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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
He Is Heavy. He's My Brother. — WASHINGTON — IT isn't about what we know now. — It's about what we knew then. — It is simply not true, as Republican presidential aspirant Scott Walker said on Friday, that “any president would have likely taken the same action Bush did with the information he had.”
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Scott Walker's Iowa dilemma — Should the Wisconsin governor play in the Iowa straw poll in August? It might be the most important strategic decision of his primary campaign. — There's a game of chicken going on in Iowa right now. — When Jeb Bush revealed this week that he will blow off …
Connie Cass / Associated Press:
Iraq War Judged a Mistake by Today's White House Hopefuls — A dozen years later, American politics has reached a rough consensus about the Iraq War: It was a mistake. — Politicians hoping to be president rarely run ahead of public opinion. So it's a revealing moment when the major contenders …
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Sacramento Bee:
Senate candidate Loretta Sanchez appears to disparage American Indians — At California Democratic Party convention, Senate candidate makes whooping gesture Attorney General Kamala Harris calls it ‘shocking’ Sanchez would not say if gesture was an appropriate one
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Daily Mail:
What IS this strange sound from the sky? Noise heard across the globe for nearly a DECADE - but nobody has an explanation — Similar outbursts have been captured on countries around the world including the U.S., Ukraine, Germany and Belarus — A mysterious noise from the sky is continuing …
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Kathianne Boniello / New York Post:
Al Sharpton's daughter sues city for $5M after spraining ankle — She learned at the feet of a master. — Shakedown artist Al Sharpton's eldest child wants $5 million from city taxpayers after she fell in the street and sprained her ankle, court records show.
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James Fallows / The Atlantic:
How Fox News Is (Still) Hurting the Republicans — January 30, 1995, the beginning of modern media-political history: Rupert Murdoch (right) announcing that Roger Ailes will run the newly launched Fox News (Peter Morgan / Reuters) — Let me recommend for your weekend reading …
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The Moderate Voice and Talking Points Memo
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Patriot Act on life support — A stalemate in the Senate would leave the FBI and National Security Agency (NSA) without powers they have used to track terrorists for years, say supporters of the Patriot Act. — Without action by the end of the month, key provisions of the Patriot Act will expire …
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Ohio Gov. John Kasich Virtually Certain to Run for President, Sources Say … John Kasich is “virtually certain” to jump into the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, sources close to the Ohio governor tell ABC News. — Kasich has said his wife and daughters have given …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Pa. senator: Amtrak needs more funding — Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. (D-Pa.) called on his fellow lawmakers on Sunday to increase the tax dollars available to Amtrak following a fatal crash in Philadelphia. — “We should not, the Congress should not put Amtrak in the position …
Jim Messina / Politico:
Why the GOP can't get no satisfaction — My British experience — including advice from Mick Jagger — taught me that the Republican Party could end up like Ed Miliband. — Lead image by Getty. — One of the savviest political observers I've come across is Mick Jagger.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Appears to Have Acquired GPS Firm Coherent Navigation — In one of its latest efforts to bolster its mapping capabilities, Apple appears to have acquired Coherent Navigation, a Bay Area GPS-related firm founded in 2008 by engineers from Stanford and Cornell.
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New York Times, Business Insider, The Verge and Engadget
Peter Schweizer / USA Today:
Stephanopoulos, ABC have not fully disclosed Clinton ties: Schweizer — ABC's anchor much closer to Hillary's foundation than he told his viewers. — Fact-driven, fair, aggressive journalism animates American politics. As an investigative journalist, I am accustomed to asking tough questions.
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Jonathan Allen / Vox:
Hillary Clinton personally took money from companies that sought to influence her
Hillary Clinton personally took money from companies that sought to influence her
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