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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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Politico, New York Times, Taylor Marsh, Sky Dancing and TIME
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Hillary: ‘The science is clear’ on vaccines
Hillary: ‘The science is clear’ on vaccines
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Hot Air, US News, The Huffington Post, The Daily Caller and USA Today
New York Times:
Measles Outbreak Proves Delicate Issue to G.O.P. Field
Measles Outbreak Proves Delicate Issue to G.O.P. Field
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Political Wire, Instapundit, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post and The Stranger …
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Rand Paul: Parents ‘own’ children, not the state
Rand Paul: Parents ‘own’ children, not the state
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Hot Air, The Moderate Voice, Bloomberg Business, Little Green Footballs and The PJ Tatler
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Paul shushes CNBC host in testy interview
Paul shushes CNBC host in testy interview
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BREITBART.COM, Shakesville, Politico, Mediaite, Washington Post and No More Mister Nice Blog
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ben Carson On Vaccinations: We Shouldn't Allow Diseases To Return
Ben Carson On Vaccinations: We Shouldn't Allow Diseases To Return
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National Review, Talking Points Memo and Taylor Marsh
Michelle Fox / CNBC:
Vaccines should be voluntary: Rand Paul
Vaccines should be voluntary: Rand Paul
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Los Angeles Times, The Charlotte Observer, Althouse, Bloomberg Business, The Huffington Post and Washington Post
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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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
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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.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
President to host ObamaCare enrollees as House votes to repeal — The White House is looking to counter-program a vote by House Republicans to repeal ObamaCare by inviting a group of Americans who have benefitted from the law to meet President Obama. — “Today's meeting comes as Republicans …
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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Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air, Politico and Althouse
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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 …
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The PJ Tatler and Political Wire
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The Tough Path Facing Chris Christie and Marco Rubio
The Tough Path Facing Chris Christie and Marco Rubio
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New Jersey News …
New York Times:
In Chris Christie's Career, a Fondness for Luxe Benefits When Others Pay the Bills — 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.
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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ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Joe. My. God., New York Magazine, Towleroad News #gay, Gawker and Balloon Juice
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.
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Guardian, Booman Tribune, Joe. My. God. and Raw Story
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.
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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Spectator and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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 …
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Washington Monthly, ABC News and OpenSecrets.org
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 …
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Washington Post, Hot Air, The Huffington Post, Mediaite and National Review
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Obama Budget Extends Social Security Benefits To All Married Same-Sex Couples — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's budget for fiscal year 2016 includes a major change for legally married same-sex couples, making them eligible to receive Social Security spousal benefits regardless of where they live.
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Daily Kos, Towleroad News #gay, Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg Business
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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Mashable, Bloomberg View, Business Insider, The Verge and VentureBeat
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obamacare will add to Dems' 2016 problems — Next month will mark five years since the Affordable Care Act became law. Obamacare was supposed to be popular by now, but it's not. And as far as President Obama and the Democrats who passed it are concerned, the law's current approval rating might be as good as it gets.
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Fox News, Betsy's Page and National Review
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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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New York Times Co. Profit Falls as Company Makes Strides in Digital Ads — The New York Times Company said on Tuesday that its annual operating profit declined in 2014 because of investments in digital journalism and severance costs from a round of layoffs.