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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
Fiorina's Face: Trump Fights Like a Leftist ... And Wins — This should go without saying but in this increasingly shrill GOP primary of ours I want to be clear that analyzing Donald Trump's political tactics does not equal my condoning of them. I've said before and I'll say again …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump: I wasn't talking about Carly Fiorina's face — Trump insists he wasn't talking about Fiorina's looks — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Thursday that when he suggested Carly Fiorina's face would make her unelectable, he wasn't talking about her looks. — “I'm not talking about looks.
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CNN:
Poll: Donald Trump surges to 32% support — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has become the first Republican presidential candidate to top 30% support in the race for the Republican nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, which finds the businessman pulling well away from the rest of the GOP field.
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New York Times:
Looking to Score With Republican Debate Viewers, Not Floor Donald Trump
Looking to Score With Republican Debate Viewers, Not Floor Donald Trump
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump, Carson dominate in SC poll
Trump, Carson dominate in SC poll
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Ben Carson: I don't want to get into a ‘gladiator fight’ with Donald Trump
Ben Carson: I don't want to get into a ‘gladiator fight’ with Donald Trump
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NBC News:
First Read: Why John Boehner Could Lose His Job
First Read: Why John Boehner Could Lose His Job
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Huckabee: Dred Scott Decision “Remains To This Day The Law Of The Land” — The Dred Scott decision was overturned by the 14th Amendment. — While defending Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis's refusal to issue marriage licenses out of her religious opposition to same-sex marriage …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Huckabee says Dred Scott still ‘law of land’ — Mike Huckabee on Thursday said the Dred Scott decision denying U.S. citizenship to African-Americans is the law of the land. — Huckabee mentioned the Supreme Court decision as he defended Kentucky clerk Kim Davis's decision to defy …
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
NY Times Launches Its Jew-Tracker [Updated] — The New York Times today offers up a table examining the Democratic (but not Republican) Senators and House members opposed to Obama's Iran agreement, noting whether they are Jewish and the proportion of Jewish constituents in their state or district.
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Alicia Parlapiano Updated / New York Times:
Lawmakers Against the Iran Nuclear Deal — Twenty-three Democratic lawmakers have said they will not support President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, joining their Republican colleagues in the House and the Senate. Though more Jewish members of Congress support the deal than oppose it …
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Democrats Hand Victory to Obama on Iran Nuclear Deal — WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats delivered a major victory to President Obama when they blocked a Republican resolution to reject a six-nation nuclear accord with Iran on Thursday, ensuring the landmark deal will take effect without …
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
New York Times Launches Congress ‘Jew Tracker’
New York Times Launches Congress ‘Jew Tracker’
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Politico:
GOP aims to make Democrats pay politically for Iran vote — Democrats counter that Republicans are overplaying their hand. — It may be years before the political fallout of the Senate's mostly party-line vote Thursday to preserve the Iran nuclear agreement becomes clear.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems filibuster Iran vote
Dems filibuster Iran vote
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CNN:
Senate Democrats protect Obama on Iran vote
Senate Democrats protect Obama on Iran vote
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Associated Press:
Iran nuclear deal survives US Senate
Iran nuclear deal survives US Senate
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP scores early win in ObamaCare lawsuit
GOP scores early win in ObamaCare lawsuit
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Ellen Pao / Re/code:
Ellen Pao Speaks: ‘I Am Now Moving On’ — Over the past three and a half years, I have pursued a legal case against Kleiner Perkins for gender discrimination and retaliation. Seeking justice in the courts has been painful for me personally and professionally, and for my family.
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Oath Keepers Send Armed Guards To Protect Kim Davis From US Marshals — The Oath Keepers, the anti-government “Patriot” group that mounted an armed standoff with the Bureau of Land Management at the Bundy Ranch, stationed armed guards outside of military recruitment centers after the Chattanooga shooting …
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Jason Van Tatenhove / oathkeepers.org/oktester:
Oath Keepers Offers Kim Davis Protection From Further Imprisonment by Judge
Oath Keepers Offers Kim Davis Protection From Further Imprisonment by Judge
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Melinda Henneberger / Bloomberg Business:
Joe Biden's Late Show Appearance With Stephen Colbert Turns Emotional — Stephen Colbert's new comedy show was effectively preempted Thursday, its third day on the air, in favor of a wrenching, intimate conversation about love, loss and running for president between the comedian and Vice President Joe Biden …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Jindal calls Trump practically every name in the book — Bobby Jindal pulled no punches against Donald Trump on Thursday, raining down a deluge of criticisms on the current Republican leader in the polls, calling him “a narcissist,” “an egomaniac,” “non-serious,” “substance-free,” “insecure …
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Politico:
David Brock: The New York Times has ‘a special place in hell’ — The pro-Clinton crusader accuses former D.C. bureau chief Carolyn Ryan of helping to turn the paper into a ‘megaphone for conservative propaganda.’ — David Brock's war against the New York Times just went nuclear — and the paper is responding with equal fury.
Politico:
Bernie Sanders overtakes Hillary Clinton in Iowa — People close to Clinton's camp have recently been warning that the Vermont senator could win Iowa and New Hampshire. — Hillary Clinton's Iowa edge is gone. — Bernie Sanders leads the former secretary of state for the first time among …
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Rand Paul Tries to Reclaim the Spotlight — The race for the Republican presidential nomination has devolved into vehement denunciations, and Rand Paul's voice seems to have gone a bit hoarse in recent weeks. — The novelty of his libertarian brand has worn off as Republicans have swung …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cruz's second shutdown play rankles fellow Republicans
Cruz's second shutdown play rankles fellow Republicans
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New York Times:
Obama Increases Number of Syrian Refugees for U.S. Resettlement to 10,000 — WASHINGTON — President Obama, under increasing pressure to demonstrate that the United States is joining European nations in the effort to resettle Syrian refugees, has told his administration to take in at least 10,000 displaced Syrians over the next year.
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Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / BREITBART.COM:
7th Graders in Tennessee Made to Recite ‘Allah Is the Only God’ in Public School — Middle school parents in Tennessee are up in arms on learning that their children were instructed to recite and write, “Allah is the only god,” as part of a world history project.
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Everything Wrong with California in One Photo — My local station. — Nationwide gasoline prices are below $3 a gallon. But here in California it is not unusual to see prices still over $4 a gallon. So what do liberal here want to do? Pass a law that mandates reducing gasoline consumption …