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Scott Kaufman / Raw Story:
‘Cowboy’ conservative claims MLK for the Tea Party until liberals stop bringing up race — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — During his speech at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition convention yesterday, conservative entertainer and YouTube celebrity “Wild Bill” …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Santorum, weighing 2016 presidential bid, jabs Romney — MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. —A confident Rick Santorum took the stage at a tea party convention here on Monday, taking swings at 2012 presidential rival Mitt Romney and offering a glimpse of what a second Santorum bid would look like.
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Mediaite and Daily Signal
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
MLK was ‘divisive,’ DHS secretary recalls
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
GOP finds its secret weapon — Republicans believe they have identified a potent weapon in their fight against President Obama's regulatory agenda. — GOP lawmakers plan to employ the seldom-used Congressional Review Act (CRA), which gives lawmakers the power to formally disapprove of major agency rules …
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Obama uses his tax proposal to taunt the GOP — Let's imagine you were a Democratic president who just lost control of Congress to the Republicans, and you wanted to make it really, really clear that you are not serious about governing. What would you do?
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Patterico's Pontifications, Slate, Common Dreams and Politico
Steve Pond / The Wrap:
‘American Sniper’ Complaints Grow in Hollywood: Should Clint Eastwood Be Celebrating a ‘Killer’? (Exclusive) — In the wake of Oscar nominations, Academy members begin buzzing over recent criticism of the film's subject, Chris Kyle — Even as “American Sniper” breaks January box-office records …
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Bryan Alexander / USA Today:
‘American Sniper’ smashes records with $90M weekend
‘American Sniper’ smashes records with $90M weekend
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Huge trove of Hillary Clinton White House files set for release — A massive collection of documents related to Hillary Clinton's policy work as first lady is set to go public this spring, just as her expected campaign to return to the White House could be ramping up.
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Larry J. Sabato / Politico:
The Search for a Slogan — What Hillary, Jeb, Rand and the rest …
The Search for a Slogan — What Hillary, Jeb, Rand and the rest …
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The Hill and The Glittering Eye
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Scalia Lands at Top of Sarcasm Index of Justices. Shocking. — WASHINGTON — Justice Antonin Scalia has a sharp tongue and a cutting writing style. His signature mode is sarcasm. — It was on display last week when a lawyer made the mistake of saying that Justice Scalia was right — but only “in a literal sense.”
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Mediaite, Election Law Blog and Crime and Consequences Blog
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The conventional wisdom is wrong on Keystone XL — Poll after poll has shown overwhelming support for building the Keystone XL oil pipeline. So when Congress passes a bill authorizing its construction, people want the White House to sign it immediately, right? — Wrong.
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Daily Kos
Brian Faler / Politico:
5 things about Barack Obama's Robin Hood tax plan — The proposal faces long odds in the GOP-controlled Congress. — President Barack Obama would take from the rich and give to everyone else as part of a sweeping tax plan he intends to push Tuesday in his State of the Union address.
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Firedoglake, RedState, Daily Kos, Twitchy, Power Line, New York Magazine and ABC News
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama plays Robin Hood
Obama plays Robin Hood
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The Glittering Eye, Politico, Hot Air and Washington Post
Ryan Ellis / Americans for Tax Reform:
Send to Kindle Follow @@ryanlellis — On Saturday night …
Send to Kindle Follow @@ryanlellis — On Saturday night …
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TheBlaze.com, Hot Air, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hit & Run and TPNN
Marine Le Pen / New York Times:
France Was Attacked by Islamic Fundamentalism — Paris — “To misname things is to add to the world's unhappiness.” Whether or not Albert Camus really did utter these words, they are an astonishingly apt description of the situation in which the French government now finds itself.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Caller and Vox Popoli
Donald F. Kettl / Washington Monthly:
Ten Secret Truths About Government Incompetence — What you can learn from the management mistakes of Obama and Bush. — Wednesday, November 9, 2016 — To: President-elect — From: Donald F. Kettl — What you can learn from the management mistakes of Obama and Bush. — Congratulations!
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
What a Rise in Obama's Approval Rating Means for 2016 — After a difficult year, President Obama is enjoying a modest rebound ahead of State of the Union address Tuesday. His approval rating has increased to around 46 percent over the last month, according to an average of polls taken over the last month …
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Jordan Schachtel / BREITBART.COM:
German Embed Reporter: ISIS Plans On Killing ‘Hundreds of Millions’ in ‘Religious Cleansing’ — Jurgen Todenhofer, the first Western reporter to embed with Islamic State fighters and not be killed in the process, spoke to Al Jazeera about his time with the terror group.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Vox Popoli
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Smart Guns Save Lives. So Where Are They? — BOULDER, Colo. — JUST after Christmas, Veronica Rutledge of Blackfoot, Idaho, took her 2-year-old son to a Walmart store to spend holiday gift cards. As they strolled by the electronics section, according to news reports …
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Jezebel
New York Times:
Gay Marriage Case Offers G.O.P. Political Cover — WASHINGTON — The news Friday that the Supreme Court will rule on same-sex marriage brought elation from gays and lesbians who are hopeful the justices will grant them the constitutional protections they have long sought.
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JustOneMinute, Daily Kos, Towleroad News #gay, ACS Blog, Washington Post and Althouse
Oxfam International:
ib-data-wealth-having-all-wanting- more-190115-en.xlsx — Global wealth is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a small wealthy elite. These wealthy individuals have generated and sustained their vast riches through their interests and activities in a few important economic sectors …
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Reuters, New York Times, The Huffington Post and Wall Street Journal