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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
David Koch Signals a Favorite: Scott Walker — Charles G. and David H. Koch, the influential and big-spending conservative donors, have a favorite in the race for the Republican nomination: Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin.
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Koch brothers will offer audition to Jeb Bush — Charles and David Koch are considering throwing their massive wealth and sophisticated organization into the Republican presidential primary for the first time, a potentially game-changing boost that could make even a second-tier candidate instantly viable.
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
G.O.P. Donors Signal a Favorite: Wisconsin Governor
G.O.P. Donors Signal a Favorite: Wisconsin Governor
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: April 2015 — Bianca DiJulio, Jamie Firth, and Mollyann Brodie … The Public's Views Of The ACA — Closely Divided On The Health Care Law — This month's Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds American's opinion of the health care law closely divided …
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Tim Teeman / The Daily Beast:
Roseanne Barr on Losing Her Sight, Smoking Weed, Rejecting Feminism, and Not Voting For Hillary — As a documentary of her 2012 presidential run is released, Roseanne Barr talks about political power, mortality, and why a Hillary Clinton win wouldn't be as symbolic as many hope.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Top Christie ally defects to Bush — As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tries for a political revival with New Hampshire town halls and Iowa diner stops, he won't have one of his longtime friends and political advisers at his side. — New Jersey state Sen. Joseph M. Kyrillos …
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David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
Can Chris Christie Stanch the Bleeding? — To put it mildly, this is not the presidential campaign Chris Christie would have envisioned for himself. — No wonder the New Jersey governor and one-time Republican rock star is heading to Washington D.C. on Tuesday.
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David Martosko / Daily Mail:
Scooby hits the road at 92 MPH! Secret Service zooms Hillary to dinner through driving rain following secret afternoon house party — Motorcade raced from Keene to Claremont to Concord, obliterating speed limits as Hillary kept a tight schedule of off-the-books events
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton on GOP field: They only want to talk about me — “I don't know what they'd talk about if I weren't in the race.” — KEENE, N.H. — Hillary Clinton on Monday attacked the crowded field of Republican presidential contenders for making her the focus of their campaigns.
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Hillary Clinton Jabs GOP Candidates for Focusing on Her and Not Issues
Hillary Clinton Jabs GOP Candidates for Focusing on Her and Not Issues
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Give her the job — Sometimes it seems as if sanity has returned to Capitol Hill. Recently, lawmakers approved fast-track authority for the president's trade talks with Pacific nations and passed an important bill on Medicare reimbursement rates. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously agreed …
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Huffington Post:
John McCain Just Can't Stop Laughing At Ted Cruz — WASHINGTON — Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday denied reports that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is pushing him to hold hearings exploring whether soldiers should be able to carry concealed guns on military bases.
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Josh Middleton / Philadelphia Magazine:
PA High School Students Organize “Anti-Gay Day” in Response to National Day of Silence — McGuffey High School in Claysville, Pennsylvania made headlines over the weekend when a group of students organized an “Anti-Gay Day' in direct retaliation to the LGBT youth-supportive National Day of Silence (NDOS) on Friday.
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David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Pennsylvania High School Students Organize “Anti-Gay Day”
Pennsylvania High School Students Organize “Anti-Gay Day”
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
A Newcomer to Populism? Hillary Clinton Campaign Begs to Differ — CLAREMONT, N.H. — In her first week as a 2016 presidential candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton seemed to channel another high-profile Democrat. “The deck is stacked in their favor,” Mrs. Clinton said of the wealthy and powerful.
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
US WARSHIP HEADS TO YEMENI WATERS; COULD BLOCK IRAN WEAPONS — WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stepped-up response to Iranian backing of Shiite rebels in Yemen, the Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is steaming toward the waters off Yemen to beef up security and join other American ships …
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Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
U.S. carrier moving off coast of Yemen to block Iranian arms shipments
U.S. carrier moving off coast of Yemen to block Iranian arms shipments
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National Journal:
Candidates are looking for the political equivalent of a perfect bridge partner, someone with whom they can continually cooperate without ever being able to coordinate—or ever ask for advice. — Some 2016 candidates have already made their decisions. Rand Paul recently tapped Jesse Benton …
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Guardian:
Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ‘seriously wounded in air strike’ — Exclusive: Baghdadi no longer in day-to-day control of terror group as he recovers from injuries sustained during attack in March, according to sources — The leader of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Flat tax makes 2016 comeback — The flat tax is back. — Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have both floated an across-the-board tax rate as they've launched their 2016 presidential bids. — Neither Cruz nor Paul has spelled out the exact details of their plan …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Sexy Conservatives Will Out-Breed Barren Liberals — The last time some Twitter leftist sneered at me and called me a “breeder,” I wondered whether this collectivist genius considered not reproducing to be a wise long-term strategy. The fact is that in America, most of the time it's the traditional …
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Sophie Curtis / Telegraph:
PayPal wants to implant passwords in your stomach and your brain — “Natural body identification” could one day replace passwords and other modern methods of identification, claims PayPal developer chief — PayPal is working on a new generation of embeddable, injectable and ingestible devices …
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New York Times:
1.5 Million Missing Black Men — For every 100 black women not in jail, there are only 83 black men. The remaining men - 1.5 million of them - are, in a sense, missing. — Among cities with sizable black populations, the largest single gap is in Ferguson, Mo.
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Half of Americans have money worries — Half of Americans have deep concerns about their financial situation, according to Gallup. — The 50 percent of people in the U.S. who have money worries is basically unchanged from the 49 percent Gallup found in 2014.
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Gaby Wood / Telegraph:
Toni Morrison interview: on racism, her new novel and Marlon Brando — Age hasn't dimmed the fire in Toni Morrison, 84. The unwavering voice of black America talks about her latest novel and what it will take for racism to be a thing of the past — Toni Morrison is, without a doubt, a world-class novelist.
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
68K sign up during ObamaCare's extra period — More than 68,000 people have signed up for healthcare during ObamaCare's extra enrollment period so far this year, the federal government announced Monday. — People who lack insurance have 10 more days to buy coverage through the federal marketplace …
Tom Tancredo / WND:
WILL OBAMA ORDER MILITARY ATTACK ON ISRAEL? — Exclusive: Tom Tancredo on potential Iran-defending action: ‘Who would stop him?’ — Tom Tancredo is the founder of the Rocky Mountain Foundation and founder and co-chairman of Team America PAC. He is also a former five-term congressman and presidential candidate.
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