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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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Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, The Huffington Post, ThinkProgress, Roll Call, Daily Kos and The Raw Story
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Paul Ryan Says His Controversial Comments About Inner City Poor Were “Inarticulate” — “After reading the transcript of yesterday morning's interview, it is clear that I was inarticulate about the point I was trying to make,” Ryan says. — Mike Theiler / Reuters
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The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, American Prospect, The Week, Booman Tribune and Firedoglake
Jamelle Bouie / The Daily Beast:
What Paul Ryan Gets Wrong About ‘Inner-City’ Poverty — If there's deep poverty in our urban centers, it's not because of culture, it's because of racism and public policy. — It was late last year when Paul Ryan couldn't stop talking about poverty. “I want to figure out a way for conservatives …
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National Review and ThinkProgress
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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Talking Points Memo, PoliticusUSA, alicublog, Crew of 42, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, The Reaction, Hullabaloo, Liberaland and Eschaton
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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Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, Betsy's Page and The Huffington Post
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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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Los Angeles Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Monthly, Althouse, The Hill and The Heritage Foundation
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, Daily Kos and Democratic Strategist
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Midterms an Obamacare referendum? Not so fast.
Midterms an Obamacare referendum? Not so fast.
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Politico, Real Clear Politics, Taylor Marsh, The Switch, Bloomberg View, The Fix, The Hill, National Review and Althouse
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Steve Israel: I hope Alex Sink runs again
Steve Israel: I hope Alex Sink runs again
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Rational Irrationality 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 …
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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ThinkProgress:
What's Driving The Fight Between The CIA And The Senate? — Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) with CIA DIrector John Brennan during his 2013 confirmation hearing — This week a feud between the Senate's intelligence committee and the CIA burst into the open …
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Liberaland, thenation.com/blogs/163255, The Week and Guardian
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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KWTX-TV, The Moderate Voice, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, Deadline.com, The Week and Poynter
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CRFB.org:
Administration Does About-Face on Fate of ACA Cost-Sharing Subsidies — The administration's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its report to Congress on Monday detailing the sequester's impact on mandatory spending programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, and it shows a notable …
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Wonkblog
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
So how many have paid ACA premiums?
So how many have paid ACA premiums?
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Weekly Standard, Hit & Run, Fox News, The Federalist, CNN and American Spectator
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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ThinkProgress, Weekly Standard and Wall Street Journal
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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Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
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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Samizdata
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 …
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NBC News, Post Politics, Daily Kos, OnPolitics, Politico, Outside the Beltway, CNN, Real Clear Politics, Washington Free Beacon and Taegan Goddard's …
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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Business Insider, Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire and Liberaland
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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, The Federalist and Wall Street Journal
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Sharks Are Circling Around Hillary — Dems are on the defensive again in response to allegations that a Clinton comrade was involved in questionable campaign funding. Oh yes, it's feeding time, aka ‘silly’ season, again. — The political world is on tenterhooks waiting for Hillary Clinton …
Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
ANTI-ABORTION VOTERS LOOK FOR ONE OF THEIR OWN — You are here — Home » Ted Cruz » Anti-abortion voters look for one of their own — WASHINGTON (AP) — Invoking fiery references to Satan, “savagery” and a “culture of death” to criticize their opponents …
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Talking Points Memo, msnbc.com, WRAL-TV, Daily Kos, TruthRevolt.org, Hullabaloo and Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Paige Winfield Cunningham / Politico:
Mike Huckabee: Saving unborn like saving elderly
Mike Huckabee: Saving unborn like saving elderly
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ThinkProgress, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Shakesville
Ann Coulter / Townhall.com:
Right-Wing Mobs? Say It Isn't So, Conservatives! — When I wrote a book about mobs and group-think a few years ago, I could honestly say that mob behavior existed exclusively on the left in America — unless you count Oakland Raiders tailgate parties, which I do not.
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