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Emily Greenhouse / Bloomberg Business:
RETRACTED: Nancy Reagan Gives Her Endorsement to ... Hillary Clinton? — Nancy Reagan is the subject of the second part of an upcoming History Channel series called “First Ladies In Their Own Words.” Ron Reagan, the former first lady's son, is the host of the show, created in conjunction …
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Why Hillary Clinton's Campaign Frightens Democrats — Hillary Clinton, who reportedly will announce her candidacy this weekend, is such a prohibitive favorite to win the Democratic presidential nomination that she more or less cleared the field simply by behaving like someone who was going to run.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Bill Maher: Hillary Clinton Has My Vote But She's Not Getting A Million-Dollar Check — The HBO host talked to BuzzFeed News about a Democratic presidency he's not excited about, a Republican field he says is too weak to win a general election, and the “teenage girls” who attacked him this week.
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Bloomberg Politics Poll: Democrats and Independents Don't Want a Hillary Coronation
Bloomberg Politics Poll: Democrats and Independents Don't Want a Hillary Coronation
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Moe Lane
Washington Post:
How Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign machine will kick into gear
How Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign machine will kick into gear
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
How Do You Hire an Understudy for a Presidential Campaign?
How Do You Hire an Understudy for a Presidential Campaign?
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Democratic Strategist
Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton, First Lady, on Gay Marriage: A Case Study In Opacity
Hillary Clinton, First Lady, on Gay Marriage: A Case Study In Opacity
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Politico and The Atlantic Online
Lauren Gambino / Guardian:
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton to launch presidential campaign on Sunday en route to Iowa - source
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton to launch presidential campaign on Sunday en route to Iowa - source
David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:
Hillary to Launch Campaign This Weekend With ‘Insane’ Fundraising Push
Hillary to Launch Campaign This Weekend With ‘Insane’ Fundraising Push
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The Reaction
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Video Shows Rand Paul Walking Out Of Interview With Newspaper — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) had yet another contentious interaction with the media on Friday when he reportedly walked out of an interview with The Guardian. — Staffers of The Guardian newspaper tweeted that Paul refused to answer …
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Rand Paul / Guardian:
Rand Paul walks out on Guardian interview and lights go off - video
Rand Paul walks out on Guardian interview and lights go off - video
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David Frum / The Atlantic Online:
Rand Paul, Media Darling
Rand Paul, Media Darling
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Alan Keyes / WND:
IS IRAN DEAL PART OF OBAMA-3RD-TERM SCHEME? — Exclusive: Alan Keyes looks at impact of BHO's ‘rapprochement with deadly evil’ — Once a high-level Reagan-era diplomat, Alan Keyes is a long-time leader in the conservative movement. He is well-known as a staunch pro-life champion …
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Alan Keyes: Obama Wants Nuclear War To Obtain A Third Term — In a WorldNetDaily column titled “Is Iran Deal Part Of Obama-3rd-Term Scheme?,” conservative activist Alan Keyes writes today that President Obama has made a secret deal with Iran that allows the country to “unleash nuclear destruction” …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Bachmann: Obama's foreign policy ‘virtually guarantees’ World War III
Bachmann: Obama's foreign policy ‘virtually guarantees’ World War III
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Hillary Clinton / The Huffington Post:
A New Chapter — “Epilogue” from the paperback edition of HARD CHOICES by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Copyright © 2014 by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. — “Where did Hillary go?” the President asked, looking around.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Wayne LaPierre: Hillary ‘Will Bring a Permanent Darkness of Deceit and Despair’
Wayne LaPierre: Hillary ‘Will Bring a Permanent Darkness of Deceit and Despair’
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
GOP: Stop Hillary
GOP: Stop Hillary
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
New York Times Kicks off NRA Convention Coverage with Massive Lie — The NRA Convention starts today, in Nashville, Tennessee. And so, rather predictably, the New York Times has started its day by lying about it. Per the Times's editorial board: … This is completely and utterly wrong.
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New York Times:
No Firing Pins, Please, as the N.R.A. Gathers
No Firing Pins, Please, as the N.R.A. Gathers
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Tennessean.com and Wall Street Journal
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
The New York Times Is Blatantly Lying About Guns At The NRA Annual Convention
The New York Times Is Blatantly Lying About Guns At The NRA Annual Convention
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Salon, WKRN-TV, The PJ Tatler and NPR
Selim Algar / New York Post:
Boss in text: You're fired because you refused sex — Geralyn Ganci (left) and Raymond Townsend (right). — He's not only an incredible cad — he's incredibly stupid, too. — A married Long Island limo-company manager told a female dispatcher he was firing her because she rejected …
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BuzzFeed:
Dove Has Women Walk Through Doors Labeled “Beautiful” Or “Average” In Latest Campaign — Once again, soap is acting condescending. This post has been updated. — This post was inappropriately deleted amid an ongoing conversation about how and when to publish personal opinion pieces on BuzzFeed.
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
BuzzFeed Deletes Post Critical of Dove, a BuzzFeed Advertiser
BuzzFeed Deletes Post Critical of Dove, a BuzzFeed Advertiser
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Deseret News:
How high taxes and regulation are killing one of the most prosperous states in the nation — Upstate New York is becoming Detroit with grass. — Binghamton, New York — once a powerhouse of industry — is now approaching Detroit in many economic measures, according to the U.S. Census.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House defends trolling Netanyahu — The White House is standing by a tweet mocking Israeli Prime Minister Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu despite concerns it could further sour relations between the two countries. — A White House tweet defending the framework nuclear agreement …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Where Government Excels — As Republican presidential hopefuls trot out their policy agendas — which always involve cutting taxes on the rich while slashing benefits for the poor and middle class — some real new thinking is happening on the other side of the aisle.
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Booker Complaint / U.S. Department of Justice:
Topeka, Kansas, Man Charged in Plot to Explode Car Bomb at Military Base — A Topeka, Kansas, man has been charged in federal court with attempting to detonate a vehicle bomb at Fort Riley military base near Manhattan, Kansas, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin …
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Washington Post:
What the Vatican's stalled response to France's openly gay ambassador might mean — It's been a few months since France appointed Laurent Stéfanini, a practicing Catholic who is also openly gay, to be the country's next ambassador to the Holy See. This week, the European press noticed …
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Reuters:
Argentine judge orders arrest of Justin Bieber over 2013 assault claim — BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine judge ordered the arrest of pop star Justin Bieber if he sets foot in the country after the Canadian singer failed to face questions about an alleged assault at a Buenos Aires nightclub in 2013 …
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