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Why the Post passed on Ezra Klein — The Washington Post would do anything for Ezra Klein. Well, almost anything. — For nearly five years, the Post has steered a bounty of financial resources to its star economics columnist and blogger. It has allowed him to have a contributor deal with MSNBC …
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The Volokh Conspiracy joins The Washington Post — The Washington Post today announced a partnership with The Volokh Conspiracy, a blog that covers law, public policy, politics, culture and other topics. — Eugene Volokh, a law professor at UCLA, founded the blog in April 2002 …
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alicublog, BREITBART.COM, American Spectator, Ed Driscoll and ProfessorBainbridge.com, more at Mediagazer »
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
In Brazil, you can always find the Amazon — in America, the Amazon finds you
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Mediaite, Ricochet Conversations Feed and Outside the Beltway
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Top Wonkblog Columnist to Leave Washington Post
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NewsBusters and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Bashing the Liberal Media Won't Save Chris Christie — In fact, it's likely to doom his 2016 chances — On Saturday, Chris Christie opened a new front in the campaign to save his political career. The governor attacked MSNBC, a one-time booster that has morphed into the leading cable instigator …
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American Spectator, Business Insider and Bloomberg
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Larry McShane / NY Daily News:
Gov. Chris Christie sworn in for second term, cancels inauguration party due to snow — Just minutes before the New Jersey governor gave his prepared inauguration remarks calling for bipartisanship, legislators in the state assembly and the senate representing both political parties announced …
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Liberaland, The Heritage Foundation and National Review
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Democrats hope to derail Chris Christie campaign
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Mediaite, Hot Air and The Daily Beast
Wendy Davis / Wendy Davis for Texas:
An Open Letter from Wendy Davis — As our campaign has gained momentum, our opponents have gotten more and more desperate. But now they've stooped to a new low by attacking my family, my education, and my personal story - playing politics with the journey that has been my life.
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Wendy Davis: “empowerment” and the poor little woman; “struggle” and the man — There's a lot in the Wendy Davis story besides Davis and her constructed and false “narrative.” Here is one of Davis' most recent official statements on the matter, a little masterpiece of accusing the accusers:
Andrew Stiles / National Review:
Wendy Davis Slams Paraplegic Opponent: 'Hasn't Walked a Day in My Shoes' — Wendy Davis is under fire following a Dallas Morning News report that found a number of factual discrepancies in the personal narrative she has made a centerpiece of her long-shot campaign for Texas governor.
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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Accused of Blurring Facts of Stirring Life Story, Texas Lawmaker Offers Chronology
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NewsBusters blogs and Weasel Zippers
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Former Va. Gov. McDonnell and wife charged in gifts case — View Photo Gallery — McDonnell's time in office comes to a close: Gov. Robert F. McDonnell was supposed to be in the thick of the race to succeed him. Instead, the Republican found himself relegated to the role of passive observer …
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Former Virginia Governor And Wife Indicted On 14 Felony Counts Over Gifts Scandal
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Washington Post
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
THE JACKBOOT OF ANDREW CUOMO … The conservative capacity for driving nails into their own palms may well be limitless. The latest dictator to place these stout yeopersons under the heel of his nicely cobbled boots is Andrew Cuomo, prince regent of New York.
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Daily Kos, Power Line, Mediaite, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air and National Review
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Secret Service Visits GOP Candidate Who Advocated Obama's Execution — The U.S. Secret Service paid a visit to the Florida state House candidate who advocated for President Barack Obama's execution on Twitter. — Joshua Black, a Republican who is running in Florida House District 68 …
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Tampa Bay Times
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Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Florida Man Claims Self-Defense After Hopping A Fence To Shoot, Kill 21-Year-Old In A Hoodie — On Thursday, an Orlando man shot and killed a 21-year-old who was fleeing his yard. He didn't appear to be stealing anything, according to witness accounts. He didn't appear to be threatening anybody.
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St. Augustine Record and Hullabaloo
CNN:
Shooting reported at Purdue University — (CNN) — A suspect was in custody after a reported shooting on the campus of Purdue University, a spokeswoman for the Indiana school said Tuesday afternoon. — The shooting was reported around noon ET at an electrical engineering building …
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Hinterland Gazette, The Moderate Voice, Gawker and Shakesville
Julie Strietelmeier / The Gadgeteer:
AMC movie theater calls “federal agents” to arrest a Google Glass user — A long time Gadgeteer reader contacted me today through Google Hangouts to tell me that he had a story that he thought I'd be interested in reading. He then forwarded me a long email with a story from a very good friend of his.
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The Switch, NBCNews, Techdirt, CANNONFIRE, Engadget, The Verge, The Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Deadline.com
Jane Mayer / News Desk:
Snowden Calls Russian-Spy Story “Absurd” — Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor turned whistleblower, strongly denies allegations made by the heads of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees that he was acting as a spy, perhaps for a foreign power …
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New York Times, NBCNews, The Verge and Post Politics
Julee Wilson / The Huffington Post:
Garage Magazine Editor-In-Chief Dasha Zhukova Sits On A ‘Black Woman’ Chair In Shocking Editorial (PHOTO) — How's this for a happy MLK Day? — The online magazine Buro 247 has published a story about Dasha Zhukova, the Russian editor-in-chief of Garage magazine, which shows …
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fashionbombdaily.com, Talking Points Memo, BBC, Gawker and Guardian
New York Post:
De Blasio ‘getting back at us’ by not plowing: UES residents — It really is a tale of two cities — this time with the tony Upper East Side getting the shaft! — Huge swaths of the city's wealthiest neighborhood had been not been plowed by early Tuesday evening, leaving 1-percenters out in the cold …
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Gawker, naked capitalism and The PJ Tatler
Dave Ress / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
Roanoke College poll shows Warner with commanding lead in Senate race — The first poll out after GOP heavy hitter Ed Gillespie formally announced he will challenge Sen Mark Warner's bid for re-election gives Warner a nearly 30 percentage point lead. — The Roanoke College poll …
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Talking Points Memo
Toronto Star:
Rob Ford: New video shows mayor rambling, slurring his words — Mayor Rob Ford is seen speaking incoherently in a new video apparently taken at a Rexdale restaurant early Tuesday morning. … A video titled “New video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford drunk, swearing in Jamaican Patois?” surfaced on YouTube January 21, 2014.
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CBC News, Talking Points Memo, The Raw Story, Hinterland Gazette and SoundCloud
NASA GISS:
NASA Finds 2013 Sustained Long-Term Climate Warming Trend — NASA scientists say 2013 tied with 2009 and 2006 for the seventh warmest year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures. — With the exception of 1998, the 10 warmest years in the 134-year record …
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ncdc.noaa.gov, NBCNews, ABC News and ThinkProgress
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