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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Why isn't Huckabee getting more respect? — In many ways, Mike Huckabee is the Rodney Dangerfield of the 2016 election. — The former Arkansas governor won the Iowa caucus in 2008 and subsequently finished second to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in GOP delegates earned.
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Bloomberg Business, No More Mister Nice Blog and Hot Air
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Michael WalshReporter / Yahoo Politics:
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee announces White House bid — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee announced his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday morning. — Huckabee, who is popular with the religious right, shared the news of his candidacy with supporters …
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The Hill, ABC News, Reuters, Fox News, Shakesville and Bloomberg Business
Bill / The Hill:
Bill Press: Sanders a serious opponent — Looking ahead to 2016, the contrast between the two major parties could not be more striking. Two more Republican candidates — Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson — joined the race Monday, with Mike Huckabee expected to announce on Tuesday.
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Bloomberg Business and Politico
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
How Mike Huckabee Became the New Sarah Palin
How Mike Huckabee Became the New Sarah Palin
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ThinkProgress and Booman Tribune
James Hohmann / Politico:
The populist 1 percenter — As he readies a second presidential bid …
The populist 1 percenter — As he readies a second presidential bid …
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Washington Post and The Huffington Post
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Mike Huckabee Joins Republican Presidential Race
Mike Huckabee Joins Republican Presidential Race
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Advocate, Outside the Beltway, NewsHounds blog and FiveThirtyEight
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Mike Huckabee Has Chuck Norris in His Corner Again
Mike Huckabee Has Chuck Norris in His Corner Again
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The Week
Duane Stanford / Bloomberg Business:
Mike Huckabee to Seek Republican Presidential Nomination
Mike Huckabee to Seek Republican Presidential Nomination
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Yahoo Politics
Meredith ShinerPolitical / Yahoo Politics:
The Mike Huckabee record: An early advocate for criminal justice reform
The Mike Huckabee record: An early advocate for criminal justice reform
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Bloomberg Business and Bloomberg View
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Mayor de Blasio Is Irked by a Subway Delay — The email, blunt and to the point, popped into City Hall aides' inboxes at 12:17 p.m., and the subject line said it all: “2 problems today.” — Mayor Bill de Blasio, it seemed, was not pleased. — In a stern, bullet-pointed missive on Monday …
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Politico, Mashable, Gothamist, Capital New York, Mediaite, Business Insider, The Week, Poynter. and Eschaton
Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Hillary to GOP: You get 1 shot on Benghazi — Hillary Clinton is refusing to testify twice before the House panel investigating the 2012 attacks on the U.S. government compound in Benghazi, Libya. — Clinton is willing to testify once before the House Select Committee on Benghazi …
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Hot Air
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Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
‘Clinton Cash’ Author Worries He'll Be Killed By ‘The Clinton Machine’ — If my eyes rolled any harder at this crap they'd roll back inside my head. KochHead Peter Schweizer, author of the thoroughly-debunked “Clinton Cash” book, is drumming up support for his lying ways by worrying that he'll be killed by the Clintons.
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Daily Kos
David McCabe / The Hill:
Team Hillary prepares ‘Clinton Cash’ response
Team Hillary prepares ‘Clinton Cash’ response
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Medium and The Daily Caller
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Pamela Geller, Organizer of Muhammad Cartoon Contest, Hails Results — Less than a day after two gunmen were shot and killed while trying to attack a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas, Pamela Geller, the New York blogger who organized the contest, took to the Internet.
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BuzzFeed, Jezebel, First Reading, Mondoweiss, Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs and alicublog
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Charlie Hebdo Cartoonists Distance Themselves from Texas Event: ‘No Comparison’
Charlie Hebdo Cartoonists Distance Themselves from Texas Event: ‘No Comparison’
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Washington Monthly, Raw Story, Friendly Atheist and USA Today
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Dangerous Myths Surrounding Charlie Hebdo
The Dangerous Myths Surrounding Charlie Hebdo
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USA Today and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Event organizer offers no apology after thwarted attack in Texas
Event organizer offers no apology after thwarted attack in Texas
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CNN, Ed Driscoll, Twitchy, Power Line, National Review, PoliticusUSA, NPR, NewsHounds blog and Mediaite
Institutional Investor's Alpha:
The 2015 Rich List: The Highest Earning Hedge Fund Managers of the Past Year — Read more: — David Tepper relinquishes the top spot on the Rich List for the first time in three years after posting a disappointing 2.2 percent gain. — ppein — Harsh memories of the global financial …
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New York Times and Prairie Weather
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Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
For Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers, a Difficult 2014 Still Paid Well — For investors in hedge funds, like big pension funds, 2014 was not a lucrative year. But for those who managed their money, the pay was spectacular. — The top 25 hedge fund managers reaped $11.62 billion in compensation in 2014 …
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The Stranger … and The Week
Justin Fenton / Baltimore Sun:
Freddie Gray arrest documents drawn up for wrong people — Unlimited Access. Try it Today! Your First 10 Days Always $0.99
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RedState, The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Daily Caller and CBS Baltimore
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Multiple Causes Seen for Baltimore Unrest — Most Say It Was the ‘Right Decision’ to Charge Police Officers — The public sees a number of contributing factors for the outbreak of violence and unrest in Baltimore last week. — About six-in-ten (61%) say that “some people taking advantage …
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The Moderate Voice, The Huffington Post and The Week
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Adam Harrington / CBS New York:
CBS News/New York Times Poll: Race Relations Worst In Over 2 Decades
CBS News/New York Times Poll: Race Relations Worst In Over 2 Decades
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Scared Monkeys
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
The GOP's First Big 2016 Test: Fitting Candidates on the Debate Stage — From 23 debates in 2012 to as many as 17 candidates in 2016. — The Republican Party has a whole new debate problem in 2016. — After suffering through a seemingly endless and unwieldy stream of 23 debates in the 2012 cycle …
USA Today:
Only the Clintons seem blind to foundation's conflicts: Our view — Hillary should put the charity's work on ice during her presidential campaign. — The foundation that Bill Clinton created after leaving the White House in 2001 has many things to commend it.
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Washington Post, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, Bloomberg View and BuzzFeed
Holly Yan / CNN:
ISIS claims responsibility for Texas shooting, threatens more attacks — Story highlights — (CNN)ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack outside a Prophet Mohammed cartoon contest in Texas — and warned of more attacks to come. — In a broadcast on its official radio channel Tuesday …
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Bloomberg Business, The Atlantic, Firedoglake, Talking Points Memo, Fox News, Reuters, Guardian, Crime Blog, Dallas Morning News, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, Mediaite, American Spectator, ABC News, Mashable, Scared Monkeys, BizPac Review, The PJ Tatler, Dave Hodges, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Mahablog
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Ben Carson's over-the-top ego — Republican neurosurgeon Ben Carson brought out a choir singing an Eminem cover and vowed not to be “politically correct” at the event announcing his run for president in 2016. Here are those key moments and more. (AP) — Ben Carson, who formally announced …
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BuzzFeed, The Week, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice, No More Mister Nice Blog, Politico and Prairie Weather
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Clinton to Call for ‘Full and Equal Path to Citizenship’ — Hillary Rodham Clinton intends to draw an early distinction with Republicans on illegal immigration, pointing to a pathway to citizenship as an essential part of any overhaul in Congress. — Clinton was laying the foundation …
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The PJ Tatler
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Ali Elkin / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton to Outline Immigration Stance During Nevada Trip
Hillary Clinton to Outline Immigration Stance During Nevada Trip
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ABC News, Wall Street Journal and ThinkProgress
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
What Didn't Happen Next — A couple of ISIS wannabes tried to shoot up an exhibition of cartoons in Garland, Texas, and the police put them down before the civilians could get to them: a triumph for duty and marksmanship. — What didn't happen next? — There is a mosque in Garland, Texas.
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The Daily Caller, CNN and Hot Air