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The 100 Most Influential People — Elizabeth Warren
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Lincoln Chafee: 'I'm running' and here's why — Former Gov. Chafee: No doubt I'm an underdog 02:15 — (CNN)Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Thursday on CNN that he's running for the Democratic nomination for president, just a week after announcing he formed an exploratory committee …
Los Angeles Times:
Column What are the Democrats' alternatives to Clintonland?
Column What are the Democrats' alternatives to Clintonland?
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Lincoln Chafee is officially running for president. ... Or is he?
Lincoln Chafee is officially running for president. ... Or is he?
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Hillary Clinton's Wall Street backers: We get it
Hillary Clinton's Wall Street backers: We get it
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Elon Musk / TIME:
The 100 Most Influential People
The 100 Most Influential People
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Confused Hedge-Fund Manager Cliff Asness Struggles to Express Continued Rage at Obamacare — <em>Wall Street Journal</em> gives wealthy, ignorant man op-ed in which to expose himself. — Shares … As evidence of Obamacare's success continues to mount, hedge-fund manager …
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Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality
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Cliff Asness / Wall Street Journal:
In Praising ObamaCare, They Bury It — The law's cheerleaders tend to cite two main accomplishments. Both of them are irrelevant. — By — In the five years since the passage of ObamaCare, the battle over the law has not abated. One popular salvo is the supposedly objective …
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Has Obamacare Turned Voters Against Sharing the Wealth?
Has Obamacare Turned Voters Against Sharing the Wealth?
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Walmart employee accused of stealing nearly $240K — DECATUR — For years, Decatur police knew Nacina Walker to be the helpful employee in Walmart's cash department who would sometimes help them investigate thefts at the store. — “She would be the one that would come in and help us and go …
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Arthur Allen / Politico:
George W. Bush: Jeb has a problem: ‘Me’ — CHICAGO — Jeb Bush's candidacy has a problem, says brother George. — “Me.” — Story Continued Below — “It's an easy line to say, 'Haven't we had enough Bushes?' After all, even my mother said, ‘Yes,’” the former president told an audience …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton Wrong On Family's Immigration History, Records Show — “Her grandparents always spoke about the immigrant experience and, as a result she has always thought of them as immigrants,” a spokesperson says. “As has been correctly pointed out, while her grandfather was an immigrant …
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Clinton's statements on family history conflict with public records
Clinton's statements on family history conflict with public records
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Tulsa World:
Sources: Supervisors told to falsify reserve deputy's training records; department announces internal investigation — Supervisors ordered to credit reserve deputy with proper papers. — Image (2) — VIDEO: Tulsa World writers appear on CNN to discuss reserve deputy fatal shooting case
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Richard Engel / NBC News:
New Details on 2012 Kidnapping of NBC News Team in Syria — Here is what we found based on facts gathered from dozens of sources inside and outside of Syria.
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Politico:
Indiana poll: Mike Pence's ratings drop after ‘religious freedom’ law — The “religious freedom” law signed by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has taken a toll on the potential presidential candidate's image in his home state, according to a new poll released Thursday that shows most Hoosiers think the law was not necessary.
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Brett LoGiurato / Fusion:
Marco Rubio: I'd attend a gay wedding — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida), the newest and youngest official Republican candidate for president, has said he believes marriage should be “traditional”—between a man and a woman. — So Fusion's Jorge Ramos asked him: If someone in his family …
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Jorge Ramos Corners Rubio: Would You Attend a Gay Wedding?
Jorge Ramos Corners Rubio: Would You Attend a Gay Wedding?
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Antonin Scalia / TIME:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg — The high Court's counterweight — Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had two distinguished legal careers, either one of which would alone entitle her to be one of TIME's 100. When she was a law professor at Rutgers and later Columbia, she became the leading (and very successful) …
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Leon Hendrix / WOOD-TV:
Shop owner will deny ‘openly gay’ customers — GRANDVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) — The owner of a Grandville auto repair shop says he won't hesitate “to refuse service to an openly gay person or persons.” — Brian Klawiter, the owner of Dieseltec on Ottawa Avenue in Grandville …
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Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Neo-Nazi: I Hate Gay People ‘With A Passion’ And I've Killed Others — Neo-Nazi Kenneth Morgan Stancil III admitted in an interview on Wednesday to killing his gay boss at a North Carolina college and said he hated gay people “with a passion.” — During the interview with WRAL reporter Mikaya Thurmond …
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Hillary lifts populist spirits — In Iowa on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton lifted the spirits of progressive populists and appealed to a majority of voters by vowing to lead a battle against the corrupting influence of big money in government and politics, and speaking with faith and conviction …
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
That Time Sen. Pat Robert's ‘Frozen’ Ringtone Interrupted a Senate Hearing … Even senators have embarrassing ringtones on their phones. — During a Senate Finance Committee hearing about Congress and U.S. Tariff Policy today, Sen. Pat Roberts' cellphone interrupted Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack while he was speaking.
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Dismembered Protections — These new abortion bans may be the most dangerous yet. — When we have come to the point that more than 330 abortion restrictions have been introduced in 43 states since January, it's awfully hard to keep track of which are worth worrying about and which are merely variations on old themes.
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Ricky Chiles killed himself as police, U.S. Marshals closed in on his Chicago motel — MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn confirms that Ricky Chiles, the man suspected of shooting and killing a man who had struck a toddler with his vehicle, killed himself Thursday, April 16th.
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Jacqueline Klimas / Washington Times:
U.S. military ‘hostile’ to Christians under Obama; morale, retention devastated … Soon there may only be atheists in the foxholes. — Christians are leaving the U.S. military or are discouraged from joining in the first place because of a “hostile work environment” that doesn't let them express …
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Steve Dorsey / Fox News:
Mass movement: US Christians don orange in church to honor ISIS victims — Men in orange jumpsuits purported to be Egyptian Christians held captive by the Islamic State (IS) are marched by armed men along a beach. — A new campaign sweeping through American churches has worshipers wearing orange …
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