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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
As Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Soar, G.O.P. Leaders' Exasperation Grows — DES MOINES — Republican leaders are growing alarmed by the ferocious ways the party's mainstream candidates for president are attacking one another, and they fear that time is running out for any of them to emerge …
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Evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. endorses Trump — Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., the son of the late televangelist, endorsed Donald Trump on Tuesday, giving Republican front-runner the blessing of one of the evangelical community's biggest names just days before the Iowa caucuses.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Stay Sane America, Please! — In January of 2017 someone will stand at the U.S. Capitol and deliver an Inaugural Address. This is roughly the place where Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan once stood. I am going to spend every single day between …
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CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Donald Trump dominates GOP field at 41% — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has hit a new high in the race for the Republican nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, with more than 4-in-10 Republican voters nationwide now saying they back the billionaire.
David Brody / blogs.cbn.com:
Brody File Video Exclusive: Ted Cruz's Plea To Iowa Pastors At Private Meeting: Stop Trump! — In video obtained exclusively by The Brody File, Ted Cruz says it's up to Iowa pastors to stop Donald Trump from winning the Iowa Caucus or the billionaire from New York will be, unstoppable.
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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
Why can't Donald Trump handle Megyn Kelly? — This feud has gotten ridiculous. Republican front-runner and businessman Donald Trump is now threatening to boycott the upcoming GOP debate if host Fox News doesn't remove Megyn Kelly as a moderator. — I don't usually like the argument …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: I'll work with Democrats — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is stressing his bona fides as a dealmaker who'd be able to enter the White House and work with congressional Democrats to hammer out agreements. — “I think I'm going to be able to get along with Pelosi …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Ted Cruz ‘looks like a jerk’ — For Donald Trump, in some ways, Ted Cruz “looks like a jerk.” — The heated personal rhetoric directed by Trump at Cruz cranked up another few degrees on Tuesday morning, with the Manhattan business mogul unloading on his Republican rival in back-to-back morning show interviews.
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says Ted Cruz Is Telling ‘Lie After Lie’
Donald Trump Says Ted Cruz Is Telling ‘Lie After Lie’
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Rand Paul poised to make the cut for main debate stage
Rand Paul poised to make the cut for main debate stage
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: Evangelicals flocking to Trump
Poll: Evangelicals flocking to Trump
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Top Sessions aide joins Trump campaign
Top Sessions aide joins Trump campaign
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As first voting nears, Trump seems stronger
As first voting nears, Trump seems stronger
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Ramesh Ponnuru / BloombergView.com:
Cruz-Hating Republicans Need a Reality Check
Cruz-Hating Republicans Need a Reality Check
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
We checked if 2,000 voters recognized the 2016 candidates' faces. Here's what we found. — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are by far the most recognizable faces in the 2016 race, a poll conducted by Morning Consult and Vox has found. — Ninety-six percent of respondents to the online poll …
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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
2 Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Are Indicted — HOUSTON — A grand jury here that was investigating allegations of misconduct against Planned Parenthood has instead indicted two anti-abortion activists who made videos of the organization. — In a statement …
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Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Creator of anti-Planned Parenthood videos faces felony charge
Creator of anti-Planned Parenthood videos faces felony charge
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton Goes Back to the Dunning School — Last night Hillary Clinton was asked what president inspired her the most. She offered up Abraham Lincoln, gave a boilerplate reason why, and then said this: … Clinton, whether she knows it or not, is retelling a racist—though popular …
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / Guardian:
Rome spares Iranian president's blushes by covering nude statues — Sculptures in Capitoline Museum obscured by large white panels for Hassan Rouhani's meeting with Italian PM — Italian officials keen to spare the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, any possible offence on his visit …
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Umberto Bacchi / International Business Times:
Italy covers up naked statues and bans wine for visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
Italy covers up naked statues and bans wine for visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: ‘Obviously’ I Was Joking About Shooting People And Not Losing Votes — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was just joking when he said he could shoot somebody and still not lose votes in the 2016 race. — Trump told a crowd Saturday at a campaign rally …
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Why D.C. Hates Ted Cruz … In the three years since he arrived in the U.S. Senate, Ted Cruz has become easily the most hated man in Washington—a fact he's now using to his advantage as a presidential candidate. But why? — Is it true, as Cruz would have it, that the dreaded GOP …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bernie Sanders has the most realistic plan to boost wages and job creation — Here's one more reason to take Bernie Sanders's candidacy seriously: He has put forward statements and arguments on what is by far the most powerful lever a president has on the American economy — the chronically neglected subject of monetary policy.
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Is Nominating Bernie Sanders a Worthwhile Gamble?
Is Nominating Bernie Sanders a Worthwhile Gamble?
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Human Emulation Module Upgraded In Animatronic ‘Hillarity!’ — The NY Times reports from the world of AI, or might have: — Hillary Clinton, Battling in Iowa, Turns Warm Under Pressure — By AMY CHOZICK JAN. 25, 2016 — “Turns warm”? Apparently the upgraded module requires additional power.
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Battling in Iowa, Turns Warm Under Pressure
Hillary Clinton, Battling in Iowa, Turns Warm Under Pressure
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Barack Obama / Washington Post:
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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Silent Death — A couple months ago I wrote about a controversial study which reported the rising mortality rates among middle aged whites - a trend which broke the model of ever-decreasing mortality rates across racial groups in the United States and all wealthy industrialized countries worldwide.
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Nicolle Wallace / New York Times:
Sarah Palin, Rage Whisperer — DONALD J. TRUMP has made a shrewd bet. For the first time since he descended an escalator in Trump Tower last June to announce that this time, he really was running for president, he ceded control of his campaign message. He handed the Trump-bedecked podium over to Sarah Palin.
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BostonGlobe.com:
Republicans should vote for John Kasich in New Hampshire — NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICANS can do their party a critical service on Feb. 9 by voting for an experienced political figure with a record of results, and thus dealing a blow to the divisive, demagogic candidates running on nativism and other political simplicities.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Kasich wins the New Hampshire newspaper primary
Kasich wins the New Hampshire newspaper primary
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