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Barack Obama and the Hall of Fame of Straw Men — Barack Obama is famous for the false choice: time after time, he posits only two alternatives, one of which is his preferred course while the other option is an obvious straw man, sometimes a course that has never been advocated by anyone.
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The White House and Washington Post
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Obama Cites Americans' Release as Win for ‘Smart’ Diplomacy
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Politico, The Last Tradition and addictinginfo.org


Obama Speaks on Iran: We Achieved Deal ‘Without Resorting to Another War’
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The Daily Banter

Clinton calls for new sanctions on Iran
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USA Today, CNN, Slantpoint, Outside the Beltway, BizPac Review, Politico, Mediaite and iaea.org, more at Mediagazer »

Trump takes credit for Iran prisoner release
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Guardian, Hullabaloo, The Huffington Post and Politico

Iran Complies With Nuclear Deal; Sanctions Are Lifted
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New Yorker, Outside the Beltway, CBS News, Wall Street Journal, Climate Home, The Moderate Voice and The Hill

Trump condemns terms of Iran prisoner swap as Republicans join in criticism
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Raw Story, Observer, The Last Tradition, addictinginfo.org and TIME

Rubio: Law-abiding undocumented immigrants could stay — Sen. Marco Rubio says people who immigrated to the U.S. illegally but haven't committed any major crimes could be allowed to stay. — In an interview airing Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press,” the Florida contender …
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Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, RedState and Allen B. West
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Rubio Says He Bought A Gun On Christmas Eve To Help Defend America Against ISIS — Presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said that he bought a gun on Christmas Eve and will use it to protect his family — and America — against ISIS. — “I'm a strong supporter of the second amendment.
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Hullabaloo, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Slantpoint

Marco Rubio bought a gun to be ‘last line of defense between ISIS and my family’
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New York Times


Poll: Clinton Holds 25-Point National Lead Over Sanders — Hillary Clinton leads rival Bernie Sanders by 25 points nationally ahead of Sunday's final Democratic debate and the all-important Iowa caucuses, according to the latest results from the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Yahoo Politics, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Taylor Marsh, Raw Story and Politico
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Bernie Sanders backs away from 2005 gun vote
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ABC News, Slantpoint and The Week
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Donald Trump Booed by Conservative Crowd After Attacks on Ted Cruz
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Breitbart, The Resurgent and The Right Scoop

The One Weird Trait That Predicts Whether You're a Trump Supporter — If I asked you what most defines Donald Trump supporters, what would you say? They're white? They're poor? They're uneducated? — You'd be wrong. — In fact, I've found a single statistically significant variable …
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RedState and addictinginfo.org

Some Inconvenient Gun Facts for Liberals — FOR those of us who argue in favor of gun safety laws, there are a few inconvenient facts. — We liberals are sometimes glib about equating guns and danger. In fact, it's complicated: The number of guns in America has increased …
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Allen B. West, New York Sun and Crooked Timber


Oregon Militia Spokesman Says Foster Children Were Removed From His Home — Oregon militia spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum told OPB that the four foster children who had been living with him and his wife on their Chino Valley, Arizona, ranch have been taken away.


Michael Moore, in Flint, says crisis ‘not a mistake’ — As Flint's water crisis reached a new national spotlight this week, director and Flint native Michael Moore held a rally in the city on Saturday, where he accused government leaders of intentionally poisoning thousands of people.
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Raw Story and addictinginfo.org


Drug Overdoses Propel Rise in Mortality Rates of Young Whites — Drug overdoses are driving up the death rate of young white adults in the United States to levels not seen since the end of the AIDS epidemic more than two decades ago — a turn of fortune that stands in sharp contrast …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Chicago Boyz

Hague Claims Tribunal Settlement — Press Statement Secretary of State Washington, DC — The United States and Iran today have settled a long outstanding claim at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal in the Hague. — This specific claim was in the amount of a $400 million Trust Fund used …
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Agence France-Presse, The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers


Hillary To Jake Tapper: I'm Too Busy Campaigning To See ‘13 Hours.’ (VIDEO) — Could this lady be any more tone deaf? Contrary to what her lackey, David Brock, over at Media Matters thinks, the issue of Benghazi is not going away. It's bad enough she has accused the families of the victims …
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Forbes, No More Mister Nice Blog, Allen B. West and Weasel Zippers
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Reigning Cats and Dogs — WASHINGTON — AFTER running as a man last time around, Hillary Clinton is now running as a woman. — Matthew Dowd, the former W. strategist who became an independent, says Hillary got it backward: She should have run as a woman in 2008, when she was beating back a feminized antiwar candidate.
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Althouse