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A remarkably moving thing happened at a Bernie Sanders rally today in Iowa — Bernie Sanders did a town hall event Monday morning in Iowa Falls, Iowa. He asked the crowd for testimonials about the difficulties of sustaining a life off of $12,000 a year. — What happened next is both hard to watch/listen to and important.
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Vox, Politico and Business Insider
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Exclusive: Obama on Iowa, Clinton, Sanders and 2016 — Barack Obama, that prematurely gray elder statesman, is laboring mightily to remain neutral during Hillary Clinton's battle with Bernie Sanders in Iowa, the state that cemented his political legend and secured his path to the presidency.


Lawyer for Walter Scott Family Switches Sides to Endorse Bernie Sanders
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Greenville News, CNN, Washington Free Beacon, US News, Common Dreams, The Gateway Pundit, Politico, The Daily Caller and Slantpoint

Is Nominating Bernie Sanders a Worthwhile Gamble?
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Common Dreams, No More Mister Nice Blog, Slantpoint, Washington Post and Daily Kos

Full transcript: POLITICO's Glenn Thrush interviews President Barack Obama on Iowa, 2016 …
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5 things to watch in the Democratic town hall
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Daily Kos and New York Times

The Obama Theory of Trump
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Telegraph, Washington Post, Horizons and Politico


Harris grand jury indicts pair behind Planned Parenthood videos — A Harris County grand jury probe into Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast ended Monday with the indictments of two anti-abortion activists. — David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt were both indicted for tampering with a governmental record.
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Raw Story, Washington Post, The Week and Daily Kos
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Grand Jury Takes No Action Against Planned Parenthood In Houston, Two Videographers Indicted — The grand jury reviewing the evidence into allegations of misconduct by Planned Parenthood cleared the organization of breaking the law. — This is a developing story and information will be added as it is available.
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The Daily Caller, Mother Jones and NPR


Grand jury in Texas indicts activists behind Planned Parenthood videos
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Truth Revolt and The Last Refuge

2 Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Are Indicted
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USA Today, Mother Jones, The Daily Signal and JustOneMinute

Harris County grand jury indicts those behind Planned Parenthood undercover video operation
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KFOR-TV, The Stranger …, Hullabaloo and ThinkProgress


Heidi Cruz Is Asked On The Radio If She Is “Sleeping With An Immigrant” — “There is no case here,” Heidi Cruz says about questions over the citizenship of her husband, Ted Cruz. — Scott Olson / Getty Images — w.soundcloud.com — In a radio interview last week …
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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Cruz-Hating Republicans Need a Reality Check — Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. This sound aphorism may have a less pithy political corollary: Never attribute to strategy what can be explained by emotion. — Only this truth can help us understand …
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Bloomberg Business, Business Insider and Washington Post


Trump: Establishment rallying behind me to stop ‘nasty’ Cruz
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CNN, The Liberty Zone, Politico, Washington Post, Hot Air and Washington Examiner

Trump: Establishment is ‘against me’
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Politifact.com Truth …, RedState, Wall Street Journal and The Week

Iowa GOP chairman: Cruz ethanol stance ‘a factor’ in caucuses
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Politico and Political Wire

Why we must rethink solitary confinement — Barack Obama is president of the United States. — In 2010, a 16-year-old named Kalief Browder from the Bronx was accused of stealing a backpack. He was sent to Rikers Island to await trial, where he reportedly endured unspeakable violence …
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Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons
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Balloon Juice


MU Interim Chancellor to hold conference regarding charges filed against MU assistant professor — Melissa Click was captured on video attempting to force reporters out of protest space — Jessica Quick, Meteorologist & Digital Content Director, jessicaq@kmiz.com — COLUMBIA, Mo. -
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MU professor Melissa Click, who called for ‘muscle’ to remove reporter, charged with assault
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The Gateway Pundit, Truth Revolt and Hot Air


Alex Castellanos Blasts Conservative Leaders: ‘We Appeal Only To Cranky Old White Guys Like Me’ — QOTD: … The dam has broken and the Conservative pundits are drowning in the mess they've made of the GOP. The top two candidates that are leading the polls are Donald Trump and Ted Cruz …
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Hullabaloo


Supreme Court won't let North Dakota enforce ‘fetal heartbeat’ law — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that North Dakota officials cannot enforce a controversial “fetal heartbeat” law that would have banned abortions as early as six weeks. — The justices upheld a lower court's ruling from July 2015, which struck down the measure.
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Supreme Court upholds electricity demand rule
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Justices won't let North Dakota enforce tough abortion law
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NBC News, Right Wing Watch, ThinkProgress, LifeNews.com and The Week


Zika virus: Outbreak ‘likely to spread across Americas’ says WHO — The Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas, the World Health Organization has warned. — The infection, which causes symptoms including mild fever, conjunctivitis and headache …
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WREG-TV, The Week and Shakesville
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Researchers have discovered a major problem with ‘The Little Mermaid’ and other Disney movies — To modern eyes, the classic trio of Disney princess films — released in 1937, 1950, and 1959 — can seem painfully retrograde. Why are characters so obsessed with Snow White's looks?
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Mashable


Donald Trump suggests he may skip Fox debate if Megyn Kelly isn't fair — Donald Trump said he would consider skipping this Thursday's Republican primary debate if he doesn't get fair treatment from Fox anchor Megyn Kelly — an apparent attempt to influence moderators at the final GOP debate before Iowa.
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Business Insider, Political Wire, The Right Scoop and The Week


Rick Snyder Donor Picked To Lead Investigation Of Flint Water Crisis — Weeks after refusing to even look into allegations of wrongdoing in the Flint water crisis, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette (R) announced on Monday that he is appointing a special counsel to investigate the situation.
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SOM, The Daily Beast, MLive.com, The Bob and Chez Show and Motor City Muckraker


Woman, 78, who was scared to drive in blizzard is found dead in car outside New Jersey Burger King — HACKENSACK, N.J. — A 78-year-old Long Island woman, who had been parked outside of a Burger King since Friday because she was afraid to drive home in the blizzard, was found dead in her parked car Monday morning.

This New Yorker Cover Perfectly Explains the Problem With Donald Trump — For the third time since he entered the presidential race last summer, Donald Trump is the subject of a New Yorker cover: … That's Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, John F. Kennedy …


Video suggests Clinton shared info that ‘would never be on an unclassified system’ normally — A 2013 video, obtained exclusively by Fox News, raises fresh questions about how Hillary Clinton handled sensitive information at the State Department. — In the video, veteran diplomat Wendy Sherman reveals …
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The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon