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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
GOP frets over immigration 2016 backlash — Republicans are worried their party's recent moves to roll back immigration measures could come back to bite them in 2016. — “Republicans already have a brand problem with Hispanics. This will only exacerbate the issue,” said Mark McKinnon …
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Daily Kos
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP stuck on immigration — The House's bill is DOA in the Senate, which is about to spend two more weeks on Keystone. So Republicans need a backup plan to meet their Feb. 27 deadline. — HERSHEY, Pa. — The GOP's expanding party divisions over immigration and an impending time crunch …
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Daily Kos and Washington Post
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Rupert Murdoch weighs in on 2016, calls Romney ‘a terrible candidate’
Rupert Murdoch weighs in on 2016, calls Romney ‘a terrible candidate’
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Hinterland Gazette, Bloomberg Politics, Chicago, Real Clear Politics and Wall Street Journal
Annie Karni / NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton advisers feel she has better White House shot against Mitt Romney than Jeb Bush
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Border fight shifts to GOP summit
Border fight shifts to GOP summit
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Washington Monthly, Politico, Washington Post, Bloomberg Politics and National Journal
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP presidential convention to be held earlier in 2016
GOP presidential convention to be held earlier in 2016
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Althouse, Politico and New York Times
Mariano Castillo / CNN:
Report: Two killed in Belgian anti-terror operation — Video shows anti-terror raid in Belgium 01:40 — Story highlights — (CNN)[Breaking news update, 2:32 p.m.] — The group that Belgian authorities confronted Thursday was about to carry out major terrorist attacks in Belgium imminently …
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Talking Points Memo, Associated Press, ABC News and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Bruno Waterfield / Telegraph:
Casualties in Belgium police anti-terror raid in Verviers — Three people killed in anti-terror raid in Verviers, after local residents report hearing gunfire and explosions — Three people have been killed during a terrorism-related police operation against suspected jihadists in Belgium, a federal prosecutor said.
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Mashable
Sky News:
Two Dead In Anti-Terror Raid In Belgium — At least two people have died and one person has been arrested following an anti-terror raid in eastern Belgium. — Police carried out the operation as they believed the group was about to launch terrorist attacks “on a grand scale”, according to prosecutors.
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Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs
Scott Mendelson / Forbes:
Why Ava DuVernay's ‘Selma’ Oscar Snub Matters — The Oscar nominations were announced this morning. There will be plenty of analysis regarding good surprises and bad surprises, and I may dip my toes in later today. But the most egregious omission is the sadly not-entirely-surprising absence …
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Taylor Marsh, The Huffington Post and Colorlines
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Oscars: Acting Nominees All White
Oscars: Acting Nominees All White
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New York Times, U-T San Diego stories, Mediaite, The Glittering Eye and National Post
Lauren Duca / The Huffington Post:
This Will Be The Whitest Oscars Since 1998
This Will Be The Whitest Oscars Since 1998
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NPR, TPNN, Truth Revolt and Althouse
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Pope On Charlie Hebdo: There Are Limits To Free Expression — ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of expression, especially when it insults or ridicules someone's faith. — Francis spoke about the Paris terror attacks while en route to the Philippines …
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The Gateway Pundit, Joe. My. God., Raw Story and Althouse
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Sally Kohn / CNN:
Terrorism doesn't justify insulting Islam
Terrorism doesn't justify insulting Islam
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New York Times, Washington Post, VodkaPundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Federalist
Peter Baker / New York Times:
U.S. Easing Decades-Old Restrictions on Travel to Cuba — WASHINGTON — The United States government on Friday will begin making it easier for Americans to travel to Cuba than it has been for more than half a century, opening the door to a new era of contact between neighbors …
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Jezebel
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Poll: Majority of Americans back Keystone pipeline
Poll: Majority of Americans back Keystone pipeline
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The Daily Caller, Scared Monkeys, TPNN, America Rising and The Huffington Post
Mike Allen / Politico:
CHRISTIE'S MATH PROBLEM: Seeking same donors as Jeb, Mitt — COLIN REED to Romney - WHITE HOUSE CATCHES UP WITH COUNTRY, rewires State of the Union — LIESL HICKEY to Teneo — By Mike Allen (mallen@politico.com; @mikeallen), with Daniel Lippman (dlippman@politico.com; @dlippman) — Good Thursday morning.
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Adweek
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Politico:
Chris Christie, odd man out?
Chris Christie, odd man out?
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Washington Monthly, New York Times, The Daily Beast and Race 4 2016
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Obama Will Sit Down With Three YouTube Personalities After The State Of The Union — The internet personalities will conduct separate interviews with the president aimed at “tweens,” the social-minded crowd, and mothers. — Comedienne GloZell doing the cinnamon challenge in a video posted on YouTube.
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The Official Google Blog, The Verge, myfox8.com, Politico, Business Insider and Weekly Standard
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Is Barack Obama killing the State of the Union?
Is Barack Obama killing the State of the Union?
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Washington Monthly and Pew Research Center …
WFTS:
Oops! “In Dog We Trust” printed within Pinellas County Sheriff's emblem on new rugs — Two newly rolled out rugs at the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office administration building sure looked nice while they lasted. — They were placed at the front entrance— bright green with the sheriff's bold, yellow emblem.
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CNN, Deadspin, FreakOutNation, Friendly Atheist, JIMROMENESKO.COM and ABC News
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Minutes highlight Scalise efforts to kill resolution apologizing for slavery — The minutes from a 1996 Louisiana House committee meeting show the efforts that then-state Rep. Steve Scalise took to water down — and try to kill — a resolution apologizing for the role slavery played in the state's history.
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Washington Monthly and Raw Story
Donna St. George / Washington Post:
Parents investigated for neglect after letting kids walk home alone — It was a one-mile walk home from a Silver Spring park on Georgia Avenue on a Saturday afternoon. But what the parents saw as a moment of independence for their 10-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter, they say authorities viewed much differently.
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Washington Times, Eschaton, Boing Boing and Hit & Run
Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity:
Charlie Hebdo Shootings: False Flag? — The Charlie Hebdo affair has many of the characteristics of a false flag operation. The attack on the cartoonists' office was a disciplined professional attack of the kind associated with highly trained special forces; yet the suspects who were later corralled …
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Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run, Raw Story, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Roger Ailes
Scott Wong / The Hill:
One of new chairman's first act?: Removing last chairman's portrait — It appears new House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) really doesn't want to sit in the shadow of his predecessor and fellow Republican, Darrell Issa (R-Calif.). — At least, that's what his critics are saying.
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Washington Post, Roll Call and Politico
Josh Richman / Political Blotter:
Tom Steyer looks good in his own Senate 2016 poll — Hedge fund billionaire and environmental activist Tom Steyer said Tuesday he's considering whether to run for California's U.S. Senate seat in 2016, but apparently he's been mulling this for a while: A polling memo shows he commissioned a survey on his chances in mid-December.
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BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post and Truth Revolt
Rich Schapiro / NY Daily News:
‘If you snitch, your career is done’: Former Baltimore cop says he was harassed, labeled a ‘rat’ after attempt to root out police brutality — Det. Joseph Crystal witnessed a handcuffed drug suspect beaten and his ankle broken by a fellow Baltimore police officer.
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Daily Mail and Hullabaloo
T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
U-Va. Phi Psi members speak about impact of discredited gang rape allegations — CHARLOTTESVILLE — The Phi Kappa Psi brothers sat together in a bedroom, turning the glossy magazine pages as they absorbed the account of a gang rape that allegedly took place within the brick walls around them.
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Hit & Run, Daily Mail and neo-neocon