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CNN/ORC poll: Majority of Americans oppose Netanyahu invite — Should Netanyahu cancel his speech to Congress? — Washington (CNN)A large majority of Americans believe that Republican congressional leaders should not have invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak …
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Poll: Blame for DHS shutdown would fall to GOP — Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Director of Polling — Boehner tells the Senate to pass DHS funding 00:27 — Washington (CNN)Republicans in Congress would shoulder the blame for a shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security if they are unable …
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Judge's immigration ruling adds to Obama's list of potential legal pitfalls
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White House Boasts 11.4 Million Now Enrolled in Obamacare
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Democrats won't back down in shutdown fight with GOP, aides say
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Why I have resigned from the Telegraph — The coverage of HSBC in Britain's Daily Telegraph is a fraud on its readers. If major newspapers allow corporations to influence their content for fear of losing advertising revenue, democracy itself is in peril. — Five years ago I was invited …
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Peter Oborne resigns, saying Telegraph's HSBC coverage a ‘fraud on readers’ — Ex-chief political commentator launches blistering attack on paper, saying it put bank's interests before readers to save ad contract — Peter Oborne, the Daily Telegraph's chief political commentator …


Religious hate suspected in Southfield bus stop stabbings — A man asked two people whether they were Muslims before stabbing them at a Southfield bus stop on Saturday, the victims told police. — A 52-year-old Detroit man was stabbed five times; once in the face, once in the neck …
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Police: Muslim man stabs two after discussion about religious beliefs
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Police say Muslim man stabbed two others over religious beliefs at a Southfield bus stop
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Krispy Kreme Hull drops ‘KKK Wednesdays’ name over Ku Klux Klan blunder — KKK Wednesday was advertised at Krispy Kreme in Hull. — Krispy Kreme branch st St Stephen's shopping centre in Hull — UPDATED: Doughnuts chain Krispy Kreme has apologised after causing a stir on social media by branding its new kids' club “KKK”.
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British Krispy Kreme Discovers That ‘KKK Wednesdays’ Promotion Is a Bad Idea
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Krispy Kreme store in UK withdraws ‘KKK Wednesdays’ Facebook ad
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Marie Harf to Critics: Maybe My Comments Were ‘Too Nuanced’ for You — “We cannot kill our way out of this war,” State Department spokesperson Marie Harf told MSNBC's Chris Matthews “We need in the medium to longer term to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups, whether it's a lack of opportunity for jobs.”
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State Dept Spokeswoman Marie Harf: We Can't Beat ISIS Just by Killing Them
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Hillary Clinton, Privately, Seeks the Favor of Elizabeth Warren — Hillary Rodham Clinton held a private meeting with Senator Elizabeth Warren in December, seeking to cultivate the increasingly influential senator and to grapple with issues raised by a restive Democratic left, such as income inequality.
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What Warren's Backers Think About Her Meeting With Hillary Clinton
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Islamic State militants ‘burn to death 45 in Iraq’ — Jihadist militants from Islamic State (IS) have burned to death 45 people in the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, the local police chief says. — Exactly who these people were and why they were killed is not clear …
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How rich conservatives bilk the rank and file into making them richer — In the last few years, political organizations of various kinds have proliferated, as all kinds of people seek to take advantage of the post-Citizens United world in which money can flow in so many directions.
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The Right Wing Scam Machine — I've been saying for a while now that too many scammers and opportunists have been taking advantage of the tea party and conservative grassroots. I said so again a couple weeks ago when guest hosting on Bill Bennett's radio show and I got a lot of grief for it.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz considering 2016 Senate bid — Democratic insiders say the Florida rep. and DNC chair would seek Marco Rubio's seat. — Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic National Committee chair, is strongly considering a bid for U.S. Senate …
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Italy Fears ISIS Invasion From Libya — As ISIS makes inroads into Libya, officials in Rome are panicking about an Islamic State just across the sea—but have no idea how to combat the crisis. — ROME — Last weekend in Italy, as the threat of ISIS in Libya hit home with a new video addressed to …
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Power Line, The Daily Caller, National Review and Wall Street Journal


Oklahoma Lawmakers Vote Overwhelmingly To Ban Advanced Placement U.S. History — Students protest proposed changes to U.S. history curriculum in Colorado — An Oklahoma legislative committee overwhelmingly voted to ban Advanced Placement U.S. History class, persuaded by the argument …
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Municipal ID law has ‘delete in case of Tea Party’ clause — The city's new ID program allows for personal data to be destroyed at the end of 2016 in case a conservative Republican is elected president, the law's co-sponsor told The Post. — Get the shredders ready — the Tea Party could be coming.
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Hot Air and New York Magazine


Rep. Alday publicly apologizes for race-tinged remarks — (Video by C. Todd Sherman / The Clarion-Ledger) — State Rep. Gene Alday, R-Walls, publicly apologized Tuesday for controversial statements he made in a Clarion-Ledger article that had sparked outrage among legislators.
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Rand Paul Is Looking to April to Announce Plan to Run for President, Associates Say — WASHINGTON — Senator Rand Paul is eyeing April 7 as the day he will announce his plans to run for president, people close to him said, a step that would position him ahead of his potential Republican rivals …
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Politico, Bloomberg Business and New York Magazine


U.S. to Give Some Syria Rebels Ability to Call Airstrikes — After training, moderate rebels to get pickups with gear to call for American B-1B bombers — WASHINGTON—The U.S. has decided to provide pickup trucks equipped with machine guns and radios for calling in U.S. airstrikes …
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National Review and Telegraph