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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Fox News Statement Taunting Trump Was ‘100 Percent’ Roger Ailes — But now he's frantic to get the billionaire back into the Thursday-night debate. — As the war between Fox News and Donald Trump ratchets up, Roger Ailes is fighting off criticism from his senior executives over his handling of the crisis.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump refuses to reconsider debate in fiery Fox interview — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday night lashed out at Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly in his first appearance on the network since he announced he'd boycott the next GOP debate.
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The Gateway Pundit and The Resurgent
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Exclusive: Fox News' Megyn Kelly Calls Donald Trump a ‘Breath of Fresh Air’ — She says she will keep asking hard questions at Thursday's debate — Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has had lots of bad things to say about Fox News Host Megyn Kelly. He has called her “very biased,” …
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Rush Limbaugh:
Trump Refuses to Play by the Rules — RUSH: You've heard the phrase “the game.” Every business has aspects of it that are considered the game, and that's the routine. And the game is characterized by everybody knowing the rules of the game. People involved in it play by the rules.
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Fox News:
Full statement on Trump declining to participate in Fox News/Google Debate — As many of our viewers know, FOX News is hosting a sanctioned debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday night, three days before the first votes of the 2016 election are cast in the Iowa Caucus.
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Chris Spargo For / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump feud causes panicking Fox News CEO Roger Ailes to call Ivanka and Melania in attempt …
Donald Trump feud causes panicking Fox News CEO Roger Ailes to call Ivanka and Melania in attempt …
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Hot Air, New York Magazine, The Hill, Rush Limbaugh, NBC News, The Gateway Pundit and No More Mister Nice Blog
JD Rucker / RedState:
Donald Trump is Setting Up Fox News to be the Scapegoat for an ‘Unfair’ Iowa Loss
Donald Trump is Setting Up Fox News to be the Scapegoat for an ‘Unfair’ Iowa Loss
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News Watch and Hot Air
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Fox News' Chris Wallace on Trump: ‘The Media Has Treated Him Too Well’
Fox News' Chris Wallace on Trump: ‘The Media Has Treated Him Too Well’
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Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Sam Reisman / Mediaite:
Fox News Responds to Trump's Latest ‘Twitter Poll’ With First-Rate Trolling
Fox News Responds to Trump's Latest ‘Twitter Poll’ With First-Rate Trolling
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid: 'I'm kind of pulling' for Trump — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) backpedaled Wednesday after joking that, among the current Republican presidential field, he's considering backing Donald Trump for the nomination. — “Look we've gotten along fine,” the Democratic leader told reporters.
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
With no Trump, Cruz goes from hunter to hunted — DES MOINES, Iowa — Hollow or not, Donald Trump's threat to boycott the final GOP forum before Iowa votes has complicated Ted Cruz's game plan, forcing the Texan to prepare for two different debates — one in which he tangles directly …
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Hot Air, Da Tech Guy Blog and Yahoo Politics
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Cruz groups offer $1.5M to charity if Trump debates Cruz one-on-one
Cruz groups offer $1.5M to charity if Trump debates Cruz one-on-one
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Political Wire
Mark Carlson / KCRG-TV:
Man Charged for Throwing Tomatoes at Donald Trump During Iowa City Stop
Man Charged for Throwing Tomatoes at Donald Trump During Iowa City Stop
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Talking Points Memo and Mashable
Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum shot and killed while charging police, driver says — BURNS - Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, the spokesman of the refuge occupation, was shot and killed after he charged police during a roadside stop north of Burns on Tuesday, according to a man on Facebook who claims …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Eyewitnesses knock down conspiracy theories about LaVoy Finicum dying with his hands up
Eyewitnesses knock down conspiracy theories about LaVoy Finicum dying with his hands up
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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
FBI tells Oregon refuge occupiers to leave as authorities set up roadblocks
FBI tells Oregon refuge occupiers to leave as authorities set up roadblocks
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Talking Points Memo, OPB, Washington Post, The Bob and Chez Show, Balloon Juice and The Truth About Guns
John Sepulvado / OPB:
Occupation To Standoff: FBI Surrounds Militants Still Inside Malheur Refuge
Occupation To Standoff: FBI Surrounds Militants Still Inside Malheur Refuge
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KOIN-TV, Washington Post, The Week, WSPA-TV, Associated Press, Talking Points Memo and The Truth About Guns
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP slashes Feb. debate undercard contest — ABC News will not include an undercard contest during its Republican presidential debate in February, according to new criteria released from the network. — The decision threatens to cut the debate stage to as few as six candidates just three days before New Hampshire primary.
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ABC News:
ABC News Announces Criteria For New Hampshire Republican Debate
ABC News Announces Criteria For New Hampshire Republican Debate
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Conor Dinan / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush Rises To Second Place In New Hampshire Poll
Jeb Bush Rises To Second Place In New Hampshire Poll
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Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Wounded Warrior Project Spends Lavishly on Itself, Insiders Say — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In early 2014, after 10 years of rapid growth, the charity Wounded Warrior Project flew its roughly 500 employees to Colorado Springs for an “all hands” meeting at the five-star Broadmoor hotel.
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Chip Reid / CBS News:
Wounded Warrior Project accused of wasting donation money
Wounded Warrior Project accused of wasting donation money
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RedState, The Daily Caller, CBS Boston, WJAX-TV, Fox News, The Week and WKRG-TV
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Sanders says Obama not trying to ‘tip scales’ for Clinton — President Obama isn't trying to tip the scales in favor of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race, Bernie Sanders said Wednesday following a meeting at the White House. — It was the Vermont senator's first one-on-one meeting …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Democrats would be insane to nominate Bernie Sanders
Democrats would be insane to nominate Bernie Sanders
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Liberal Values, Hot Air, Booman Tribune, Instapundit and Common Dreams
Ryan Korsgard / Click2Houston.com:
DeLoreans to go back to the future and into production — HUMBLE, Texas - The DeLorean is going back to the future and into production. — We first saw the time machine three decades ago in the movie, “Back to the Future.” But the last time a DeLorean was built was about 35 years ago.
Tom Wheeler / Re/code:
It's Time to Unlock the Set-Top Box Market — Thanks to advances in technology, American consumers enjoy unprecedented choice in how they view entertainment, news and sports programming. You can pretty much watch what you want, where you want, when you want.
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Camille Paglia / Salon:
Hillary's “blame-men-first” feminism may prove costly in 2016 — Hillary lags among men, again. Is it misogyny, or her brand of feminism? The story too hot for the New York Times — During her two presidential campaigns, Hillary Clinton has consistently drawn greater support from women than men.
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Althouse, CANNONFIRE, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Daily Caller
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Why I'm Supporting Hillary Clinton, With Joy and Without Apologies — I've come to feel passion for Clinton herself, and for the movement that supports her. — By , — I got to spend last week in France talking—and not writing—about the 2016 presidential election.
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MattBruenig, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Scared Monkeys
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘24: Legacy’ Sets Miranda Otto As Female Lead — Following her showy season-long arc on the recent fifth season of Homeland, Miranda Otto is reuniting with Homeland executive producer Howard Gordon on 24: Legacy. Otto has been tapped as the female lead opposite Corey Hawkins in the Fox pilot …
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Screen Rant and The Verge
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Despite Jabs And Attacks, GOP Hawks Take Second Look At Ted Cruz — WASHINGTON — Some of the hawkish figures who Ted Cruz recently dismissed as “crazy neo-con invade-every-country-on-earth and send our kids to die in the Middle East” ... say they'd consider supporting Cruz anyway if he's …
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Huckabee Backers Slams Ted Cruz As A “Phony” Christian In New Iowa TV Ad
Huckabee Backers Slams Ted Cruz As A “Phony” Christian In New Iowa TV Ad
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