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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Karl Rove: GOP, Beware of Tuesday's Victory — David Jolly's Florida win shows that opposition to ObamaCare alone won't be enough in November.
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Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Health Law Tied to G.O.P. Victory in Florida Race — CLEARWATER, Fla. — For Democrats hoping to claim a prized House seat in a swing district, Alex Sink seemed a shining candidate: a moderate, business-minded banker and former candidate for governor with ample experience in running a big race and raising money for it.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Morning Plum: Why Dems are tying Republicans to the Koch brothers
Morning Plum: Why Dems are tying Republicans to the Koch brothers
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Washington Free Beacon, No More Mister Nice Blog, The PJ Tatler and Daily Kos
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Midterms an Obamacare referendum? Not so fast.
Midterms an Obamacare referendum? Not so fast.
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Politico, Taylor Marsh, The Switch, Bloomberg View, The Fix, National Review, The Hill and Althouse
Lauren Victoria Burke / Crew of 42:
Paul Ryan: Inner City Comments Had “Nothing to Do Whatsoever With Race” — ** EXCLUSIVE ** Ryan: Poverty Discussion Had Nothing to do with Race. After comments Wednesday morning on Bill Bennett's radio show Morning in America, Rep. Paul Ryan explained Wednesday afternoon that his discussion with Bennett had “nothing” to do with race.
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ThinkProgress:
Ryan Defends Comments On Lazy ‘Inner City’ Men — Rep. Paul Ryan's claim that young “inner city” men are “not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work” because they rely on government assistance has sparked outrage from a growing number of Democratic lawmakers …
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Jamelle Bouie / The Daily Beast:
What Paul Ryan Gets Wrong About ‘Inner-City’ Poverty
What Paul Ryan Gets Wrong About ‘Inner-City’ Poverty
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Guardian, National Review and ThinkProgress
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Paul Ryan Says His Controversial Comments About Inner-City Poor Were “Inarticulate”
Paul Ryan Says His Controversial Comments About Inner-City Poor Were “Inarticulate”
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The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, American Prospect, The Week, Crew of 42 and Booman Tribune
Andy Pasztor / Wall Street Journal:
Missing Airplane Flew On for Hours — Engine Data Suggest Malaysia Flight Was Airborne Long After Radar Disappearance, U.S. Investigators Say — U.S. investigators suspect that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 stayed in the air for about four hours past the time it reached its last confirmed location …
Austin American-Statesman:
2 dead after car crashes into SXSW crowd — According to Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, at about 12:30 a.m. Thursday, an APD officer who is part of a DWI task force attempted to stop a driver of a gray Toyota sedan at a Shell gas station on the Interstate 35 frontage road.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
So how many have paid ACA premiums? — 'I can't tell you because I don't know that. We don't collect it,' Sebelius says. AP Photo — Close — The White House insists it doesn't know how many people are fully enrolled in Obamacare, but insurers say they've handed over enough data …
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Sam Baker / NationalJournal.com:
White House: Sequester No Longer Applies to Part of Obamacare
White House: Sequester No Longer Applies to Part of Obamacare
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Despite vows of help, White House withholds thousands of documents from Senate CIA probe — WASHINGTON — The White House has been withholding for five years more than 9,000 top-secret documents sought by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for its investigation into the now-defunct CIA detention …
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Longer mandate delay for some who saw health plans canceled — The Obama administration is allowing some people with canceled health plans to avoid penalties under the individual mandate for an additional two years. — The little noticed change, first reported by The Wall Street Journal …
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Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Washington Free Beacon and Right Wing News
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Health Mandate Won't Be Delayed, Sebelius Says
Health Mandate Won't Be Delayed, Sebelius Says
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JustOneMinute, Hit & Run, Power Line, National Review, Wall Street Journal and The Federalist
Benjamin Goad / The Hill:
Business groups stunned as Obama gives millions overtime — Business groups and congressional Republicans are blasting regulations President Obama will announce Thursday that could extend overtime pay to as many as 10 million workers who are now ineligible for it.
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Bloomberg:
Americans Stick With Obamacare as Opposition Burns Bright — President Barack Obama's health-care law is becoming more entrenched, with 64 percent of Americans now supporting it outright or backing small changes. — Even so, the fervor of the opposition shows no sign of abating …
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Daily Kos, The Dish, Business Insider, Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire and Liberaland
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New York Times:
Russia Massing Military Forces Near Border With Ukraine — MOSCOW — Russia's Defense Ministry announced new military operations in several regions near the Ukrainian border on Thursday, even as Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany warned the Kremlin to abandon the politics of the 19th …
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail — March 13, 2014 - Clinton Up As Obama, Christie Crash In Iowa, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Democrat Braley Leads In U.S. Senate Race — In an early look at the 2016 presidential race in Iowa, Secretary Clinton leads Gov. Christie 48 - 35 percent, reversing a 45 …
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Missouri Man Who Accidentally Shot Himself Sues Police For Taking His Guns — A Kearney, Mo. man who accidentally shot himself in November decided to sue the town's police department for seizing his firearms, the Kearney Courier reported Thursday. — Terry Coleman accidentally discharged …
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Tim Stanley / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Piers Morgan's guest explains to him why he lost his CNN show: because he was rude — There's been a lot of debate about why Piers Morgan lost his CNN talk show. A couple of days ago the comedian Chelsea Handler gave him a definitive explanation. Piers was “interviewing” her …
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New York Times:
Rescue Effort in East Harlem Yields Only More Victims — Firefighters worked through a bitterly cold night searching for survivors in the wreckage of two buildings in East Harlem that were leveled in a powerful explosion, but as dawn broke on Thursday, the rescuers had found only more victims.
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Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
In narrow vote, Senate backs ending early voting on weekends — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison — After being blocked by Democrats a day earlier, Republican state senators narrowly approved bills Wednesday to end weekend voting before elections …
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Washington Monthly and Liberaland