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Bristol Palin:
Is THIS Why People Don't like Cruz? — Is my Mom going to endorse Donald Trump for President of the United States? — That's the rumor, and I've been too busy with diapers to delve too much into politics these days. But the rumors were enough to cause staffers from Ted Cruz's office to slam my mom.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump, Rallying Conservatives — Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential nominee who became a Tea Party sensation and a favorite of grass-roots conservatives, will endorse Donald J. Trump in Iowa on Tuesday, officials with his campaign confirmed.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Palin tweets: 'Is THIS Why People Don't like Cruz?' — As rumors swirled on Tuesday over her possible endorsement of GOP poll-leader Donald Trump, Sarah Palin tweeted a link to a blog post by her daughter Bristol with the headline, “Is THIS Why People Don't like Cruz?”
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
How Donald Trump defeats Hillary Clinton — If Donald Trump becomes the next president of the United States, there will be plenty of surprises along the way. One of the biggest will be the help he gets from black voters. — According to Republican pollsters and Trump's allies …
Des Moines Register:
Last Slide — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said Tuesday he would like to see Texas Republican Ted Cruz defeated in Iowa. — Speaking to reporters at the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit, Branstad said Iowans would make a mistake in supporting Cruz, the current Iowa frontrunner and staunch opponent of the Renewable Fuel Standard.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Time for a Republican Conspiracy! — Members of the Republican governing class are like cowering freshmen at halftime of a high school football game. Some are part of the Surrender Caucus, sitting sullenly on their stools resigned to the likelihood that their team is going to get crushed.
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Oh My: Palin to Endorse Trump in Iowa Today?
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Cruz aide ‘deeply disappointed’ if Palin endorses Trump
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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Sarah Palin Expected to Continue Endorsing Sarah Palin Today
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Rick Perry: “We All Make Fun Of New York”
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USA Today:
Trump's ‘big announcement’ sparks Palin buzz
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Jeremy Gray / al.com:
On bitterly cold night, Birmingham's homeless warming station used for Sanders rally — With temperatures in Birmingham expected to dropped to 20 overnight Monday — the lowest temperature thus far in 2016 — the place where the city's homeless usually go to seek shelter from the cold was unavailable.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Here's a list of Bernie Sanders' $19.6 trillion in tax hikes
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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
The Bernie Sanders Campaign Threw Hundreds of Homeless People Out into the Cold Yesterday
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Fox News:
Inspector General: Clinton emails had intel from most secretive, classified programs — EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton's emails on her unsecured, homebrew server contained intelligence from the U.S. government's most secretive and highly classified programs, according to an unclassified letter …
New York Times:
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Obama Immigration Actions — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that it would consider a legal challenge to President Obama's overhaul of the nation's immigration rules. The court, which has twice rejected challenges to Mr. Obama's health care law …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court to rule on Obama immigration orders
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Immigration policy: Review and decision this Term
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Trump calls for higher ethanol mandate — Donald Trump said Tuesday that federal regulators should increase the amount of ethanol blended into the nation's gasoline supply. — Speaking at an event hosted by the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, Trump, a real estate mogul and the front-runner …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump, Clinton Still Way Ahead, Weekly Tracking Poll Shows — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton continue to lead their respective fields nationally, according to the NBC| SurveyMonkey weekly online tracking poll. — In the GOP race, it's Trump at 38 percent among Republican and Republican-leaning voters …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: Clinton has a better shot at beating Trump than Sanders
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Flint mayor meeting with Obama — The White House expects President Barack Obama to meet with Flint, Michigan, Mayor Karen Weaver later Tuesday, press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters. — Weaver, who is visiting the White House for a conference of U.S. mayors, has already met with Valerie Jarrett …
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Joseph O'Sullivan / The Seattle Times:
State lawmaker in Olympia asks visiting teens if they're virgins — Walking into a meeting with state Rep. Mary Dye, a group of high school students visiting Olympia with Planned Parenthood didn't expect to be asked if they were virgins. — OLYMPIA — Walking into a meeting Monday morning …
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Ben Carson Suspends Events After Campaign Workers Injured in Accident — Three student volunteers and a staffer for Ben Carson's campaign were injured — including one “gravely” — during an accident in Iowa today, leading the Republican candidate to temporarily suspend his campaign activities.
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New York Times:
Film Shows Clinton Aide's Own Struggle With Anthony Weiner Scandal — In May 2013, Huma Abedin and Anthony D. Weiner allowed filmmakers full access to his mayoral campaign with the hopes that the end result would document a spectacular political comeback, with Mr. Weiner being sworn in as mayor …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge rejects Obama's executive privilege claim over Fast and Furious records — A federal judge has rejected President Barack Obama's assertion of executive privilege to deny Congress access to records pertaining to Operation Fast and Furious, a gunrunning probe that allegedly allowed thousands …
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Andrew / Statistical Modeling …:
Middle-aged white death trends update: It's all about women in the south — Jonathan Auerbach and I wrote up some of the age-adjustment stuff we discussed on this blog a couple months ago. Here's our article, a shorter version of which will appear as a letter in PPNAS.
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Jon Ward / Yahoo Politics:
At Liberty University, Donald Trump again stumbles when discussing religion — If you grew up going to an evangelical church, as I did, chances are you attended youth groups at which a leader asked everyone to name their favorite Bible verse. — When I was in middle school …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Why so many evangelicals have faith in Donald Trump
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Post and Courier:
Republican lawmaker says journalists should face a registry to work in South Carolina — An Upstate lawmaker who tried to keep the Confederate flag flying and whose campaign spending habits were part of a Post and Courier examination of Statehouse money trails says it's time to register journalists in the state.
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