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Ted Cruz Wants You To Believe He's Legally Required To Sign Up For Obamacare. He's Not. — Newly-minted presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) admitted that he would grudgingly sign up for health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday, just one day after announcing …
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Washington Post, NPR, Daily Kos, IVN.us, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and ACASignups.net
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Of Course Ted Cruz Could Win — Columnists and their headline writers have a habit of offering hostages to Fate — e.g., “Let's not even pretend Ted Cruz has a chance of becoming president,” “Let's be serious about Ted Cruz from the start: He's too extreme and too disliked to win,” …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Times, Bloomberg View, Moe Lane, Hot Air, Raw Story, US News, The Week, The New Republic and Talking Points Memo
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Ted Cruz Compares Himself to Galileo, Calls Those Who Believe In Climate Change ‘Flat-Earthers’
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Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Washington Post, FOX News Radio, Liberaland, Raw Story, Bloomberg Business and Climate Denial Crock …
The Huffington Post:
Ted Cruz: ‘Global Warming Alarmists Are The Equivalent Of The Flat-Earthers’
Ted Cruz: ‘Global Warming Alarmists Are The Equivalent Of The Flat-Earthers’
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Little Green Footballs, Washington Post, Bloomberg Business, Talking Points Memo and Progress Pond
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
New Yorker scrubs ‘uppity’ description of Ted Cruz
New Yorker scrubs ‘uppity’ description of Ted Cruz
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The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Twitchy and Guardian
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Bowe Bergdahl, once missing U.S. soldier, charged with desertion — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who was recovered in Afghanistan last spring after five years in captivity, faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, according to his lawyer.
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Bergdahl Describes Harsh Treatment During Captivity
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The Hill and Associated Press
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Bowe Bergdahl Charged With Desertion and Misbehavior Before the Enemy
Bowe Bergdahl Charged With Desertion and Misbehavior Before the Enemy
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The Daily Caller
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
Official: At least 3 members of ‘Taliban 5’ tried to reconnect with terror networks
Official: At least 3 members of ‘Taliban 5’ tried to reconnect with terror networks
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ABC News, The PJ Tatler, The Daily Caller and American Spectator
By Jeff Simon / CNN:
Military charges Bergdahl with desertion
Military charges Bergdahl with desertion
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Fox News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Addicting Info and FOX News Radio
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Opinion analysis: A small victory for minority voters, or a case with “profound” constitutional implications? — It is easy to read the Supreme Court's five-to-four decision in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama and Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama as a mostly inconsequential case giving …
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New York Times, Washington Monthly and IVN.us
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Supreme Court rules against Alabama redistricting plan — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with black challengers who said Alabama's redistricting plan improperly relied on race to draw legislative districts. — The court voted 5 to 4 to send the plan back for further judicial review.
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USA Today, Addicting Info and Booman Tribune
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Congresswoman Demonstrates ‘Worst Parking Job Ever’ (Video) — Updated 5:02 p.m. | Abandon all hope, ye who happen to park anywhere near geometrically challenged-motorist Eleanor Holmes Norton. — A HOH tipster watched in horror Wednesday as the D.C. delegate, 77, awkwardly forced …
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Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Business Insider and The Daily Banter
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Tucker Carlson's Brother: De Blasio Spokesperson A “Self-Righteous Bitch” — Accidental reply-all: Buckley Carlson says mayor's spokesperson has “extreme dick-fright” in email she received. — Brendan Hoffman / Getty — WASHINGTON — Daily Caller founder Tucker Carlson's brother Buckley Carlson referred …
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Germanwings Pilot Was Locked Out of Cockpit Before Crash in France — PARIS — As officials struggled Wednesday to explain why a jet with 150 people on board crashed in relatively clear skies, an investigator said evidence from a cockpit voice recorder indicated one pilot left the cockpit …
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ABC News, CNN, Mediaite, The Jawa Report, FOX31 Denver, Guardian, Fox News Insider, The Week, Mashable, Viking Pundit, PUNDIT PRESS and Telegraph
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Disciples of Christ threatens to cancel convention due to religious freedom bill — The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has sent a letter to Gov. Mike Pence threatening to cancel its 2017 convention in Indianapolis if he signs controversial legislation that could allow business owners to refuse services to same-sex couples.
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LGBTQ Nation, Balloon Juice, Fox 59 and Joe. My. God.
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California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris:
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Issues Statement on Proposed Ballot Initiative — Contact: (415) 703-5837, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov — LOS ANGELES - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today issued the following statement on her decision to file an action for declaratory relief seeking …
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Advocate, Los Angeles Times, Mashable, Human Rights Campaign Blog, Election Law Blog and NPR
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Local 4 Defenders: Violent traffic stop in Inkster caught on camera … INKSTER, Mich. - — Video obtained exclusively by the Local 4 Defenders shows an African-American motorist being beaten by white police officers from the city of Inkster. — The primary officer involved says he was protecting himself.
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ThinkProgress, Detroit Free Press, Fox 59 and Balloon Juice
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Clinton hit with racketeering lawsuit over emails — The conservative group Freedom Watch has filed a racketeering lawsuit against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that accuses her of failing to produce documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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Mediaite, Associated Press, Liberal Values, The Daily Caller and Moe Lane
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'You can't govern the country based on being angry' — Lindsey Graham's unorthodox 2016 strategy: Telling Republicans what they don't want to hear. — Ted Cruz vows to repeal “every word” of Obamacare and Common Core if he becomes president. He would “abolish” the IRS …
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‘60 Minutes’ under fire for Africa coverage — Journalist and author Howard W. French and more than 150 other writers and professors sent a letter to 60 Minutes Executive Producer Jeff Fager on Wednesday faulting the CBS News program for its “frequent and recurring misrepresentation of the African continent.”
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Mediaite
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Researchers Predict ‘Imminent Collapse’ Of Universe After Period Of Rapid Expansion — Davis, Calif. (CBS SACRAMENTO) - Physicists predict the universe is primed for a “cosmological collapse” that will cause the universe to stop expanding at its current rate and ultimately collapse in on itself to wipe away all known matter.
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Daily Kos, CBS San Francisco, FOX News Radio and The Strata-Sphere
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Hillary's nerd squad — Clinton's tech team signals a significant departure from her analog approach in 2008. — Hillary Clinton is assembling a technology team that signals a significant departure from her 2008 presidential run, led by Obama veterans and geared toward recasting her analog-era image.
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The PJ Tatler
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In 2016 campaign, the lament of the not quite rich enough — At this point in the 2012 presidential race, Terry Neese was in hot demand. — “Gosh, I was hearing from everyone and meeting with everyone,” said Neese, an Oklahoma City entrepreneur and former “Ranger” for President George W. Bush …
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Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, ABC News, Washington Monthly and New York Magazine
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Christie PAC hires firm for likely 2016 bid — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's political action committee on Wednesday hired a digital firm in the latest sign of the Republican's likely presidential run. — The Wall Street Journal reported that Leadership Matters for America hired Upstream Communications Wednesday afternoon.
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Wall Street Journal and The Reaction
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Unhappy With a Moderate Jeb Bush, Conservatives Aim to Unite Behind an Alternative — OSKALOOSA, Iowa — Fearing that Republicans will ultimately nominate an establishment presidential candidate like Jeb Bush, leaders of the nation's Christian right have mounted an ambitious effort to coalesce …
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Washington Monthly, New York Times and Hullabaloo
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Cornell dean says ISIS welcome on campus in undercover video — This guy is either the dumbest Ivy League bigwig ever or politically correct to a fault — for welcoming offers to bring ISIS and Hamas to Cornell University. — A video sting operation shows Cornell's assistant dean for students …
CBO's Publications:
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 — Cost Estimate and Supplemental Analyses for H.R. 2, as posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on March 24, 2015. — Over the 2015-2025 period, CBO estimates, enacting H.R. 2 would increase both direct spending …
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Washington Post, CRFB.org, Hit & Run, Daily Signal and Energy & Commerce Committee
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U.S. Begins Striking ISIS in Iraq, Trying to Reclaim Tikrit — BAGHDAD — American warplanes began airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Tikrit late Wednesday, finally joining a stalled offensive to retake the Iraqi city as American officials sought to seize the initiative from Iran …
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The Week