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Tim Swarens / The Indianapolis Star, Indystar:
Gov. Mike Pence to push for clarification of ‘religious freedom’ law — Gov. Mike Pence, scorched by a fast-spreading political firestorm, told The Star on Saturday that he will support the introduction of legislation to “clarify” that Indiana's controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act does …
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Jeff Swiatek / Indianapolis Star:
Angie's List canceling Eastside expansion over RFRA
Angie's List canceling Eastside expansion over RFRA
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LGBTQ Nation, FOX News Radio, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
Doug Sosnik / Politico:
America's Hinge Moment — Presidential politics in 2016 will reflect the shifting reality of America. — Lead image by AP Photo. … - Michelle Obama, race and the Ivy League — The talk show primary — The country is going through the most significant period of change since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Ready for 45? — MIAMI — JAMES BAKER can take credit for two presidencies and one vice presidency in the Bush family. — So it's a tad ungracious for a Bush to take Baker to task. — At first Jeb Bush tried to distance himself from Baker distantly. He had his spokeswoman …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
RNC on Clinton: 'Even Nixon didn't destroy the tapes' — Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus blasted Hillary Clinton on Saturday for wiping her server and permanently deleting all emails. — “Even Nixon didn't destroy the tapes,” Priebus said in a statement.
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Political Wire, Liberal Values and New York Times
Ben Brumfield / CNN:
Question about Michael Brown leads to beating on St. Louis light rail train — Story highlights — (CNN)When one man sat down next to a second man in a St. Louis light rail car and asked him his opinion on the shooting of Michael Brown, it was not the beginning of a discussion.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Iranian Defector: 'U.S. Negotiating Team Mainly There to Speak on Iran's Behalf' — An Iranian journalist writing about the nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran has defected. In an interview Amir Hossein Motaghi, has some harsh words for his native Iran.
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Clayton Cramer, American Spectator and Pat Dollard
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Telegraph:
Pro-Hassan Rouhani Iranian editor defects while covering nuclear talks in Lausanne — Amir Hossein Motaghi says he no longer sees any “sense” in his profession as he could only write as he was told — A close media aide to Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian president, has sought political asylum …
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Power Line, Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs, Mediaite and Israel Matzav
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
What Really Happened to Harry Reid? Part 2 — Scott wrote here about Harry Reid's announcement that he will not run for re-election, a decision which, Reid was quick to say, was not the result of his “elastic exercise band” accident. In January, I wrote OK, So What Really Happened to Harry Reid?
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The Other McCain
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Google controls what we buy, the news we read — and Obama's policies — It's 2020. The New England Patriots, winners of six straight Super Bowls, are having yet another routine meeting with the Commissioner's Office. — Deputy NFL Commissioner Tom Brady and his chief of staff …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Jim Gilmore: I have experience other 2016 GOP hopefuls lack — Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore (R) said Sunday his party's likely candidates for the next presidential election look lost on two key issues — foreign policy and the economy. — Gilmore, himself a 2016 White House hopeful …
New York Times:
To Avert Repeat of 2008, Clinton Team Hopes to Keep Bill at His Best — Bill Clinton's hearing has faded. With his head of white hair and frail frame, he looks older than his 68 years — “truly grandfatherly,” as one friend said. He often jokes about what would happen if he was to “drop dead.”
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Ynetnews:
Yemen is just part of Iran's Mideast master plan — Analysis: Israel has spent five years warning that Iran seeks Shiite domination of the Muslim world, and the Gulf States know by now not to rely on the Obama administration. — Operation Storm of Resolve, designed to rescue Yemen President …
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Washington Post and American Spectator
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Politico:
The talk show primary — Ted Cruz may be trailing in the polls, but he's winning big among conservative radio hosts. — Glenn Beck wants listeners to pray for him. Mark Levin says Fox News is out to get him. Hugh Hewitt calls him an “intellectual leader.” Rush Limbaugh thinks his campaign launch was “masterful.”
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Salon
Daily Mail:
'I'm planning a heinous act that will be remembered forever': Killer pilot's ex-lover says he shared chilling prophecy before Alps crash and woke up from nightmares shouting 'We're going down' — Andreas Lubitz told former girlfriend he was planning an act so horrifying his name would be remembered forever
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Agence France-Presse, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Liberaland
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