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EXCLUSIVE: FBI says John Boehner's West Chester bartender planned to poison him — Feds: Man said he was Jesus, Boehner was the devil — DEER PARK, Ohio - Ebola, evil voices and the devil. — Those are just a few of the things a Butler County bartender cited as reasons …
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Ohio Bartender Charged With Threatening to Murder John Boehner … An Ohio man has been indicted on charges of threatening to murder House Speaker John Boehner, ABC News has learned. — Michael Robert Hoyt was indicted Jan. 7 on charges of threatening to murder Boehner last October shortly …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Rand Paul announces campaign manager for likely 2016 campaign — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday announced the hiring of a campaign manager for his likely 2016 presidential bid, part of an aggressive effort to build a national political team as the race for the White House heats up.
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Rand Paul looks to steal 2016 spotlight — The potential 2016 presidential hopeful appears eager to return to his role as a conservative firebrand. — M.Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO — Jeb Bush is “a Big Government Republican.” Mitt Romney “had his chance.”
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John Dickerson / Slate:
Why Romney Wants to Run — He genuinely believes the third time could be the charm. — When Jeb Bush formed his leadership PAC, he said he wanted it to encourage other like-minded candidates. It worked. He encouraged Mitt Romney. The two-time presidential candidate is now seriously considering another run.
Neil W. McCabe / Gravis:
Iowa poll: Romney leads nascent Iowa field with 21%, Bush at 14%, Walker 10% — The 2012 Republican nominee for president holds a leads a broad field of GOP potential contenders in the Townhall/Gravis poll conducted Jan. 5-7 among 404 registered Republican voters queried.
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Townhall.com and Political Wire
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Romney And The GOP's Five-Ring Circus
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Washington Post, Salon, Hot Air, Daily Signal, FOX News Radio, The Daily Caller, The Dish, Hit & Run, Talking Points Memo, Race 4 2016 and Bloomberg View
Congressman Randy Weber:
Representative Randy Weber Issues Statement on Paris Tweet — Washington, D.C. - Representative Randy Weber (R-Friendswood) released the following statement in reference to a tweet sent out last night: “I need to first apologize to all those offended by my tweet.
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Talking Points Memo, FreakOutNation, OnPolitics, Associated Press, Joe. My. God., The Huffington Post and Mediaite
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Susie Madrak / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
You Know Who Else Went To Paris? Hitler
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Truth Revolt
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Republican apologizes for Hitler tweet
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Trail Blazers Blog, Politico, Bloomberg Politics and Vox
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Senate to vote on whether climate change is happening — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he will allow the Senate to vote on an amendment asking if they agree that climate change is impacting the planet. — At his weekly press briefing, McConnell said …
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Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
The Insiders: Five things to watch as the 2016 campaigns develop — As the invisible primary period of the 2016 presidential race gets underway, five telltale signs will determine the viability of each of the campaigns. Each of the signs will define and build the narrative of the campaign …
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Adweek
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell threatens midnight session over Keystone XL pipeline
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Politico, TheBlaze.com and Daily Kos
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
How Reince Priebus Reinvented The Political Party — In 1972, the year Reince Priebus was born, the political writer David Broder published The Party's Over. Since then, political writers, me included, have been declaring the death of political parties nonstop.
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Daily Kos and Washington Post
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Arsalan Iftikhar / The Islamic Monthly:
Dear Don Lemon: Thanks for Making Me Famous — Apparently, we currently live in a “post-racial” America where a prominent national television news anchor can ask an American Muslim human rights lawyer whether he supports a terrorist organization simply because he happens to be a Muslim.
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Addicting Info, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Lawyer Thanks Don Lemon: Your ‘Racist Dumb-Ass Question’ Made Me Famous
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Raw Story and Hinterland Gazette
Lindsay Cohen / KOMO News:
Seattle dog's rush hour ride: on the bus, by herself, weekly — SEATTLE — Public transit in Seattle has gone to the dogs. — Commuters in Belltown report seeing a Black Labrador riding the bus alone in recent weeks. The 2-year old has been spotted roaming the aisles …
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The Stranger …, KTLA, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, NPR and WGN-TV
Rocco Parascandola / NY Daily News:
PBA's Patrick Lynch spurs yelling, shoving among cops over NYPD-City Hall feud — The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association was not so much on Tuesday as some cops shouted down Lynch regarding his demand that Mayor de Blasio apologize over comments related to race and police relations.
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Associated Press, Mediaite, Liberaland and FOX News Radio
Scott Soshnick / Bloomberg:
Prokhorov Exploring Sale of Brooklyn Nets — The Brooklyn Nets are for sale. — Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov retained Evercore Partners to sell the National Basketball Association team he bought in 2010, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Bloomberg View, Gothamist, Gawker, New York Magazine, CBS New York and ABC News
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Romney Face Tattoo Guy Says He's Not Supporting Romney In 2016 — “You are waiting for him to shoot himself in the foot. It's going to look real good and then — bam something else — he screws it up,” Eric Hartsburg said in an interview with BuzzFeed News. — Eric Hartsburg Facebook
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Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, Mediaite and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Emily Smith / Page Six:
‘Unhappy’ Ann Curry finally leaves NBC — Ann Curry's tearful exit from “Today” opposite Matt Lauer. — Ann Curry is finally leaving NBC over two and a half years after her excruciating departure from “Today,” Page Six can exclusively reveal. — NBC is expected to imminently announce …
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Ryan Haarer / KUSA-TV:
Lakewood church denies funeral for lesbian woman — LAKEWOOD - A “Dignity in Death” rally was held Tuesday afternoon for a lesbian woman who was denied a funeral at New Hope Ministries in Lakewood last week. — Vanessa Collier's friends say the funeral was canceled by the church 15 minutes …
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Denver Post, Advocate, FreakOutNation and Jezebel
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
White House: Obama Will Fight Media To Stop Anti-Jihad Articles — President Barack Obama has a moral responsibility to push back on the nation's journalism community when it is planning to publish anti-jihadi articles that might cause a jihadi attack against the nation's defenses forces, the White House's press secretary said Jan. 12.
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Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs and Chicago Boyz
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Huckabee slams Obama for letting daughters listen to Beyoncé — DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has accused President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, of double standards in parenting, saying in an interview published Tuesday that the first family shelters …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hullabaloo, New York Magazine and Race 4 2016
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Obama Is Said to Be Planning New Rules on Oil and Gas Industry's Methane Emissions — WASHINGTON — In President Obama's latest move using executive authority to tackle climate change, administration officials will announce plans this week to impose new regulations on the oil …
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Daily Signal and Associated Press
Keith Laing / The Hill:
DC Metro passenger killed in smoke incident — A passenger on the Washington, D.C., Metrorail subway system was killed on Monday in an incident involving heavy smoke in a train tunnel. — A train on Metro's Yellow Line that was heading toward northern Virginia was filled with smoke …
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Overlawyered, National Review and Washington Post
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