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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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The Stranger …, New York Times, Joe. My. God., Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
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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.
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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
Freshman GOP Senator: I'm Okay With Not Forcing Restaurant Workers to Wash Up
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Mediaite and FreakOutNation
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.
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Prairie Weather
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
ISIS burns captive Jordanian pilot alive
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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The Hill, New York Times, Guardian, Hot Air, ThinkProgress, Taylor Marsh and Politico
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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 …
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Liberal Values, Washington Post, The Stranger … and The Moderate Voice
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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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz: Parents With ‘Religious Convictions’ Should Get A Pass On Vaccines
Cruz: Parents With ‘Religious Convictions’ Should Get A Pass On Vaccines
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Little Green Footballs and Politico
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Dems block legislation reversing immigration actions — The Senate on Tuesday failed to move forward with legislation overturning President Obama's executive actions on immigration after Democrats united to block it. — Most of the Senate's 55 Republicans backed the motion to proceed …
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Politico and Siskind Susser PC
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Cruz: Block Lynch until Obama blinks on immigration — Stalling the attorney general nominee would be a ‘concrete’ tool 'to rein in the president's lawlessness,' he says. — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is demanding that Republicans block the nomination of Loretta Lynch as attorney general until …
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Daily Kos, TheBlaze.com, The PJ Tatler and Talking Points Memo
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Democrats filibuster DHS spending bill, block GOP on amnesty debate
Democrats filibuster DHS spending bill, block GOP on amnesty debate
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USA Today, TPNN and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
McConnell touts new post on EPA appropriations panel
McConnell touts new post on EPA appropriations panel
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ThinkProgress, InsideClimate News and Politico
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.
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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Des Moines Register, Hot Air, Washington Post, Mediaite, National Review and The Huffington Post
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Why Matt Drudge might be more powerful now than ever before
Why Matt Drudge might be more powerful now than ever before
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Gawker, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Monthly, Politico and Althouse
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Walker tells Iowans he's one of the ‘fresh faces’ Romney had in mind
Walker tells Iowans he's one of the ‘fresh faces’ Romney had in mind
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Washington Post, Washington Monthly, American Prospect, Bloomberg Business, JSOnline, Fox News, National Review and Daily Signal
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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Bloomberg Business, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Joe. My. God., New York Magazine, Towleroad News #gay, Gawker and Balloon Juice
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Congressman Who Voted To Defund Public Broadcasting Got ‘Downton Abbey’ Office Redesign For Free
Congressman Who Voted To Defund Public Broadcasting Got ‘Downton Abbey’ Office Redesign For Free
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Mediaite and Balloon Juice
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 …
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The Atlantic Online, Talking Points Memo, Gawker, NPR, Political Wire, The PJ Tatler and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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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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 …
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TPNN, Twitchy and Washington Free Beacon
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
SECOND HARPER LEE NOVEL TO BE PUBLISHED IN JULY … NEW YORK (AP) — “To Kill a Mockingbird” will not be Harper Lee's only published book after all. — Publisher Harper announced Tuesday that “Go Set a Watchman,” a novel the Pulitzer Prize-winning author completed in the 1950s and put aside, will be released July 14.
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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Is to Publish a Second Novel
Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Is to Publish a Second Novel
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The Atlantic Online, Vulture, Guardian, BarbWire.com, The Daily Caller and Althouse
Sara Roth / KGW-TV:
Ore. bakery will have to pay same-sex couple up to $150K — GRESHAM, Ore. - A Gresham bakery discriminated against a same-sex couple who wanted to purchase a wedding cake, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries announced Monday. — The owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa bakery will have to pay …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hit & Run and Towleroad News #gay
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George Rede / Oregonian:
Sweet Cakes by Melissa discriminated against lesbian couple, Oregon hearings officer rules
Sweet Cakes by Melissa discriminated against lesbian couple, Oregon hearings officer rules
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Fox News, ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
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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The Hill, Bloomberg Business, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Monthly, Betsy's Page, ABC News, OpenSecrets.org and CNN
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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Spectator, The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller
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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Hot Air and Weekly Standard