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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Gowdy: Benghazi probe could run into '16 — Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said the special committee he'll lead on Benghazi could continue into the 2016 campaign, when Hillary Clinton might be running for the White House. — Asked about that posibility Wednesday on MSNBC's “Morning Joe,” …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Trey Gowdy Says People Shouldn't Fundraise Off Benghazi, NRCC Apparently Disagrees — WASHINGTON — Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Wednesday morning urged his fellow lawmakers not to use the investigation he is leading into the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, to raise money, calling it a subject that “transcends politics.”
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
DCCC chair Steve Israel: Boycott the GOP's Benghazi probe, Dems
DCCC chair Steve Israel: Boycott the GOP's Benghazi probe, Dems
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Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, Mediaite and Daily Kos
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Benghazi Select Committee Will Have 7 Republicans, 5 Democrats
Benghazi Select Committee Will Have 7 Republicans, 5 Democrats
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The Daily Beast, Salon, The Daily Banter and Politico
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Rep. Jones survives well-funded challenge
Rep. Jones survives well-funded challenge
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NationalJournal.com, ThinkProgress, The Nation, Hit & Run, The Week, Hot Air and Politico
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Burning the Beret — WASHINGTON — Monica Lewinsky says she would meet me for a drink. — I'm game. — In her new meditation in Vanity Fair, Monica mashes Hawthorne and Coleridge, proclaiming that she's ready to rip off her “scarlet-A albatross,” “reimagine” her identity and reclaim her narrative.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Lynne Cheney Suggests Hillary Approved Monica Piece to ‘Get It Out of the Way’ — With Hillary Clinton almost assuredly running for president in 2016, Monica Lewinsky's Vanity Fair piece today set off a lot of people's conspiratorial alarm bells, with some suspicion anti-Clinton forces might have been behind it.
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The Gateway Pundit, Taylor Marsh, Washington Free Beacon, ABC News and Vanity Fair
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Lynne Cheney: Hillary Clinton behind Monica Lewinsky?
Lynne Cheney: Hillary Clinton behind Monica Lewinsky?
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Andrea Peyser / New York Post:
Monica Lewinsky should shut up and go away
Monica Lewinsky should shut up and go away
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CNN:
Clay Aiken has slim edge in North Carolina primary — (CNN) - Clay Aiken, the American-Idol star-turned congressional hopeful, holds a razor-thin margin over opponent Keith Crisco in North Carolina's Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat, but CNN and other news organizations have not yet projected a winner.
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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Clay Aiken's Race in North Carolina Too Close to Call
Clay Aiken's Race in North Carolina Too Close to Call
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Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller and ABC News
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Putin Announces Pullback from Ukraine Border — MOSCOW — In an apparent attempt to halt the spiraling violence in southeastern Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin said on Wednesday that Russia was pulling troops back from the border, and he urged Ukrainian separatists to call off a referendum …
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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Russia Quietly Tightens Reins on Web With ‘Bloggers Law’
Russia Quietly Tightens Reins on Web With ‘Bloggers Law’
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Ray Sanchez / CNN:
Nearly 80% of Americans think no one survived Flight 370, CNN poll finds — The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — (CNN) — Most Americans believe the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 should continue, but roughly half the country thinks the arduous search …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
CNN Follows-Up Ridiculous Flight 370 Coverage With Ridiculous Flight 370 Poll — After two months of breathless speculation on the whereabouts of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, CNN offered some polling data that might show just how much its hyped coverage resonated with the public.
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Outside the Beltway
Gov. Scott Walker / JSOnline:
Federal judge halts John Doe probe into Walker recall — By Daniel Bice and Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — A federal judge ordered a halt Tuesdayto the John Doe investigation into campaign spending and fundraising by Gov. Scott Walker's campaign and conservative groups …
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M.D. Kittle / Watchdog.org:
John Doe is dead: Judge stops WI prosecutors' probe into conservatives
John Doe is dead: Judge stops WI prosecutors' probe into conservatives
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Right Wing News, Fox News and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Fusion:
Crist: Race Motivates GOP Opposition to Obama — Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (D) says that a “big reason” why he left the Republican Party was because many in the GOP treated President Obama poorly due to his race.
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Paige Lavender / The Huffington Post:
Charlie Crist: ‘Intolerable’ Racism Is A ‘Big Reason’ Why I Left The GOP
Charlie Crist: ‘Intolerable’ Racism Is A ‘Big Reason’ Why I Left The GOP
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Hot Air
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
Why Resentment is Key to Conservative Politics — Jay Nordlinger raised an issue yesterday that The Corner that is really a fundamental part of American politics that people should make sure to understand: … Obviously, this came up during the 2012 presidential campaign.
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National Review
ExtraTV.com:
Exclusive: Sarah Palin's Views on Hillary Clinton, Donald Sterling and More! — “Extra's” Mario Lopez was invited to go behind the scenes of the Sportsman Channel show “Amazing America with Sarah Palin,” and sat down with Palin at her home in Wasilla, Alaska as she took on some recent headlines.
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Build KXL Now:
Keystone Pipeline Poll: Further Delays Hurt Senate Democrats — Polling conducted for Consumer Energy Alliance examines the role the Keystone XL Pipeline and energy issues could play in four key Senate races. — Voters in Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire and Montana feel the Obama administration …
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Washington Post, Taegan Goddard's … and “The Lid”
Jeff Spross / ThinkProgress:
Stanford University Will Purge Coal Investments From Its $18.7 Billion Endowment — Stanford University announced Tuesday it would divest from the coal industry, making it the first major university to do so. — The university's internal guidelines allow the Board of Trustees to consider whether the …
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Lisa Lapin / Stanford News:
Stanford to divest from coal companies
Stanford to divest from coal companies
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National Review, Washington Post, The Week and EcoWatchEcoWatch
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Insurance Companies Testify: Obamacare Website Still Not Fixed — Six health insurance executives testified on Capitol Hill today. And all six, each representing a different company, unanimously agreed: The Obamacare website is still not entirely fixed. — The witnesses included Frank Coyne …
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Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Eric Kelsey / Reuters:
A Minute With: Megyn Kelly on Fox News and foe Jon Stewart — (Reuters) - A decade ago Megyn Kelly was practicing law and moonlighting as a local TV reporter before Fox News Channel came calling, starting a relationship that would take her career from newbie legal correspondent to the host of her own prime-time gig.
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