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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Bloomberg falls for fake Nancy Reagan report — Bloomberg Politics published a report about Nancy Reagan based off of fake news site NationalReport.net — The piece, headlined “Nancy Reagan gives her endorsement to... Hillary Clinton,” quoted a supposed “Drudge Report” …
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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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Little Green Footballs, Politico and Hot Air
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Hillary Clinton skeptics fear ‘an unstoppable train’ — Democratic insiders see little hope for Clinton's opponents, whoever they turn out to be. — It's gotten to this point: Even the Democratic Party's Hillary skeptics are resigned to her being the party's nominee.
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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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Scared Monkeys and RedState
Yoav Gonen / New York Post:
Cabby facing fine for ordering women to stop kissing — Now he's the one getting the kiss-off. — A cabby who claimed he had a “no-kissing policy” in his yellow taxi was hit with $15,000 in fines for ordering two female passengers to stop smooching — and then shouting vulgar epithets at them when they got out.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Associated Press:
Obamas file annual tax return showing $477,000 in income - but they paid $93,362 in federal taxes and got a $20,000 REFUND — President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, paid more than $93,000 in federal taxes last year on an adjusted gross income of more than $477,000, according to tax returns released Friday by the White House.
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Josh Earnest / White House.gov Blog:
President Obama and Vice President Biden's 2014 Tax Returns
President Obama and Vice President Biden's 2014 Tax Returns
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New York Times and Wall Street Journal
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Remains from Lincoln's Last Day — Imagine him in the last week of his life, 150 years ago this month. Shuffling, clothes hanging loosely on the 6-foot-4-inch frame, that tinny voice, a face much older than someone of 56. “I am a tired man,” he said. “Sometimes I think I am the tiredest man on earth.”
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The Mahablog
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Awkward or old friends? Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio sit next to each other on flight after NRA conference — In a sign of how literally close they are, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio sat next to each other on the same Friday night flight to Miami from Nashville, where they separately spoke at the National Rifle Association's annual convention.
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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Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit
Joe Jervis / Joe. My. God.:
Mormon Church To SCOTUS: Say No To Same-Sex Marriage Because It Will Deprive Us Of “Citizenship Rights” — A coalition of religious denominations including the Mormon Church has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in which they argue that the legalization of same-sex marriage will …
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FOX News Radio
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Best Reason to Take Rand Paul Seriously Has Nothing to Do With His Politics — Although Rand Paul — who declared his bid for the presidency on Tuesday — has spent several years now inching toward the Republican mainstream, there is still a tendency among the political classes to view him as a sideshow candidate.
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The Week and Bloomberg Business
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Homeland Security Releases Emails Showing Political Influence for Sony, Time Warner Projects — The newly released documents buttress a report issued late last month detailing how an immigration director was swayed with respect to hundreds of millions of dollars in film and TV investments under the EB-5 visa program.
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protein wisdom and Twitchy
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
Alan Keyes: Obama Wants Nuclear War To Obtain A Third Term
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Washington Monthly
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
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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Hot Air, Firedoglake, Mediaite, KFOR-TV and NBC News
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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Rand Paul / Guardian:
Rand Paul walks out on Guardian interview and lights go off - video — In a live interview broadcast via the new smartphone app Periscope, the Republican senator and presidential candidate cut off Guardian reporter Paul Lewis: “Let me answer the question! You complain I don't answer the question ... I am giving you the specifics.”
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New York Times
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Rand Paul walks out of Guardian interview
Rand Paul walks out of Guardian interview
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The Federalist, No More Mister Nice Blog, Salon, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo and Hot Air