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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
The Hillary Camp's Rationale for Staying Quiet — Hillary Clinton won't be presiding over a soul-searching press conference or sitting down for a come-clean interview about her use of a private email address any time soon — at least if everything goes according to her team's plan.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
‘Who knows? She could implode totally’ — Clinton email scandal alarms Democrats. — Three days into the rolling controversy over Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email address as Secretary of State, Democrats are showing signs of stress. — In interviews with more than three dozen …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
GOP giddy over Hillary's problems
GOP giddy over Hillary's problems
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James Hohmann / Politico:
The POLITICO Caucus: Dems fret over toll of Clinton email stories
The POLITICO Caucus: Dems fret over toll of Clinton email stories
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Washington Monthly and Bloomberg Business
Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
Just got this document from FNC's Catherine Herridge about Secretary Clinton and personal emails
Just got this document from FNC's Catherine Herridge about Secretary Clinton and personal emails
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems vow to protect Boehner from conservative coup — Tea Party Republicans contemplating a bid to oust Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) shouldn't count on Democrats to help them unseat the Speaker. — And without their support, there is no chance to topple Boehner in this Congress.
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Politico:
GOP leaders to skip Selma event — 'They've lost an opportunity to show the American people that they care,' one black lawmaker says. — Getty — Scores of U.S. lawmakers are converging on tiny Selma, Alabama, for a large commemoration of a civil rights anniversary.
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Politico:
Rebels with a cause — A new group of far-right House Republicans tries to show they're not just a band of demagogues. — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is a member of the right-leaning Freedom Caucus. Getty — Sitting in a room on the fourth floor of the Cannon building …
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
As Supreme Court Weighs Health Law, G.O.P. Plans to Replace It — WASHINGTON — The legal campaign to destroy President Obama's health care law may be nearing its conclusion, but as the Supreme Court deliberates over the law's fate, the search for a replacement by Republican lawmakers is finally gaining momentum.
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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
More Than 300 Republicans Call on Supreme Court to Recognize Gay Marriage Nationally — Signers include former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Sens. Susan Collins and Mark Kirk and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker — More than 300 veteran Republican lawmakers, operatives and consultants …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Conservative Justices: If we gut Obamacare, Republicans will fix it! (No, they won't.)
Conservative Justices: If we gut Obamacare, Republicans will fix it! (No, they won't.)
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BillMoyers.com, Daily Kos and Health Affairs Blog
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Obama: Ferguson ‘not an isolated incident’ — The work of the civil rights movement remains unfinished, President Obama said ahead of his trip to Alabama to mark the 50th anniversary of the march from Selma to Montgomery. — “I think that the generation that has followed the civil rights generation …
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The Gangsters of Ferguson — Yesterday the Justice Department released …
The Gangsters of Ferguson — Yesterday the Justice Department released …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
What Obama's trip to Selma means
What Obama's trip to Selma means
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Hinterland Gazette and Bloomberg Business
Oliver Roeder / FiveThirtyEight:
Obamacare's Chances Of Survival Are Looking Better And Better — Solicitor General Donald Verrilli won Wednesday's oral arguments in King v. Burwell, the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act. Or at least that's what the wisdom of the crowd is telling us.
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Abbe R. Gluck / Politico:
How States' Rights Shapes King v. Burwell
How States' Rights Shapes King v. Burwell
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The Incidental Economist, Washington Post and Dorf on Law
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
In U.C.L.A. Debate Over Jewish Student, Echoes on Campus of Old Biases — LOS ANGELES — It seemed like routine business for the student council at the University of California, Los Angeles: confirming the nomination of Rachel Beyda, a second-year economics major who wants to be a lawyer someday, to the council's Judicial Board.
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Wall Street Journal:
How America Was Misled on al Qaeda's Demise — The White House portrait of a crumbling terror group is contradicted by documents seized in the bin Laden raid. — By — In the early-morning hours of May 2, 2011, a small team of American military and intelligence professionals landed inside …
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Power Line and Weekly Standard
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Rep. Don Young: Wolves would solve homelessness — Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young, famous for his salty tongue and brusque demeanor, suggested Thursday that if he let loose wolves in some congressional districts, they “wouldn't have a homeless problem anymore.”
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Netanyahu's Churchillian warning — Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress was notable in two respects. Queen Esther got her first standing O in 2,500 years. And President Obama came up empty in his campaign to preemptively undermine Netanyahu before the Israeli prime minister could present his case on the Iran negotiations.
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Philip Stephens / Financial Times:
The answer for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu is war against Iran
CNN:
Jeb Bush aides used private domain for public business — Photos: Political families 28 photos — Photos: Political families - Debbie Dingell announced Friday, February 28, that she would run for the seat held for 58 years by her husband, Rep. John Dingell, D-Michigan, who announced earlier that he was retiring.
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TMZ.com:
Harrison Ford — Plane Crashes ... Actor Seriously Injured (VIDEO UPDATE: Paramedics Treat Harrison) — PLANE CRASHES — [Video Update: Paramedics Treat Harrison] — 6:20 PM PT — A rep for Ford says, “Harrison was flying a WW2 vintage plane today which stalled upon takeoff.”
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Michael Brown / Townhall.com:
When Two Boys Kissed on Primetime TV — It has been called “The History-Making Gay Kiss,” as “The Fosters” TV show, which airs during prime time on the ABC Family network, featured the “Youngest Same-Sex TV Kiss Ever.” Yes, on a so-called “family friendly” network, two 13-year-old boys locked lips …
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Fred Klonsky:
Rahm screams at mental health activists, “YOU'RE GONNA RESPECT ME!” — Photo montage of Rahm at Wicker Park incident: Kenzo Shibata. — By Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle as posted on the Mental Health Movement's Facebook page. — Mental Health Movement members Debbie Delgado and Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle …
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Justin Glawe / The Daily Beast:
Rahm Snaps at Mental-Health Advocates: 'You're Gonna Respect Me!'
Rahm Snaps at Mental-Health Advocates: 'You're Gonna Respect Me!'
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Washington Post:
Clinton e-mail review could find security issues — Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify the State Department's explanation of the review's initial purpose. — A State Department review of Hillary Rodham Clinton's e-mails from her time leading the agency could reveal whether …
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Mark DrajemIndira Lakshmanan / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Wants You to See Her E-Mails, Except Those She Didn't Hand Over
Clinton Wants You to See Her E-Mails, Except Those She Didn't Hand Over
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