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3:50 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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Politico:
Where 2016 GOPers stand on vaccinations  —  After an outbreak of measles in 14 states, the debate on whether parents should vaccinate their children has broken out on the political stage.  —  On Monday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a likely White House hopeful, said that parents …
New York Times:
Measles Outbreak Proves Delicate Issue to G.O.P. Field
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator: Don't Force Employees To Wash Their Hands After Using Toilet  —  In a week packed with news over concerns for public health, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) described his own history of opposing certain health and hygiene regulations, including those that require employees to wash their hands after using the bathroom.
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Susie Madrak / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
NC Senator: Starbucks Workers Shouldn't Have To Wash Hands After Bathroom Break  —  New Sen. Tillis worked when he was a state legislator to push much-needed policies like voter ID legislation, cuts to unemployment benefits, tax cuts for the wealthy, and abortion restrictions.
Discussion: Liberaland and Hullabaloo
David Edwards / Raw Story:   GOP senator: Let restaurants ‘opt out’ of handwashing after toilet to ‘reduce regulatory burden’
Sam Knight / THE DISTRICT SENTINEL:
Freshman GOP Senator: I'm Okay With Not Forcing Restaurant Workers to Wash Up
Discussion: Mediaite and FreakOutNation
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
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.
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
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
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Flying coach with Rand Paul
Discussion: Twitchy
Jim Clifton / Gallup:
The Big Lie: 5.6% Unemployment  —  Here's something that many Americans — including some of the smartest and most educated among us — don't know: The official unemployment rate, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor, is extremely misleading.  —  Right now, we're hearing much celebrating …
Discussion: TPNN
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: The Hill and Prairie Weather
Simon Romero / New York Times:
Draft of Arrest Warrant for Argentine President Found at Dead Prosecutor's Home  —  BUENOS AIRES — Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor whose mysterious death has gripped Argentina, had drafted a warrant for the arrest of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, accusing her of trying …
Laura Smith-Spark / CNN:
UK lawmakers approve ‘3-parent babies’ law  —  UK lawmakers vote to allow ‘3-parent’ babies 02:01  —  Story highlights  —  London (CNN)Lawmakers on Tuesday voted in favor of a law that sets the stage for the United Kingdom to be the first country in the world to allow a pioneering …
Discussion: The Verge and KFOR-TV
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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 …
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.
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.
Brett LoGiurato / Fusion:
Young people will hit the polls in 2016, and they want Hillary  —  Young people are planning to turn out the vote in 2016.  And they have a clear choice at this point about who they want to be the nation's next president.  —  Those are some of the highlights from Fusion's Massive Millennial Poll …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Politico
Austin Wright / Politico:
DoD spending plan to reignite spats with Congress — GOP to take on Obama at Carter hearing  —  QUESTION OF THE DAY — WILL UNFUNDED REQUIREMENTS BE BACK?  House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry is leaving open (for now) the question of whether he'll follow his predecessor …
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 ...
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 …
 
 
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Congressman: Measles Outbreak May Be Caused By ‘Illegal Aliens’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Rebecca Traister / The New Republic:
When will we stop punishing them for it?  —  Above: Jen Carnig …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Feministing
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Jindal Declares War on the Wonks
Chronicle of Higher Education:
What Obama's 2016 Budget Means for Higher Ed
Discussion: Hit & Run and National Review
Melanie Zanona / Roll Call:
Florida Democrat Goes There, Messes With Texas (Video)
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Hillary eyes Brooklyn for campaign HQ
Discussion: American Spectator
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Robin Williams' Family Divided in Fight Over His Estate
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
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Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
Edward Robinson / Bloomberg Business:
Mac McQuown Is Reinventing the Corporate Bond.  Is He Solving a Big Problem or Creating an Even Larger One?
George Rede / Oregonian:
Sweet Cakes by Melissa discriminated against lesbian couple, Oregon hearings officer rules
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Co-author of The Emerging Democratic Majority recants
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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