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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
How Mike Huckabee Became the New Sarah Palin — In late January a once-dominant figure in Republican politics suddenly began hinting at a presidential run and got a lot of negative feedback. It had to make Mitt Romney feel better. — Yes, 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin pointedly refused …
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ThinkProgress and Booman Tribune
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Why isn't Huckabee getting more respect?
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Bloomberg Business, No More Mister Nice Blog and Hot Air
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, The Huffington Post and naked capitalism
Michael WalshReporter / Yahoo Politics:
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee announces White House bid
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee announces White House bid
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Reuters, ABC News, The Hill, Bloomberg Business, Fox News and Shakesville
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First on CNN: Clinton, Democratic presidential opponents to debate six times — Washington (CNN)Democrats will announce Tuesday six presidential primary debates, giving long shots a potential opportunity to share the debate stage with frontrunner Hillary Clinton, CNN has learned.
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Outside the Beltway, PoliticusUSA and Althouse
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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 …
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Washington Monthly, Daily Kos and Politico
Elena Schneider / Politico:
DNC will sanction 6 primary debates
DNC will sanction 6 primary debates
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Bloomberg Business and The PJ Tatler
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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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Republicans Tread Carefully as Islamic State Claims Credit for Texas Shooting
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Washington Monthly, Geert Wilders and Post On Politics
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Lindsey Graham: Everything That Starts With ‘Al-’ In Middle East Is Bad — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is not a linguist. — “Everything that starts with ‘Al’ in the Middle East is bad news,” Graham said at a dinner in Boston on Monday with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, according to investigative journalist Uri Blau.
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Political Wire and The Week
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Senator Lindsey Graham: Everything that starts with ‘Al’ in the Mideast is bad news — Speaking at an AIPAC dinner, the likely Republican presidential candidate reiterated threat to cut UN funding if Security Council acts against Israel. — “Everything that starts with ‘Al’ in the Middle East is bad news …
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Mediaite, Washington Post, Vox and rubber hose
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Dangerous Myths Surrounding Charlie Hebdo — Two recent events—the spectacle of Garry Trudeau, the Doonesbury creator, attacking a group of murdered cartoonists for offending his sensibilities, and the protest organized by a group of bien-pensant writers against the PEN American Center …
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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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USA Today, New York Times, BuzzFeed, Hot Air, Raw Story, Friendly Atheist, Washington Monthly, neo-neocon and alicublog
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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, Capital New York, Gothamist, Mediaite, Business Insider, Mashable, The Week, Poynter. and Eschaton
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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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Gothamist, Hit & Run, The Stranger … and The Week
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Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Online activists raised $60K for Tamir Rice's family — so where did all that money go? — Shaun King was furious. — The author and life coach turned activist has been one of the most prominent online voices in recent months, as protests of police impunity that began in Ferguson, Mo. …
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Little Green Footballs, The Daily Caller, Common Dreams, WKYC-TV and Raw Story
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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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Twitchy, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, The PJ Tatler, Chicago Boyz, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Daily Caller and CBS Baltimore
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Microsoft Is Said to Evaluate Possible Bid for Salesforce — Microsoft Corp. is evaluating a bid for Salesforce.com Inc., after the cloud software provider was approached by another would-be buyer, people with knowledge of the matter said. — Salesforce, which has a market value of almost $50 billion …
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Computerworld, ValueWalk and VentureBeat
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Group's prom picture with guns and a Confederate flag causes controversy … PARKER, Colo. — A prom picture is stirring up controversy in Parker. — Chaparral High School hosted prom in Denver on Saturday, but it's a picture of students posing with guns and the Confederate flag that is grabbing the town's attention.
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Bloomberg: on Bobby Jindal's watch, Louisiana's tattered finances the consequence of two key factors — This combination made from file photos shows Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, left, and Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson. This is name-dropping season for the 2016 presidential hopefuls …
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Campaign for America's Future and PoliticusUSA
Politico:
Sources: Grayson's girlfriend wants his House seat — Grayson's girlfriend, Dena Minning, has reached out to at least one Democratic-leaning group and clearly expressed her interest in running for his House seat if he runs for Senate. — As Florida Rep. Alan Grayson mulls a Senate campaign …
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BigGator5.net, RedState, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Daily Caller
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Columnist: Why I won't let my wife quit her job — Editor's Note: Sean Dunbar, 32, is married with two children. He spent four years in the Marines and Navy Reserve. Here, he explains why he's against his wife being a stay-at-home mom. — As I get older, more of my friends are telling …
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Fox News Insider and BizPac Review
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Failed Christian shoe promoter makes anti-gay first-person shooter — Pulled from Steam; dev made “the most overly offensive game possible to prove a point.” — The Steam downloadable games shop launched its “Greenlight” initiative in 2012 as a way to open its sales doors to smaller game developers.
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Towleroad News #gay, Friendly Atheist, Raw Story and Gay Star News
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Two Premises on Poverty and Culture — The last time I followed certain of my colleagues into an argument about poverty, economics and culture, it took several thousand words to find my way back out. This time I'm going to try a briefer intervention, stressing again that I think conversations …
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FAIL: Only 18 Percent of 8th-Graders Proficient in US History — Results of the “Nation's Report Card” released this week by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show that only 18 percent of 8th-graders are “proficient” or above in U.S. history, and only 23 percent are proficient in civics.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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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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DEA agents jail student 5 days with no food, water; get slap on wrist — Federal agents responsible for leaving a 23-year-old UC San Diego engineering student in a holding cell for five days without food or water received only reprimands or short suspensions from the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to the Justice Department.
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The Intercept, Raw Story, Hit & Run and Boing Boing