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Steven Shepard / Politico:
With debate looming, Trump has huge lead in new poll — The identities of the 10 Republicans likely to be on stage at Thursday's presidential debate are coming into focus after another poll on Monday shows Donald Trump running away from the rest of the field and Rick Perry lagging behind his competitors for the final spot.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Here Are the Polls Fox News Will Use to Select the Candidates for the First GOP Debate — Fox's team of election analysts is currently crunching numbers to set the field. — Shares … Tomorrow around 5 p.m., Fox News executives are scheduled to gather in Roger Ailes's second-floor conference room …
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Paul Singer / USA Today:
Everson to file complaint over first GOP debate
Everson to file complaint over first GOP debate
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Mark Everson For President, Washington Monthly, Hot Air and Politico
Kevin Quealy / New York Times:
Who Gets Into the Republican Debate: Rounding Could Decide
Who Gets Into the Republican Debate: Rounding Could Decide
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Talking Points Memo, Rasmussen Reports, Political Wire and Slantpoint
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP field gets ready to rumble
Sam Biddle / Gawker:
Call Donald Trump's Cell Phone and Ask Him About His Important Ideas — Last month, American reality show entertainer turned American political system entertainer Donald Trump publicized presidential rival Sen. Lindsey Graham's cell number, urging his supporters to “try it.”
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Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Hackers Hit Trump Website To Post Tribute To Jon Stewart
Hackers Hit Trump Website To Post Tribute To Jon Stewart
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Mediaite
Jake Halpern / New Yorker:
The Cop — Darren Wilson was not indicted for shooting Michael Brown. Many people in Ferguson question whether justice was done. … “I know it's late, but you wanna come up for a coconut or something?” — BUY THE PRINT » … BUY THE PRINT » … “Once you learn, though, you'll never forget.”
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Bobby Jindal Cuts Off Medicaid Funding to Planned Parenthoods In Louisiana — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) announced he had ended the state's Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood in response to an anti-abortion “sting” video campaign against the reproductive health service.
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Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Defund Planned Parenthood? Not so easy
Defund Planned Parenthood? Not so easy
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
D.L. Hughley: Trump's popularity is tied to his racism — 'If he said n****r he'd be elected tomorrow' — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Stopped by a photographer from TMZ at LAX, comedian and actor D.L. Hughley had a few things to say about GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump …
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LiberalAmerica.org and TMZ.com
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Steve Politi / New Jersey Online:
Christie booed mercilessly — twice — at the Haskell — OCEANPORT — It was one long happy celebration at Monmouth Park for the great American Pharoah's latest victory. At least, that is, until Gov. Chris Christie stepped into the Winner's Circle to present the trophy. — And then, the record crowd of 60,983 booed.
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Business Insider and Progress Pond
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Chris Christie Gets Booed ‘Loudly’ During Actual Horse Race In New Jersey
Chris Christie Gets Booed ‘Loudly’ During Actual Horse Race In New Jersey
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Hullabaloo
Delta News Hub:
Delta bans shipment of lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, buffalo trophies — Delta issued the following statement today: — Effective immediately, Delta will officially ban shipment of all lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies worldwide as freight.
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz Makes Disgusting Bacon Using ‘Machine Gun’ (VIDEO) — Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is hoping for a viral hit (in the vein of Sen. Lindsey Graham) when he teamed up with Independent Journal Review on Monday to cook bacon with a “machine gun.” — Spoiler: It's disgusting.
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Hot Air, Mediaite, Guardian, Sun-Times National, Horizons and Washington Free Beacon
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Philip Elliott / TIME:
Ted Cruz Says Climate-Change Fears Falsified by Scientists and Politicians
Ted Cruz Says Climate-Change Fears Falsified by Scientists and Politicians
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Talking Points Memo and The Week
Juan Williams / The Hill:
GOP's anger turns in upon itself — With the first GOP primary debate this week, the Republican Party will be at the center of the nation's political attention. — This should be a high time for Republicans. — The party won control of the Senate last year while holding its majority in the House.
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The Moderate Voice
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
WATCH: Clueless Klansman at Confederate flag rally confronted for wearing FUBU shoes — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A man with a Ku Klux Klan tattoo and hat was caught wearing FUBU shoes — an iconic brand associated with hip hop — at a rally in support of the Confederate flag at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia.
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Why Obama's epic climate plan isn't such a big deal — The carbon regulations that President Obama is unveiling today sound like they'll be a bit stronger than the toothless draft rules he unveiled last year. That doesn't mean they'll be strong. And it certainly doesn't mean they'll be …
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John Lippert / Bloomberg Business:
California Has a Plan to End the Auto Industry as We Know It — Mary Nichols, the California regulator who showed the world how to clean up smog, is pushing for all cars to be electric. — Sergio Marchionne had a funny thing to say about the $32,500 battery-powered Fiat 500e that his company markets in California as “eco-chic.”
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Forbes
Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
Federal Aid's Role in Driving Up Tuitions Gains Credence — View long held by conservatives is being adopted by more mainstream economists; New York Fed study faults government aid for letting colleges boost prices — Imagine a scenario in which the federal government helps households pursue …
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American Spectator and Hit & Run
Austin American-Statesman:
Ken Paxton arrested, booked; indictment released — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — The indictment listing three felony charges also expected to be made available to the public. — Attorney general scheduled to get fingerprinted, and mugshot taken, Monday morning.
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Jezebel and Oliver Willis
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
America's Un-Greek Tragedies in Puerto Rico and Appalachia — On Friday the government of Puerto Rico announced that it was about to miss a bond payment. It claimed that for technical legal reasons this wouldn't be a default, but that's a distinction without a difference. — So is Puerto Rico America's Greece?
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Forbes
Stanley Greenberg / Washington Monthly:
The Average Joe's Proviso — Democrats cannot win big or consistently enough, deep enough down the ticket or broadly enough in the states, unless they run much stronger with white working-class and downscale voters. That includes running better with white working-class swing voters, of course.
John Heilemann / Bloomberg Business:
Where Joe Biden Is Coming From — Three years ago, in mid-August 2012, I spent several days in close quarters with Joe Biden for a magazine profile I was writing. In an interview in his cabin aboard Air Force Two, I asked Biden about a topic much discussed back then, and even more so …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Jeb Bush Threatens To Unilaterally Cut Members Of Congress' Pay If They Don't Do What He Wants — Late last month, Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush cast the Constitution's model for separation of powers to the winds with a 15 second video centered around one proposal …
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Philip Elliott / TIME:
Jeb Bush on His Campaign Cash: Tough Luck if Critics Don't Like It
Jeb Bush on His Campaign Cash: Tough Luck if Critics Don't Like It
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Progress Pond