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Nat Brown / National Review:
Houston, We Have a Problem — National Review was asked by the RNC to partner in the GOP debates. We agreed. Our initial partner was NBC, with whom we were to help moderate the pre-Super Tuesday debate, originally to be held on February 26 in Houston, then suspended by the RNC in retribution …
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Jeet Heer / New Republic:
National Review Fails to Kill Its Monster — In “Against Trump,” the conservative magazine can't come to terms with the fact that it is partly responsible for the rise of Donald Trump. — National Review is the great intellectual gatekeeper of the American right, a journal of opinion …
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
National Review aims to take down Trump — For months, Republican leaders have worried about how to stop 2016 frontrunner Donald Trump. Now, one of the conservative movement's most influential publications is taking matters into its own hands. — National Review is dedicating a special issue …
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Fox News:
RNC Cuts Debate Ties With National Review Over Anti-Trump Issue
RNC Cuts Debate Ties With National Review Over Anti-Trump Issue
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
National Review Disinvited From GOP Debate After Publishing Anti-Trump Issue
National Review Disinvited From GOP Debate After Publishing Anti-Trump Issue
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Suffolk University:
Suffolk University Poll Shows Sanders Leading Clinton in NH Democratic Primary — With the New Hampshire primary three weeks away, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leads former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by 9 points, according to a Suffolk University poll of likely voters in the Granite State Democratic primary.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How Change Happens — There are still quite a few pundits determined …
How Change Happens — There are still quite a few pundits determined …
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Associated Press:
Clinton ups attacks on Sanders in final days of campaign
Clinton ups attacks on Sanders in final days of campaign
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Common Dreams, Talking Points Memo and New York Times
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders hold solid leads in Iowa, CNN/ORC poll finds
Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders hold solid leads in Iowa, CNN/ORC poll finds
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Hillary Clinton pins ‘establishment’ label on Bernie Sanders
Hillary Clinton pins ‘establishment’ label on Bernie Sanders
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New York Times:
A G.O.P. Majority in New Hampshire Pipes Up: We're Not for Donald Trump — BROOKLINE, N.H. — Jeanne Cleveland, a retired teacher, pursed her lips sourly at the mention of his name and tried to summarize her distaste in diplomatic terms. — “I think he's arrogant,” she said. “I think he's rude.
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Max Abelson / Bloomberg Business:
Trump or Cruz? No Sweat, Wall Street's Big Republican Donors Say
Trump or Cruz? No Sweat, Wall Street's Big Republican Donors Say
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Jessica Hopper / ABC News:
Ted Cruz Says Donald Trump's Immigration Policy Amounts to ‘Amnesty’
Ted Cruz Says Donald Trump's Immigration Policy Amounts to ‘Amnesty’
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ThinkProgress, Washington Post and Washington Times
Jessica Hopper / Yahoo:
Ted Cruz Says Donald Trump's Immigration Policy Amounts to ‘Amnesty’
Ted Cruz Says Donald Trump's Immigration Policy Amounts to ‘Amnesty’
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Hot Air, ABC News, Talking Points Memo and The Right Scoop
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Ted Cruz Forgets To Sign Up For Health Insurance, Blames Obamacare — GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz says his family is no longer covered by health insurance, and he thinks it's all Obamacare's fault. — “I'll tell you, you know who one of those millions of Americans is who's lost their health care because of Obamacare?
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Average ObamaCare premium rises to $408 per month
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Inside the Carson campaign meltdown — On Thanksgiving night, Ben Carson sat in a chartered plane on a Baltimore airport tarmac surrounded by his wife and campaign advisers. The destination: Jordan. — A secret mission to the Middle East, his team hoped, would help reestablish …
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Armstrong Williams / Facebook:
God morning : — The unmitigated gall of Barry Bennett …
God morning : — The unmitigated gall of Barry Bennett …
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Politico and The Daily Caller
Ben Child / Guardian:
Oscars 2016: Charlotte Rampling says diversity row is ‘racist to white people’ — The British actor, who is nominated for the best actress award, says black actors may not have been good enough to make the list of Oscar nominees — Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling has claimed the current campaign …
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
In Word and Deed, Christie's Ambitions Shrink at Home Amid White House Bid — Gov. Chris Christie's return to New Jersey was swift and efficient: He flew to his home state on Monday night after a campaign trip to Iowa. The next day, he sliced through a towering pile of legislation awaiting his signature …
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Jay Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Payment of $1.7 Billion to Iran Raises Questions of Ransom — Wiring of disputed money to Tehran coincided with departure of plane carrying 3 Americans — A deal that sent $1.7 billion in U.S. funds to Iran, announced alongside the freeing of five Americans from Iranian jails …
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Boze Herrington / The Atlantic:
The Seven Signs You're in a Cult … November 2, 2012, was a beautiful Friday in Kansas City—clear and cool and sunny. I had spent the afternoon reading in the library at an unaccredited college affiliated with the International House of Prayer, an evangelical Christian organization commonly referred …
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David Mastio / USA Today:
Flint lead crisis getting a tad overdone: David Mastio — Before hitting the panic button, remember we are winning the war on lead poisoning — Now that the leaching of poisonous lead into the tap water of Flint, Mich., has been declared a national emergency, it might be time to dial back the panic just a notch (or two).
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush Says It's “Not Appropriate” For Palin To Blame Obama For Son's Actions — “It's a national tragedy, all of us I think have a responsibility to roll up our sleeves — I don't think blaming the president is appropriate.” — Don Emmert / AFP / Getty Images — w.soundcloud.com
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Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Anonymous wants Michigan governor jailed over Flint water crisis — Hacking group Anonymous has set its sights on Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R), who is scrambling to address a drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich. — The loosely affiliated collective of anarchist hackers this week launched …
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Detroit Free Press, Mediaite and Political Wire
Barbara Vitello / Daily Herald:
Disbarred attorney pleads not guilty to 1973 Barrington Township murder — A disbarred former Northwest suburban attorney on Friday pleaded not guilty to charges he murdered his wife in 1973, less than a month after their marriage. — Donnie Rudd, 73, is accused of murdering 19-year-old …
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