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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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Washington Post, The Federalist and Daily Wire
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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Vox, CNN, Talking Points Memo, RedState, Hot Air, The Hill, Washington Post, The Hayride, The Right Scoop, Daily Kos, The Agonist, Business Insider, AOL, Raw Story, Balloon Juice, The Week and The Last Tradition
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How Change Happens — There are still quite a few pundits determined to pretend that America's two great parties are symmetric — equally unwilling to face reality, equally pushed into extreme positions by special interests and rabid partisans. It's nonsense, of course.
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post, susiemadrak.com, Daily Kos, LifeNews.com and Politico
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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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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Hillary Clinton pins ‘establishment’ label on Bernie Sanders
Hillary Clinton pins ‘establishment’ label on Bernie Sanders
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TheBlaze.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, PoliticusUSA and The Slot
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
Kasie Hunt / MSNBC:
Sanders walks back Planned Parenthood, Clinton ‘establishment’ comments
Sanders walks back Planned Parenthood, Clinton ‘establishment’ comments
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Shakesville, Talking Points Memo, Guardian and The Stranger …
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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Washington Post, Informed Comment, DownWithTyranny!, Hot Air, Bloomberg Politics and FiveThirtyEight
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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ABC News, Hot Air, 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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Washington Post and NBC News
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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
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).
Fred Lucas / TheBlaze.com:
Obama Administration: ‘Possible, If Not Likely,’ That Some of the Billions in Iran Sanctions Relief Will Fund Terrorism — Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that some of the $55 billion in sanctions relief for Iran will likely fund acts of terrorism, and the White House later backed him up on that point.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Scared Monkeys
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Jay Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Payment of $1.7 Billion to Iran Raises Questions of Ransom
U.S. Payment of $1.7 Billion to Iran Raises Questions of Ransom
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Mother Jones and Washington Post
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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Salon, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Los Angeles Times, Shakesville, Fusion, Variety, Deadline, NBC News, The Week and New Republic
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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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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Right Wing Watch, Mediaite and Raw Story
Jen Steer / fox8.com:
Canton boy stuck in toilet while left home alone; Parents charged … CANTON, Ohio- Two people are facing charges after their son became stuck in the toilet while he was left home alone. — Canton officers were called to an apartment on Kingston Drive Southeast on Thursday.
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Independent and WTVR-TV
Tim Carpenter / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Kansas Senate chairman's rules block female witnesses in revealing attire — Sen. Mitch Holmes targets mini-skirts, necklines on women; he expects men to be ‘professional’ — A Senate committee chairman imposed a dress code on Kansans testifying on elections or ethics bills …
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The Slot, addictinginfo.org and Associated Press
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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Talking Points Memo, Washington Times and Anchorage Daily News
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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