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1:50 PM ET, February 3, 2015

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Ali Elkin / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Joins 2016 Fray on Vaccines  —  A measles outbreak transforms into the 2016 issue du jour.  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday became the latest potential presidential candidate to weigh in on the merit of vaccines as a 14-state measles outbreak transformed into the 2016 issue du jour.
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New York Times:
Measles Outbreak Proves Delicate Issue to G.O.P. Field  —  WASHINGTON — The politics of medicine, morality and free will have collided in an emotional debate over vaccines and the government's place in requiring them, posing a challenge for Republicans who find themselves in the familiar …
Washington Post:
Vaccination debate flares in GOP presidential race, alarming medical experts
Politico:
Supreme Court Obamacare case poses political peril for GOP  —  The Supreme Court could be months away from blowing a huge hole in Obamacare — and Republicans on Capitol Hill are at odds over how they'll respond if their side wins.  —  It's the latest example in a long-running quandary for Republicans …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
The Perfect Storm On The Horizon That May Kill The Supreme Court Filibuster  —  Divisions among Senate Republicans have burst a trial balloon floated in recent days by two top lieutenants of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to eliminate the 60-vote rule for confirming Supreme Court nominees.
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Public Health Experts Have Estimated How Many Americans Will Die If the Supreme Court Repeals Obamacare
Justin Sink / The Hill:
President to host ObamaCare enrollees as House votes to repeal
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Times:
Chris Christie Shows Fondness for Luxury Benefits When Others Pay the Bill  —  As Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey waited to depart on a trade mission to Israel in 2012, his entourage was delayed by a late arrival: Mr. Christie's father, who had accidentally headed to the wrong airport.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Why Matt Drudge might be more powerful now than ever before  —  Matt Drudge is currently running a “poll” on his website — it's the Drudge Report if you have paid no attention to politics for the last 17 years — that asks readers to choose their preferred 2016 Republican presidential candidate.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Obama manager: Watch for Christie, Bush, Kasich  —  Jim Messina, President Obama's 2012 campaign manager, says that Chris Christie, Jeb Bush and John Kasich are the presidential candidates to watch on the Republican side.  —  “I think [New Jersey Gov.] Chris Christie could potentially …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Political Wire
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The Tough Path Facing Chris Christie and Marco Rubio
Discussion: New Jersey News …
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
He's got a 'Downton Abbey'-inspired office, but Rep. Aaron Schock won't talk about it.  —  The Rayburn House Office Building is a labyrinth of beige offices.  —  And then, there's . . .  Rep. Aaron Schock's new digs.  —  Bright red walls.  A gold-colored wall sconce with black candles.
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Congressman Who Voted To Defund Public Broadcasting Got ‘Downton Abbey’ Office Redesign For Free
Discussion: Mediaite and Balloon Juice
ABC News:
Chuck Grassley News  —  ... exploited by terrorists, according to internal documents obtained by ABC News.  “It is shocking,” said Sen .  Charles Grassley , an Iowa Republican.  “Particularly when you have F.B.I. and other law enforcement agencies that are saying ...
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ABC News:
Whistleblowers: US Gave Visas to Suspected Forgers, Fraudsters, Criminals
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Nancy Reagan Turned Down Rock Hudson's Plea For Help Nine Weeks Before He Died  —  On a Sunday evening in July 1985, just hours after arriving in Paris from Los Angeles, Rock Hudson collapsed shortly after checking into the famed Ritz hotel.  —  Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor in “Giant,” 1956.
Politico:
How Rand Paul bombed at Koch brothers gathering  —  His laid-back style turns off big money donors.  —  “Jeans might work for a younger audience,” said one attendee, “but these are old bulls who put on a tie every day to go to the office.”  Getty  —  Some of the most influential players …
George Packer / New Yorker:
Why ISIS Murdered Kenji Goto  —  Why did ISIS execute a second Japanese hostage?  Before the beheading of the journalist Kenji Goto, Japan didn't think that it was even in a fight with the Islamic State.  All Japan had done was contribute a couple of hundred million dollars in humanitarian aid to countries fighting ISIS.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Daily Mail:
Killed for ‘being gay’: ISIS savages blindfolded man and threw him off tower block - then stoned him to death when he SURVIVED the fall  —  A man has reportedly been blindfolded and thrown off a tower block in Syria for ‘being gay’ before being stoned to death after surviving the fall.
David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
Poll: Iowa Republicans Side with Obamas After Huckabee's Beyoncé Attack  —  Iowans may or may not like Beyoncé, but their opinion on one issue involving the singer is clear in a new Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll: Mike Huckabee crossed a line when he suggested …
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
A Future Segregated by Science?  —  Let me say up front: I'm not a science guy.  —  I have always loved science, but I have always loved the arts — drawing, painting and, yes, writing — more.  —  My deepest foray into science came in high school when I won my way to the international science fair.
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Hillary eyes Brooklyn for campaign HQ  —  Hillary Clinton is focused on housing her 2016 campaign headquarters in New York City — potentially in Brooklyn, which has emerged as a leading contender.  —  Insiders say Clinton aides are looking at Brooklyn as a possible location …
Discussion: American Spectator
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Washington Times:
House Benghazi committee to review secret Hillary tapes on Libya
Discussion: Fox News
Tracy Walsh / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep On Vaccines: An ‘Oppressive State’ Shouldn't Tell Us What To Do  —  Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) became the latest Republican on Tuesday to speak out against vaccine mandates, saying: “We should not have an oppressive state telling us what to do.”  —  “I want that to be my choice as a parent …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Why Mark Ruffalo, Kim Gordon, and the Other Cool Kids Want Elizabeth Warren to Run  —  On a Thursday night last month, about 150 party-goers piled into the capacious Chinatown loft of filmmakers Julie Pacino (daughter of Al) and Jennifer DeLia.  Chloë Sevigny was there …
Bloomberg Business:
Amazon in Talks to Buy Some of RadioShack's Stores  —  Don't Miss Out —  (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc., aiming to bolster its brick-and-mortar operations, has discussed acquiring some RadioShack Corp. locations after the electronics chain files for bankruptcy, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
 
 
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Gabrielle Bluestone / Gawker:
Robin Williams' Family Divided in Fight Over His Estate
Tom Angell / Marijuana:
Obama Budget Would Let D.C. Regulate Marijuana Sales
Discussion: BarbWire.com and Politico
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Megyn Kelly Speaks Up For Mandatory Vaccination On Fox: ‘Some Things Do Require Big Brother’
Discussion: CNN, Politico and The Huffington Post
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Inside the Senate's big vote on whether climate change is real
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Edward Robinson / Bloomberg Business:
Mac McQuown Is Reinventing the Corporate Bond.  Is He Solving a Big Problem or Creating an Even Larger One?
Discussion: The Big Picture and FT Alphaville
Anahad O'Connor / New York Times:
New York Attorney General Targets Supplements at Major Retailers
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George Rede / Oregonian:
Sweet Cakes by Melissa discriminated against lesbian couple, Oregon hearings officer rules
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
President Tweaks the Rules on Data Collection
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Long-Run Cop-Out  —  On Monday, President Obama will call …
Thomas Escritt / Reuters:
U.N.'s highest court absolves Croatia, Serbia of genocide
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Times:
President Obama's New Budget
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Co-author of The Emerging Democratic Majority recants
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obamacare will add to Dems' 2016 problems
Bryan Alexander / USA Today:
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