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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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Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
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, Mother Jones, The Week and Mediaite
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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Right Wing Watch, Business Insider, Daily Kos and Mediaite
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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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and Mediaite
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Trump schedules event to rival Fox News debate
Trump schedules event to rival Fox News debate
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Breitbart, The Atlantic, Des Moines Register, us11.campaign-archive1.com, Politics Informer and TheStreet.com
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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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
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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The Atlantic, Yahoo Politics, ABC News, The Week, Joe.My.God. and The Hill
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
Hillary Clinton and the audacity of political realism
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Consortiumnews.com and Campaign for America's Future
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
WaPost: Sanders campaign ‘fiction’
WaPost: Sanders campaign ‘fiction’
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Washington Post, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, CNN and Mediaite
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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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 Daly / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Wanted Vets Kicked Off Fifth Avenue
Donald Trump Wanted Vets Kicked Off Fifth Avenue
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TheStreet.com, RedState, Mediaite and The Week
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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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 …
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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, RH Reality Check, Advocate and Washington Monthly
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Attack Ad From Ted Cruz Signals Marco Rubio's Gains in Iowa
Attack Ad From Ted Cruz Signals Marco Rubio's Gains in Iowa
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Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Political Wire, Mediaite, Vox, Instapundit and Politico
Michael A. Cohen / BostonGlobe.com:
What happens in Iowa . . . doesn't matter
What happens in Iowa . . . doesn't matter
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Leads Iowa; Some Rays of Hope for Cruz, Rubio
Trump Leads Iowa; Some Rays of Hope for Cruz, Rubio
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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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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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Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
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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Arnold Law in Eugene, Oregon:
Ammon Bundy - Malheur Wildlife Refuge Case
Ammon Bundy - Malheur Wildlife Refuge Case
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Oregonian, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress, Balloon Juice, People For Constitutional … and NPR
Conrad Wilson / OPB:
More Arrests As FBI Negotiates With Remaining Militants
More Arrests As FBI Negotiates With Remaining Militants
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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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Mother Jones, FiveThirtyEight, The Bob and Chez Show, Balloon Juice and RH Reality Check
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.
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
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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Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon, Power Line and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress:
Fresh off saying Maine should revive the guillotine to decapitate drug dealers, Gov. Paul LePage (R) said Wednesday that private citizens should get in on the criminal-killing action too. — “I tell ya, everybody in Maine, we have constitutional carry,” LePage said in an on-camera interview in Lewiston …
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The Portland Press Herald, NPR and Daily Kos
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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