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12:30 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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Washington Post:
Vaccination debate flares in GOP presidential race, alarming medical experts
Pew Research Center:
Young adults more likely to say vaccinating kids should be a parental choice
NBC News:
Rand Paul: Vaccines Can Lead to ‘Mental Disorders’
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Hillary Clinton Wanted To Investigate Link Between Autism And Vaccinations
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 and Politico
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 …
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 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.
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.
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
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.
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 …
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 …
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Edward Robinson / Bloomberg Business:
Mac McQuown Is Reinventing the Corporate Bond.  Is He Solving a Big Problem or Creating an Even Larger One?  —  Don't Miss Out — … John “Mac” McQuown yanks on a chain and hoists open a metal roll-up door with a clang.  In a flowery aloha shirt, shorts and sandals …
Discussion: The Big Picture and FT Alphaville
 
 
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Inside the Senate's big vote on whether climate change is real
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House Benghazi committee to review secret Hillary tapes on Libya
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Anahad O'Connor / New York Times:
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Wall Street Journal:
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George Rede / Oregonian:
Sweet Cakes by Melissa discriminated against lesbian couple, Oregon hearings officer rules
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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 …
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Thomas Escritt / Reuters:
U.N.'s highest court absolves Croatia, Serbia of genocide
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New York Times:
President Obama's New Budget
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Co-author of The Emerging Democratic Majority recants
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Sneak peek: ‘Frozen’ returns in ‘Frozen Fever’
Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
A Discredited Vaccine Study's Continuing Impact on Public Health
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Welp, So Much for Young People
Discussion: Althouse and Washington Monthly