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The Federalist:
Trump's New Pro-Veterans Website Directs All Donations To Trump's Personal Foundation — After ducking the final Republican presidential debate heading into next week's Iowa caucuses, GOP front-runner Donald Trump announced that he would hold his own pro-veterans event during the debate to raise money for veterans.
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
How to watch Donald Trump's veterans event — Thursday night was supposed to belong to Fox News. — But Donald Trump upended Fox's plans by choosing to skip the latest Republican debate in favor of his own fundraiser for veterans in Des Moines, Iowa, creating unexpected competition for the cable news channel.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Marco Rubio's Camp Sees Opening if Donald Trump Wins in Iowa — WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — There are a lot of people in Iowa who want Donald J. Trump to win the caucuses on Monday. Marco Rubio is one of them. — The Florida senator and his advisers have concluded that a head-to-head battle …
ABC News:
Clinton Seen as Winner in November; Trump Inspires Anxiety
Clinton Seen as Winner in November; Trump Inspires Anxiety
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
For Years, Trump's Charity Gave Veterans Little More Than Peanuts
For Years, Trump's Charity Gave Veterans Little More Than Peanuts
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Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Ted Cruz Gathers Hundreds To Oppose Abortion
Ted Cruz Gathers Hundreds To Oppose Abortion
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Cruz for President, Right Wing Watch, Advocate, RH Reality Check and Washington Monthly
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Wanted Vets Kicked Off Fifth Avenue
Donald Trump Wanted Vets Kicked Off Fifth Avenue
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Olivier Knox / Yahoo Politics:
Biden: Trump or Cruz nomination ‘a gift from the Lord’
Biden: Trump or Cruz nomination ‘a gift from the Lord’
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Manager: Trump Will Debate Cruz Once Judge Rules Him Eligible To Run — “Once you've gotten that ruling from the federal judge and you're the last man standing in this presidential contest next to Donald Trump, we'll be happy to have a debate with you one-on-one, anywhere you want.”
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J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
CNN Political Commentator Stuns Trump Spox by Blasting ‘Sick and Vile’ Wounded Warriors Stunt — The fireworks were exploding early on Thursday morning ahead of the Fox News Republican debate, which frontrunner Donald Trump has repeatedly said he will not attend.
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Kim LaCapria / snopes:
The Kelly Beguiles — A Saudi prince doesn't really “co-own” Fox News, and Fox political commentator Megyn Kelly didn't pose with him. — Claim: A photograph shows Fox political commentator Megyn Kelly posing with a Saudi prince who co-owns Fox News. — MOSTLY FALSE
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Reuters:
Trump's Fox News debate fight widens Republican rift — Donald Trump will widen a rupture between his supporters and the Republican Party establishment on Thursday when he boycotts a presidential debate in a snub to Fox News only days before the 2016 election season starts in earnest.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Trumph of the Will — I wanted to make a couple related …
The Trumph of the Will — I wanted to make a couple related …
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Washington Monthly, Little Green Footballs and The Moderate Voice
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Santorum, Huckabee to attend Trump's anti-debate event
Santorum, Huckabee to attend Trump's anti-debate event
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Fox says Donald Trump is not telling the truth about its debate ad rates
Fox says Donald Trump is not telling the truth about its debate ad rates
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders unloads on The Washington Post — DES MOINES — Move over, Donald Trump. Stand aside, Fox News. There's a new feud underway between a presidential candidate and a news media organization — this one between a Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and the editorial page of this newspaper.
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Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's fiction-filled campaign — SEN. BERNIE Sanders (I-Vt.) is leading in New Hampshire and within striking distance in Iowa, in large part because he is playing the role of uncorrupted anti-establishment crusader. But Mr. Sanders is not a brave truth-teller.
Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:
Sanders workers are masquerading as Culinary members to campaign inside hotels — Operatives from Bernie Sanders' campaign have donned Culinary union pins and secured access to employee areas inside Strip hotels to try to garner votes for the Feb. 20 caucus, sources confirm.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Bernie Sanders in ‘overall very good health,’ doctor writes
Bernie Sanders in ‘overall very good health,’ doctor writes
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Is Democrats' Top Beneficiary of Outside Spending, Like it or Not
TIME.com:
Barbie's dress won't fit. — I'm sitting in a bright pink room at Mattel's headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., playing with a Barbie that only 20 people in the world know exists. Her creation has been kept so secret that the designers code-named the endeavor Project Dawn so that even their spouses …
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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
Michigan Officials Quietly Gave Bottled Water To State Employees Months Before Flint Residents — The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget decided to haul water coolers into the Flint state building in January of 2015 out of concern over the city's water quality …
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Progress Michigan:
Document: Snyder Admin Trucked In Clean Water for State Building in January 2015 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org — Latest revelation shows unequal treatment in Flint Water Crisis — LANSING — The Snyder administration quietly trucked …
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Julia Lurie / Mother Jones:
Long Before Helping Flint, Michigan Officials Were Shipping Clean Water to Their Own Workers
Long Before Helping Flint, Michigan Officials Were Shipping Clean Water to Their Own Workers
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The Week, Common Dreams and Daily Kos
Hadas Gold / Politico:
A memo from POLITICO CEO Jim VandeHei — A memo from POLITICO CEO Jim VandeHei: — “So now you know the news: I am leaving POLITICO after the election. — The timing is poetic: it will mark my 10th Anniversary, almost to the day. I came in just as the Barack Obama phenomenon exploded …
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Shake-Up at Politico Is Expected After November Election — A founder of Politico, Jim VandeHei, and one of the organization's best-known journalists, Mike Allen, plan to leave the publication after the November presidential election, according to two people with knowledge of the matter …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Massive Shakeup At Politico With Co-Founder Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen Set To Leave
Massive Shakeup At Politico With Co-Founder Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen Set To Leave
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Oregon occupiers: What officials say happened at traffic stop — (CNN)A high-speed getaway attempt and a reach for the waistband are said to have prompted police SWAT team members to open fire on a group of leaders of the Oregon armed occupiers. — A law enforcement official described …
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI's Hillary Clinton email investigation not letting up — Six months after it began, the federal investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server shows no signs of slowing down. — Former FBI officials said the length of the probe is not unusual and speculated that a decision …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Hillary Clinton and the audacity of political realism
Hillary Clinton and the audacity of political realism
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
It's Still Bill Clinton, but the Old Magic Seems Missing — MASON CITY, Iowa — Bill Clinton came to the vote-rich city of Mason City on Wednesday night and recounted his wife's life experiences, recited her policy ideas, and ripped into the Republicans a bit.
Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
Va. will once again recognize concealed carry permits from other states — RICHMOND — Gov. Terry McAuliffe plans to announce Friday that Virginia will restore handgun reciprocity agreements with nearly all states, in a stunning reversal of a firearms policy that had angered Republicans and gun rights advocates across the nation.
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Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Is This the End of the GOP as We Know It? — Historian Rick Perlstein on the rise of Trump, the fall of Reagan, and the fate of contemporary conservatism. — Rick Perlstein has established himself as the pre-eminent historian of modern conservatism. Starting in 2001, with Before the Storm …
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