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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 to get the frontrunner BACK to the debate - but he'll only speak to Murdoch — The network's CEO has reportedly reached out to both Ivanka and Melania Trump to try and get the Republican front-runner to change his mind
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New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Rush Limbaugh and The Gateway Pundit
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Paul: With Trump gone, GOP will have its ‘best debate’
Paul: With Trump gone, GOP will have its ‘best debate’
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Hot Air, The Week and PoliticusUSA
Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg Business:
Trump, Fox News at War After He Decides to Skip Debate
Trump, Fox News at War After He Decides to Skip Debate
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Politico, Donald J Trump for President, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, Shakesville, Althouse and Political Insider blog
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
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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Hot Air and News Watch
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Trump's Debate Boycott Throws Fox News Into Chaos
Trump's Debate Boycott Throws Fox News Into Chaos
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NBC News and No More Mister Nice Blog
New York Times:
Donald Trump, in Feud With Fox News, Shuns Debate
Donald Trump, in Feud With Fox News, Shuns Debate
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Slantpoint and The Federalist
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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Daily Kos, Washington Monthly, Raw Story, Little Green Footballs, The Truth About Guns, American Power and The Mahablog
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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Oregon standoff spokesman Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum killed, Bundys in custody after shooting near Burns — BURNS - Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was killed and other leaders of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation were arrested Tuesday after the FBI …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Eyewitnesses knock down conspiracy theories about LaVoy Finicum dying with his hands up — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — The Bundy militants and their supporters are trying to turn LaVoy Finicum into a right-wing martyr, but two eyewitnesses deny that he was shot and killed in cold blood by law enforcement officers.
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Oregonian, Balloon Juice, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Jawa Report and Des Moines Register
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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Pacific Patriots Network:
Pacific Patriots Network - Official Statement for Immediate Release
Pacific Patriots Network - Official Statement for Immediate Release
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Vocativ, Raw Story and Right Wing Watch
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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Talking Points Memo, Hullabaloo, Salon and Politico
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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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Jessica Hopper / ABC News:
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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.
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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PoliticusUSA and Joe.My.God.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
DNC throws cold water on unsanctioned New Hampshire debate
DNC throws cold water on unsanctioned New Hampshire debate
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Talking Points Memo, RH Reality Check, Daily Kos, Reuters, UnionLeader.com, New York Times and The Week
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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Politico, Washington Post, BizPac Review, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
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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CANNONFIRE, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Althouse and The Daily Caller
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Democrats would be insane to nominate Bernie Sanders — I adore Bernie Sanders. — I agree with his message of fairness and I share his outrage over inequality and corporate abuses. I think his righteous populism has captured the moment perfectly. I respect the uplifting campaign he has run.
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Liberal Values, Hot Air, Booman Tribune and Instapundit
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Anti-Sanders attack ad isn't quite what it seems to be
Anti-Sanders attack ad isn't quite what it seems to be
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Mother Jones, Slantpoint and Political Wire
Conor Dinan / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush Rises To Second Place In New Hampshire Poll — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) surged into second place in a New Hampshire poll released Wednesday by the Emerson College Polling Society, although real-estate billionaire Donald Trump retained a double-digit lead in Granite State.
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The Week
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Darcie Loreno / fox8.com:
George Clooney adopts dog no one wanted from Ohio animal rescue … COLERAIN TONWSHIP, Ohio — A shelter dog from Ohio that no one seemed to want has been rescued by a family of A-listers. — Nate the terrier was originally rescued from his former owner, who was described as a hoarder.
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Chip Reid / CBS News:
Wounded Warrior Project accused of wasting donation money — A CBS News investigation into a charity for wounded veterans, the Wounded Warrior Project, looks into how the charity spends its donation money. — What caught our attention is how the Wounded Warrior Project spends donations compared to other long-respected charities.
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