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Stephen A. Nuño / Talking Points Memo:
Marco Rubio Is The Lipstick, The GOP Is The Pig — The media is in a frenzy over the entry of Marco Rubio into the presidential race. He's young, handsome, well-spoken in English and Spanish, he's got an immigrant history. He is a genuine American success story.
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Erick Erickson / Fox News:
Why Marco Rubio has a real shot at 2016 Republican nomination — Feb. 27, 2015: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. speaks in National Harbor, Md. (AP) — Ted Cruz remains a conservative favorite in 2016. In 2012, the establishment backed his Senate opponent in Texas, then Lt. Governor David Dewhurst.
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David McCabe / The Hill:
Rubio: I'm more experienced than Barack Obama was in 2008 — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that he is more experienced than President Obama was when he started his presidential campaign, despite the fact that both launched campaigns as first-term senators.
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Matt Higgins / CBS Cleveland:
Gov. Kasich: ‘I Am Seriously Considering’ Presidential Run
Gov. Kasich: ‘I Am Seriously Considering’ Presidential Run
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NPR:
Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Sen. Marco Rubio
Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Sen. Marco Rubio
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Is a Polished Performer, but He's Out of Position
Marco Rubio Is a Polished Performer, but He's Out of Position
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Marco Rubio Got His Mojo Back
How Marco Rubio Got His Mojo Back
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Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Tea Partiers Rage Against Rubio 2016
Tea Partiers Rage Against Rubio 2016
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
A Modest Proposal: Barack Obama Should Be Hillary Clinton's Running Mate — Because Hillary Clinton is white and no longer young, a strain of political thought holds that she might lack Barack Obama's inherent appeal to new and minority voters and thus that she won't be able to ride …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
The GOP's plan to turn Hillary into Mitt Romney — Republicans are readying a familiar template: The out-of-touch plutocrat who lives in a world of private planes, chauffeured vehicles and million-dollar homes. — Forget about the Arkansas days, the small-bore scandals, her health care plan, and most everything else from the 1990s.
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Owner of a Credit Card Processor Is Setting a New Minimum Wage: $70,000 a Year — The idea began percolating, said Dan Price, the founder of Gravity Payments, after he read an article on happiness. It showed that, for people who earn less than about $70,000, extra money makes a big difference in their lives.
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Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Chris Christie Calls for Raising Age for Social Security, Cutting Benefit for Some Seniors — In New Hampshire speech, New Jersey governor proposes overhaul of Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare — MANCHESTER, N.H.—New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to call …
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Yahoo Politics:
Chris Christie bets on bold — Chris Christie sat impassively at the round mahogany table in his family kitchen Monday as I recounted some of the data that suggested he was too damaged to run for president. A recent CBS News poll found that 42 percent of Republican voters wouldn't even consider voting …
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The Hill:
Senate deal sets up Iran vote — Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee said they had a deal Tuesday that could lead to a bipartisan vote in favor of giving Congress a vote to approve or disapprove a nuclear deal with Iran. — “We have reached an agreement that absolutely keeps …
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Jon Swaine / Guardian:
Michael Slager and ‘bad, corrupt cops’ sued by black man who says he was tased — Police officer who killed Walter Scott is one of three patrolmen named in lawsuit filed by Julius Wilson, who says Slager used a stun gun on him — The police officer who killed Walter Scott in South Carolina …
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Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Ex-Governor Will Lead New Fund at Bain Capital — The former governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, has joined the private equity firm Bain Capital as a partner to focus on socially oriented investments, a person briefed on the matter said on Monday. — Mr. Patrick, a Democrat …
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Beth HealyGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Former Gov. Deval Patrick to join Bain Capital
Former Gov. Deval Patrick to join Bain Capital
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Michael Quander / WREG-TV:
Brutal attack at Memphis gas station caught on camera — MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Surveillance video showed a mob of rowdy high school students beating a man at a Crosstown gas station. — Police said a large group of Northwest Prep Academy students swarmed a BP gas station on Poplar and Cleveland.
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Matthewjbuettner / CBS Denver:
CBS4 Investigation: TSA Screeners At DIA Manipulated System To Grope Men's Genitals — DENVER (CBS4) - A CBS4 investigation has learned that two Transportation Security Administration screeners at Denver International Airport have been fired after they were discovered manipulating passenger screening systems …
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Jack Jenkins / ThinkProgress:
Why This Pastor Who Tried To Assassinate Hitler Has Become A Hero To The Anti-LGBT Movement — CREDIT: í™", via wikimedia commons — It's no secret that conservative Christians who oppose marriage equality are using increasingly hyperbolic language to describe their campaign against LGBT rights.
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Dave Majumdar / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Missile Could Make U.S. Attacks on Iran Nearly Impossible — For years, Team Obama crowed about keeping this advanced Russian missile out of Iran's hands. Now the Kremlin suddenly seems eager to hand it over to Tehran. — This nuke deal with Iran had better work.
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Alaska Airlines Blog:
Statement on Alaska Airlines flight 448 — Flight 448, bound for Los Angeles, returned to Seattle shortly after departure today after it was discovered that a ramp agent was still in the cargo hold. The aircraft was in the air for 9 minutes. — After landing, the agent …
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Ian Auzenne / KATC-TV:
Soul singer Percy Sledge dead at 73 — Percy Sledge, the soul singer who took “When a Man Loves a Woman” to the top of the charts in 1966, died this morning at his Baton Rouge home. He was 73. — According to East Baton Rouge Parish coroner Dr. William “Beau” Clark, Sledge died of natural causes while under hospice care.
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Ashley Edwards / New York's PIX11:
EXCLUSIVE: Woman says Harlem tattoo parlor behind ‘Black Ink’ left her disfigured — HARLEM (PIX11) — Asabi Barner was a confident woman in her 30s. Her body was never something she felt a need to cover up, until now. — A tattoo coverup changed her life last year.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Just an Unrecognized Burrito Bowl Fan at Chipotle — Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign is all about “everyday Americans,” she made clear in announcing it on Sunday. — On Monday, she showed how unassuming she herself could be.
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Emma Howard / Guardian:
Dutch government facing legal action over failure to reduce carbon emissions — Landmark case brought by 886 Dutch citizens aims for more robust policy to cut emissions within targets set by IPCC to help avoid critical 2C rise in global temperatures — The first public hearings will take place …
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