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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
The great GOP overreach — While Republicans bask in the glory of their victories in 2014 and continue their hyperpartisan onslaught in the new Congress, some early numbers should keep GOP strategists awake at night. — According to a recent ABC/Washington Post poll …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Administration Official Criticizes Israeli Ambassador Over Netanyahu Visit — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, after days of mounting tension, signaled on Wednesday how angry it is with Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted Republican leaders' invitation to address Congress …
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Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
Big GOP field unfazed by Hillary Clinton — She's strong, they say, but hardly invincible. — The bumper crop of 2016 GOP hopefuls, bustling and seemingly growing by the day, reflects several realities: No prohibitive front-runner in the party; an eagerness to reclaim the White House …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
G.O.P.'s Invitation to Netanyahu Is Aiding Obama's Cause on Iran
Lisa Lerer / Bloomberg Business:
The Re-Re-Rebranding of Mitt Romney — STARKVILLE, Miss.—The Romney family has a predilection for reinvention. George Romney, the former governor of Michigan, made his name remaking the gas-guzzling American Motor Co. into a producer of fuel-efficient Ramblers.
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
Mitt, We Meet Again
Mitt, We Meet Again
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Jonathan Allen / Bloomberg Business:
Obama Rallying Democrats to Fight for Spending Boost in Budget — (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama will rally Democrats for a budget battle with Republicans by proposing a major spending boost for both domestic programs and the military. — With his fiscal 2016 spending blueprint set …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama seizes leverage from Republicans on immigration
Obama seizes leverage from Republicans on immigration
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton may delay campaign — Top Democrats give a new date for the campaign's likely start. — Hillary Clinton, expecting no major challenge for the Democratic nomination, is strongly considering delaying the formal launch of her presidential campaign until July …
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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Scott Walker urges professors to work harder — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, defending proposed budget cuts for higher education, took a swipe at university professors who he said could be “teaching more classes and doing more work.” — “Maybe it's time for faculty and staff to start thinking …
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Karen Herzog / JSOnline:
Scott Walker budget cut sparks sharp debate on UW System
Scott Walker budget cut sparks sharp debate on UW System
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters:
NBC's Mohyeldin Suggests Real American Sniper a ‘Racist’ Who Went on ‘Killing Sprees’ — Share it Tweet it — Ayman Mohyeldin has suggested that Chris Kyle, the real “American Sniper,” was a “racist” whose military missions were nothing less than “killing sprees.”
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
American Family Association Evangelist Bryan Fischer Has Been Fired, Maddow Reports — Rachel Maddow tonight broke news that the American Family Association has officially fired notorious evangelist Bryan Fischer after a controversy involving the RNC and Israel.
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Debra Nussbaum Cohen / Haaretz:
U.S. NGO: ‘Hate group’ funding Republican National Committee trip to Israel
U.S. NGO: ‘Hate group’ funding Republican National Committee trip to Israel
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Box Turtle Bulletin, Warren Throckmorton, Addicting Info, The Times of Israel, Joe. My. God. and Israpundit
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The New Republic addresses its ‘perceived legacy of racism’ — The forthcoming issue of The New Republic — its first since a mass staff shakeup in December — features a cover story by Canadian journalist Jeet Heer about the magazine's “perceived legacy of racism.”
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New York Times:
Inconvenient Truths in Afghanistan — In late December, as they do every few months, American military officials in Kabul sent a trove of data to the office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction for its quarterly report. Over the years, such figures have told …
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Christopher Elliott / Elliott:
Comcast thinks my husband is an a**hole - and they put it in writing — Warning: This post contains language that may not be appropriate for a family audience. — It's no secret that employees sometimes feel their customers are jerks. But I've never seen one put it in writing — until now.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Koch cash triggers Dem angst about 2016 — Democratic lawmakers say they are deeply worried about how much money Charles and David Koch plan to spend on the 2016 elections. — The billionaire brothers have played a massive role in GOP politics in recent years and were seen by Democrats …
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Sally Kohn / CNN:
A better way for the Kochs to spend their millions
A better way for the Kochs to spend their millions
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Hillary Clinton looks to Barack Obama digital alums — A dream team of tech talent awaits her call. — Two of President Barack Obama's 2012 digital masterminds are among the leading contenders for top technology jobs in Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign-in-waiting.
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John Dickerson / Slate:
Why Hillary Clinton needs to fight hard for Iowa.
Senator Jeff Sessions:
SESSIONS ANNOUNCES OPPOSITION TO LYNCH NOMINATION FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL — “We are at a dangerous moment. Professor Jonathan Turley described it as a ‘constitutional tipping point.’ For the Senate to approve this nomination would bring us another step closer to the point's edge.”
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Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women — On a spring afternoon last year at an outdoor café in San Francisco, two denizens of the tech community sketched out their strategy for a startup. Like most 28-year-olds in Silicon Valley, they had smarts and dreams.
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Heather Mac Donald / National Review:
The Mayor Who Slandered the Police — New York City mayor Bill de Blasio is “comfortable” with himself. So the city learned during the biggest crisis to hit a New York mayoralty in recent memory. “I'm comfortable with the fact that I've always tried to tell the truth and stay true to my values …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy's Son Jailed After Allegedly Resisting Arrest — Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's son Ryan was jailed Tuesday after he allegedly resisted arrest when officers approached him about an outstanding warrant. — Salt Lake City TV station KSTU reported that Ryan Bundy …
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