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By Jake Tapper / CNN:
Story highlights — Jake Tapper is anchor of CNN's “The Lead With Jake Tapper” and chief Washington correspondent. — Paris (CNN)"Thank you," said the man. I was standing outside of the offices of Charlie Hebdo covering the aftermath of the terrorist attacks for CNN.
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Sen. Ted Cruz / TIME:
‘Our President Should Have Been There’ — Cruz is the junior U.S. Senator for Texas. — We must never hesitate to stand with our allies. We should never hesitate to speak the truth. In Paris or anywhere else in the world. — On Sunday, leaders representing Europe, Israel, Africa …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Barack Obama's French kiss-off
Barack Obama's French kiss-off
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Douglas E. Schoen / Fox News:
Obama AWOL in Paris: Message to America, allies is we don't care
Obama AWOL in Paris: Message to America, allies is we don't care
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Mary Bruce / ABC News:
Paris Terror Attack: White House Defends President Obama's No-Show at Rally
Paris Terror Attack: White House Defends President Obama's No-Show at Rally
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Aaron David Miller / Wall Street Journal:
The Conspicuous U.S. Absence From Paris Solidarity March
The Conspicuous U.S. Absence From Paris Solidarity March
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Alex Moe / NBC News:
Paul Ryan Won't Run for President in 2016 — In an interview with NBC News, the former VP nominee says he can make a “huge difference” as House Ways and Means Committee chairman instead.
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Romney moves to reassemble campaign apparatus for 2016 — Mitt Romney is moving quickly to reassemble his national political network, spending the weekend and Monday calling former aides, donors and other supporters — as well as onetime foes such as Newt Gingrich.
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Paul Ryan rules out presidential run — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) won't run for president in 2016, he announced Monday. — “After giving it a lot of thought, I've decided not to run for president. Our work at the House Ways and Means Committee over the next few years will be crucial …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
HISTORY WILL BE VERY KIND — And if it's not, it will be for a highly ironic reason. — Photograph courtesy of the White House — Ten and a half years ago, at the Democratic convention in Boston, Barack Hussein Obama was introduced to America as a youthful, magnetic man who had burst suddenly …
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Christopher Caldwell / New York Magazine:
Why History Will Eviscerate Obama — Democrats nominated Barack Obama in 2008 to extract America from George W. Bush's Iraq misadventure and to spread more fairly the proceeds of a quarter-century-old boom for which they credited Bill Clinton. The Election Eve collapse of Lehman Brothers changed things.
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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Hollande asked Netanyahu not to attend Paris memorial march — Absence sought as part of attempt to keep Israeli-Palestinian conflict out of European show of unity; After Netanyahu insisted on coming, French made it clear Abbas would be invited as well. — French President Francois Hollande conveyed …
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Washington Post:
Democrats, in a stark shift in messaging, to make big tax-break pitch for middle class — Senior Democrats, dissatisfied with the party's tepid prescriptions for combating income inequality, are drafting an “action plan” that calls for a massive transfer of wealth from the super-rich …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Federal Government Launches Social Media Audit After CENTCOM Hack — “More than 800 federal managers” ordered to check their social media security after an embarrassing break-in at the Pentagon. — WASHINGTON — Within minutes of the first reports that CENTCOM's social media feeds …
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
CENTCOM social media accounts apparently hacked by Islamic State sympathizers
CENTCOM social media accounts apparently hacked by Islamic State sympathizers
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Politics:
Not a Single Person Has Donated to Dick Morris's Anti-Hillary Super PAC — Sixteen months ago, to some fanfare, Dick Morris re-entered the anti-Clinton fray with a new PAC. He launched Dick Morris's Just Say No to Hillary PAC, registering it from Tampa. From time to time …
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Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Charlie Hebdo's Wednesday edition to include Prophet Mohammed cartoons — Wednesday's edition of Charlie Hebdo will ‘naturally’ contain cartoons of Prophet Mohammed, the magazine's lawyer has announced — The next edition of Charlie Hebdo, out on Wednesday with a million-copy print run …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Ben Carson's Troubling Connection — In March of last year, Dr. Ben Carson, the conservative star considered a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, appeared in a video for Mannatech, Inc., a Texas-based medical supplement maker. Smiling into the camera, he extolled the benefits of the company's “glyconutrient” products:
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Pentagon hacked — WE ARE COMING, WATCH YOUR BACK. ISIS. #CyberCaliphate — In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, the CyberCaliphate under the auspices of ISIS continues its CyberJihad. While the US and its satellites kill our brothers in Syria …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
I read the French far-right party's platform, and it gets one big thing absolutely right — In the wake of the massacre at Charlie Hebdo and a related attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris, it's natural to turn attention to Marine Le Pen and her National Front political party …
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Santorum, the Blue-Collar Brawler — I'm sitting across from Rick Santorum at a Corner Bakery Cafe on North Capitol Street near the Capitol when a news alert flashes across my phone. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Mitt Romney has told a group of his top donors that he is seriously considering a third White House bid.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Santorum Criticizes Potential G.O.P. Rivals as ‘Bomb Throwers’
Santorum Criticizes Potential G.O.P. Rivals as ‘Bomb Throwers’
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court denies one same-sex marriage case (UPDATED) — UPDATED 11:21 a.m. The four same-sex marriage cases challenging the Sixth Circuit's ruling that upheld four states' bans have now been set for consideration by the Justices at their Conference on Friday of this week. The post below has been expanded.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Puts Off Decision On Hearing A Same-Sex Marriage Case For Friday
Supreme Court Puts Off Decision On Hearing A Same-Sex Marriage Case For Friday
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Gavin Newsom / Facebook:
It's always better to be candid than coy. While I am humbled by the widespread encouragement of so many and hold in the highest esteem those who serve us in federal office, I know that my head and my heart, my young family's future, and our unfinished work all remain firmly in the State …
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Dan / UVA Today:
Phi Kappa Psi Reinstated at the University of Virginia — The Virginia Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at the University of Virginia has been reinstated effective immediately, University and Phi Kappa Psi national officials announced today. — The reinstatement resulted …
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