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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Roger Ailes: Donald Trump should apologize to Megyn Kelly — Donald Trump may have finally crossed the line with Fox News. — On Tuesday, Fox News Chief Roger Ailes said in a statement Donald Trump should apologize for a tirade of tweets aimed at Fox News host Megyn Kelly.
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Sam Frizell / TIME:
Pollster's Legs Wobble After Fawning Donald Trump Focus Group — “My legs are shaking,” the pollster Frank Luntz says of the results — A flock of two dozen mad-as-hell supporters of Donald Trump agreed to assemble on Monday night in a political consultant's office to explain their passion for the Republican frontrunner.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
David Duke On Trump: He's “Certainly The Best Of The Lot” Running For President — “I think he understands the real sentiment of America.” — David Duke, a former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and self-described “racial realist,” says Donald Trump is the best Republican candidate …
ABC News:
Anchor Jorge Ramos Thrown Out of Trump Event, Told to ‘Go Back to Univision’ — News anchor Jorge Ramos, who works for Univision and Fusion, was thrown out of an event for Donald Trump after he asked a question without being called on. — Trump told Ramos, who was trying to ask …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
“Go back to Univision”: Trump kicks Jorge Ramos out of presser for asking questions without being called on — Alternate headline: “Trump rises another 10 points in Republican polls.” — When reporters first started huffing about this on Twitter, it sounded as though Trump had booted …
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Why Biden shouldn't run, and won't — There may be a very long-shot pathway to the presidency for Vice President Biden in 2016, but running as a vulture candidate — whose candidacy would be premised on the bet that the partisan vendetta of personal destruction being waged against Hillary Clinton …
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Patrick Howley / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: Joe Biden's Son: Ashley Madison Account Was Created In My Name By America's Enemies
EXCLUSIVE: Joe Biden's Son: Ashley Madison Account Was Created In My Name By America's Enemies
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CNN:
Vice President Joe Biden is said to be seriously mulling a 2016 bid
Vice President Joe Biden is said to be seriously mulling a 2016 bid
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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
Napa Valley Wine Train chief: It was ‘100% wrong’ to boot black women's group — The Napa Valley Wine Train on Tuesday issued a fuller apology to members of a book club made up largely of black women, saying company employees were “100 percent wrong” to kick them off the train for supposedly being loud.
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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
The Wine Train Thing Happened to Another Group of Passengers, This Time Latino
The Wine Train Thing Happened to Another Group of Passengers, This Time Latino
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Debora Villalon / KTVU-TV:
Book club's removal from Napa Wine train triggers social media firestorm
Book club's removal from Napa Wine train triggers social media firestorm
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Brian Grasso / Washington Post:
I'm a Duke freshman. Here's why I refused to read ‘Fun Home.’ — It's not about being uncomfortable. It's about being asked to do something that I think is immoral. — As a Christian, I knew that my beliefs and identity would be challenged at a progressive university like Duke.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Fox News staffers warn Trump to back off of Megyn Kelly after feud reignites; Update: “Unacceptable,” “disturbing,” says Ailes; Update: Hannity joins in; Update: Trump responds to Ailes — War. — Just flagging this so that we have an easy point of chronological reference for The Day Fox's Trump Coverage Changed.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump's ‘crude’ 'Megyn Kelly attack ‘disturbing,’ Roger Ailes says
Donald Trump's ‘crude’ 'Megyn Kelly attack ‘disturbing,’ Roger Ailes says
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NBC26.tv:
Student accidentally shot at W.S. Hornsby School — AUGUSTA, GA - One student is recovering from a grazed bullet and another student is in custody for accidentally firing the weapon that it came from. It happened at Hornsby Elementary Tuesday morning. — The Richmond County Board …
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Spokesman: Barack Obama was too ‘flip’ when he called opponents ‘crazies’ — Presidential spokesman concedes his boss was a ‘little glib.’ — President Barack Obama may have gone too far in when he referred some of his opponents in Congress as “crazies,” White House spokesman Eric Schultz …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
President Obama has a new term for opponents: ‘The crazies’
President Obama has a new term for opponents: ‘The crazies’
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Aarti Shahani / NPR:
Why Phone Fraud Starts With A Silent Call — Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. ET. — Here's an experience some of us have had. The phone rings. You pick it up and say “Hello. Hello. Helloooo.” But nobody answers.
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Thomas J. Vilsack / The Gazette:
Why I'm supporting Hillary Clinton — On Feb. 1, 2016 I intend to proudly caucus for Hillary Clinton — plain and simple. Hillary Clinton is not new to the fight for middle class families. Throughout her public life she has consistently fought to expand and strengthen the middle class.
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Jeffrey Hurant / U.S. Department of Justice:
Largest Online Male Escort Service Raided — Rentboy.com CEO and Six Current and Former Employees Arrested — A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging the CEO of Rentboy.com, Jeffrey Hurant, and six Rentboy.com employees with conspiring to violate the Travel Act by promoting prostitution.
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Jacob Aron / New Scientist:
Stephen Hawking says he has a way to escape from a black hole — Hawking outside the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm yesterday — Stuff that falls into a black hole is gone forever, right? Not so, says Stephen Hawking. — “If you feel you are in a black hole, don't give up …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Should Hillary Clinton Suspend Her Campaign? — Growing national security questions about Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server during her time as secretary of State are drowning out much of her message as a presidential candidate and causing many of her fellow Democrats to worry about the future of her campaign.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump up big in NH; Sanders leads Clinton — PPP's new New Hampshire poll finds Donald Trump in the strongest position of any poll we've done anywhere since he entered the race. Trump laps the Republican field with 35% to 11% for John Kasich, 10% for Carly Fiorina, 7% each for Jeb Bush and Scott Walker …
Jen Yamato / The Daily Beast:
Owen Wilson: Donald Trump Is the Charlie Sheen of Politics — The laid-back Texan opens up about his new geopolitical thriller No Escape, reprising his role as male model Hansel in Zoolander 2, and his thoughts on The Donald. — In his latest film No Escape—his first serious …
New York Times:
Inquiry Weighs Whether Data on ISIS Was Distorted — WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's inspector general is investigating allegations that military officials have skewed intelligence assessments about the United States-led campaign in Iraq against the Islamic State to provide a more optimistic account …
Politico:
House GOP leaders desperate to avoid shutdown — With the clock ticking, Republicans have yet to settle on a strategy to resolve a showdown over Planned Parenthood funding. — Getty — An explosive confrontation brewing between the House Republican leadership and conservatives …
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Washington Post, Daily Kos and RedState
Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
Feds: Menendez named on 9 pages in ‘ledger’ found in Melgen's office — When federal agents looking into health care fraud searched the office of Florida eye doctor Solomon Melgen in January 2013, they found references to U.S. Senator Robert Menendez scattered all around.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Rick Perry adviser joins Donald Trump campaign — Sam Clovis, the prominent conservative Iowa operative who departed Rick Perry's campaign this week, is heading to Donald Trump's camp to serve as his national co-chairman and policy adviser. — “I had an opportunity to get to know Mr. Trump …
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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
Man dies after being run over by WWII tank on Jelly Belly chairman's property — The husband of Jelly Belly's chief executive accidentally crushed a man to death with a World War II-era tank during a reunion on the family's property in Fairfield, Calif., authorities said.
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