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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
How A Conservative Radio Host Inspired Ben Carson To Apply To Yale — Ben Carson told reporters a story on Friday that he has written about several times: as a high school senior, he could only afford to apply to one college, and he decided he would apply to the school that won a face off …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Chris Christie: 'I Don't Have A Lot Of Sympathy' For Ben Carson (VIDEO)
Chris Christie: 'I Don't Have A Lot Of Sympathy' For Ben Carson (VIDEO)
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Little Green Footballs, Mock Paper Scissors and Mediaite
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Mike Huckabee Takes A Dig At Ben Carson: ‘I Never Stabbed Anybody’ (VIDEO)
Mike Huckabee Takes A Dig At Ben Carson: ‘I Never Stabbed Anybody’ (VIDEO)
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Washington Times, addictinginfo.org and The Bob and Chez Show
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Here's Hillary Clinton's big 2016 challenge, in one chart — As many have already observed, one of the big questions that will help decide whether Hillary Clinton wins the White House next year is this: Can Clinton turn out the coalition that helped power Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 wins at the same levels that the president did?
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Outside the Beltway, Los Angeles Times and Political Wire
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz Sets Sights on ‘Moderate’ Marco Rubio
Ted Cruz Sets Sights on ‘Moderate’ Marco Rubio
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Heritage Action presidential scorecard rates Cruz near-perfect
Heritage Action presidential scorecard rates Cruz near-perfect
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The Week and whorunsGov
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Math on Rubionomics Is Way, Way Crazier Than You Think
Jonathan Ferziger / Bloomberg Business:
Obama Tells Netanyahu Their Differences Must Be Narrowed — He says split is mostly on ‘narrow issue’ of the Iran deal — Netanyahu says shared goals will keep the alliance strong — President Barack Obama told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that while their differences …
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NBC News:
Tim Wolfe, University of Missouri President, Says He's Resigning Amid Racial Unrest — The president of the University of Missouri said Monday he is resigning amid mounting criticism of his handling of racism on the school's campus network. — Tim Wolfe's exit came two days after black members …
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Lori Weisberg / The San Diego Union-Tribune stories:
SeaWorld to phase out killer whale show … SeaWorld intends to phase out its longstanding killer whale show at its San Diego park next year as part of a comprehensive strategy unveiled Monday to re-position the embattled company amid persistent criticisms of how it treats its orcas.
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Hugo MartinContact / Los Angeles Times:
SeaWorld to phase out killer whale show — SeaWorld intends to phase out its longstanding killer whale show at its San Diego park next year as part of a strategy to re-position the embattled company amid persistent criticisms of how it treats its orcas. — In its place would be a new orca …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Despair, American Style — A couple of weeks ago President Obama mocked Republicans who are “down on America,” and reinforced his message by doing a pretty good Grumpy Cat impression. He had a point: With job growth at rates not seen since the 1990s, with the percentage of Americans covered …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Charts of the Day: Americans Seem to Be About As Happy As Ever — The new Case/Deaton paper about the rise in white deaths from suicide, alcohol, and drug overdoses has inspired a lot of discussion about why Americans are apparently so despondent these days. Paul Krugman goes so far as to call it “existential despair.”
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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Four Reasons the Missouri Football Strikers are Cowardly Liberal Lazy Douchebags — UPDATE: Mizzou's President has apparently resigned, proving that some people think negotiating with terrorists is a good idea, even when those terrorists are 1-5 in the SEC.
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Brett McMurphy / ESPN:
Missouri player says many on team don't support practice boycott — 37m - COLLEGE FOOTBALL SHELDON RICHARDSON MISSOURI TIGERS + more
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
For debate, Fox Business aims to be the anti-CNBC — Fox Business Network, the host of Tuesday's GOP debate, has its claws out — not for the candidates, as its moderators vow to stick closely to the issues, but for its more famous competitor CNBC. — Tuesday's encounter …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Fox Business Channel Star Maria Bartiromo to GOP Candidates: Grow Up — Despite all the Republican griping over CNBC's presidential debate, Maria Bartiromo says any question will be ‘fair game’ in Milwaukee on Tuesday. — When it comes to running a presidential debate …
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Vox, Political Wire and Politico
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Bernie Sanders, Lover of Genocidal Tyrants, Is Anything But Cute — In a reality show election starring Hillary Clinton, it takes real effort to be the most appalling, disgusting, and morally bankrupt character in the cast. Enter stage left Bernie Sanders, the “democratic” socialist.
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Dems search for fountain of youth
Dems search for fountain of youth
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Bloomberg.com news, Hot Air and Wall Street Journal
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Bachmann: Jesus is ‘coming soon’ — Former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) calls in an interview for converting as many people as possible to Christianity because Jesus is “coming soon.” — The 2012 Republican presidential candidate made the comments in a radio interview last week with Tony Perkins …
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RedState, Erick on the Radio, The PJ Tatler and The Huffington Post
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Forget Trump, Let's Talk About the Media — Ashley Parker explains the new landscape of political advertising: … Can we stop right here? Donald Trump's “discovery,” if it can be called that, is that the American media is a sucker for anything outrageous. That's it.
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Political Wire, First Draft and Balloon Juice
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court Tosses Lawsuit Against Texas Trooper — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday threw out a lawsuit against a Texas state trooper who shot and killed a fleeing driver while trying to disable the speeding car. — At a time of increased scrutiny focused on deadly police encounters …
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