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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Donald Trump or Ted Cruz? Republicans Argue Over Who Is Greater Threat — WASHINGTON — With Donald J. Trump and Senator Ted Cruz battling for the Republican nomination, two powerful factions of their party are now clashing over the question: Which man is more dangerous?
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Loras College:
TRUMP AND CRUZ DEADLOCKED, WITH RUBIO A DISTANT THIRD, LORAS COLLEGE POLL FINDS
TRUMP AND CRUZ DEADLOCKED, WITH RUBIO A DISTANT THIRD, LORAS COLLEGE POLL FINDS
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Politico, Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump and Cruz try out new attacks on each other
Trump and Cruz try out new attacks on each other
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ABC News, Breitbart, Trail Blazers Blog and Washington Monthly
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Rubio to Cruz: If I'm so ‘establishment,’ why are they attacking me?
Rubio to Cruz: If I'm so ‘establishment,’ why are they attacking me?
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Hot Air, New York Times and The Resurgent
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Battle for the Soul of the Right
The Battle for the Soul of the Right
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Hot Air, Daily Wire and Washington Post
Elianayjohnson / National Review:
Cruz: Establishment Has Abandoned Rubio for Trump
Cruz: Establishment Has Abandoned Rubio for Trump
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Power Line, Bloomberg Business, RedState and DownWithTyranny!
Eli Stokols / Politico:
The Bush blame game begins — They think he wasted money on everything from an iPad-sized video mailer to direct mail for donors in states that don't yet matter. They think his attacks on Marco Rubio are doing more harm than good. And they worry that, at the end, all he will have accomplished …
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NBC News:
First Read: The GOP Establishment's Risky Bet on Trump — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — The GOP establishment's risky bet on Trump — Former Sen. and GOP presidential …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Bill Clinton questions Hillary's Super Tuesday plan — Bill Clinton is getting nervous. — With polls showing Bernie Sanders ahead in New Hampshire and barely behind, if at all, in Iowa, the former president is urging his wife to start looking toward the delegate-rich March primaries …
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Trail Blazers Blog and Mediaite
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Clinton hits Sanders: ‘A president has to deliver in reality’
Clinton hits Sanders: ‘A president has to deliver in reality’
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PoliticusUSA and MSNBC
Jeff Black / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Fear Stalks Davos as Elite Pray for Spring Reality Check — Concerns over protectionism and U.S. reputation bubble up — Ex-White House advisor still thinks Trump will be nominee — If Donald Trump as president of the United States is the ghost that's stalking Davos …
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John Hawkins / John Hawkins' Right Wing News:
The Chart That Proves Donald Trump Has No Chance In A General Election — ShareTweet — Whether Donald Trump wins the Republican primary or not, he'll never be the President of the United States. Well, I shouldn't say never. Hillary could go to jail, a meteor could strike …
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The Right Scoop, American Spectator and RedState
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Graham: Choice between Trump, Cruz like ‘being shot or poisoned’ — Sen. Lindsey Graham unloaded on GOP presidential front-runners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, comparing the choice between the two “like being shot or poisoned.” — The South Carolina Republican, who recently endorsed former Florida …
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ABC News, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Patterico's Pontifications, The Hill and The Week
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton Library set to release Donald Trump records
Clinton Library set to release Donald Trump records
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The Hill, The Moderate Voice, BizPac Review, Mediaite, Associated Press and New York Times
Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Carly Fiorina accused of ‘ambushing’ children for anti-abortion rally — Party of schoolchildren visiting Iowa botanical garden become part of backdrop for Republican presidential candidate's speech on abortion — Carly Fiorina has been accused of “ambushing” a group of children …
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Carly Fiorina Accused Of Crashing Kids' Field Trip And Ushering Them To Anti-Abortion Rally — Carly Fiorina's latest campaign stop in Iowa has upset some Des Moines-area parents, who say the GOP presidential candidate “ambushed” a group of kids on a preschool field trip — and led them to an anti-abortion rally.
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The Frisky, Quad City Times and LifeNews.com
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Pentagon releases al Qaeda bomb expert from Guantánamo — The Pentagon on Thursday announced the transfer of two Guantánamo detainees, including an al Qaeda explosives expert who developed bombs to target U.S. forces. — Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed al-Sawah, 58, was transferred to Bosnia, where he holds citizenship.
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RedState, New York Times, The Long War Journal, Hot Air and The Resurgent
Fox News:
Administration eases visa rules for travelers visiting terror hotspots — The Obama administration on Thursday eased visa rules for certain European travelers who have visited terror hotspots in the Middle East and Africa, triggering a backlash from congressional lawmakers who sought the restrictions for security reasons.
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Allen B. West and Pamela Geller
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
The ‘Obama is a Muslim’ conspiracy theory is still reverberating in the Middle East
The ‘Obama is a Muslim’ conspiracy theory is still reverberating in the Middle East
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Allen B. West, Daily Wire and Israel Matzav
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders, and Simon and Garfunkel, Put Focus on Voters — With the help of the Simon and Garfunkel song “America,” Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has released a powerful 60-second commercial in Iowa that seeks to remind his supporters how far he, and they, have come — and to inspire them anew to caucus for him on Feb. 1.
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Sanders uses Simon & Garfunkel in non-traditional closing ad
Sanders uses Simon & Garfunkel in non-traditional closing ad
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Yahoo Politics and American Spectator
New York Times:
As Water Problems Grew, Officials Belittled Complaints From Flint — LANSING, Mich. — A top aide to Michigan's governor referred to people raising questions about the quality of Flint's water as an “anti-everything group.” Other critics were accused of turning complaints about water into a “political football.”
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Poisoning of Flint's Water
The Poisoning of Flint's Water
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Detroit Free Press, Slantpoint and Seeing the Forest
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Vets: Don't Blame Obama for Track Palin's Behavior — Don't blame President Obama for the PTSD that Sarah Palin claims her oldest son is battling. — That was the message Wednesday from the head of a New York City-based veteran's organization that has fought for years to get Iraq …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
My Sarah Palin Romance
My Sarah Palin Romance
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Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Putin ‘Probably Approved’ Litvinenko Poisoning, British Inquiry Says — LONDON — A high-profile British inquiry into the poisoning of Alexander V. Litvinenko, a former K.G.B. officer and foe of the Kremlin, concluded on Thursday that his murder “was probably approved” by the head …
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