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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Top Google debate question: Will Hillary be prosecuted? — Some of the top trending questions on Google during Sunday's Democratic presidential debate related to Hillary Clinton's legal troubles. — “Will Hillary Clinton get prosecuted?” is the top question being asked on Google searches concerning …
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Mediaite, Political Wire, BizPac Review, Washington Post and Politico
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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
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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American Spectator and Hot Air
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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Gothamist, Vox, ABC News and Bloomberg Business
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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Washington Monthly, New York Magazine, New York Times, Power Line, Washington Post, National Review, NBC News, Daily Kos, Mother Jones, Taylor Marsh, Forbes and Politico
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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 and PoliticusUSA
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Turns, Repeatedly, to a Democrat Not on the Debate Stage: Obama
Hillary Clinton Turns, Repeatedly, to a Democrat Not on the Debate Stage: Obama
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
This number proves Bernie Sanders can win Iowa
This number proves Bernie Sanders can win Iowa
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Christian Science Monitor, Daily Kos, Daily Wire, Booman Tribune, The Daily Banter, The Hill and Washington Monthly
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Sanders plan would cover undocumented immigrants
Sanders plan would cover undocumented immigrants
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ABC News, Quartz, Mediaite, Washington Post, Fusion, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, addictinginfo.org and Yahoo Politics
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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Weasel Zippers and alan.com
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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Bloomberg Business, TIME, Washington Monthly and addictinginfo.org
Hadas Gold / Politico:
RNC officially severs ties with NBC for February debate — The Republican National Committee officially severed ties on Monday with NBC for what was supposed to be a Feb. 26 Republican primary debate in Houston. — The committee voted via conference call Monday after negotiations with NBC failed …
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — RNC Officially Severs Ties With NBC News For Upcoming GOP Debate
Exclusive — RNC Officially Severs Ties With NBC News For Upcoming GOP Debate
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Obama Pardons 21 Iranians Convicted of Violating Sanctions — The Obama administration confirmed late Sunday it had delayed the imposition of new ballistic missile sanctions on Iran to ensure the Islamic Republic released five imprisoned Americans under a secret agreement reached on the sidelines …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, BizPac Review, U.S. Department … and The Daily Caller
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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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Hot Air, VICE, Weasel Zippers, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Truth Revolt and The Daily Caller
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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Hullabaloo, Guardian and Booman Tribune
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Portrait of a Party on the Verge of Coming Apart … CHARLESTON, South Carolina—For a certain type of Republican, the fantasy world where Donald Trump is not winning the GOP primary is a very nice place to live. — Beth Hansen, the campaign manager for John Kasich, is this type of Republican.
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Online Library … and FOX News Radio
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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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Patterico's Pontifications, BuzzFeed and The Daily Caller
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
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
Mary Papenfuss / International Business Times:
US: Legendary musician Carlos Santana calls Donald Trump “an angry ape” — Apparently rocker Carlos Santana will not be voting for Donald Trump. He used his Facebook page to post an open letter praising President Obama and referring to the Republican candidate for president as an angry ape who has “no consciousness or integrity.”
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The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Raw Story, addictinginfo.org and Slantpoint
Washington Post:
Iraqi official: 3 Americans missing in Baghdad were kidnapped by gunmen — BAGHDAD — Three Americans reported missing from a Baghdad neighborhood were kidnapped by militiamen from an apartment in the capital on Saturday, a senior police official and resident of the building said.
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Fox News, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Free Beacon, Mashable, VICE, Fox News Insider, CNN and Agence France-Presse
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