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Annie Karni / Politico:
Chaos in the Democratic presidential primary — A civil war erupted within the Democratic Party on Friday after news that Bernie Sanders' campaign took advantage of a technological glitch to access, search and save one of Hillary Clinton's most valuable campaign assets — her voter files.
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Bloomberg Business:
Sanders Campaign Sues Democratic Party After Data Breach — Senior adviser Tad Devine accuses party leaders of “grinding our campaign to a halt” in an appearance on Bloomberg Politics' With All Due Respect. — michaelcbender — jeneps — AndyNewsNowInDC
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
DNC penalizes Sanders campaign for improper access of Clinton voter data — Officials with the Democratic National Committee have accused the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders of improperly accessing confidential voter information gathered by the rival campaign of Hillary Clinton, according to several party officials.
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The Hill:
Sanders sues Democratic Party — Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) presidential campaign filed a lawsuit Friday evening in federal court against the Democratic National Committee, following the suspension of his campaign from the DNC's voter database. — Earlier in the day …
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
DNC Data Breach: What Happened and What It Means for Bernie Sanders' Campaign — A Bernie Sanders campaign staffer has been fired after allegedly accessing data from the Hillary Clinton campaign, Sanders campaign officials said. — What the Sanders Campaign Is Saying
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Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Franklin Pierce/Herald poll: Cruz, Rubio, Christie surge toward front-runner Trump; Hillary climbs back in NH
Franklin Pierce/Herald poll: Cruz, Rubio, Christie surge toward front-runner Trump; Hillary climbs back in NH
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders Bristle at Holding Debates on Weekends
Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders Bristle at Holding Debates on Weekends
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Stu Trevelyan / blog.ngpvan.com:
Data Security and Privacy
Data Security and Privacy
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New York Post:
Hillary Clinton's dream debate is one nobody watches
Hillary Clinton's dream debate is one nobody watches
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Catherine Treyz / CNN:
Bernie Sanders campaign accesses Hillary Clinton data, gets suspended from DNC voter files
Bernie Sanders campaign accesses Hillary Clinton data, gets suspended from DNC voter files
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Fired Sanders Staffer: We Saved Clinton Voter Data To Prove Breach
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Sanders Campaign Threatens Lawsuit Against DNC For Blocking Data Access
Sanders Campaign Threatens Lawsuit Against DNC For Blocking Data Access
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Lead Grows Nationally; 41% of His Voters Want to Bomb Country From Aladdin; Clinton Maintains Big Lead — PPP's newest national Republican primary poll finds Donald Trump holding his largest lead yet in the wake of Tuesday night's debate. He's at 34% to 18% for Ted Cruz …
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CBS News:
Marco Rubio explains why he skipped vote, swipes at Rand Paul — Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, on Friday defended his decision to skip a major vote in the Senate that afternoon to fund the government through September, and he took a swipe at a GOP rival who called on him to resign from Congress.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Rubio misses spending bill vote — Sen. Marco Rubio missed Friday's Senate vote approving a massive $1.8 trillion end-of-the-year spending bill and tax package — a day after he suggested that he could try to slow the legislation down. — The Florida Republican, who is running for president …
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Rick Perry Praises Cruz, Rips Trump And Rubio In Iowa Radio Interview
Rick Perry Praises Cruz, Rips Trump And Rubio In Iowa Radio Interview
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Congress clears $1.8 trillion tax and spending bills
Congress clears $1.8 trillion tax and spending bills
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Conservative Ire Grows Over Marco Rubio's Past on Immigration
Conservative Ire Grows Over Marco Rubio's Past on Immigration
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Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:
Poll: 30 percent of GOP voters support bombing any Arab sounding nation — even the fictional land of Aladdin
Poll: 30 percent of GOP voters support bombing any Arab sounding nation — even the fictional land of Aladdin
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
In 1999 Memo, Ted Cruz Took Milder Tone on Immigration
In 1999 Memo, Ted Cruz Took Milder Tone on Immigration
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Paul: Rubio should resign over missed Senate votes
Paul: Rubio should resign over missed Senate votes
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Dan De Luce / Foreign Policy:
Hagel: The White House Tried to ‘Destroy’ Me — In an exclusive interview, Chuck Hagel said the Obama administration micromanaged the Pentagon, stabbed him in the back on the way out — and still has no strategy for fixing Syria. — Jet-lagged from a long overseas trip …
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Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Donald Trump left Joe Scarborough stunned after being asked about Vladimir Putin killing journalists — During a Friday-morning interview with Donald Trump, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough was baffled by the Republican front-runner's embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Trump Pattern — Again and again over the last six months …
The Trump Pattern — Again and again over the last six months …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Systemic Change Needed After Faulty Times Article — Mistakes are bound to happen in the news business, but some are worse than others. — What I'll lay out here was a bad one. It involved a failure of sufficient skepticism at every level of the reporting and editing process …
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fda.gov:
FDA proposes tanning bed age restrictions and other important safety measures … For Immediate Release — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced important proposed steps to protect public health by preventing the use of sunlamp products (also commonly known as indoor tanning beds) …
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
The New York Times Just Memory-Holed This Devastating Obama Admission — A story published by the New York Times late Thursday night caused some major media waves. The story, which was written by reporters Peter Baker and Gardiner Harris, included a remarkable admission by Obama …
The Huffington Post:
Progressive PR Firm Closes Down Over Sexual Harassment And Assault Allegations — The group represented some of the biggest progressive organizations. — WASHINGTON — FitzGibbon Media, a prominent progressive public relations firm, abruptly shut down on Thursday amid allegations …
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Streiff / RedState:
SCHADENFREUDE ALERT! Major Progressive PR Firm Melts Down In Sex Scandal
SCHADENFREUDE ALERT! Major Progressive PR Firm Melts Down In Sex Scandal
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
College Professor, Students Sport Yellow Jewish Stars to ‘Protest Islamophobia’ — A University of San Diego professor and her students have raised eyebrows in the pro-Israel community after they led a protest this week against anti-Muslim rhetoric by wearing yellow Jewish star badges …
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Abraham Cooper By / Wall Street Journal:
Mideast Christians Deserve U.S. Refuge
Mideast Christians Deserve U.S. Refuge
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Donald Allen / The White House:
President Obama Grants Commutations and Pardons — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Barack Obama granted commutations of sentence to 95 individuals and pardons to two individuals.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama Commutes Sentences of 95 Prisoners and Pardons Two
Obama Commutes Sentences of 95 Prisoners and Pardons Two
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
President Obama commutes sentences of about 100 drug offenders
President Obama commutes sentences of about 100 drug offenders
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Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Congress Votes To Fund Nearly 300,000 Visas For Muslim Migrants In One Year — The House passed Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)'s $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill, negotiated with Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). A majority of House Republicans voted for the measure, which fully funds Obama's refugee …
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
How old-fashioned logrolling produced Congress' massive budget deal
How old-fashioned logrolling produced Congress' massive budget deal
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
New York pizza parlor owner admits to recruiting for ISIS — The owner of a Rochester, N.Y., pizza parlor pleaded guilty on Thursday to trying to recruit people to join Islamic extremists in the Middle East. — The man, 31-year-old Mufid Elfgeeh, used the Internet to find potential supporters …
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