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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Who won the ratings race: Fox News or Donald Trump? — Donald Trump counter-programmed Thursday's GOP primary debate with his own prime time event. So whose show scored a bigger audience? — Answer: Fox's debate. But it was the second lowest rated debate of the season.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: It was a rough night for Ted Cruz — In the final debate before Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses, Ted Cruz had the worst night of the seven GOP presidential candidates on stage Thursday . — That's according to a plurality of the Republican members of The POLITICO Caucus …
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Ted Cruz / Yahoo Politics:
Ted Cruz threatened to leave the debate after a ‘mean question’ — DES MOINES, Iowa — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) told the moderators of the Republican presidential debate at Iowa Events Center on Thursday that he might just take his ball and go home. — His threat to leave the stage came …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Politico, Politics Informer and ABC News
Mike Allen / Politico:
An Iowa win might make the Trump train unstoppable — DES MOINES — Ted Cruz and Donald Trump do agree on one thing—if Trump wins Iowa, he might be unstoppable on his way to winning the Republican presidential nomination. — And they are not alone. — A wide range of senior Republicans …
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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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Washington Post, Politico and Vox Popoli
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Top 10 moments of the GOP debate — There was a Donald Trump-sized void in the Republican debate lineup tonight. The New York billionaire and Republican front-runner followed through on his boycott of the event, sponsored by Fox News, and held his own rally nearby.
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New York Times, Economist, Yahoo Politics, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and No More Mister Nice Blog
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Manager: Trump Will Debate Cruz Once Judge Rules Him Eligible To Run
Trump Campaign Manager: Trump Will Debate Cruz Once Judge Rules Him Eligible To Run
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Vox, The Daily Beast, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Hot Air
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Marco Rubio's Camp Sees Opening if Donald Trump Wins in Iowa
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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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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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Politico implodes — In what can be described only as a cataclysm in Beltway media, CEO Jim VandeHei is leaving Politico, the eight-year-old politics website that shook up Washington journalism, according to sources and reports by Huffington Post and CNNMoney.
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Balloon Juice
Hadas Gold / Politico:
A memo from POLITICO's founder and publisher Robert Allbritton
A memo from POLITICO's founder and publisher Robert Allbritton
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Outside the Beltway and Washington Times, more at Mediagazer »
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Politico's Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen departing
Politico's Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen departing
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The Daily Caller
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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Politico and FishbowlDC
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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Sam Levin / Guardian:
Oregon militia standoff: one dead after Ammon Bundy and others arrested
Oregon militia standoff: one dead after Ammon Bundy and others arrested
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Biden urges Dems to get aggressive — BALTIMORE, MD. — Vice President Biden is urging House Democrats to own President Obama's policy achievements as a route back to the lower-chamber majority. — Speaking to a large group of Democrats gathered in Baltimore for their annual issues conference …
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Obama promises party faithful: ‘Democrats will win’
Obama promises party faithful: ‘Democrats will win’
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Political Wire, Mediaite and CNN
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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Talking Points Memo
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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Red Alert Politics
Washington Post:
We will be updating the live transcript of tonight's debate below. Washington Post reporters and readers using Genius will be annotating it, and will continue to do so following the debate. — To see an annotation, click or tap the highlighted part of the transcript; if you would like to leave …
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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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Outside the Beltway, Advocate, AOL and The Week
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
Elizabeth Warren / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren: One Way to Rebuild Our Institutions — WASHINGTON — WHILE presidential candidates from both parties feverishly pitch their legislative agendas, voters should also consider what presidents can do without Congress. Agency rules, executive actions and decisions …
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Politico, The Intercept and Hullabaloo
William Grimes / New York Times:
Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane Dies at 74 — Paul Kantner, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane, one of the definitive San Francisco psychedelic groups of the 1960s, and the guiding spirit of its successor, Jefferson Starship, died. He was 74. — Mr. Kantner's death was confirmed …
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Aidin Vaziri / San Francisco Chronicle:
Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner dies at 74
Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner dies at 74
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Progress Michigan:
Document: Snyder Admin Trucked In Clean Water for State Building in January 2015 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 28, 2016 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Document: Snyder Admin Trucked In Clean Water for State Building …
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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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Guardian, Common Dreams and The Week
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Jeannine Aversa: (202) 606-2649 (News Media) — National Income and Product Accounts — Gross Domestic Product: Fourth Quarter and Annual 2015 (Advance Estimate) — Real gross domestic product — the value of the goods and services produced by the nation's economy less the value …
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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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Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
Why Is Jim Gilmore Even Running for President?
Why Is Jim Gilmore Even Running for President?
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Tampa Bay Times:
Jeb Bush is best choice for Republican nomination — It's time to stop treating the election of the next president of the United States as a game show without serious consequences. For Republicans fighting for both the soul of their party and the White House, the best choice is former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
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The Hill
Mark Kenny / Sydney Morning Herald:
Majority of MPs would back marriage equality — Marriage, monarchy and the Manly bus: what's on Tony Abbott's agenda? — Parliamentary support for same-sex marriage reform appears to have reached critical mass and for the first time could pass in both houses, placing renewed pressure …
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