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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Axelrod: Obama Misled Nation When He Opposed Gay Marriage In 2008 — A striking admission of political dishonesty from the keeper of the Obama flame — Barack Obama misled Americans for his own political benefit when he claimed in the 2008 election to oppose same sex marriage for religious reasons …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
David Axelrod: Obama Was ‘Bullshitting’ Opposition To Gay Marriage In 2008 — Barack Obama was “bullshitting” his opposition to gay marriage and support for civil unions during his 2008 presidential campaign, according to a new book authored by former senior White House adviser David Axelrod.
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Axelrod Says Obama Misled on Gay Marriage
Axelrod Says Obama Misled on Gay Marriage
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Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Judicial defiance in Alabama: Same-sex marriages begin, but most counties refuse
Judicial defiance in Alabama: Same-sex marriages begin, but most counties refuse
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Washington Monthly, The American Conservative, The Daily Beast, New York Times, Vox and Hullabaloo
Danika Fears / Page Six:
Brian Williams' account of Israel trip in question — Another of Brian Williams' wild reporting tales is being called into question - this time it's an account of his trip to Israel in 2006. — In a 2007 interview, Williams recalled riding on an Israeli military helicopter that was flying …
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Tara Parker-Pope / New York Times:
Was Brian Williams a Victim of False Memory?
Was Brian Williams a Victim of False Memory?
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Rasmussen Reports:
Should NBC's Brian Williams Stay or Go?
Should NBC's Brian Williams Stay or Go?
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Bloomberg Business, CBS DC, Jammie Wearing Fools, Mediaite, NY Daily News, Daily Mail and The Huffington Post
Travis J. Tritten / Stars & Stripes:
In his words: Brian Williams' interview with Stars and Stripes
In his words: Brian Williams' interview with Stars and Stripes
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Axelrod: Obama knew Prayer Breakfast remarks would provoke — President Obama's comments referencing the Crusades and Jim Crow during the National Prayer Breakfast appeared intentionally “provocative,” former adviser David Axelrod said Monday. — Obama has faced heated criticism for the comments …
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Star Parker: Obama's Prayer Breakfast Speech Was ‘Verbal Rape’
Star Parker: Obama's Prayer Breakfast Speech Was ‘Verbal Rape’
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Bobby Jindal vs. the world — He says elites can't stand the idea of an Ivy-League-educated pure conservative. — AP Photo — In the past few weeks, Bobby Jindal has been attacked for insisting that Europe allows Muslims to control special “no-go zones,” belittled by the Weekly Standard for offering a …
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Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
How Long Will Jeb Bush Hold His Fire on His Republican Rivals?
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
New Jeb Bush Chief Technology Officer Deleting Old Tweets About “Sluts”
New Jeb Bush Chief Technology Officer Deleting Old Tweets About “Sluts”
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Democrats suffering from Clinton fatigue say they're ready for Warren — AMES, Iowa — Thirteen Iowa Democrats wearily took their seats here this weekend and discussed among themselves the source of their angst: Hillary Rodham Clinton. — “I'm utterly tired, tired of the Clintons …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
RNC launching 'Hillary's hiding' campaign
RNC launching 'Hillary's hiding' campaign
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Jindal on gay marriage: 'We're a nation of laws' — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) says he wants Congress to pass an amendment to the Constitution if the Supreme Court decides to overrule state gay marriage bans. — “We're a nation of laws, that's why I said I want the Supreme Court …
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Richard Kirsch / The Hill:
Under GOP plan, pay more for junk insurance, leave more uninsured
Under GOP plan, pay more for junk insurance, leave more uninsured
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Mother Jones, Daily Kos, American Spectator and Election Law Blog
Richard Wolf / Associated Press:
First Take: Handwriting on the wall for gay marriage
First Take: Handwriting on the wall for gay marriage
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Daily Mail:
Two couples who discovered they had been given the wrong babies TEN YEARS after their daughters were born are awarded 2million euros by French court — Two French couples who discovered they had been given the wrong babies ten years after their daughters were born due to a hospital mix …
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The Hill:
Dem boycott of Netanyahu address to Congress grows — More than a dozen congressional Democrats say they plan to skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint session of Congress amid conflicting signals over whether he will pull out from the March 3 address.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Leahy Will Not Attend ‘Politicized’ Netanyahu Speech To Congress
Leahy Will Not Attend ‘Politicized’ Netanyahu Speech To Congress
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News + Opinion, Seven Days and National Review
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Feds won't release IRS targeting documents — The Obama administration is refusing to publicly release more than 500 documents on the IRS's targeting of Tea Party groups. — Twenty months after the IRS scandal broke, there are still many unanswered questions about who was spearheading …
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Hot Air, The Right Scoop and Washington Free Beacon
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Targeted GOP senator: ‘I will never vote with my reelection mind’ — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is up for reelection this cycle, but he says he's not changing. Not one bit. — “I'll always tell Wisconsinites the truth, to the best of my ability, and I will never vote with my reelection mind.
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Andy Kroll / Mother Jones:
The Koch Brothers Raised $249 Million at Their Latest Donor Summit — It's a big step toward meeting their $889 million goal for the 2016 cycle. — At their most recent retreat in southern California two weeks ago, the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch and 450 …
Fox News:
School worksheet tells kids GOP thinks helping poor ‘waste of money,’ parent claims — A Wisconsin mother claims this quiz was administered to her 16-year-old son and his classmates in their 11th-grade U.S. government and politics class at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc.
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Western Illusions Over Ukraine — MUNICH — The most difficult thing for a communist, it has been observed, is to predict the past. I was reminded of this as I listened to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in full Soviet mode at the Munich Security Conference, suggesting …
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Foreign Policy, CANNONFIRE and The American Conservative
New York Times:
Illinois Governor Acts to Curb Power of Public Sector Unions — CHICAGO — Gov. Bruce Rauner, the newly elected Republican who has often criticized public sector unions, took his first step toward curbing their power on Monday by announcing an executive order that would bar unions from requiring …
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Ashley Lutz / Business Insider:
Staples threatens to fire employees who work more than 25 hours a week — Part-time Staples workers are furious that they could be fired for working more than 25 hours a week. — The company implemented the policy to avoid paying benefits under the Affordable Care Act, reports Sapna Maheshwari at Buzzfeed.
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Sapna Maheshwari / BuzzFeed:
Staples Threatens To Fire Staff For Working More Than 25 Hours A Week
Staples Threatens To Fire Staff For Working More Than 25 Hours A Week
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Aides: War powers request this week — The White House is expected to send Congress a proposal for the use of military force against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) by Wednesday, according to two congressional aides. — The request for authorization for use of military force …
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