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David Catanese / U.S. News:
'She'd Probably Get Shot At The State Line' — A local district chairman says there's no love for Hillary in the Natural State. — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has apparently worn out her welcome in the state where her husband served as governor.
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Talking Points Memo, his vorpal sword, Mediaite and Shakesville
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
President Clinton: ‘Dead broke’ comments were ‘factually true’ — DENVER — Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday defended his wife Hillary Clinton's recent comments on wealth, saying she is “not out of touch.” — In a discussion with NBC's David Gregory as part of the Clinton Global Initiative …
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NewsBusters, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Arkansas GOP Official Says He Was ‘Taken Way Out Of Context’ When He Predicted Hillary Clinton Would Get Shot — An official in the Arkansas Republican Party insists he didn't mean Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton any harm when he told U.S. News she would …
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Arkansas GOPer: Saying Hillary Would ‘Get Shot’ Wasn't Meant As A Threat
Arkansas GOPer: Saying Hillary Would ‘Get Shot’ Wasn't Meant As A Threat
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The Daily Banter
lohud.com:
Hillary Clinton sign defaced: ‘Benghazi’ scrawled in red
Hillary Clinton sign defaced: ‘Benghazi’ scrawled in red
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Taylor Marsh, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
Jonathan Allen / Bloomberg:
Bill Clinton Defends Hillary's Middle-Income Ties
Bill Clinton Defends Hillary's Middle-Income Ties
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NewsBusters, Mediaite, Hot Air, Washington Examiner, Guardian, Daily Kos, Bloomberg View and Fox News Insider
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Porn star's tweet prompts Steve Stivers aide Adam Kuhn to resign — The chief of staff to Ohio GOP Rep. Steve Stivers has resigned after a former porn actress posted an explicit photo of the aide online. — Adam Kuhn, a longtime Stivers aide, resigned on Tuesday. Kuhn is single, while the actress is married.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep's Chief Of Staff Resigns After Porn Star Tweets Photo Of His Penis — Rep. Steve Stivers' (R-OH) chief of staff, Adam Kuhn, resigned on Tuesday after a former porn actress posted a picture of his penis to Stivers' Twitter account, Politico reported.
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Democrat: IRS chief ‘arrogant’ — Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said Tuesday that IRS Commissioner John Koskinen has done “a terrible job communicating” in the investigation into former IRS official Lois Lerner's missing emails. — “Obviously, I think he is doing a terrible job communicating …
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Hot Air, his vorpal sword and American Spectator
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David S. Joachim / New York Times:
Archivist Faults I.R.S. for Not Reporting Loss of Emails — WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service did not follow the law when it failed to report a hard drive crash that destroyed emails belonging to a senior official at the center of a scandal over the agency's treatment …
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CNN:
Sudanese Christian woman rearrested, legal team says — (CNN) — A Sudanese Christian woman who'd been sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her faith — and then released — was rearrested Tuesday at an airport as she was trying to leave the African country, her legal team told CNN on Tuesday.
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LifeNews.com, Hinterland Gazette, The Daily Signal, The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, The Right Scoop, The Jawa Report and The PJ Tatler
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Harriet Sherwood / Guardian:
Sudan death row woman Meriam Ibrahim rearrested
Sudan death row woman Meriam Ibrahim rearrested
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Right Wing Watch and Shakesville
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Drunk Fox News Anchor Brawls With Airport Cops In Jailhouse Video — Remember the middle-aged Fox News anchor who was arrested while intoxicated at an airport bar in St. Paul, Minnesota? You may have even seen Gregg Jarrett's mugshot floating around last month.
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The Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
As Cochran Courts Blacks, Tea Party Vows to Police Polls — FLOWOOD, Miss. — Voters here headed to the polls on Tuesday in a Republican Senate primary that has won national attention as Senator Thad Cochran has made the unusual move of reaching out to black Democrats in an attempt to hold …
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CNN, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, Patterico's Pontifications and Prairie Weather
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Judge Dismisses McDaniel Supporter's Lawsuit To Prevent Crossover Voting
Judge Dismisses McDaniel Supporter's Lawsuit To Prevent Crossover Voting
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Associated Press
Daniel Newhauser / Roll Call:
Boehner Planning House Lawsuit Against Obama Executive Actions — Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, told Republicans Tuesday he could have an announcement within days on whether the House will file a lawsuit against President Barack Obama, challenging the executive actions that have become the keystone of the administration.
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Talking Points Memo, IVN.us, Business Insider, Mediaite and PoliticusUSA
Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
Cool at 13, Adrift at 23 — At 13, they were viewed by classmates with envy, admiration and not a little awe. The girls wore makeup, had boyfriends and went to parties held by older students. The boys boasted about sneaking beers on a Saturday night and swiping condoms from the local convenience store.
Alecia Phonesavanh / Salon:
A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son — After our house burned down in Wisconsin a few months ago, my husband and I packed our four young kids and all our belongings into a gold minivan and drove to my sister-in-law's place, just outside of Atlanta.
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Hit & Run, Hullabaloo and Guardian
Nick Davies / Guardian:
Scotland Yard want to interview Rupert Murdoch about crime at his UK papers — Exclusive: Detectives contacted media mogul last year but agreed with lawyers to wait until end of phone-hacking trial — Rupert Murdoch has been officially informed by Scotland Yard that detectives want to interview …
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Ken McIntyre / The Daily Signal:
IRS Admits Wrongdoing, to Pay $50,000 in Leaking of Marriage Group's Tax Return — Two years after activists for same-sex marriage obtained the confidential tax return and donor list of a national group opposed to redefining marriage, the Internal Revenue Service has admitted wrongdoing and agreed to settle the resulting lawsuit.
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Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, Washington Free Beacon, RedState and Ed Driscoll
Stephanie Simon / Politico:
Obama alums join anti teachers union case — Teachers unions are girding for a tough fight to defend tenure laws against a coming blitz of lawsuits — and an all-out public relations campaign led by former aides to President Barack Obama. — The Incite Agency, founded …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Wall Street Journal and Badass Teachers Association
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Grassley's Hunt For An Obama Insider Trading Scandal Backfires On GOP — Early last year, Wall Street traders somehow found out that the Obama administration planned to make a policy change to Medicare before the news was even announced. — The flurry of stock trades in major health care companies …
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Balloon Juice
Gallup:
After Exchanges Close, 5% of Americans Are Newly Insured — More than half of newly insured in '14 got insurance through exchanges — PRINCETON, NJ — Five percent of Americans report being newly insured in 2014. More than half of that group, or 2.8% of the total U.S. population …
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Politico, Balloon Juice, BillMoyers.com, Hot Air and Real Clear Politics
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Rebecca Leber / The New Republic:
What Climate Change Looks Like on Your Front Porch — If you are like the typical American, then you think climate change is a real problem, but you're not clamoring for action. Yes, you've heard that the planet is getting warmer—that the sea levels are rising and, somewhere, storms probably getting worse.
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Mashable, Capital New York and New York Times
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Law Is An Ass — There's been a bubbling hum of controversy surrounding the Senate Daily Press Gallery's decision to deny credentials to SCOTUSBlog. And as it happens, the issues involved here are ones I know fairly well since I'm the owner of a new media company and had to navigate …
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www.dailypress.senate.gov, Nieman Journalism Lab, Politico, Outside the Beltway and SCOTUSblog
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Here's A Video Of Congressional Leaders Holding Hands And Swaying (VIDEO) — Members of Congress are well-practiced in straddling the line between Capitol Hill decorum and the brutal nature of partisan politics. It was evident last year when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) …
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Outside the Beltway
Sam Borden / New York Times:
Apparent Bite by Luis Suárez Mars Uruguay's Victory Over Italy — NATAL, Brazil — The most ruthless soccer players often use their hands or elbows or knees to rough up opposing players. The most reckless — or dirtiest — might even use their cleats. Then there is Luis Suárez.
David Hochman / Playboy:
PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: GARY OLDMAN — When actors list other actors they deeply admire, Gary Oldman's name inevitably shoots to the top. Sid Vicious, Dracula, Beethoven, Lee Harvey Oswald, The Dark Knight's Commissioner Gordon, Harry Potter's Sirius Black—Oldman's range is so staggering …
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