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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Christie Says Parents Should Have ‘Choice’ on Vaccinations — Gov. Chris Christie visited the headquarters of One Nucleus, a life science company, in Cambridge, England, on Monday. — Neil Hall/Reuters — Updated, 10:27 a.m. | CAMBRIDGE, England — Amid an outbreak of measles …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Christie clarifies comments on measles vaccine after call for ‘balance’ causes stir — CAMBRIDGE, England - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie walked back comments he made here Monday morning calling for “balance” on the measles vaccine debate to allow for parental choice, asserting that “there is no question kids should be vaccinated.”
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Rand Paul: Parents ‘own’ children, not the state — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) doubled down on his position that most vaccines should be voluntary, suggesting Monday that mandated immunization is an example of government overreach. — “The state doesn't own your children,” Paul said in an interview with CNBC's “Closing Bell.”
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Chris Christie just called for ‘balance’ in vaccinations. Uh-oh. — Asked Monday about how best to handle the growing measles outbreak in the United States, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) started off on the right foot. “Mary Pat and I have had our children vaccinated and we think that it's …
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Chris Christie's Long Dance with Anti-Vaxxers
Chris Christie's Long Dance with Anti-Vaxxers
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
CDC warns of ‘large outbreak’ of measles
CDC warns of ‘large outbreak’ of measles
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NBC News:
Rand Paul: Vaccines Can Lead to ‘Mental Disorders’ — Republican Sen. Rand Paul is standing by his statement that most vaccinations should be “voluntary,” telling CNBC that a parent's choice not to vac...
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
How Rand Paul tried to lead an eye doctors' rebellion — The letters came from a young ophthalmologist in Kentucky. He was recruiting for an eye doctors' rebellion. — “We won't be trod upon,” he wrote, using the language of 1776. “You can't promulgate injustice without consequences.”
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul Was Longtime Member Of Group That Promoted Autism-Vaccines Link
Rand Paul Was Longtime Member Of Group That Promoted Autism-Vaccines Link
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Welp, So Much for Young People — In recent years many progressive political thinkers have focused on the views of so-called millennials. They are more pro-gay rights, more racially inclusive and generally have more progressive political views on a host of issues.
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John Biggs / TechCrunch:
Uber Opening Robotics Research Facility In Pittsburgh To Build Self-Driving Cars — Driver-on-demand service Uber is building a robotics research lab in Pittsburgh, PA to “kickstart autonomous taxi fleet development,” sources close to the decision have confirmed to TechCrunch.
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Politico:
The FCC chair's Internet pivot — Tom Wheeler is poised to propose some of the toughest rules possible. — Tom Wheeler was feeling the heat. — It was August and the head of the Federal Communications Commission was sitting on the deck of his family's vacation home on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
The FCC is moving to preempt state broadband limits
The FCC is moving to preempt state broadband limits
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The GOP: Still the Party of Stupid — That Scott Walker speech was great? It was shallow, tedious, and wrong. In other words, it struck the perfect chord for today's GOP voters. — Mitt Romney definitely had his down sides as a candidate: the retread factor, and, as I noted two weeks ago …
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Anomaly / FreakOutNation:
‘KKK’ Graffiti At South Carolina High School: ‘Happy Ni**er Month’ — Pictures have surfaced on social media of racist graffiti at a South Carolina high school on the first day of Black History Month. — According to Raw Story, officials at South Pointe High School in Rock Hill confirmed …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Happy N***** Month’: ‘KKK’ defaces South Carolina high school to mock first day of Black History Month
‘Happy N***** Month’: ‘KKK’ defaces South Carolina high school to mock first day of Black History Month
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Peter J. Henning / New York Times:
Court Sets Up a Hurdle, Not a Barrier, for Insider Trading Cases — It is interesting to see how a few words in a judicial opinion can mean so much. One sentence in the recent appeals court decision in United States v. Newman that overturned the convictions of two hedge fund traders …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Courts Write Decisions That Elude Long View
TMZ.com:
Warren Sapp — Arrested For Soliciting Prostitute (Update) — Warren Sapp — I'm DEAD BROKE ... and I Lost My Super Bowl Ring — Warren Sapp — Too Aggressive for Miami — WARREN SAPP — ARRESTED FOR SOLICITING PROSTITUTE — [Update: Fired by NFL Network] — EXCLUSIVE
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Alabama Lawmaker: Same-Sex Couples Don't Deserve Same Financial Benefits As Other Families — Most conservatives who oppose marriage equality will cite the Bible, “nature,” or polygamy and incest to justify their opposition. — But for one Alabama state senator, a reason to oppose marriage equality …
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Annie LinskeyLaura Curtis / Bloomberg Business:
Obama Wants Same-Sex Couples to Have Spousal Benefits
Obama Wants Same-Sex Couples to Have Spousal Benefits
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FIRE:
Students, FIRE Go Four-for-Four as Ohio U. Settles Speech Code Lawsuit — In a settlement signed today, Ohio University (OU) agreed to revise several policies that restricted free speech on campus rather than fight a student-led First Amendment lawsuit in court.
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New York Post:
Teacher keeps job despite ‘unsatisfactory’ rating 6 years in a row — Six strikes and she's not out. — The city Department of Education has failed to fire a teacher rated “unsatisfactory” for six consecutive years. Ann Legra, 44, a first-grade teacher at PS 173 in Washington Heights …
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National Journal:
If Republicans are smart, they will nominate for president someone in the mold of George W. Bush in 2000. — TO MAKE AN educated guess about whether these trends will continue, it helps to look at how the white working class and middle class have behaved historically.
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Obama supports vaccines now — but pandered to anti-vaxxers in 2008 — Chris Christie has come under fire for remarks suggesting that parents should have a choice in which vaccines their children do and don't receive. Those remarks got fierce pushback from public health officials …
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Associated Press:
Portland strippers head to Salem to lobby for better work conditions — SALEM — Any tourist guide to Portland will tell you about the strip clubs. — There are dozens of them, something for any taste or any neighborhood, helped to ubiquity by Oregon's fierce protection of free speech.
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Mike Huckabee Mocks ‘Bizarre’ Michael Sam Call, Fears Gay ‘Economic Terrorism’ — Mike Huckabee appeared last week on Dave Garrison's “Faith & Liberty” radio show, where he spoke about his new book, “God, Guns, Grits and Gravy.” Garrison told Huckabee that he was upset about how Right Wing Watch …
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Amy Davidson / New Yorker:
God and the G.O.P. — The brief apparition of a third Mitt Romney Presidential bid vanished last Friday, with a conference call to several of his supporters. “You can't imagine how hard it is for Ann and me to step aside,” Romney told them. He added that he thought he would have won …
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