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Hillary Clinton / TIME:
The 100 Most Influential People — Elizabeth Warren
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Elon Musk / TIME:
The 100 Most Influential People
The 100 Most Influential People
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CNN:
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 …
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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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The Week
WFAA-TV:
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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FOX31 Denver and New York's PIX11
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
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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Rush Limbaugh and Democratic Strategist
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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Charles Franklin / Marquette Law School Poll:
Marquette Law School Poll finds Walker job approval down — Clinton leads presidential matchups; controversy over budget — MILWAUKEE - A new Marquette Law School Poll finds Gov. Scott Walker's job approval rating has fallen to 41 percent, with 56 percent of registered voters in Wisconsin saying …
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
New Poll Finds Russ Feingold Beating Sen. Johnson By Double Digits — A new poll finds former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) beating Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) by double digits in the 2016 race for Johnson's senate seat. — The Marquette University Law School poll released Thursday found …
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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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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 …
Politico:
Bill Shuster admits ‘private and personal relationship’ with airline lobbyist — She “doesn't lobby my office,” Transportation chairman says. — Nick Calio, Bill Shuster, Sandra DePoy, Annie Keech, Gil Keech, Valerie Nelson, Shelley Rubino and Marty DePoy are shown at the Heart's Delight Vintner's Dinner …
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Airlines For America, TheBlaze.com and Mediaite
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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Joe. My. God. and The Daily Caller
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Hillary Parks in Handicap Spot — Hillary Clinton's van parked in a handicap spot, RNC deputy communications director Raj Shah points out in a recent tweet. “Woman of the people!! @HillaryClinton Scooby Doo Van parks in handicap spot,” Shah tweets. … Shah includes this picture:
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American Spectator and The Daily Caller
Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:
Photo Emerges of Marco Rubio Acting Like a High Schooler in High School — Chippendales-style routine depict fast times at South Miami High — At the end of March, two weeks before he declared his candidacy for President, Marco Rubio visited New York City's Upper West Side to meet …
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FOX News Radio
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 …
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Politico and CANNONFIRE
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Is About To Sign The Biggest Health Care Bill Since Obamacare — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is poised to sign into law the most far-reaching health care reform bill since Obamacare, permanently ending the “doc fix” dilemma that has haunted Congress for more than a decade.
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FOX News Radio, Liberaland and The Huffington Post
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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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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New York's PIX11 and KFOR-TV
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 …
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) …
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
WikiLeaks creates searchable Sony leak database — WikiLeaks has made tens of thousands of leaked Sony documents easily searchable on its website. — The anti-secrecy group said its searchable archives contain more than 30,000 documents and 173,00 emails, which were leaked last year as part …
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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 …