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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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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Scott Walker Declines To Say Whether He Thinks Obama ‘Loves America’ (VIDEO) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said on Thursday he won't comment on whether President Barack Obama “loves America,” but he'll certainly tell you that he loves America. — CNBC's Becky Quick asked 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
Rudy Giuliani claims Obama 'doesn't love America' while Wisc. Gov. Scott Walker goes after Mitt Romney
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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Bruce Rauner is Scott Walker on steroids. But is that bad?
Bruce Rauner is Scott Walker on steroids. But is that bad?
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Susan Jones / CNSNews:
Obama: ‘Islam Has Been Woven Into the Fabric of Our Country Since Its Founding’ — (CNSNews.com) - We hear a lot about the United States' Judeo-Christian heritage, but according to President Obama, “Islam has been woven into the fabric of our country since its founding.”
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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 / Detroit Free Press:
Pediatrician wouldn't care for baby with 2 moms — Sitting in the pediatrician's office with their 6-day-old daughter, the two moms couldn't wait to meet the doctor they had picked out months before. — The Roseville pediatrician — one of many they had interviewed — seemed the perfect fit …
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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 …
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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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Nancy A. Youssef / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Won't Back Egypt's Attacks on ISIS
U.S. Won't Back Egypt's Attacks on ISIS
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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
A Stupid and Sleazy Clinton Decision — If Hillary Clinton wants to be president, the Clinton Foundation should stop accepting money from foreign countries. — This is sleazy and stupid. Just as Hillary Clinton is getting ready to run for president again, her family's charitable foundation …
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Emily Schultheis / National Journal:
When a Clinton ‘Ally’ Isn't an Ally at All
When a Clinton ‘Ally’ Isn't an Ally at All
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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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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Dems gloat over ObamaCare numbers — Democrats are touting the latest ObamaCare enrollment numbers as proof that the law is working. — The administration announced on Tuesday that 11.4 million people had signed up ahead of Sunday's deadline, a figure that puts the administration on track to beat its goal of 9.1 million enrollees.
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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.
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Tucker Carlson Blames ‘Hungover’ Editor For ‘Kill All The Jews’ Headline — Tucker Carlson, the editor-in-chief of the conservative news site The Daily Caller, told TPM on Thursday that a “hungover” editor was to blame for a headline on the site's “Guns and Gear” section that included the phrase “Kill All The Jews.”
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Jeremy Scahill / The Intercept:
How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle — AMERICAN AND BRITISH spies hacked into the internal computer network of the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world, stealing encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications across the globe …
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Host: 'There Really Shouldn't Be Public Schools' Anymore — Fox host Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery suggested getting rid of the nation's public schools during a discussion on Thursday's “Outnumbered.” — Kennedy's comments came during a segment about an Oklahoma bill, approved by a House committee …
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Gun groups launch new push for concealed-carry legislation — Gun rights groups are gearing up for a major push to move concealed-carry legislation through the new Republican Congress. — The National Rifle Association (NRA) and other Second Amendment advocates are throwing their weight behind …
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Former ‘SNL’ Actress Victoria Jackson on Political Bias at Anniversary Show: “Is Lorne Ashamed of Me?” — Victoria Jackson, a six-year veteran of Saturday Night Live, is publicly wondering if her opposition to gay marriage prompted Lorne Michaels to treat her differently than the other cast members …
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Rachel Frenklak / Daily Bruin:
Submission: USAC members should apologize for discriminatory act — Last week, I attended a council meeting to support my roommate, sorority sister and best friend, Rachel Beyda, as she went through the last step of being confirmed by the council as an appointed justice to the Judicial Board …
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Michelle Fay CortezAlexander Wayne / Bloomberg Business:
Obamacare Is Barely Denting Corporate Profits — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — The biggest entitlement legislation in a generation is causing barely a ripple in corporate America. — The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — otherwise known as Obamacare …
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DNAinfo New York:
Eric Garner's Family Has Yet to Receive Thousands of Dollars Raised Online — STATEN ISLAND — Online fundraisers are pulling in big bucks in the name of Eric Garner, but family members say they haven't seen any of the cash. — At least 19 crowd-funding projects that claim to raise money …
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Mediaite Sources: Joy Reid's MSNBC Show Canceled — According to two internal sources, MSNBC has canceled The Reid Report. The daytime show, airing weekdays at 2 p.m. ET and hosted by Joy Reid, has long been rumored to be on the chopping block. — Our sources at the network say Reid …
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Haroon Siddique / Guardian:
RAF scrambles jets after Russian bombers spotted near Cornwall coast — David Cameron says Moscow ‘trying to make a point’, while Kremlin hits back at defence secretary's warning over threat to Baltic states — Anglo-Russian relations have taken another battering after the RAF escorted …
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