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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Rudy Giuliani: President Obama doesn't love America — The former New York mayor makes his remarks at a Scott Walker event. — NEW YORK - Rudy Giuliani went straight for the jugular Wednesday night during a private group dinner here featuring Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker …
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Celeste Katz / NY Daily News:
Rudy Giuliani claims Obama 'doesn't love America' while Wisc. Gov. Scott Walker goes after Mitt Romney — The political figures expressed their disdain while attending a Manhattan dinner party Wednesday. — Obama doesn't love America — and Mitt's not much better.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Rudy Giuliani Reportedly Says Obama Doesn't ‘Love America’
Rudy Giuliani Reportedly Says Obama Doesn't ‘Love America’
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Scott Walker to attend private dinner with supply-siders in New York
Scott Walker to attend private dinner with supply-siders in New York
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Faulted for Avoiding ‘Islamic’ Labels to Describe Terrorism, White House Cites a Strategic Logic — WASHINGTON — President Obama chooses his words with particular care when he addresses the volatile connections between religion and terrorism. He and his aides have avoided labeling acts …
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The White House:
Remarks by the President at the Summit on Countering Violent Extremism | February 19, 2015 — Washington, D.C. — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you, John. Good morning, everyone. I want to thank John Kerry, not only for his introduction, but for the outstanding leadership of American diplomacy.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Defenders of the Faith Apologize for America
Geoff Earle / New York Post:
Obama refuses to acknowledge ‘Muslim terrorists’ at summit
Obama refuses to acknowledge ‘Muslim terrorists’ at summit
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CNN:
Obama proclaims: ‘We are not at war with Islam’
Obama proclaims: ‘We are not at war with Islam’
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The White House:
Remarks by the President in Closing of the Summit on Countering Violent Extremism
Remarks by the President in Closing of the Summit on Countering Violent Extremism
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Jonathan S. Tobin / New York Post:
Obama dances around reality as ISIS plays the tune
Obama dances around reality as ISIS plays the tune
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Oliver Sacks / New York Times:
Oliver Sacks on Learning He Has Terminal Cancer — A MONTH ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health. At 81, I still swim a mile a day. But my luck has run out — a few weeks ago I learned that I have multiple metastases in the liver. Nine years ago it was discovered …
Amy Lange / Fox 2 News in Detroit:
Doctor refuses treatment of same-sex couple's baby — Bay Windsor Contreras is 4 months old and she's the apple of her mothers' eye. — Both of her mothers, Krista and Jami Contreras were married in Vermont in 2012. — In October 2014 they welcomed a beautiful baby bay into the world …
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Tresa Baldas / USA Today:
Pediatrician won't treat baby with 2 moms
Pediatrician won't treat baby with 2 moms
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Jeb's Foreign-Policy Problem — On Wednesday at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Jeb Bush declared that “I'm my own man and my views are shaped by my own thinking and my own experiences.” But the speech itself undermined his claim. In two very different ways, Jeb's speech made it unmistakably clear: He's a Bush.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Jeb: ‘There were mistakes’ in Iraq
Jeb: ‘There were mistakes’ in Iraq
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CBS News:
Do Americans want to send ground troops to fight ISIS? — Shares - — Amid more executions by the militant group ISIS, Americans increasingly see the group as a threat to the U.S. Now, 65 percent of Americans view ISIS as a major threat - up from 58 percent in October - while another 18 percent view it as a minor threat.
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Tim Jones / Bloomberg Business:
Wisconsin to Skip Debt Payments to Make Up for Walker's Tax Cuts — (Bloomberg) — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, facing a $283 million deficit that needs to be closed by the end of June, will skip more than $100 million in debt payments to balance the books thrown into disarray by his tax cuts.
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USA Today:
Electric car benefits? Just myths … It is time to stop our green worship of the electric car. It costs us a fortune, cuts little CO2 and surprisingly kills almost twice the number of people compared with regular gasoline cars. — Electric cars' global-warming benefits are small.
David McCabe / The Hill:
Biden headed to New Hampshire — Vice President Biden will travel to New Hampshire Wednesday — his third trip to a state with an early 2016 presidential nominating contest this month. — He will speak about the administration's economic policies and participate in a roundtable discussion at a community college.
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Julie Bykowicz / Bloomberg Business:
Adelson Presidential Endorsement ‘A Year Away,’ Aide Says — Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson won't get involved in the presidential primary contest until “well into 2016,” his top political adviser said in an interview Thursday. — “Any support of a presidential candidate is at least a year away …
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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Obama picks State's Psaki to head White House communications — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki will become President Barack Obama's new communications director, filling a key slot as Obama embarks on the final two years of his presidency, White House officials said Thursday.
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New York Times:
When One Penalty Is Enough — Millions of Americans may be in for a shock when they file tax returns and learn that they have to pay a fine for failing to enroll in health insurance in 2014 and an even bigger fine for failing to enroll in 2015 before the enrollment period ended on Feb. 15.
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Chicago Tribune:
The Internet isn't broken. Obama doesn't need to ‘fix’ it. — If you like your wireless plan, you should be able to keep it. But new federal regulations may take away your freedom to choose the best broadband plan for you. It's all part of the federal government's 332-page plan to regulate …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Unlikely Cause Unites the Left and the Right: Justice Reform — WASHINGTON — Usually bitter adversaries, Koch Industries and the Center for American Progress have found at least one thing they can agree on: The nation's criminal justice system is broken. — Koch Industries …
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Nancy A. Youssef / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Won't Back Egypt's Attacks on ISIS — Two long-time allies are attacking ISIS—and growing frustrated with one another. That's good news for the so-called Islamic State. — The Obama administration was given multiple chances Wednesday to endorse a long-time ally's airstrikes …
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Isaac Latterell:
Planned Parenthood beheading children and lying about it — Most states including South Dakota allow for the death penalty for murderers. There are certain revolting methods of execution, such as beheading, that no state would ever permit, even against murderers who use this method on their victims.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
South Dakota Lawmaker: ‘Planned Parenthood Worse Than ISIS’
South Dakota Lawmaker: ‘Planned Parenthood Worse Than ISIS’
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