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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 …
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Matt ViserGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Romney began building expensive homes after 2012 loss — LA JOLLA, Calif. - On a recent weekday, a half dozen construction workers were crammed onto a small plot of land in this pricey community, banging away on an 11,000-square-foot house with expansive oceanfront views that will soon replace an old one a fraction of the size.
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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Mitt Romney Will Portray Hillary Clinton As ‘Clueless’ on Jobs, Foreign Policy
Mitt Romney Will Portray Hillary Clinton As ‘Clueless’ on Jobs, Foreign Policy
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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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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
Homeland Security funding on the brink
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Alex Roarty / National Journal:
The ‘War on Women’ Isn't Over Yet
The ‘War on Women’ Isn't Over Yet
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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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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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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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Noah Rothman / Hot Air:
Politico invents nasty Mike Huckabee quote, mocks it
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Scalise to meet with black leader who questioned his leadership — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise will meet with the head of the National Urban League in the wake of a revelation that the Louisiana Republican spoke to a white supremacist group in 2002. — Marc Morial, a former Democratic …
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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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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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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Cruz praises first lady on headscarf
Cruz praises first lady on headscarf
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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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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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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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KTLA:
Young Utah Family Poisoned Themselves; Feared ‘Pending Apocalypse’: Police … The mysterious deaths of five Utah family members in their Springville home baffled authorities at first. — Benjamin and Kristi Strack were found dead on their bed on September 27.
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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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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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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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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Congressman Says Radio Host Should Have Personally Arrested Michelle Obama's Guest To The SOTU — This July 28, 2011 file photo shows Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., left, on Capitol Hill in Washington. — CREDIT: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite — Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) had a lighthearted moment during …
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Ashley Codianni / CNN:
CNN exclusive: Snapchat Interview with Senator Rand Paul - CNN.com — In the first Snapchat interview with a U.S. lawmaker, ever, possible 2016 presidential candidate and Republican Senator Rand Paul dishes on Hillary Clinton, drones, 2016 and what he does to unwind.
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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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Eric Lempel / PlayStation.Blog:
PlayStation, Meet Spotify — Hello everyone! I'm thrilled today to introduce a new music destination called PlayStation Music, with Spotify as the exclusive partner. We've partnered with our friends at Spotify to bring its award-winning digital music service to PlayStation Network this spring in 41 markets around the world.
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