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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Russia Will Sanction U.S. Senators — Putin is set to respond to Obama's sanctions of Russian officials with his own list. Several U.S. Senators and officials will be banned from visiting Russia, including Sen. Dick Durbin. — U.S. senators, congressmen and top Obama administration officials …
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ABC News:
Russian Deputy PM Laughs at Obama's Sanctions — MOSCOW - Russia's deputy prime minister laughed off President Obama's sanction against him today asking “Comrade @BarackObama” if “some prankster” came up with the list. — The Obama administration hit 11 Russian and Ukrainian officials …
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New York Times:
Defying Sanctions, Putin Declares Crimea Independent — MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia signed a decree late Monday night formally recognizing Ukraine's Crimea region as a “sovereign and independent state,” defying the United States and Europe just hours after they imposed …
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Garry Kasparov / Politico:
Vladimir Putin and the Lessons of 1938
Vladimir Putin and the Lessons of 1938
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
U.S., E.U. announce sanctions following vote in Crimea
U.S., E.U. announce sanctions following vote in Crimea
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Post Politics, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, The Fix, WorldViews, Power Line and The Plum Line
Marie-Louise Gumuchian / CNN:
U.S., EU announce sanctions after Crimea vote
U.S., EU announce sanctions after Crimea vote
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Washington Post, The PJ Tatler, Washington Free Beacon, Gawker and The Reaction
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
US Sanctions On Russia Freeze Top Officials' Assets
US Sanctions On Russia Freeze Top Officials' Assets
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEightFiveThirtyEight:
What the Fox Knows — FiveThirtyEight is a data journalism organization. Let me explain what we mean by that, and why we think the intersection of data and journalism is so important. — If you're a casual reader of FiveThirtyEight, you may associate us with election forecasting …
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Marilyn Tavenner / HHS.gov:
Marketplace Enrollment Hits 5 Million Milestone — As this historic open enrollment period enters its final weeks, millions of Americans are finding quality, affordable coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act. Fernando Valdez and Denise Schroeder were part of a weekend wave of consumers signing …
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Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
We overhauled U.S. health care — to insure 4.2 million people?
We overhauled U.S. health care — to insure 4.2 million people?
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Lauren McGaughy / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
It's official: Edwin Edwards is running for Congress — Just three years after his release from federal prison, former Gov. Edwin Edwards is throwing his hat into the open race for Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. — The 86-year-old Silver Fox, known for his memorable …
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Kathy Finn / Reuters:
Former Louisiana Gov. Edwards, a convicted felon, to run for Congress
Former Louisiana Gov. Edwards, a convicted felon, to run for Congress
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The PJ Tatler
Tina Moore / NY Daily News:
L'Wren Scott dead: Fashion designer and Mick Jagger girlfriend found dead in apparent suicide — Mick Jagger is ‘completely shocked and devastated by the news,’ spokesperson says in statement. Scott's body, discovered hanging from a scarf tied to a doorknob in her apartment on 11th Avenue …
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New York Times:
Malaysia Backtracks on When Airliner's Communications Were Disabled — SEPANG, Malaysia — As the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 stretched into a 10th day, the Malaysian authorities on Monday identified the plane's first officer as the last person in the cockpit to speak to ground control.
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William J. Dobson / Slate:
The Malaysia Airlines Pilot's Politics
The Malaysia Airlines Pilot's Politics
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Daniel Simmons-Ritchie / Rapid City Journal:
Phil Jensen: South Dakota's most conservative lawmaker? — It was July 10, 2003, and Phil Jensen, a life-long Kansas boy and red-blooded Republican, was set for a big move. — Jensen and his wife were relocating from Wichita to Rapid City to live closer to family.
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Mother Jones:
24 Mind-Blowing Facts About Marijuana Production in America — The only thing green about that bud is its chlorophyll. — You thought your pot came from environmentally conscious hippies? Think again. The way marijuana is grown in America, it turns out, is anything but sustainable and organic.
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Taylor Marsh
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
The 1930s are calling — Commentators with a cruel memory have recalled the moment from one of the 2012 presidential debates when President Obama cited Mitt Romney's warning about the growing threat from Russia and dismissed it with a superficially sophisticated remark: “The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back.”
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Koch Group Abandons Obamacare ‘Horror’ Stories After Fact-Check Backlash — Have we heard the last Obamacare “horror” story? If new ads from the Koch Brothers-backed group are any indication, we might have. — Americans for Prosperity, the well-funded conservative group …
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Americans Against the … and Liberal Values
Michael Wines / New York Times:
West's Drought and Growth Intensify Conflict Over Water Rights — MUMFORD, Tex. — Across the parched American West, the long drought has set off a series of fierce legal and political battles over who controls an increasingly dear treasure — water. — Just outside this minuscule farm town …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Agonist
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Stenographer: ‘Assignment’ From Holy Spirit Prompted Outburst On House Floor — The stenographer who was carried off the House floor in October for an outburst in which she yelled into a microphone about God, Freemasons and a divided government explained in a video published Sunday that she acted on “assignment” from the Holy Spirit.
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Mediaite
Nature:
All you need to know about gravitational waves — A beginner's guide to the BICEP2 discovery of primordial gravitational waves. — Rights & Permissions — Astronomers have announced the detection of the imprint of primordial ‘gravitational waves’ that originated in the Big Bang that created our Universe 13.8 billion years ago.
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Dennis Overbye / New York Times:
Detection of Waves in Space Buttresses Landmark Theory of Big Bang
Detection of Waves in Space Buttresses Landmark Theory of Big Bang
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Discovery News, Gothamist, Gawker and Talking Points Memo
Matthew Perrone / Associated Press:
Marijuana Study In Veterans Wins Federal Backing — WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has signed off on a long-delayed study looking at marijuana as a treatment for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, a development that drug researchers are hailing as a major shift in U.S. policy.
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Taylor Marsh and ThinkProgress
ThinkProgress:
In Abrupt Reversal, Scott Brown Slams Efforts To Limit Outside Spending In His Senate Race — In 2012, then-Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) proposed a “People's Pledge” to keep outside groups from interfering in his re-election race against now-Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D).
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
First on CNN: Battle over pledge in Brown-Shaheen Senate fight
First on CNN: Battle over pledge in Brown-Shaheen Senate fight
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Outside the Beltway, The Plum Line and Talking Points Memo