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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Breitbart Issues Best Correction Since Forever — I generally don't like harping on other outlets' errors or the always mortifying process of issuing a correction. It's a mix of ‘there but for the grace of God’ and, in this case, look at the source. But I think here we may have perhaps …
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Mediaite, New York Times, BREITBART.COM and Althouse
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
LORETTA LYNCH: A QUALIFIED, BUT POLITICAL, CHOICE—UPDATE: WHITEWATER? UPDATE: NO — Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama's choice to replace Eric Holder as Attorney General, would likely sail through confirmation hearings under normal circumstances—i.e. even when Democrats had not gutted …
Sam Kleiner / The New Republic:
Republicans Are Already Undermining Obama's Highly Qualified Attorney General Pick
Republicans Are Already Undermining Obama's Highly Qualified Attorney General Pick
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Washington Post, The Dish, Shakesville and ThinkProgress
Mike Allen / Politico:
Rand's grand plan — An inside look at the senator's presidential rollout. — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has made key decisions about how to launch his presidential campaign for the 2016 Republican nomination, including a plan to headquarter his effort in Louisville and opting to run …
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Washington Monthly, CNN, Daily Kos, No More Mister Nice Blog and FOX News Radio
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Latest Frivolous Attack on Obamacare — My parents used to own a small house with a large backyard, in which my mother cultivated a beautiful garden. At some point, however — I don't remember why — my father looked at the official deed defining their property, and received a shock.
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National Review, Washington Post and Patterico's Pontifications
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David Tedrow / Washington Post:
Without Obamacare, I would have died. I'm scared the Supreme Court is going to gut the part that saved me.
Without Obamacare, I would have died. I'm scared the Supreme Court is going to gut the part that saved me.
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New York Magazine, American Prospect, Hullabaloo and Twitchy
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Obama officials work on health site contingency plans as enrollment nears
Obama officials work on health site contingency plans as enrollment nears
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Obama makes aggressive push on net neutrality regulations — President Obama is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to treat broadband Internet as a public utility to protect net neutrality, a move that would ban companies from cutting deals for faster service.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Urges F.C.C. to Adopt Strict Rules on Net Neutrality
Obama Urges F.C.C. to Adopt Strict Rules on Net Neutrality
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TechCrunch, Washington Monthly, Business Insider and No More Mister Nice Blog
Elizabeth Murray / Today:
George W. Bush talks Jeb in 2016, why he never asked his dad if he should run — and reveals a never-before-seen painting — Savannah Guthrie sat down with President George W. Bush at his home in Dallas to discuss his new book, “41,” about his father. The pair also discussed a number of other topics …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and Bloomberg Politics
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Ben Jacobs / The Daily Beast:
Did a Flawed Computer Model Sabotage the Democrats? — Don't blame turnout. How a late change in strategy may have sent Democratic volunteers after the exact wrong type of voter. — The much-vaunted Democratic turnout machine didn't fail Tuesday. Volunteer shifts made record numbers …
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Hot Air
Gary Buiso / New York Post:
Never-before-heard tapes of Reagan revealed — President Ronald Reagan secretly recorded some of his conversations with foreign leaders, discovered author William Doyle, who shared some of these never-heard tapes exclusively with The Post. — “Until now, taping was thought to have stopped in the Nixon era.
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Susan Snyder / Philly.com:
A college president's words to young women about men — With an auditorium full of female students, Lincoln University president Robert R. Jennings offered the sort of fatherly advice he believes many of them need when it comes to sex and men. — “We have, we had, on this campus …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
Cuomo had a secret re-election ‘pact’ with Republicans — The state's most powerful Republican secretly worked for months to help Democratic Gov. Cuomo win re-election — in exchange for Cuomo's promise not to aid Senate Democrats in their Long Island races, a top New York GOP leader has charged.
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Daily Kos and BillMoyers.com
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
McConnell pressed to repeal ObamaCare with budget move — Conservatives in Washington are adamant that Senate Republicans should pass a full repeal of the healthcare law next year, even it if means a certain veto from President Obama. — With Senate Democrats likely to filibuster …
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PoliticusUSA and Daily Kos
Andrea Peyser / New York Post:
Couple fined for refusing to host same-sex wedding on their farm — Cynthia and Robert Gifford are caught in a same-sex nightmare. They've been forced to defend themselves against claims that they're lesbian-hating homophobes. — “We respect and care for everyone!” Cynthia Gifford told me.
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Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Police Use Department Wish List When Deciding Which Assets to Seize — The seminars offered police officers some useful tips on seizing property from suspected criminals. Don't bother with jewelry (too hard to dispose of) and computers ("everybody's got one already"), the experts counseled.
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Hit & Run, Washington Free Beacon and Prairie Weather
Politico:
Haley Barbour apologizes after calling Obama's policies ‘tar babies’ — Haley Barbour called President Barack Obama's policies “tar babies” on a post-election conference call for clients of his lobbying firm, two sources familiar with the call told POLITICO.
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Liberaland, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Trevelyan Wing / The Dartmouth:
Perry talks midterms success — Arriving to the tune of “Deep in the Heart of Texas,” Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, spoke under the Texas flag about U.S. border security, energy initiatives and foreign policy to an audience of more than 100 people in Wilder Hall Sunday night.
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The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Political Wire and New York Magazine
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
GOP can only win presidency by nominating a real conservative — VID: — 2016 ELECTIONS MITT ROMNEY CONSERVATISM — As the jockeying for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination begins, a familiar debate will be playing out: Should the party pick somebody ideologically pure …
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