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Wall Street Journal:
The GOP on Economics — The good, the bad, and the ugly at the fourth presidential debate. — Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate wasn't the most entertaining, but it was by far the most educational. The two-hour session gave the candidates a chance to critique the Obama record …
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Populism on the Rise in GOP Race for President — Candidates bash big banks, the Fed, corporations and international trade deals in their latest debate — The latest presidential debate vividly captured how the 2008 financial crisis has reshaped the Republican Party by unleashing …
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Washington Monthly
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Confrontation Brews as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Vie for Conservative Vote
Confrontation Brews as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Vie for Conservative Vote
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
A Troubled G.O.P. Debate for Donald Trump and Jeb Bush
A Troubled G.O.P. Debate for Donald Trump and Jeb Bush
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Hit & Run, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Mediaite and Washington Post
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
G.O.P. Fight Now a Battle Over What Defines a Conservative
G.O.P. Fight Now a Battle Over What Defines a Conservative
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Towleroad, Washington Post and Liberal Values
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Cruz vs. Rubio: The Overture
Cruz vs. Rubio: The Overture
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Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump, Marco Rubio Won GOP Debate, Poll Finds
Donald Trump, Marco Rubio Won GOP Debate, Poll Finds
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Peter Hasson / Campus Reform:
Mizzou prof. resigns following outrage over his refusal to cancel exam — “If you don't feel safe coming to class, then don't come to class,” Dr. Brigham told his students. “I will be there, and there will be an exam administered in our class.” — Dr. Dale Brigham, considered …
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Mizzou, Yale and Free Speech
Mizzou, Yale and Free Speech
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Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Race and the Free-Speech Diversion
Race and the Free-Speech Diversion
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Washington Post, Here & Now and The Atlantic
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
As death threats spread fear at Mizzou, professor asks students to defeat ‘bullies’ and attend class
As death threats spread fear at Mizzou, professor asks students to defeat ‘bullies’ and attend class
Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon:
White Missouri professor shames black students for heeding violent threats: “If you give into bullies, they win”
White Missouri professor shames black students for heeding violent threats: “If you give into bullies, they win”
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Charles Koch: We are doling out welfare for the wealthy — Billionaire Charles Koch said Wednesday that the federal government is widening the gap between America's rich and poor. — “For most of this nation's history, our country has been characterized by opportunity …
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Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Charles Koch: No backing for candidate in GOP primary — WASHINGTON — Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch said Wednesday he's unlikely to back a candidate in the crowded Republican presidential primary, the latest sign that one of the most influential figures in conservative politics seems less than enthusiastic about his choices.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
How the Kochs created Joni Ernst
New York Times:
Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Maintaining Lead Over Bernie Sanders — Despite a month of sharpened attacks, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has failed to significantly dent Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead in the Democratic presidential race, according to a New York Times/CBS News survey released on Thursday.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Postal workers union backs Bernie Sanders — Bernie Sanders snagged a major union endorsement on Thursday, with the American Postal Workers' Union announcing its backing of the Democratic presidential candidate. Sanders' largest union pickup comes as his chief rival, Hillary Clinton …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Promised Bipartisanship, Obama Adviser Found Disappointment — WASHINGTON — When President Obama first won the White House, he recruited Ray LaHood, a Republican congressman, to join his cabinet. The appointment, Mr. Obama declared, “reflects that bipartisan spirit” that would distinguish his presidency.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ray LaHood: Obama Was Unable To Execute Bipartisan Approach
Ray LaHood: Obama Was Unable To Execute Bipartisan Approach
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Rand Paul is right: The most economically unequal states are Democratic — During Tuesday night's Republican debate, Gerard Baker, editor in chief of the Wall Street Journal, posed a question to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.): “Does it matter at all that the gap between the rich and everyone else is widening?”
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Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Transcript: Read the Full Text of the Fourth Republican Debate in Milwaukee
Transcript: Read the Full Text of the Fourth Republican Debate in Milwaukee
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Rafael Romo / CNN:
Human trafficking survivor: I was raped 43,200 times — Mexico City (CNN)Karla Jacinto is sitting in a serene garden. She looks at the ordinary sights of flowers and can hear people beyond the garden walls, walking and talking in Mexico City. — She looks straight into my eyes …
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Agence France-Presse:
EU flag burned as tens of thousands join Warsaw nationalist demo — Organisers said that up to 50,000 were on the march which marked the anniversary of Poland's independence after the First World War — Tens of thousands of protesters poured into Warsaw's streets on Wednesday …
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Jeb Bush Offers a Chest Bump ‘for Every Convert’ — WAUKEE, Iowa — After his final event of the day here, Jeb Bush posed for selfies, shook hands with voters and — wait, was that just a chest bump? — Yes, yes, it was. — Asked to explain why Mr. Bush, the former Florida governor …
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Cristina Flores / KUTV-TV:
Foster parents say child removed from their home because they are gay — (KUTV) April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce of Carbon County said the baby they've loved and raised for the last three months will be removed from their home and sent to heterosexual foster parents because a judge said the baby would be better-off.
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump talks Clinton's ‘massive’ new hairdo — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Wednesday he was shocked to see Hillary Clinton's latest hairdo, calling it “massive” in an interview on conservative talk radio. — Asked by host Mark Levin what Clinton's appeal to voters is, Trump simply said …
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Devin Henry / The Hill:
EPA seeks to block chief's deposition in coal lawsuit — The Environmental Protection Agency is working to block a deposition for administrator Gina McCarthy as part of a coal industry lawsuit. — In a Tuesday court filing, the EPA asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Chris Christie: College unrest a product of ‘lawlessness’ that Obama allows — MUSCATAINE, Iowa — In his first campaign stops after a well-received performance in Fox Business's “undercard” GOP presidential primary debate, Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) mixed raw talk about addiction …
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