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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, Mediaite and Shakesville
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Arkansas GOPer: Saying Hillary Would ‘Get Shot’ Wasn't Meant As A Threat — The Arkansas GOP official who reportedly said that Hillary Clinton would “probably get shot” if she entered the state as a presidential candidate asserted on Tuesday that he had been taken out of context.
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The Daily Banter
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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Mediaite, NewsBusters, Weasel Zippers and Talking Points Memo
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
lohud.com:
Hillary Clinton sign defaced: ‘Benghazi’ scrawled in red
Hillary Clinton sign defaced: ‘Benghazi’ scrawled in red
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westchester.news12.com, 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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Washington Post, NewsBusters, Mediaite, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Hot Air, Washington Examiner, Daily Kos and Bloomberg View
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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FreakOutNation, Liberaland, Gawker, CNN, The Huffington Post, Washington Monthly, Mediaite, The Raw Story and Business Insider
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters think IRS emails were deliberately destroyed — The consensus is: it's no accident. More than three-quarters of voters — 76 percent — think the emails missing from the account of Lois Lerner, the ex-IRS official at the center of the scandal over targeting of conservative groups, were deliberately destroyed.
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Weasel Zippers and Fox News Insider
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Democrat: IRS chief ‘arrogant’
Democrat: IRS chief ‘arrogant’
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Hot Air and American Spectator
CNN:
Breaking: Cochran holds off tea party challenge in runoff — (CNN) — After a long and bitter fight, Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi will manage to fend off a serious tea party challenge in Tuesday's GOP Senate runoff, CNN projects, and move closer to a seventh term.
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Balloon Juice and The Raw Story
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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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msnbc.com and Associated Press
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Cochran Holds Off Tea Party Challenger in Mississippi
Cochran Holds Off Tea Party Challenger in Mississippi
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Mediaite, CNN, Weasel Zippers, Patterico's Pontifications and Prairie Weather
BBC:
Sudan death row case: US works for Meriam Ibrahim exit — Meriam Ibrahim gave birth to a baby daughter in prison — The US says it is working with Sudan to ensure a woman freed from death row can leave the country, after she was detained at Khartoum airport.
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
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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
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 …
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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The Mahablog
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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IVN.us, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, PoliticusUSA and Mediaite
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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Mediaite, Patterico's Pontifications, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo and The Raw Story
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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Daily Kos, Hit & Run, Hullabaloo and Guardian
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
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.
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.
Kim Zetter / Wired:
Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones — Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement and intelligence agencies use the tool …
Channel NewsAsia:
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has stirred controversy with his comment on ISIS militants — he said that if UMNO members were as brave as ISIS militants, the party would be strong. — MALAYSIA: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has stirred controversy with his comment on ISIS militants.
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Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Rush Limbaugh:
Vice President Cheney and Liz Cheney on the Dangers Facing America — RUSH: We'd like to welcome back — and we have 'em both at the same time today. This is a first, Vice President Cheney and Liz Cheney both joining us at the same time. Welcome to both of you. Welcome back to the program.
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Politico and PoliticusUSA