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Peter Oborne / openDemocracy:
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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John Plunkett / Guardian:
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 …
Robert Allen / Detroit Free Press:
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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Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs, The Daily Caller and The Huffington Post
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Ian Thibodeau / MLive.com:
Police say Muslim man stabbed two others over religious beliefs at a Southfield bus stop
Police say Muslim man stabbed two others over religious beliefs at a Southfield bus stop
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Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
Police: Muslim man stabs two after discussion about religious beliefs
Police: Muslim man stabs two after discussion about religious beliefs
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Mediaite
Washington Post:
Judge's immigration ruling adds to Obama's list of potential legal pitfalls — President Obama's new immigration program was supposed to begin accepting applications Wednesday from thousands of illegal immigrants hoping for relief from the threat of sudden deportation.
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Valley Fever, Associated Press and New York Times
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HDMJCampbell / Hull Daily Mail:
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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BizPac Review and Gawker
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Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
British Krispy Kreme Discovers That ‘KKK Wednesdays’ Promotion Is a Bad Idea
British Krispy Kreme Discovers That ‘KKK Wednesdays’ Promotion Is a Bad Idea
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Hinterland Gazette and FOX News Radio
Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Krispy Kreme store in UK withdraws ‘KKK Wednesdays’ Facebook ad
Krispy Kreme store in UK withdraws ‘KKK Wednesdays’ Facebook ad
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Mashable
Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
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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Outside the Beltway, Guardian, Bloomberg View, The Moderate Voice, PoliticusUSA, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
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CNN:
Poll: Blame for DHS shutdown would fall to GOP
Poll: Blame for DHS shutdown would fall to GOP
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Salon, Daily Kos, Bloomberg View, Scared Monkeys, Real Clear Politics, Hot Air, Mediaite, National Review, National Journal, Politico, New York Magazine, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Booman Tribune, Washington Post, Hullabaloo, Moe Lane, FOX News Radio, Washington Monthly, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Political Wire
Batsheva Sobelman / Los Angeles Times:
Report blasts Israel's Netanyahu for lavish personal spending
New York Times:
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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Emily Greenhouse / Bloomberg Business:
What Warren's Backers Think About Her Meeting With Hillary Clinton
What Warren's Backers Think About Her Meeting With Hillary Clinton
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Taylor Marsh, The Huffington Post, New Yorker, msnbc.com and Weekly Standard
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
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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Power Line, Twitchy, Liberaland and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
State Dept Spokeswoman Marie Harf: We Can't Beat ISIS Just by Killing Them
State Dept Spokeswoman Marie Harf: We Can't Beat ISIS Just by Killing Them
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The Daily Caller, Twitchy and FOX News Radio
BBC:
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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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
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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RedState, BizPac Review and National Review
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Right Wing Scam Machine
The Right Wing Scam Machine
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Liberal Values, Roger Ailes, Roll Call, Raw Story and Vox Popoli
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
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
David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
White House Boasts 11.4 Million Now Enrolled in Obamacare — The president touted new enrollment estimates for his healthcare law. — To hear the White House tell it, 11.4 million Americans can't be wrong. — President Obama trumpeted the success of his signature healthcare law on Tuesday …
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White House.gov Blog and Politico
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
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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BuzzFeed, Hot Air, OnPolitics, FOX News Radio, American Spectator and Weekly Standard
Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
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
Emily Le Coz / The Clarion Ledger:
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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Hinterland Gazette, FreakOutNation and Talking Points Memo
Wall Street Journal:
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
Anomaly / FreakOutNation:
16-Year-Old ROTC Cadet Fatally Shoots Parents, 12-Year-Old Sister After Being Banned From Computer — A 16-year-old ROTC cadet from Kentucky shot and killed his parents and sister, then was killed himself by police after fleeing to Maryland. — Jason Hendrix, armed with four weapons …
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