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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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Hot Air, New York Post and The PJ Tatler
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David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
Chipotle Manager: Hillary Clinton Didn't Leave Anything in Tip Jar
Chipotle Manager: Hillary Clinton Didn't Leave Anything in Tip Jar
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Politico, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Rush Limbaugh
Los Angeles Times:
Column What are the Democrats' alternatives to Clintonland? — Don't despair, political junkies. There's still going to be a vigorous debate in the Democratic presidential primary campaign — even though it won't really be about who the nominee should be.
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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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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Bloomberg Politics National Poll Finds Improving Economic Mood — Hillary Clinton's presidential hopes may be buoyed by a more optimistic feeling about President Barack Obama and the economy seen in a new Bloomberg Politics poll. — Americans are becoming more optimistic …
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The Reaction and Political Wire
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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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Poynter., The Week, The Huffington Post and Deadline
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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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Talking Points Memo, CNN, Political Insider blog and Raw Story
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Even in New Hampshire, ‘Bridgegate’ Dogs Christie — LONDONDERRY, N.H. — Chris Christie's name has tumbled off the list of top-tier presidential candidates. He is sagging in the polls. And in the kind of indignity that creeps up on him with agonizing regularity, a stranger …
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Mediaite and Political Wire
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Christie Is Served a Ribbing at New Hampshire Restaurant
Christie Is Served a Ribbing at New Hampshire Restaurant
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Politico, Business Insider and The Week
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Chris Christie Changes Vaccine Position During New Hampshire Town Hall
Chris Christie Changes Vaccine Position During New Hampshire Town Hall
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FOX News Radio and Liberaland
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 …
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New York Times:
President Vladimir Putin's Dangerous Moves — President Vladimir Putin of Russia has added new, chilling nuclear threats to his aggression in Ukraine, where 6,000 people have been killed in a war with Russian-backed separatists. Mr. Putin wants to expand his country's influence and standing …
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Ben Montgomery / Tampa Bay Times:
Ruskin mailman tries flying to Capitol in gyrocopter to deliver campaign reform message to Congress — UPDATE 1:33 p.m.: It appears as though Hughes has landed on the lawn of the Capitol. Tweets from Washington congressional reporters indicate Capitol Police hustled out of the building and confronted Hughes at the gyrocopter.
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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) …
A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Where Clinton must win — Hillary Clinton may be one of the most famous people in the world, and most people have already decided whether her chance to become our first woman president tops everything else they know of her. But there is a pocket of the electorate left for her to penetrate.
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James V. Grimaldi / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Foundation to Keep Foreign Donors — Board's decision to continue accepting funding from some countries could become 2016 campaign issue — The board of the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation has decided to continue accepting donations from foreign governments …
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Weekly Standard, Fox News, Bloomberg Business, The Last Tradition, Hot Air and Moe Lane
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Jorge Ramos Corners Rubio: Would You Attend a Gay Wedding? — One day after he confirmed to CNN's Jake Tapper that he believes marriage should be between one man and one woman, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) went on Jorge Ramos' Fusion show where the host confronted him on the issue using a new angle.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Tavis Smiley Battles O'Reilly on Police, Race: ‘How Many Isolated Incidents Equal a Pattern?’ — Bill O'Reilly tonight went off on “cop haters” who he believes are trying to demonize all cops, when the reality is most cops aren't bad. Of course, O'Reilly said, what Officer Michael Slager …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Campaign Finance: Big Money From Super PACs Is Eroding the Power of Parties — Big Money From Super PACs Is Eroding the Power of Parties — An alternative campaign finance model has arisen, giving more political players a puncher's chance. — Justin Sullivan/Getty Images — THE MONEY TRAIL |
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Mayor de Blasio, on Midwest Trip, Seeks to Lead a National Shift to the Left — OMAHA — Mayor Bill de Blasio, dismayed by a Democratic Party that he believes has moved too slowly to embrace a populist platform, arrived in the Midwest on Wednesday with an audacious mission: leading the nation leftward.
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Hot Air, New York Magazine and The Week
Alix Culbertson / Daily Express:
Statue of Liberty-sized ASTEROID on collision course to hit EARTH, experts fear — AN asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty is on a collision course to hit EARTH, scientists fear. — Getty — The asteroid has already passed Earth once and could be even closer this time
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Has Obamacare Turned Voters Against Sharing the Wealth? — With the advent of the Affordable Care Act, the share of Americans convinced that health care is a right shrank from a majority to a minority. — This shift in public opinion is a major victory for the Republican Party.
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