday morning, according to authorities, and a senior city official suggested that there would most likely be more fatalities.
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Bill O'Reilly: Abraham Lincoln Would Never Have Appeared on Funny or Die — As anyone could have expected after watching Fox News today, Bill O'Reilly opened his show with a take down of President Barack Obama's appearance on Funny or Die's Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis.
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Between Two Ferns: The Selling of the President, 2014
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Bill O'Reilly: Abraham Lincoln wouldn't do ‘Ferns’
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Daily Kos, BuzzFeed, National Review and CNN


Paul Ryan Blames Poverty On Lazy ‘Inner City’ Men — House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) previewed his upcoming legislative proposals for reforming America's poverty programs during an appearance on Bill Bennett's Morning in America Wednesday, hinting that he would focus on creating work requirements …
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Freedom After 30 Years on Death Row — UPDATE: Glenn Ford was indeed released from prison late Tuesday afternoon local time. The same judge who denied him relief in 2009 was the one who signed the order authorizing his release. — ORIGINAL STORY: Glenn Ford, a black man wrongfully convicted …
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The Limits of the Wonkosphere — Are we entering a golden age of policy journalism? Consider the evidence. Ezra Klein, founder of the Washington Post's phenomenally successful online policy news site Wonkblog, recently left to form what he says will be an even more revolutionary digital venture in explanatory policy journalism.


Bill Clinton to headline Phila. fundraiser for Margolies — The Big Dog did not forget his debt to Marjorie Margolies. — Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to be the special guest at an April fundraiser for Margolies' effort to reclaim the U.S. House seat she lost two decades ago …
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Politico, OnPolitics and Post Politics


‘The Daily Show’ Fact Checks Andrew Napolitano's Civil War Revisionism With A Game Show — Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” on Tuesday took his mockery of Fox News' Andrew Napolitano to the next level, hosting a mini-game show to debunk the commentator's revisionist views on the Civil War and American slavery.
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The Huffington Post

How the NSA Plans to Infect ‘Millions’ of Computers with Malware — Top-secret documents reveal that the National Security Agency is dramatically expanding its ability to covertly hack into computers on a mass scale by using automated systems that reduce the level of human oversight in the process.
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NationalJournal.com, Liberaland and The Verge