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Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:
A Note To My Readers — One of the things I've always tried to do at the Dish is to be up-front with readers. This sometimes means grotesque over-sharing; sometimes it means I write imprudent arguments I have to withdraw; sometimes it just means a monthly update on our revenues and subscriptions …
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Mitt Romney Will Portray Hillary Clinton As ‘Clueless’ on Jobs, Foreign Policy … Mitt Romney will speak about poverty in a speech in the nation's poorest state this evening — while directly taking aim at Hillary Clinton, saying she “cluelessly pressed a reset button for Russia.”
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Matt ViserGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Romney began building expensive homes after 2012 loss
Romney began building expensive homes after 2012 loss
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
What to call a president's husband? Bill Clinton has ideas
What to call a president's husband? Bill Clinton has ideas
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New York Magazine and OnPolitics
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama forgoes a headscarf and sparks a backlash in Saudi Arabia — Barack Obama was in Riyadh on Tuesday to pay his respects to the late Saudi King Abdullah. His visit, for which he cut short a much-hyped trip to India, underscores how important the U.S.-Saudi relationship remains to the American leadership.
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Associated Press:
Michelle Obama navigates limits on women in Saudi Arabia
Michelle Obama navigates limits on women in Saudi Arabia
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Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Saudis Say Michelle Obama Not Blurred on TV
Saudis Say Michelle Obama Not Blurred on TV
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TPNN, NPR, Wall Street Journal, Gawker, CNN, Althouse and Mother Jones
Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Michelle Obama's uncovered head draws Saudi Twitter critique
Michelle Obama's uncovered head draws Saudi Twitter critique
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republican leaders look for escape plan on immigration — Republican leaders in the House and Senate are boxed in on immigration and searching for a way out. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) are struggling to find a way to fund the Department …
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Politico:
Homeland Security funding on the brink — House has no solution for funding cliff. — The border security bill that the House was slated to bring up this week could now be delayed until sometime in late February. Getty — Top Republicans are increasingly unworried about missing …
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Daily Kos, The Hill and Weekly Standard
Alex Roarty / National Journal:
The ‘War on Women’ Isn't Over Yet
The ‘War on Women’ Isn't Over Yet
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Washington Post and Instapundit
Politico:
Koch donors give Marco Rubio early nod — Straw poll at donor summit rates 5 GOP hopefuls. — Getty — The Koch brothers' conservative network is still debating whether it will spend any of its massive $889-million budget in the Republican presidential primaries, but the prospect …
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Stephanie Smith / Page Six:
Marco Rubio's wife crashes family car at 2016 summit
Marco Rubio's wife crashes family car at 2016 summit
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Politico and American Spectator
kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: January 2015 — Bianca DiJulio, Jamie Firth, and Mollyann Brodie … The Public's Views Of King V. Burwell And Exchanges — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case, King v. Burwell, in March about whether the health care law says people in all states …
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Domenico Montanaro / PBS NewsHour:
Republicans to vote on repealing Obamacare ... again
Republicans to vote on repealing Obamacare ... again
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Noah Rothman / Hot Air:
Politico invents nasty Mike Huckabee quote, mocks it — Mike Huckabee's approach to winning the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 has been ... perplexing. — He has taken to running as a culturally conservative candidate, but has defined cultural conservatism as that which stands …
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Mike Huckabee complains of ‘trashy’ women at Fox News — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said in a recent radio appearance that while in New York for his Fox News show, he experienced significant culture shock from all the “trashy” women swearing in a professional setting.
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Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Truth Revolt and ThinkProgress
David McCabe / The Hill:
Perry: Legal case won't change '16 calculus — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) said Wednesday that a judge's decision to allow the criminal case against him to continue will not affect his decision on running for president in 2016. — “No, we're going to continue on,” he said at a press conference.
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Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
U-Va. sorority sisters ordered to stay home Saturday night for their own safety - while fraternity brothers party — Sorority sisters at the University of Virginia were ordered by their national chapters to avoid fraternity events this weekend — a mandate that many of the women said was irrational …
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The Daily Caller, WRIC-TV, CBS DC and ThinkProgress
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
You Betcha I Was Wrong About Sarah Palin — It's time to admit that, whatever their motivation was at the time, the Alaska governor's critics always had a point. — Has conservative genuflection at the altar of Sarah Palin finally come to a halt? — In case you missed it …
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Weekly Standard, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Addicting Info and National Review
Maayan Lubell / Reuters:
Anti-tank missile fired at Israeli military vehicle on Lebanon frontier: army — (Reuters) - An anti-tank missile was fired at an Israeli military vehicle near the Lebanon border on Wednesday, wounding four soldiers, a military source said. — The incident came several hours after Israel launched …
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Fox News Insider, Associated Press, The PJ Tatler, The Week and Truth Revolt
Spokesman.com:
Testimony: ‘Ramifications upon my church,’ questions on bathroom use, ‘parading their genitalia’ — The first four people to testify this morning at the HB 2 hearing all spoke against the bill, including Pastor Jeff Estes of Fellowship Baptist Church in Meridian, who said …
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KTFT, Raw Story and Addicting Info
Jason Wheeler / WFAA-TV:
Students forced to expose underwear for inspection — elementary students in Gustine Texas were forced to lower their pants for inspection after feces were found on the school gym floor — GUSTINE, Texas — Here in Gustine, population 457, what happens at the schoolhouse affects nearly everyone.
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WJXT-TV:
Judge: Marissa Alexander released to house arrest — Marissa Alexander must wear GPS ankle monitor for next 2 years — Author: Vic Micolucci, General assignment reporter, vic@wjxt.com … Marissa Alexander, a woman whose case helped bring national attention to Florida's stand your ground …
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Michael Kimmelman / New York Times:
A Chance to Salvage a Master's Creation — Unless county legislators act quickly, a paragon of midcentury American idealism will be lost. — Paul Rudolph's Orange County Government Center, in Goshen, N.Y., announces itself as a civic hub. It's made of corrugated concrete and glass …
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Walt Hunter / CBS Philly:
Sources: Probe Into On-Duty Sex In Philadelphia Fire Department — Walt Hunter — Eyewitness News Reporter Walt Hunter is one of the market's ... PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Sources tell CBS 3 allegations of sexual activity on-duty involving as many as a dozen male members of the Philadelphia Fire Department …
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The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Exclusive: Spending- why ‘red’ states shoulder the deepest cuts under Obama — As Washington has tightened its belt in recent years, the budget cuts have sliced most deeply in states where President Obama is unpopular, according to an analysis of federal spending by Reuters.
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