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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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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 — 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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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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The Hill, Daily Kos 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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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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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Cruz praises first lady on headscarf — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) praised Michelle Obama on Twitter Wednesday for not wearing a head covering while visiting Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. — “Kudos to @FLOTUS for standing up for women &refusing to wear Sharia-mandated head-scarf in Saudi Arabia.
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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
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
What to call a president's husband? Bill Clinton has ideas — Bill Clinton has an interesting suggestion for what to call him if his wife becomes president: “Adam.” — In an interview with Rachael Ray airing Thursday, the cook-turned-talk show host asked the former president …
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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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Fox News Insider, Associated Press, The PJ Tatler, The Week and Truth Revolt
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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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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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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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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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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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FishbowlDC, OnPolitics, US News, Talking Points Memo and Twitchy
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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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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