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Mother Jones:
Bill O'Reilly Has His Own Brian Williams Problem — The Fox News host has said he was in a “war zone” that apparently no American correspondent reached. — After NBC News suspended anchor Brian Williams for erroneously claiming that he was nearly shot down in a helicopter while covering …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bill O'Reilly: Mother Jones report ‘garbage’ — Bill O'Reilly says a new Mother Jones report alleging that the Fox News host made false claims about his Falklands War experience is “a piece of garbage” and that its principal author, David Corn, is “a liar.”
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Mediaite
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Debbie's damage control — Wasserman Schultz's office said she'd switch positions on medical pot if a donor took back his criticism, emails show. — Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz's office offered to change her position on medical marijuana if a major Florida donor recanted …
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Weekly Standard, The Daily Caller, The Huffington Post, Hit & Run, “The Lid” and Washington Times
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Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Giuliani questions Obama's love of US; Democrats cry foul — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on Thursday assailed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for questioning President Barack Obama's love of country, and urged the potential field of Republican presidential candidates to rebuke him for his comments.
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Talking Points Memo and PoliticusUSA
New York Times:
Critics in G.O.P. Say Chris Christie Is in a ‘Bubble’ — He does not return phone calls. He does not ask for support. He arrives late for meetings. And he acts as if he has all the time in the world. — The complaints have piled up for weeks, dismaying many longtime supporters …
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Washington Post, Daily Kos and New York Magazine
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Washington Post:
Chris Christie losing home-state donors as Jeb Bush makes inroads — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is rapidly losing support among some of his most prominent home-state donors and power brokers, who are either hesitant to back him or shifting allegiance to former Florida governor Jeb Bush.
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Politico, Political Wire, New York Times and Fox News
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
After MSNBC Axes Ronan Farrow and Joy Reid's Shows, Is Chris Hayes Next? — As its afternoon shows hosted by Ronan Farrow and Joy Reid are canceled due to poor ratings, MSNBC is reportedly planning to replace Chris Hayes with Rachel Maddow. — It was hardly a surprise Thursday …
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Hot Air, TVbytheNumbers and The Daily Caller
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Mediaite Sources: Joy Reid's MSNBC Show Canceled
Mediaite Sources: Joy Reid's MSNBC Show Canceled
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The Daily Caller, PoliticusUSA and The Huffington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton's Complex Corporate Ties — Family charities collected donations from companies she promoted as secretary of state — Among recent secretaries of state, Hillary Clinton was one of the most aggressive global cheerleaders for American companies, pushing governments to sign deals …
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New York Times, Politico, Washington Post, Ghosts of Tom Joad, Fox News, Common Dreams, Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg Business
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton to Headline United Nations Women's Conference
Hillary Clinton to Headline United Nations Women's Conference
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OnPolitics
Tim Higgins / Bloomberg Business:
Apple Wants to Start Producing Cars as Soon as 2020 — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc., which has been working secretly on a car, is pushing its team to begin production of an electric vehicle as early as 2020, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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9to5Mac, Truth Revolt, VentureBeat, The Week and The Verge
Joe Pinsker / The Atlantic Online:
Why Walmart Raised Its Wages — The CEO of Walmart announced earlier today that all of the company's employees will, starting in April, be paid at least $9 an hour, nearly $2 more than the federal minimum wage. That's still far short of the $15 per hour pushed for by OUR Walmart, a union-like group of Walmart workers.
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Doug McMillon / Walmart Corporate:
In Letter to Associates, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon Announces Higher Pay
In Letter to Associates, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon Announces Higher Pay
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The Week, Gawker, The PJ Tatler, Daily Kos and New York Times
Michael Allen / OpposingViews.com:
North Carolina Woman Calls Police For Help, Gets Killed By Cop (Video) — Betty Sexton was fatally shot by a police officer at her home in Gastonia, North Carolina, on Feb. 17. — Sexton reportedly called the police to remove two unwanted guests from her home (video below).
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FOX News Radio
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 …
Martin Matishak / The Hill:
White House: Israel ‘cherry-picking’ intel that distorts Iran talks — The White House is accusing Israel of “cherry-picking” information that distorts the U.S. position in nuclear talks with Iran. — “There's no question that some of the things that the Israelis have said in characterizing …
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Common Dreams, American Spectator and Washington Post
Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Obama doubles down in extremism debate — President Obama sought Thursday to rally world leaders behind his push to stop extremist groups like the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), while doubling down on terminology that has sparked fierce criticism from conservatives.
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Wall Street Journal and The White House
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Judge To Anti-Gay Florist: Religion Is Not An Excuse To Defy Anti-Discrimination Laws — CREDIT: YouTube/Alliance Defending Freedom — A Washington state judge has ruled that florist Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene's Flowers, broke state law when she refused to provide flowers for the wedding of Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed.
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Daily Signal, LGBTQ Nation, The Gateway Pundit, Advocate and The Daily Caller
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Why a Reporter's ‘Epic Rant’ on Twitter Gets No Argument Here — On Twitter this week, James Risen laid out his plan for the future: … He also wrote: “My son is a reporter. I don't want him to have to live in a country where there is less press freedom than when I started as a journalist.”
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Lawfare, Common Dreams, Firedoglake, TheBlaze.com and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:
The Tea Party's Own World Star Hip-Hop — Two and a half years after the Tea Party News Network launched to give voice to the revolution, it's trolling party stalwarts with stories that 'wouldn't have made the cut at TMZ.' — When the Tea Party News Network went live on the eve …
Laura Borchers / WBNS-TV:
Woman Shoots And Kills Suspected Burglar — A man was shot while reportedly breaking into homes in a west Columbus neighborhood. — It happened Thursday around 5 a.m. on North Guilford Avenue. — Columbus Police at the scene tell 10TV a widow heard someone breaking in, grabbed her gun and shot the intruder.
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Guns Save Lives and The Daily Caller
Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
Limited airborne transmission of Ebola is ‘very likely,’ new study says — A team of prominent researchers suggested Thursday that limited airborne transmission of the Ebola virus is “very likely,” a hypothesis that could reignite the debate that started last fall after one of the scientists offered the same opinion.
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Washington Times
Associated Press:
Obama picks State Department spokeswoman to head White House communications - but her ‘jobs for jihadis’ deputy will NOT be promoted, insider says — White House will move State Dept. spokeswoman Jen Psaki in when its communications director joins Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Power Line
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A Supreme Court decision against Obamacare could cost states billions and billions of dollars — If you want a sense of just how far-reaching the impact of a Supreme Court decision gutting Obamacare subsidies could prove, new data on health care signups released this week provide a fresh way to game out such a ruling's consequences.
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ThinkProgress, Bloomberg Business, Daily Kos and Wall Street Journal
abc13.com:
HPD: MURDERED WOMAN FILED HARASSMENT REPORT 3 HOURS BEFORE DEATH — EMS workers were directed to the clubhouse, where they found the woman's body. She had been shot once. The man was unconscious — Embed — A woman was killed on the job Wednesday at a Medical Center-area apartment complex where she worked.
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Houston Chronicle, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story