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The White House / Medium:
President Obama's State of the Union Address—Remarks As Prepared for Delivery — There is a ritual on State of the Union night in Washington. A little before the address, the White House sends out an embargoed copy of the President's speech to the press (embargoed means that the press can see the speech …
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Dan Pfeiffer / Medium:
A State of the Union Watch Guide (From Someone Who Knows What's in the Speech)
A State of the Union Watch Guide (From Someone Who Knows What's in the Speech)
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CNNMoney.com:
Paris mayor: We intend to sue Fox News — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told CNN Tuesday she intends to sue Fox News in the wake of the channel's coverage of supposed “no-go zones” for non-Muslims. — Hidalgo said the channel had “insulted” her city. — “When we're insulted …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Fox News: Paris Mayor's Anger Over Reports On Muslims ‘Misplaced’ — After the Paris mayor threatened to sue Fox News on Tuesday over the network's recent bogus reports on Muslim “no-go zones” in the city, the network responded that the mayor's comments were “misplaced.”
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Doreen Carvajal / New York Times:
Fox News Becomes the Unwilling Star of a French TV Satire — PARIS — Mockery is a national weapon in France, so when an American cable news channel raised false alarms about rampant lawlessness in some Paris neighborhoods — proclaiming them “no-go zones” for non-Muslims, avoided even by the police …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
CNN Correspondent Confronts Bobby Jindal Over False Comments About Muslims
CNN Correspondent Confronts Bobby Jindal Over False Comments About Muslims
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
City of Paris to sue Fox News
City of Paris to sue Fox News
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Full Text of Republican Response to State of the Union — The office of House speaker John Boehner has posted the full text of the Republican response to the State of the Union (breaking its own self-imposed embargo), to be delivered by Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa: — “Good evening. — “I'm Joni Ernst.
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
RON FOURNIER IN EXCELSIS: ADVICE FOR THE PRESIDENT AND TONIGHT'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS … Sometimes the curveball doesn't curve, or the slider hangs, or the fastball isn't fast. This is one of those days. Ron Fournier's advice on what the president should say tonight in his State …
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Alex Pareene / Gawker:
The State of the Union Is Dumb Hacks Writing Garbage Speeches — Six years into the Obama presidency, I thought we'd finally run out of hotshot administration bros the political press could glowingly profile in exchange for future access to meaningless scooplets. I was wrong.
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Rep. Steve King decries ‘deportable’ in Michelle Obama's balcony — Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) railed against President Obama via Twitter only hours before this Tuesday's State of the Union speech, referring to an undocumented immigrant scheduled to sit with the first lady during the speech as “a deportable.”
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David Frum / The Atlantic Online:
The Real Target of Obama's Speech on Tuesday? Hillary Clinton
The Real Target of Obama's Speech on Tuesday? Hillary Clinton
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Michael Waldman / The Daily Beast:
The State of the Union Ain't What It Used to Be, But Obama Can Still Command a Bully Pulpit
The State of the Union Ain't What It Used to Be, But Obama Can Still Command a Bully Pulpit
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Daily Mail:
Gun-toting Christian mother-of-three who made ‘liberal heads explode’ admits cheating on her military vet husband with Tea Party member — Holly Fisher wrote in a statement on Sunday: ‘For a very short period... I actually believed my marriage was over and found someone else’
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Tea Partier: MLK Would Have Been One Of Us, Not ‘Race-Baiting’ Liberal (VIDEO)
Tea Partier: MLK Would Have Been One Of Us, Not ‘Race-Baiting’ Liberal (VIDEO)
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama calls for civility, then immediately taunts Republicans over his two presidential wins … President Obama spent much of Tuesday's State of the Union calling for civility in politics — then taunted Republicans over his two election victories, after many of them applauded the looming end of his political career.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Obama in a Word: ‘Good,’ ‘Incompetent’ — Fewer See This Year's State of the Union as More Important — As public perceptions of Barack Obama have changed over the course of his presidency, so too have the words used to describe him. — The national survey by the Pew Research Center …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Economy Gives Obama Slight Lift Ahead of Sixth State of the Union
Economy Gives Obama Slight Lift Ahead of Sixth State of the Union
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Radley Balko / Washington Post:
More fallout from Eric Holder's changes to civil asset forfeiture law — On Friday, I posted some analysis of Attorney General Eric Holder's changes to the equitable-sharing program, which allows local police agencies to circumvent state restrictions on civil asset forfeiture …
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Obama's Defiant Speech — President Obama talked about spending a lot of money tonight — on preschool care, community college, new infrastructure, and a variety of tax preferences for middle- and lower-income earners. All financed by new taxes, primarily on the wealthy.
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Senate Dems push Keystone amendments — Senate Democrats are pressing amendments to legislation that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline, arguing their proposals would “actually make it an American jobs bill.” — “We have some suggestions on how to make the bill better and actually make it an American jobs bill.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Pennsylvania Senate Race Looks Competitive — PPP's first poll of the 2016 Pennsylvania Senate race finds it picking up pretty much where the 2010 Senate race left off- with Pat Toomey holding a narrow edge over Joe Sestak. Toomey leads Sestak 40/36, similar to his 2 point margin of victory the first time the duo faced off.
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Brad Heath / USA Today:
New police radars can ‘see’ inside homes — At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies quietly deployed radars that let them effectively see inside homes, with little notice to the courts or the public. — WASHINGTON — At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies have secretly equipped …
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News Feed FYI: Showing Fewer Hoaxes — The goal of News Feed is to catch up with your friends and find the things that matter to you. We're always looking to people on Facebook to tell us how we can improve this experience. We've heard from people that they want to see fewer stories that are hoaxes, or misleading news.
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