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Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: 69 percent oppose shutdown over Planned Parenthood — <p>Nearly seven in 10 Americans — 69 percent — oppose shutting down the government over funding for Planned Parenthood, according to the results of a new national <a href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/ images/polling/us/us09282015_um96cvr.pd f" …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Ted Cruz's big moment — <p>If Ted Cruz is ever going to break through in the Republican presidential primary, the time is now. </p><p>Cruz has been the workmanlike conservative of the GOP field: a strong fundraiser but no Jeb Bush, well-liked by the activist right yet unable, so far …
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Jeb: We're ‘going to miss’ Boehner — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) says Americans will miss outgoing Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). — “I admire John Boehner greatly, he's a great public servant,” the GOP presidential candidate said on “Fox News Sunday.”
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Chuck Todd to Fiorina: Haven't You ‘Exaggerated’ Planned Parenthood Video?
Chuck Todd to Fiorina: Haven't You ‘Exaggerated’ Planned Parenthood Video?
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Washington Post:
Fiorina's falsehoods
Fiorina's falsehoods
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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Trump gets down to business on 60 Minutes — Scott Pelley interviews Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who lays out key policy details and reveals a major part of his tax proposal — The following script is from “Trump” which aired on September 27, 2015. Scott Pelley is the correspondent.
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Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Release Plan Calling for Higher Taxes on the Wealthy
Trump to Release Plan Calling for Higher Taxes on the Wealthy
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump: 'I'm a pretty good Republican'
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump to release tax reform proposal on Monday
Trump to release tax reform proposal on Monday
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
It's make or break time for Jeb Bush — Jeb Bush is entering a critical phase of his Republican presidential campaign, with top donors warning that the former Florida governor needs to demonstrate growth in the polls over the next month or face serious defections among supporters.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Blackmail Caucus, a.k.a. the Republican Party — John Boehner was a terrible, very bad, no good speaker of the House. Under his leadership, Republicans pursued an unprecedented strategy of scorched-earth obstructionism, which did immense damage to the economy and undermined America's credibility around the world.
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Norm Ornstein / The Atlantic:
How GOP Radicals Made the Speakership Unappealing
How GOP Radicals Made the Speakership Unappealing
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CBS News:
John Boehner warns of GOP's “false prophets” in D.C.
John Boehner warns of GOP's “false prophets” in D.C.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Republican hard-liners are ‘false prophets,’ Boehner says
Republican hard-liners are ‘false prophets,’ Boehner says
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Elizabeth Warren:
Senator Warren's Remarks at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate — BOSTON, MA - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren delivered remarks today at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, as part of the Institute's “Getting to the Point” speaker series.
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Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren just gave the speech that Black Lives Matter activists have been waiting for
Elizabeth Warren just gave the speech that Black Lives Matter activists have been waiting for
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Molly Worthen / New York Times:
Donald Trump and the Rise of the Moral Minority — DONALD TRUMP'S high poll numbers among evangelicals have preoccupied the media for months. But the most interesting thing about his Christian fans is not their willingness to overlook the sins of a casino playboy.
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
WATCH: CNN Grills Carson On Muslim Comments Until Manager Ends Interview — CNN “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper grilled Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on his comments about Muslims in an interview that aired Sunday until his campaign manager off-screen ended the interview.
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
George Zimmerman retweets photo of Trayvon Martin's body posted by admirer — Fox host corners Bush for giving tax cuts to the 1%: ‘Does Jeb Bush need a $3 million tax cut?’
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Democrats should embrace Obama economy — Who could have predicted that in 2015 it would be the Democrats howling about the Obama economy? — In the GOP primary race, the economy is the dog that has not barked. — Given low unemployment, low gas prices and low inflation, it is easy to understand the GOP's silence.
Charlie Rose / CBS News:
All eyes on Putin — At a time of icy relations with the U.S., Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a rare — and surprising — interview to 60 Minutes — The following is a script from “Putin” which aired on September 27, 2015. Charlie Rose is the correspondent. Andy Court, producer.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project:
Modern Immigration Wave Brings 59 Million to U.S., Driving Population Growth and Change Through 2065 — Views of Immigration's Impact on U.S. Society Mixed — Fifty years after passage of the landmark law that rewrote U.S. immigration policy, nearly 59 million immigrants have arrived in the United States …
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Mark Banham / International Business Times:
‘Murdered’ German woman Petra Pazsitka reappears after vanishing 31 years ago — A German woman who vanished 31 years ago and had been registered as dead after a man confessed to her murder, has been found alive and well and living in Düsseldorf. In 1984, Petra Pazsitka, then 24 …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Almost All US Temperature Data Used In Global Warming Models Is Estimated or Altered — We have written many times about the fact that the temperature data used in the alarmists' global warming models are not original data as measured by thermometers. Rather, they are “adjusted” numbers …
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