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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Matt Drudge Is (Probably) Lying About Paying A Huge Obamacare ‘Liberty Tax’ — It seems conservative monolith Matt Drudge is taking some pride in paying the penalty for not purchasing insurance under Obamacare. He's even got a name for it. … There's just one problem …
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Killing Conservative Books: The Shocking End Of A Publishing Gold Rush — A decade ago, mainstream publishers became convinced they could make millions by churning out books for the right — and now the bubble may be bursting. From Allan Bloom to Ann Coulter. — The conservative book business has seen better days.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Clinton's Top Selling Point in 2016: First Female President — Top negatives are not being qualified; continuing Obama's agenda — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans say the best or most positive thing about a possible Hillary Clinton presidency — if she were to run and be elected in 2016 …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's delay: Frozen field or human shield? — The claim has hardened into accepted fact among many Democratic operatives: Hillary Clinton is freezing the Democratic 2016 field as she waits until possibly late this year to decide on another presidential run.
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Wall Street Journal:
Leaders Seek to Rescue New York's Bike-Share Program — Leaders of Citi Bike are moving quickly to raise tens of millions of dollars to rescue the popular bike-share program as it loses money, according to people familiar with the matter. — Citi Bike's bright blue bicycles have become …
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The Daily Caller, Politicker, The Week and National Review
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: Dems ‘get clobbered’ in midterms — President Obama complained Thursday that Democrats “get clobbered” in midterm elections, blaming a “toxic” atmosphere in Washington for suppressing key Democratic constituencies. — “The challenge is that our politics in Washington have become …
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
President Obama: ‘In midterms, we get clobbered’
President Obama: ‘In midterms, we get clobbered’
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Scott Kaufman / The Raw Story:
Dept. of Education: Black preschoolers far more likely to be suspended than white counterparts — Although black children only represent about 18 percent of the students enrolled in preschool, according to a study released on Friday by the Department of Education's Civil Rights division …
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Motoko Rich / New York Times:
School Data Finds Pattern of Inequality Along Racial Lines
School Data Finds Pattern of Inequality Along Racial Lines
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Putin's quiet Latin America play — Away from the conflict in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is quietly seeking a foothold in Latin America, military officials warn. — To the alarm of lawmakers and Pentagon officials, Putin has begun sending navy ships and long-range bombers to the region for the first time in years.
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Cold Man in the Kremlin
Paul Waldman / The Plum Line:
Can the Sunday shows get better? — In the Washington media world, there's no more rarefied spot, both for the host and the guests, than that of the network Sunday morning shows. So why are they so predictable, and predictably boring? — Most members of Congress would kill to be interviewed …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
NBC News ‘Doubling Down’ On David Gregory As ‘Meet The Press’ Expands Online
NBC News ‘Doubling Down’ On David Gregory As ‘Meet The Press’ Expands Online
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Bill Forces People Going Through Divorce To Get A Judge's Permission Before Having Sex In Own Home — There's nothing that sets the mood for a romantic evening like petitioning a judge for permission to have sex at the end of the night. — If Massachusetts State Sen. Richard J. Ross (R) …
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Lindsay Toler / Daily RFT:
Chase Martinson Loses College Acceptance After Coming Out as Gay on Facebook — When Chase Martinson took a break from his studies at Hannibal-LaGrange University to manage his health issues, he expected it to be temporary hiccup on his path to becoming a nurse.
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Willy Staley / New York Times:
Vice's Shane Smith: ‘Have We Unleashed a Monster?’ — You recently began something called Vice News. How is it different from what Vice already does? Through YouTube, we learned that our audience wants more news. So news is going to be its own offering.
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Creationists Demand Airtime On ‘Cosmos’ For The Sake Of Balance — The Creationist group Answers In Genesis, which was already incensed about Neil deGrasse Tyson's revival of Cosmos, is now complaining that the show lacks scientific balance because it fails to provide airtime for evolution deniers.
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Talking Points Memo, The Raw Story and The Impolitic
Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Adelson casino hires Blanche Lincoln — Former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) will be lobbying for Las Vegas Sands at her firm Lincoln Policy Group, according to new disclosure records. — The casino, which is owned by billionaire and major GOP donor Sheldon Adelson, is pushing Congress to enact a ban on Internet gambling.
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Constanze Letsch / Guardian:
Turkey Twitter users flout Erdogan ban on micro-blogging site — Twitter use breaks new record in country as Turks defy purge of social media platform by Ankara — Turkish users of Twitter - including the country's president - have flouted a block on the social media platform …
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Mark Flatten / Washington Examiner:
Navy database tracks civilians' parking tickets, fender-benders, raising fears of domestic spying — CRIME WATCHDOG THE PENTAGON FBI BIG GOVERNMENT NATIONAL SECURITY TERRORISM ACCOUNTABILITY NAVY CIVIL RIGHTS ACLU FOURTH AMENDMENT — A parking ticket, traffic citation or involvement …
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Sam Eifling / Associated Press:
HAWAII LAW LETS POLICE HAVE SEX WITH PROSTITUTES — You are here — Home » Hawaii » Hawaii law lets police have sex with prostitutes — HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police officers have urged lawmakers to keep an exemption in state law that allows undercover officers to have sex …
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Andy Fox / WAVY-TV:
Record cleared for student involved in razor incident — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A Virginia Beach sixth grader who came to the aid of a classmate who was cutting his arm returned to school Friday with a clean record after initially facing expulsion for her actions.
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Casey Blake / USA Today:
School will allow boy to bring My Little Pony backpack — ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Grayson Bruce's My Little Pony backpack will return, and with it may come new initiatives to prevent bullying in local schools. — Buncombe County Schools administrators met Thursday with the mother of Grayson Bruce …
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