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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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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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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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Pelosi warns Netanyahu: Speech to Congress will hurt Iran talks — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) this week warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his coming speech before Congress threatens to sink the nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, the Democratic leader said Wednesday.

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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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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Obama seizes leverage from Republicans on immigration
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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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Scott Walker budget cut sparks sharp debate on UW System
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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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Mitt, We Meet Again
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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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McCain: Palin would ‘do great’ as presidential candidate — How would Sarah Palin do if she decides to run for president? According to her former top-of-the-ticket running mate, quite well. — “She's very interesting. And I'm sure she'd do great,” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) …
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Sarah Palin and her onetime fans on the right: It's so over
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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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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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U.S. NGO: ‘Hate group’ funding Republican National Committee trip to Israel
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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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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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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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A better way for the Kochs to spend their millions
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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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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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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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