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Laura Gunderson / Oregonian:
Governor John Kitzhaber announces his resignation — Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber resigned effective next Wednesday, Feb. 18, in a letter submitted to Secretary of State Kate Brown. — “I am announcing today that I will resign as Governor of the State of Oregon,” he wrote in a statement released just after noon on Friday.
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Hunter Schwarz / Washington Post:
This woman will soon become the first openly bisexual governor in American history — Update 3:09 p.m.: Kitzhaber has now announced that he will indeed resign. The original post follows. — Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown (D) would become the first openly bisexual governor in U.S. history if Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) resigns.
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Associated Press:
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber submits resignation — SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Long-time Democratic Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has announced his resignation amid allegations his fiancée used her relationship with him to enrich herself. — In a lengthy statement released Friday …
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Oregonian:
Live updates: The latest on Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber controversy — The Oregonian/OregonLive By The Oregonian/OregonLive — Breaking: Gov. John Kitzhaber announces his resignation. — 12:43 p.m.: Nearly as soon as Governor John Kitzhaber resigned Friday afternoon …
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Laura Gunderson / Oregonian:
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber's options fade as allies abandon him — In one of the most surreal days in Oregon political history, the state's top Democratic leaders called for Gov. John Kitzhaber to resign, and the governor vanished from public view. — With support of even allies evaporating …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Ginsburg wasn't ‘100 percent sober’ during State of the Union — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg admits to sharing some wine with her colleagues and not being “100 percent sober” for President Obama's State of the Union address in January. — During Obama's speech …
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Madeleine Morgenstern / TheBlaze.com:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Admits She Wasn't ‘100 Percent Sober’ When She Dozed Off at the State of the Union — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg admitted that she wasn't “100 percent sober” when she dozed off during President Barack Obama's State of the Union this year.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 'I Wasn't 100 Percent Sober' At State Of The Union
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 'I Wasn't 100 Percent Sober' At State Of The Union
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
High court's odd couple on parasailing, elephants and not being ‘100% sober’
High court's odd couple on parasailing, elephants and not being ‘100% sober’
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Lou Chibbaro Jr / Washington Blade:
'Don't paint me as anti-gay,' says Scalia
'Don't paint me as anti-gay,' says Scalia
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Matt Higgins / CBS DC:
Ginsburg: 'I Wasn't 100 Percent Sober' For State Of The Union Address
Ginsburg: 'I Wasn't 100 Percent Sober' For State Of The Union Address
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Here Are The ‘Science’ Questions Reporters Should Ask Politicians — The governor of Wisconsin was on a trade mission to the United Kingdom. So, naturally, a reporter asked him whether he believed that Moses had ridden atop a Tyrannosaurus Rex to receive the Ten Commandments.
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Sandy Rios: ‘The Real Experts’ Know Evolution Has Been ‘Disproven’
Sandy Rios: ‘The Real Experts’ Know Evolution Has Been ‘Disproven’
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Don't Ask Scott Walker About Evolution
Don't Ask Scott Walker About Evolution
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The Hill:
GOP infighting grows over Homeland Security funding — GOP infighting between the House and Senate is growing as Republicans work to prevent a partial shutdown of the Homeland Security Department at the end of the month. — House conservatives on Thursday pointedly criticized Senate Republicans …
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Frustrated Republicans taste limits of majority control
Frustrated Republicans taste limits of majority control
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Did Chief Justice John Roberts Save the Affordable Care Act? — The Affordable Care Act, President Obama's signature achievement, will soon face a challenge, in the Supreme Court case known as King v. Burwell, that could conceivably destroy it. In fact, the Act may survive …
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush's war chest far outpacing field of GOP contenders — Jeb Bush's money juggernaut is far eclipsing the efforts of his would-be rivals for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, putting his two political committees on pace to amass an unprecedented sum of tens of millions of dollars by early spring.
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al.com:
Alabama police fire, arrest the officer who badly injured Indian grandfather during sidewalk stop — “Do not jerk away from me again, or I will put you on the ground. Do you understand?” — Madison police officer Eric Parker today turned himself in to face assault charges …
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CBS News:
Bombers make it onto Iraq base used by U.S. troops — Shares - — Eight suicide bombers managed Friday to get onto a sprawling Iraqi military base where hundreds of U.S. Marines are training their Iraqi counterparts, but were killed by an ISF counter attack almost immediately.
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The New / New York Times:
David Carr, Media Equation Columnist for The Times, Is Dead at 58 — David Carr, who wrote about media as it intersects with business, culture and government in his Media Equation column for The New York Times, died at the office on Thursday. He was 58. — For the past 25 years, Mr. Carr wrote about media.
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FITSNews:
SC SENATOR: WOMEN ARE “A LESSER CUT OF MEAT” — “REPUBLICAN” OFFERS SEXIST COMMENTARY ... DIRECTED AT SOUTH CAROLINA'S ONLY FEMALE SENATOR — Corbin's comments - made at a legislative dinner held in downtown Columbia, S.C. - were reportedly directed at S.C. Senator Katrina Shealy …
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: Executive Order Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing — Today, President Obama will sign an Executive Order to encourage and promote sharing of cybersecurity threat information within the private sector and between the private sector and government.
Will Ragland / ThinkProgress:
Congressman Says We Don't Need Education Funding Because ‘Socrates Trained Plato On A Rock’ — Will Ragland is the Campaign Director of Education Policy at the Center for American Progress. — Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) — CREDIT: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta — During a House Education …
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