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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
With New Charlie Hebdo Cover, News Value Should Have Prevailed — Readers responded passionately, and in large numbers, to my post last week about The Times's decision not to publish the now-famous Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. (In fact, I've never had more comments on a post or column.)
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Lori Hinnant / Associated Press:
France arrests 54 for defending terror; newspaper sells out — 14 photos — PARIS (AP) — Charlie Hebdo's defiant new issue sold out before dawn Wednesday around Paris, with some scuffles at kiosks over dwindling copies of the satirical paper fronting the Prophet Muhammad.
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Bloomberg View, Truth Revolt, ABC News, abc11.com and Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs
Lori Hinnant / Associated Press:
France cracks down on hate speech, sends carrier to Mideast
France cracks down on hate speech, sends carrier to Mideast
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Guardian, The Intercept, US News and BizPac Review, more at Mediagazer »
CNN:
Al Qaeda branch claims responsibility for Charlie Hebdo attack
Al Qaeda branch claims responsibility for Charlie Hebdo attack
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NBC News, Democracy Now, WHNT-TV, Scared Monkeys, National Review and New York Magazine
New York Times:
Al Qaeda in Yemen Claims Responsibility for Charlie Hebdo Attack
Al Qaeda in Yemen Claims Responsibility for Charlie Hebdo Attack
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Deadline and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Muslim Groups Urge Peaceful Response to New Charlie Hebdo Cover
Muslim Groups Urge Peaceful Response to New Charlie Hebdo Cover
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Liberaland, NBC News and FOX News Radio
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Millions of copies of Charlie Hebdo sell out within minutes
Millions of copies of Charlie Hebdo sell out within minutes
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The PJ Tatler
Matthew Weaver / Guardian:
Charlie Hebdo print run raised to 5m as copies in France sell out
Charlie Hebdo print run raised to 5m as copies in France sell out
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Mashable, New York Magazine, RT, The Local and Jerusalem Post
Wall Street Journal:
Romney Recycled — Mitt would have to explain why he'd be a better candidate now. — If Mitt Romney is the answer, what is the question? We can think of a few worthy possibilities, though one that doesn't come immediately to mind is who would be the best Republican presidential nominee in 2016.
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Bloomberg View, Race 4 2016, Hot Air and National Review
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Matt ViserGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Romney crafting a rationale for 2016 run — Focus on poor, foreign policy
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Talking Points Memo, Political Insider blog, FreakOutNation and Chicago
Matt ViserGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Mitt Romney crafting a rationale for 2016 run
Mitt Romney crafting a rationale for 2016 run
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ThinkProgress, Mediaite, The Huffington Post and Balloon Juice
Tampa Bay Times:
Mitt Romney making Florida push, setting up clash with Jeb Bush
Mitt Romney making Florida push, setting up clash with Jeb Bush
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Daily Kos, Daily Mail and Balkinization
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Third Chance for Romney? G.O.P. Is Torn
Third Chance for Romney? G.O.P. Is Torn
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The Hill, Washington Post and Washington Examiner
Politico:
GOP moderates rebel against House immigration measure — These Republicans say the leadership is catering to the far-right elements of the party. — A Republican amendment that could leave hundreds of thousands of young immigrants open to deportations is running into stiff opposition in the House …
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David Lawder / Reuters:
House passes security funding bill blocking immigration actions
House passes security funding bill blocking immigration actions
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CNN and National Review
Burgess Everett / Politico:
John Thune: No ‘opening’ for a White House run
John Thune: No ‘opening’ for a White House run
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Washington Monthly and The Hill
Victor Paul Alvarez / Boston Globe:
Bartender's Threat against John Boehner Thwarted — The FBI says an Ohio bartender planned to kill House Speaker John Boehner last October by poisoning his drink at a country club. — The question is: Would anyone have noticed? Stories about Boehner's drinking have circulated for years.
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Mediaite, Hot Air, ABC News, The Daily Caller, Patterico's Pontifications and Politico
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WCPO:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI says John Boehner's West Chester bartender planned to poison him — Feds: Man said he was Jesus, Boehner was the devil — DEER PARK, Ohio - Ebola, evil voices and the devil. — Those are just a few of the things a Butler County bartender cited as reasons …
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Firedoglake, NY Daily News, Shakesville, PoliticusUSA, Washington Post, TPNN, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Addicting Info, CNN, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, Scared Monkeys, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, The Stranger …, FOX News Radio, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Little Green Footballs
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Rand Paul announces campaign manager for likely 2016 campaign — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday announced the hiring of a campaign manager for his likely 2016 presidential bid, part of an aggressive effort to build a national political team as the race for the White House heats up.
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BuzzFeed, Bloomberg Politics, Mediaite, Politico, US News, Fox News, Hot Air, Wall Street Journal, Chicago and OnPolitics
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Neil W. McCabe / Gravis:
Iowa poll: Romney leads nascent Iowa field with 21%, Bush at 14%, Walker 10%
Iowa poll: Romney leads nascent Iowa field with 21%, Bush at 14%, Walker 10%
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
We Need Another Giant Protest — President Obama was criticized for failing to attend, or send a proper surrogate to, the giant antiterrorism march in Paris on Sunday. That criticism was right. But it is typical of American politics today that we focus on this and not what would have …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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Jesse Paul / Denver Post:
DENVER AND THE WEST — FAMILY: LAKEWOOD CHURCH STOPS WOMAN'S FUNERAL BECAUSE SHE WAS GAY — LAKEWOOD — Hundreds of Vanessa Collier's friends and family gathered Saturday at New Hope Ministries, sitting before an open casket holding the woman they loved, when suddenly the minister overseeing her funeral stopped the service.
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Raw Story, KUSA-TV, Addicting Info, Advocate and Jezebel
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Lance Hernandez / TheDenverChannel.com:
Family, friends protest New Hope Ministries' last-minute refusal to host lesbian's funeral
Family, friends protest New Hope Ministries' last-minute refusal to host lesbian's funeral
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Friendly Atheist, Guardian and Daily Mail
Rocco Parascandola / NY Daily News:
PBA's Patrick Lynch spurs yelling, shoving among cops over NYPD-City Hall feud — The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association was not so much on Tuesday as some cops shouted down Lynch regarding his demand that Mayor de Blasio apologize over comments related to race and police relations.
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New York Post, Gothamist, Raw Story, BillMoyers.com, Associated Press, BizPac Review, Mediaite, Liberaland and FOX News Radio
Commentary Magazine:
The Existential Necessity of Zionism After Paris: A COMMENTARY Editorial — I. — The jihadist siege of a kosher grocery store in eastern Paris on January 9 was not the beginning of a new threat to French Jews and the Jews of Europe. Rather, it was the culmination of a decade of crisis.
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Weekly Standard and The Federalist
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Jimmy Carter: Jews Safer in France than Israel
Jimmy Carter: Jews Safer in France than Israel
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Israel Matzav, Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs, Hot Air and Truth Revolt
Natalie Villacorta / Politico:
Medicaid expansion in doubt — Obama says no need for King contingency plan — Bipartisan senators introduce medical device repeal bill — With help from Jennifer Haberkorn, Susan Levine and Rachana Pradhan — MEDICAID EXPANSION MAY CONTRACT — The Republican tide has swept Obamacare foes …
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Hit & Run
Benjamin Hardy / Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times:
Father and son turned away from “Muslim-free” Hot Springs gun range for being brown — When we reported last fall on a Hot Springs firing range that was declared a “Muslim free zone” by its owner, several blog commenters asked, “how will she know who's a Muslim?”
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FreakOutNation, Addicting Info, FOX News Radio, Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
Hugh Son / Bloomberg:
JPMorgan CEO Dimon Says Banks ‘Under Assault’ by U.S. Regulators — Jamie Dimon, grappling with multibillion-dollar legal costs and rising capital requirements at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), lashed out at U.S. regulators for putting his bank “under assault.”
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Forbes, The Huffington Post, Balloon Juice and Booman Tribune
CBS News:
Obama's approval rating ticks up in 2015 — Shares - — President Obama's overall job approval rating has risen seven points since last October, although it still remains below 50 percent. Forty-six percent of Americans now approve of the job the president is doing, while just as many disapprove.
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Political Wire, PoliticusUSA and Washington Post