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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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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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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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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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Kim LaCapria / snopes:
The Kelly Beguiles — A Saudi prince doesn't really “co-own” …
The Kelly Beguiles — A Saudi prince doesn't really “co-own” …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Marco Rubio's Camp Sees Opening if Donald Trump Wins in Iowa
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
CNN Political Commentator Stuns Trump Spox by Blasting ‘Sick and Vile’ Wounded Warriors Stunt
CNN Political Commentator Stuns Trump Spox by Blasting ‘Sick and Vile’ Wounded Warriors Stunt
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Top 10 moments of the GOP debate
Top 10 moments of the GOP debate
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
How to watch Donald Trump's veterans event
How to watch Donald Trump's veterans event
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
With no Trump onstage, GOP debate focuses on Cruz, policy, other issues
With no Trump onstage, GOP debate focuses on Cruz, policy, other issues
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Michael A. Cohen / BostonGlobe.com:
What happens in Iowa . . . doesn't matter
What happens in Iowa . . . doesn't matter
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Washington Monthly
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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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Massive Shakeup At Politico With Co-Founder Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen Set To Leave — Who will win the morning now? — Washington Bureau Chief, The Huffington Post — Politico CEO Jim VandeHei is expected to leave the company he co-founded later this year in what staffers believe will be a major shake-up.
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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 …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
A memo from POLITICO's founder and publisher Robert Allbritton — A memo sent by Robert Allbritton, founder and publisher of POLITICO: — “A decade ago, early in 2006, I made a decision to start a new newspaper focused on Capitol Hill. The idea, as I saw it at the time …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Politico's Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen departing — Politico is about to lose three of its most powerful and longtime leaders. — Jim VandeHei, the co-founder and CEO of Politico; Mike Allen, author of the influential Politico Playbook; and Kim Kingsley, the company's chief operating officer …
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Politico Will Lose Its Co-Founder and 4 Others
Politico Will Lose Its Co-Founder and 4 Others
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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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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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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
Michigan Officials Quietly Gave Bottled Water To State Employees Months Before Flint Residents
Michigan Officials Quietly Gave Bottled Water To State Employees Months Before Flint Residents
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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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Tucker Carlson / Politico:
Donald Trump Is Shocking, Vulgar and Right — About 15 years ago, I said something nasty on CNN about Donald Trump's hair. I can't now remember the context, assuming there was one. In any case, Trump saw it and left a message the next day. — “It's true you have better hair than I do,” Trump said matter-of-factly.
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USA Today:
FBI releases video of shooting death of Oregon protester — The FBI arrested three more people in connection with the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. The arrests come a day after eight armed protesters were taken into custody.
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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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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.
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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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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Tops His Rivals in Use of Outside Money
Olivier Knox / Yahoo Politics:
Biden: Trump or Cruz nomination ‘a gift from the Lord’ — Vice President Joe Biden told fellow Democrats on Thursday that they should see it as “a gift from the Lord” if Republicans nominate Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas or billionaire businessman Donald Trump for president in 2016.
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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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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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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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Tim Culpan / Bloomberg Business:
Apple Said Developing Wireless-Charged Phone for as Soon as 2017 — Technology could power devices further away than charging mats — Apple said trying to overcome technical challenge of distance — Apple Inc. is working with partners in the U.S. and Asia to develop new wireless charging technology …
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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Dan Merica / CNN:
Major Nevada union accuses Sanders aides of posing as union members
Major Nevada union accuses Sanders aides of posing as union members
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
WH: Obama doesn't want Supreme Court appointment — White House press secretary Josh Earnest on Thursday threw cold water on the idea President Obama would accept an appointment to the Supreme Court after he leaves office. — Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton floated …
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