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Mickey Kaus:
The Rubio Menace — Marco and the K St. Restoration: I went to see Marco Rubio's town hall this afternoon in Salem, New Hampshire. It was only a few miles from my hotel-I really had no excuse. I wanted to find out: Was Rubio really as slick and insubstantial in this setting as John Edwards?
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New York Times:
Cruz Sets His Sights on Rubio, Not Trump, in New Hampshire — Ted Cruz and his team are smarting over the attention paid to the third-place finisher in Iowa, Marco Rubio, joking that “bronze is the new gold.” — When Mr. Cruz fields questions from voters about Donald J. Trump, he often manages to attack Mr. Rubio anyway.
ABC News:
Trump Returns to Debate Stage; Rubio to Face Onslaught — An aggrieved Donald Trump returns to the debate stage Saturday night hoping to find his way into the winner's circle in New Hampshire, while a rising Marco Rubio looks to fend off an onslaught of attacks from his rivals.
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The Hill, Politico, Political Wire and Associated Press
New York Times:
Marco Rubio Turns Toward the Personal on the Campaign Trail
Marco Rubio Turns Toward the Personal on the Campaign Trail
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JustOneMinute and No More Mister Nice Blog
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
In New Hampshire, Saturday's debate showdown could swing GOP race
In New Hampshire, Saturday's debate showdown could swing GOP race
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Boston Globe, RedState, Breitbart, NPR, FiveThirtyEight, Yahoo Politics and ABC News
Christopher Ruddy / Newsmax:
Jeb Bush Deserves a Second Look
CNN:
Marco Rubio turns abortion attack on Hillary Clinton
Marco Rubio turns abortion attack on Hillary Clinton
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Breitbart, Daily Kos and LifeNews.com
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
RJ editorial board endorses Marco Rubio for Nevada Republican caucus
RJ editorial board endorses Marco Rubio for Nevada Republican caucus
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NBC News, Hot Air, New York Times, RedState, Trail Blazers Blog, Talking Points Memo, Florida Politics, Mondoweiss and Politico
Fred Thys / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: In N.H., Democratic Race Tightens Slightly, Trump Stays Ahead On GOP Side
WBUR Poll: In N.H., Democratic Race Tightens Slightly, Trump Stays Ahead On GOP Side
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TheStreet.com, The Hill, American Power, Politico, Taylor Marsh, Members and New York Times
Robert Yoon / CNN:
$153 million in Bill and Hillary Clinton speaking fees, documented — (CNN)Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, combined to earn more than $153 million in paid speeches from 2001 until Hillary Clinton launched her presidential campaign last spring, a CNN analysis shows.
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RedState, Booman Tribune, New York Times, JustOneMinute, Althouse and Young Conservatives
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Iowa margin between Clinton, Sanders shifts as errors found
Iowa margin between Clinton, Sanders shifts as errors found
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Political Wire, Matt Paul, RT, Radio Iowa, Iowa Starting Line, Patterico's Pontifications, Mediaite, Guardian and Daily Kos
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Bernie vs. Hillary Fight Is Kind of Ridiculous
The Bernie vs. Hillary Fight Is Kind of Ridiculous
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Washington Monthly
Colbert I. King / Washington Post:
Clinton email scandal: Why it might be time for Democrats to draft Joe Biden — The Hillary Clinton email issue is developing into a real whodunit, complete with Clintonesque legal semantics. “I never sent or received any material marked classified,” she said with respect to the discovery …
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Fox News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and National Review
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Emails: Top Clinton Aide Secretly Wrote Item for Mike Allen's Politico Playbook Newsletter
Emails: Top Clinton Aide Secretly Wrote Item for Mike Allen's Politico Playbook Newsletter
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RedState, TheBlaze.com and Talking Points Memo
Daily Mail:
Iraqi migrant rapes a 10-year-old boy at a swimming pool in Vienna and tells police it was a ‘sexual emergency’ because he hadn't had sex in months — A 10-year-old boy was so brutally raped by an Iraqi migrant in a swimming pool cubicle that he had to be hospitalised for his injuries.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Pamela Geller and The Gateway Pundit
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Donna Rachel Edmunds / Breitbart:
10-Year-Old Boy Brutally Raped By Iraqi Migrant at Pool in Vienna
10-Year-Old Boy Brutally Raped By Iraqi Migrant at Pool in Vienna
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The Last Tradition, Vlad Tepes and Jihad Watch
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter To Introduce Algorithmic Timeline As Soon As Next Week — A Tweetstorm is brewing in San Francisco. — Say hello to a brand new Twitter. The company is planning to introduce an algorithmic timeline as soon as next week, BuzzFeed News has learned.
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Megan McArdle / BloombergView.com:
Sanders and Clinton Get Substantive. That's Where They Go Wrong. — Thursday night's Democratic debate in New Hampshire was, all commentators agreed, unusually substantive. Bernie Sanders has clearly gotten the idea that he might actually win this thing, and decided it was time to actually …
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Daily Mail:
Trump drops the F-bomb: Republican frontrunner tells American companies that relocate overseas ‘to go f— themselves’ at a campaign rally in New Hampshire — Trump knocked around the trio of Obama, Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, but didn't say a word about rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Hullabaloo
Associated Press:
THOUSANDS TAKE PART IN ANTI-ISLAM PROTESTS ACROSS EUROPE — DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — Thousands of people are taking part in protests against Islam and immigration in several European cities. — Police in Dresden say they expect about 15,000 protesters at a rally organized …
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Benghazi committee Dems gave thousands in bonuses while blasting probe's cost — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton shakes hands with Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (C) as ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings (R) looks on as she arrives to testify before the House Select Committee …
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The Daily Caller and BizPac Review
Josh Gelernter / National Review:
The Liberal Fantasy of Cultural Appropriation — Albert Einsein c. 1921 (Library of Congress)
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Liberty Unyielding
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Campaign, Billed as Self-Funded, Risks Little of His Fortune — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Donald J. Trump once boasted that he could someday be the only person to turn a profit running for president. He may be closer than anyone realizes. — Mr. Trump's campaign spent …
Philip Haney / The Hill:
DHS ordered me to scrub records of Muslims with terror ties — Amid the chaos of the 2009 holiday travel season, jihadists planned to slaughter 290 innocent travelers on a Christmas Day flight from the Netherlands to Detroit, Michigan. Twenty-three-year old Nigerian Muslim Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab intended …
Joe / The View From North Central Idaho:
OSHA is going after ammo manufacturers — I received a call today from someone who works for a major ammunition manufacturer. They required anonymity but want the following information to get out to the public. — NSSF is also involved in the fight but doesn't want to speak out about it either.
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Clayton Cramer
Ryan Gully / Eye Opener:
Hills That Defy Gravity: That's Weird — A strange phenomenon can be experienced on a hill in the small town of Middlesex, New York. The location on Newell Road has come to be known as “Spook Hill.” — At the peak of the road, just as the pavement appears to decline, a car stopped in neutral will roll backwards up-hill.
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