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Mike Devlin / SantaClarita.com:
Congressman Tells Protester: 'Touch me again, and I'll drop your ass' — Anti-immigration protesters were on hand to greet Congressman Steve Knight at the open house for his Simi Valley office last week. And when one got a little too close, the former LAPD cop was having none of it.
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Andrew Desiderio / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Knight to Anti-Immigration Protester: 'I'll Drop Your Ass' — A new video posted online shows a Republican congressman threatening an immigration protester during a heated exchange over President Barack Obama's executive orders. — “If you touch me again, I'll drop your ass,” …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Congressman To Protester: 'Touch Me Again, I'll Drop Your A**' (VIDEO)
GOP Congressman To Protester: 'Touch Me Again, I'll Drop Your A**' (VIDEO)
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Congressman to protester: 'If you touch me again, I'll drop your a—'
Congressman to protester: 'If you touch me again, I'll drop your a—'
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Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Charles Koch: We may back several GOP candidates in primaries — WICHITA, Kan. — Charles Koch said he is considering throwing his political might into the Republican presidential primary for the first time and is likely to provide financial help to several contenders before settling on a single candidate.
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The GOP Needs to Run against the Last 16 Years
The GOP Needs to Run against the Last 16 Years
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Mary Spicuzza / JSOnline:
Scott Walker suggests limiting legal immigration
Scott Walker suggests limiting legal immigration
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
The Media Is Hyping A New, Unreleased Anti-Hillary Book. Here's What It Really Says. — An upcoming book about the Clintons' foreign donors has whipped the media into a frenzy. After presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) teased for weeks that the book contained scandalous revelations …
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Campaign Casts Hillary Clinton as the Populist It Insists She Has Always Been — 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.
Bob Fredericks / New York Post:
Book claims foreign cash made Bill and Hillary filthy rich
Book claims foreign cash made Bill and Hillary filthy rich
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid: I'm a ‘hell no’ on trade bill — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday said he is emphatically against the new trade powers legislation that is moving through Congress. — “I have never, ever ... supported a trade agreement, and I'm not going to start now,” the Nevada Democrat told reporters.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate reaches deal to vote on AG nominee Loretta Lynch
Senate reaches deal to vote on AG nominee Loretta Lynch
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Kathleen Hunter / Bloomberg Business:
Senate Leaders Reach Deal to Allow Loretta Lynch Confirmation Vote
Senate Leaders Reach Deal to Allow Loretta Lynch Confirmation Vote
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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
DC attorney general alerts police to photo of Republicans with assault rifle — Police in Washington, D.C., have been referred materials for a possible investigation into two Republican congressmen who posed for a picture with an assault rifle in a House office building.
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Simon Vozick-Levinson / Rolling Stone:
Waka Flocka Flame for President: Watch His Exclusive Campaign Video — Atlanta rapper announces 2016 White House run on 4/20 — Two years ago, Waka Flocka Flame made a promise. “I'm dead ass running for president in 2016,” the Atlanta rapper tweeted. The date was November 6th, 2012.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Watch Out, Hillary: Waka Flocka Flame Is Running for President
Watch Out, Hillary: Waka Flocka Flame Is Running for President
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Rand Paul: Lindsey Graham, John McCain are ‘lapdogs’ for President Obama's foreign policy — Lindsey Graham and John McCain are “lapdogs” for President Barack Obama's foreign policy, Rand Paul said Tuesday, at once firing back at recent remarks from the hawkish Republicans and seeking to distinguish his defense credentials.
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Rand Paul: Lindsey Graham and McCain ‘Lapdogs for Obama’
Rand Paul: Lindsey Graham and McCain ‘Lapdogs for Obama’
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Yahoo Politics and Daily Kos
Krishnadev Calamur / NPR:
N.Y. Judge Grants Legal Rights To 2 Research Chimps — A New York judge has granted two research chimps the writ of habeas corpus - a move that allows them to challenge their detention. — The decision, says Science magazine, effectively recognizes chimps as legal persons …
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James K. Sanborn / Marine Corps Times:
Tough tattoo regs sink stellar Marine's career — For Marines employed in what's become a hyper-competitive professional setting, not even multiple meritorious promotions, a combat valor award and a command-endorsed waiver are likely to save one's career if he has run afoul of the service's tattoo policy.
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The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
Michael Crowley / Politico:
President Obama to shun saying ‘genocide’ on 100th anniversary of Armenian massacres — President Barack Obama will not use the word “genocide” to describe the massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians in his annual statement commemorating the historic atrocity later this month.
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Gordon Campbell, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Geoffrey Skelley / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Clinton's Age: It Probably Doesn't Matter — History does not show an edge for the younger presidential candidate — When Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) announced his presidential run on April 13, his speech made a point of going after ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) — and …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Talented Mr. Rubio — Political audiences always …
The Talented Mr. Rubio — Political audiences always …
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner / GQ:
Anchorman: The Legend of Don Lemon — So maybe he's not Walter Cronkite. Maybe he's done some famously awkward interviews, gotten his facts wrong, and made CNN the butt of more than a few jokes. But that won't stop Don Lemon. Because here's the thing: He can fill hours of nothing with a crisp, news-like something.
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
David Horowitz: ‘Traitor’ Obama Letting Terrorists Bring Nukes Over Southern Border — Conservative activist David Horowitz told Florida talk radio host Joyce Kaufman on Friday that President Obama's “heart is with the enemy,” which is why he is allowing terrorists to “walk across” the southern border carrying nuclear weapons.
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Bloomberg Business:
Inspectors Need Full Access in Iran Nuclear Deal, Moniz Says — Nuclear inspectors will need unfettered access in Iran as part of a deal to lift economic sanctions, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said a day after an Iranian general said military sites must be off limits.
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg View:
Obama Kept Iran's Short Breakout Time a Secret
Obama Kept Iran's Short Breakout Time a Secret
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Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Bill O'Reilly: Pity The Poor Rich Man — Bill O'Reilly used his Talking Points Memo to whine about how terribly rich people are being treated in America. — From Blue Nation Review: Bill O'Reilly Wants You to Feel Bad for Rich People Like Bill O'Reilly: … Transcript via O'Reilly's site: Income Inequality in America:
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Donald Trump, Statesman — If you follow me on Twitter — or, I guess, if you follow Donald Trump - you might have learned that according to “The Donald” the “once-great” National Review is going bankrupt because of yours truly: … One reason we're going out of business, apparently, is because I am so stupid:
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kff.org:
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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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz Says President Obama Is an ‘Unmitigated Socialist’ — After Texas Senator Ted Cruz addressed the First in the Nation summit in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Saturday, he headed to a basement conference room for a conversation with young Republicans. There was no filming of the speech …
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