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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Bernie Sanders's single-payer plan isn't a plan at all — Sanders's long-awaited health care plan is, by turns, vague and unrealistic. — Hillary Clinton has made a lot of bad arguments about Bernie Sanders's support for single-payer. But her best argument was her simplest …
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Bernie mopped the floor with Hillary — Mainstream Democrats breathed a sigh of relief in October when Hillary Clinton dominated the first debate with Bernie Sanders — but after Sunday night's debate, they're probably hyperventilating. Or ought to be. — The Sanders surge …
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Althouse, New York Times, Weasel Zippers, Instapundit and Power Line
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Health Reform Realities — Health reform is the signature achievement of the Obama presidency. It was the biggest expansion of the social safety net since Medicare was established in the 1960s. It more or less achieves a goal — access to health insurance for all Americans …
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Washington Post
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Winners and losers from the fourth Democratic presidential debate
Winners and losers from the fourth Democratic presidential debate
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The Hill, Gothamist, Daily Wire, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog … and Slantpoint
Rick Klein / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Embraces Obama Legacy, as Bernie Sanders Aims for Democrats' Hearts
Hillary Clinton Embraces Obama Legacy, as Bernie Sanders Aims for Democrats' Hearts
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
This number proves Bernie Sanders can win Iowa
This number proves Bernie Sanders can win Iowa
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Washington Monthly, Christian Science Monitor, Daily Kos, Politico, Daily Wire, The Daily Banter, The Hill and Booman Tribune
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Don't be fooled by Bernie Sanders — he's a diehard communist
Don't be fooled by Bernie Sanders — he's a diehard communist
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Sanders plan would cover undocumented immigrants
Sanders plan would cover undocumented immigrants
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Sanders slams Clinton: 'I don't get personal speaking fees from Goldman Sachs'
Sanders slams Clinton: 'I don't get personal speaking fees from Goldman Sachs'
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton and Sanders brawl over doctors, guns and money
Clinton and Sanders brawl over doctors, guns and money
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Blake Hounshell / Politico:
Trump bungles Bible reference at Liberty University — Donald Trump, speaking to a religious crowd at Virginia's Liberty University on Monday, turned to scripture. — “We're going to protect Christianity. I can say that. I don't have to be politically correct,” he said.
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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Donald Trump's Epic Weekend Meltdown — Maybe Donald Trump needs some of that “free” mental healthcare that the Democrats were talking about last night. — If you are like most ordinary Americans, you probably spent the weekend watching the NFL playoffs, or spending time with your family …
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Guardian and Booman Tribune
Peter Fricke / Campus Reform:
Portland Community College to devote an entire month to 'whiteness'-shaming — The school says the month is an “educational project” exploring how the “construct of whiteness” creates racial inequality. — Portland Community College has designated April “Whiteness History Month” (WHM) …
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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Exclusive: Chris Christie Calls Ted Cruz ‘Asinine’ For New York Values Smear — He also calls Cruz a ‘Washington insider’ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is none too pleased with rival Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's criticism of “New York values.” — In an interview with TIME in Iowa Sunday …
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Ron Paul / Townhall.com:
When Peace Breaks Out With Iran... This has been the most dramatic week in US/Iranian relations since 1979. — Last weekend ten US Navy personnel were caught in Iranian waters, as the Pentagon kept changing its story on how they got there. It could have been a disaster for President Obama's big gamble …
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
GOP to blame for civility's breakdown — If you ask me, President Obama is being way too hard on himself. — “It's one of the few regrets of my presidency, that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better,” the president said during his final State of the Union address last week.
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The Moderate Voice
Jeb Bush:
Restoring the Right to Rise Through a Quality Education — A Blueprint for a 21st Century American Education System — Every individual in this country has the right to rise. Yet today, the American Dream—the idea that anything is possible through hard work—is threatened …
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The Hill, RedState, Politico, Florida Politics and Naked Politics
Peter Schweizer / New York Post:
Bill Clinton's pardon of fugitive Marc Rich continues to pay big — Fifteen years ago this month, on Jan. 20, 2001, his last day in office, Bill Clinton issued a pardon for international fugitive Marc Rich. It would become perhaps the most condemned official act of Clinton's political career.
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Hot Air
The American Interest:
Andrew Jackson, Revenant — The biggest story in America today is the roaring return of Andrew Jackson's spirit into the political debate. — Not since he fought with Nicholas Biddle over the future of the Bank of the United States has Andrew Jackson been this controversial or this central in American political life.
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New York Times
New York Post:
The rape of the US Marine Corps: a lunatic drive for ‘fairness’ — Gen. John Kelly, USMC, is retiring after more than four decades as an active-duty Marine. His “greatest fear,” he says, is that the vast “equal opportunity” pressure for women in combat roles will lead the Pentagon to water down standards.
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Hot Air
Larry Elliott Economics / Guardian:
Richest 62 people as wealthy as half of world's population, says Oxfam — Charity says only higher wages, crackdown on tax dodging and higher investment in public services can stop divide widening — The vast and growing gap between rich and poor has been laid bare in a new Oxfam report showing …
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Samizdata and The Daily Caller