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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 …
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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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Fox News:
RNC Cuts Debate Ties With National Review Over Anti-Trump Issue
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Hanna Trudo / Politico:
RNC disinvites National Review as debate partner
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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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Loras College:
CLINTON MAINTAINS LEAD, NEW LORAS COLLEGE POLL FINDS — With the 2016 Iowa precinct caucuses only ten days away, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton maintains a strong lead over her nearest rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, according to the newest Loras College Poll.
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Associated Press:
Clinton ups attacks on Sanders in final days of campaign
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Suffolk University:
Suffolk University Poll Shows Sanders Leading Clinton in NH Democratic Primary
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Kasie Hunt / MSNBC:
Sanders walks back Planned Parenthood, Clinton ‘establishment’ comments
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
What's The Real Reason Ted Cruz Doesn't Have Health Insurance? — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) revealed Thursday that he and his family — including his two young daughters — are not currently covered by health insurance. His reason? The 2016 presidential candidate told his audience …
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Los Angeles Times, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice and Politico
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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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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Former Carson campaign manager Barry Bennett is quietly advising Trump's top aides — Barry Bennett, the longtime Republican strategist who until recently was Ben Carson's campaign manager, is now serving as an informal adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump retweets neo-Nazi's insult of Jeb Bush
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Armstrong Williams / Facebook:
God morning : — The unmitigated gall of Barry Bennett …
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Politico and The Daily Caller
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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Oscars.org:
ACADEMY TAKES HISTORIC ACTION TO INCREASE DIVERSITY — Lifetime voting rights reframed; new governor seats added and committees restructured — Goal to double number of diverse members by 2020 — In a unanimous vote Thursday night (1/21), the Board of Governors of the Academy …
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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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Vox, addictinginfo.org, Truth Revolt, Salon, Fusion, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Los Angeles Times, Shakesville, Variety, The Week, NBC News, Deadline and New Republic
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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Vox, ThinkProgress, USA TODAY College, NPR and Raw Story
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Oliver Milman / Guardian:
US authorities distorting tests to downplay lead content of water
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CNN, Common Dreams and Truth Revolt
Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Anonymous wants Michigan governor jailed over Flint water crisis
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Detroit Free Press and Mediaite
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Clinton email exposed intel from human spying — At least one of the emails on Hillary Clinton's private server contained extremely sensitive information identified by an intelligence agency as “HCS-O,” which is the code used for reporting on human intelligence sources in ongoing operations …
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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Raw Story, The Bob and Chez Show, Political Wire, New York Magazine, addictinginfo.org and The Slot
Melissa Leon / The Daily Beast:
Gillian Anderson: I Was Offered Half Duchovny's Pay for ‘The X-Files’ Revival — The award-winning actress discusses the return of Dana Scully in Fox's beloved supernatural series and her epic battle to be treated equally on the show. — Gillian Anderson was just 25 years old when she walked …
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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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Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Hillary Clinton angers Iowa fans who waited hours for five-minute speech — Not even a special performance by singer Demi Lovato improved the mood of some supporters who were unimpressed by Democratic candidate's brevity — Hillary Clinton left her audience cold in Iowa City on Thursday night …
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Speaker.gov:
Watch Live: Snowfall from the Speaker's Balcony — Here's something from Washington, DC, that won't make you want to throw your phone across the room. No speeches. No politicians. No media pundits. It's just a pure, uninterrupted livestream of the snow falling on the National Mall …
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