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Authorities plan to cut off power to militia at occupied Oregon refuge — Armed militants will begin their third day at the wildlife refuge and have vowed to remain for months in protest at over the treatment of two local cattle ranchers — Federal authorities are planning to cut off …
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Des Moines Register:
Last Slide — Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, said while campaigning in Iowa on Monday that he had no knowledge about a standoff in eastern Oregon where armed anti-government protesters have taken over a federal wildlife refuge.
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Is the Oregon Standoff Evidence of a Racial Double Standard? — Not really. And we are in danger of drawing the wrong lessons from the fact that these armed militiamen are white. — In April 2014, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy made headlines when he (and his armed allies) …
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Power Line, Oregonian, Fox News, Salon, Fox News Insider and Guardian
Carissa Wolf / Washington Post:
In Oregon, frustration over federal land rights has been building for years
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
How the Leader of the Oregon Armed Protest Benefited From a Federal Loan Program
Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
You Need To Understand Mormonism If You Want To Understand The Oregon Standoff
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump and Cruz send shivers down GOP spines — With only weeks before GOP primary voters first cast their ballots, the level of alarm among establishment Republicans about the enduring dominance of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz is reaching new heights. — In private conversations with several former aides …
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Bankers Flood Across The Rio Grande In Bizarre New Ted Cruz Ad (VIDEO) — Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) presidential campaign debuted a new TV ad Tuesday morning depicting white-collar workers invading the U.S. — The ad, titled “Invasion,” is scheduled to air statewide in New Hampshire.
The White House:
FACT SHEET: New Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Our Communities — Gun violence has taken a heartbreaking toll on too many communities across the country. Over the past decade in America, more than 100,000 people have been killed as a result of gun violence …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama wipes away tears as he calls for new gun measures — President Barack Obama wept openly Tuesday as he delivered a forceful defense of new executive actions on gun violence, a set of modest proposals to tighten loopholes that likely face quick legal challenges and could be vulnerable to reversal by a Republican White House.
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Ali Weinberg / ABC News:
Obama to Expand Gun Control Measures: ‘Excuses No Longer Suffice’
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama details executive action on gun restrictions
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Wesley Goheen / WGCL-TV:
Woman, children safe after standoff at hotel comes to an end — A standoff at an area hotel involving two adults and 11 children has come to an end after the suspect stabbed himself. — A SWAT team had been deployed to the standoff inside a room at the Rite4Us Inn & Suites location …
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Esquire:
AMERICAN RAGE: THE ESQUIRE/NBC NEWS SURVEY — WE THE PEOPLE ARE PISSED. THE BODY POLITIC IS BURNING UP. AND THE ANGER THAT COURSES THROUGH OUR HEADLINES AND NEWS FEEDS—ABOUT INJUSTICE AND INEQUALITY, ABOUT MARGINALIZATION AND DISENFRANCHISEMENT, ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO US—SHOWS NO SIGN OF ABATING.
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David Granger / Esquire:
A Few Words About Esquire's February Cover Star, Donald Trump — Donald Trump has turned out to be a useful tool. He has stymied—at least for the early part of the Republican presidential sweepstakes—the effect of Citizens United, which flooded our politics with money from oligarchs eager to buy government leaders.
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Politico, FishbowlNY, Political Wire and Washington Post
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Bill gutting ObamaCare would save half-trillion over a decade, CBO finds — A GOP-led effort to repeal the biggest parts of ObamaCare would cost about $42 billion less than previously expected, saving more than a half-trillion dollars over a decade, the congressional budget scorekeeper said Monday.
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NBC News:
Trump Has Highest Support Among White Evangelicals: Poll — With the presidential primaries in full swing, Donald Trump maintains his sizable lead over the rest of the Republican field. Among Republican or Republican-leaning registered voters, Trump has 35% support compared to 18% for Ted Cruz …
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John Ortved / New York Times:
The Dress Code for Power Lunching at the Four Seasons — When news broke that the Four Seasons Restaurant would be leaving its landmark home in the Seagram Building in Midtown Manhattan, a collective gasp could be heard in the city's corridors of power. After all, the 56-year-old restaurant …
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Business Insider and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
This crowd shot from Donald Trump's Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling — Donald Trump went to Lowell, Mass. — a town about five miles south of the New Hampshire border — for one of his now trademark big-arena rallies on Monday night. This is what the crowd looked like per WaPo's Jenna Johnson.
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BostonGlobe.com, AMERICAN DIGEST and The Daily Caller
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Hillary: Elect me and I'll get to the bottom of UFOs and Area 51 — Old and busted: Donald Trump actively appeals to the fringies! New hotness: Media to salute Hillary Clinton's inclusiveness in 4, 3, 2 ... Ahem. These two had eight years to pursue any curiosity they had about UFOs and Area 51.
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