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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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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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Trumph of the Will — I wanted to make a couple related observations about this Donald Trump debate drama. — First, an admission. — When I heard last night that Trump was pulling out of the Fox News GOP primary debate I was quite certain he had every intention of finally attending tomorrow night's event.
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Little Green Footballs, The Moderate Voice and Crooked Timber
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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Daily Kos, Right Wing Watch, Business Insider and Mediaite
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Trump schedules event to rival Fox News debate
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Fox News:
Trump campaign says Donald won't participate in Fox News/Google debate
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Fox says Donald Trump is not telling the truth about its debate ad rates
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ABC News:
Clinton Seen as Winner in November; Trump Inspires Anxiety — Most Americans expect that Hillary Clinton would prevail against her leading GOP opponent in November, while Bernie Sanders' chances are rated less well. The thought of Donald Trump as president inspires high levels of public anxiety …
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Yahoo Politics, Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Week, Mother Jones and Mediaite
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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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Politico and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Trump Strong in Three Early States as Clinton and Sanders Battle: Poll — With just four days to go until the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump has pulled ahead of Ted Cruz with a seven-point lead among likely Iowa GOP caucus-goers, while Hillary Clinton remains just three points in front …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Bernie Sanders in ‘overall very good health,’ doctor writes — Bernie Sanders is “in overall very good health,” the attending Senate physician said in a letter released Thursday summarizing the Vermont senator's medical evaluation. — “You are in overall very good health and active …
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Is Democrats' Top Beneficiary of Outside Spending, Like it or Not
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Hillary Clinton and the audacity of political realism
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Consortiumnews.com and Campaign for America's Future
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.
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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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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
WaPost: Sanders campaign ‘fiction’
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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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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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Conrad Wilson / OPB:
More Arrests As FBI Negotiates With Remaining Militants
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Myriah Towner For / Daily Mail:
US father tried for THEFT after he took his 12-year-old daughter's mobile phone away as a punishment — He had been charged with theft of property after taking his daughter's iPhone 4 when he found an inappropriate text in September 2013 — Teen's mom, Michelle Steppe …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, AOL, WFAA-TV and Fox News Insider
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Jeff Paul / CBS Dallas:
Father Arrested For Theft After Taking Daughter's Phone Vindicated
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Mediaite, Mashable, WREG-TV, KFOR-TV and Q13 FOX News
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Ted Cruz Gathers Hundreds To Oppose Abortion — DES MOINES, IOWA — Banning abortion and withdrawing federal funding for Planned Parenthood were the main themes of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's rally Wednesday night in West Des Moines, where several hundred Iowans literally spilled …
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Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Cruz's Closing Argument in Iowa: Trump Is a Liberal in Disguise
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Mediaite and Yahoo Politics
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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Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Man carrying two guns and a copy of the Koran hidden in a bag is arrested at DisneyLand Paris as police hunt woman accomplice — A man has been arrested at DisneyLand Paris carrying two handguns, ammunition, and a copy of the Koran, but police are still hunting his female companion.
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American Spectator, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Mediaite and BizPac Review
Eva Schloss / Newsweek:
Anne Frank's stepsister: ‘Donald Trump is acting like Hitler’ — Eva Schloss, 86, is an Auschwitz survivor and the stepsister of Anne Frank. Both Frank and Schloss were Jewish refugees in Amsterdam together and the pair played together as children until their families were forced into hiding in 1942.
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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.
Peter Sterne / Politico:
HuffPost to publish anti-Trump kicker with all Trump coverage — The Huffington Post has started appending an editor's note to the bottom of posts about Republican presidential contender Donald Trump, calling him a “racist,” a “liar” and a “xenophobe,” and reminding readers of his proposal …
Reuters:
Campaigning in style: How Jeb Bush blew through his warchest — There were stays at boutique hotels featuring rooftop pools, private soirees at members-only, jacket-and-tie clubs and fundraisers at the Four Seasons, the St. Regis and the Mandarin Oriental. — In the world of Jeb Bush …
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Hullabaloo, Daily Kos and The Week
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Clinton Foundation on collision course with campaign — The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation increasingly seen as a distraction by supporters of Hillary Clinton's presidential bid is considering dialing back its activity during the campaign and a potential Clinton presidency …
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