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2:45 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
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
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
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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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.
Discussion: New York Times 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.
Discussion: Mediaite, FreakOutNation and Hullabaloo
David Edwards / Raw Story:   GOP senator: Let restaurants ‘opt out’ of handwashing after toilet to ‘reduce regulatory burden’
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.
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 …
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.
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
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.
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
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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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
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
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Inside the Senate's big vote on whether climate change is real
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Tracy Walsh / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep On Vaccines: An ‘Oppressive State’ Shouldn't Tell Us What To Do
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Anahad O'Connor / New York Times:
New York Attorney General Targets Supplements at Major Retailers
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
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Co-author of The Emerging Democratic Majority recants
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obamacare will add to Dems' 2016 problems