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Ali Elkin / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Joins 2016 Fray on Vaccines — A measles outbreak transforms into the 2016 issue du jour. — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday became the latest potential presidential candidate to weigh in on the merit of vaccines as a 14-state measles outbreak transformed into the 2016 issue du jour.
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New York Times:
Measles Outbreak Proves Delicate Issue to G.O.P. Field — WASHINGTON — The politics of medicine, morality and free will have collided in an emotional debate over vaccines and the government's place in requiring them, posing a challenge for Republicans who find themselves in the familiar …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Ben Carson backs vaccinations as ‘safe’
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CBS DC, The Huffington Post, Vox, Mediaite and BuzzFeed
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Hillary: ‘The science is clear’ on vaccines
Hillary: ‘The science is clear’ on vaccines
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Yahoo! News, Guardian, USA Today, Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Rand Paul: Parents ‘own’ children, not the state
Rand Paul: Parents ‘own’ children, not the state
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Hot Air, NBC News, The Moderate Voice, Little Green Footballs, Washington Post and Bloomberg Business
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Paul shushes CNBC host in testy interview
Paul shushes CNBC host in testy interview
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BREITBART.COM, Shakesville, Mediaite, Politico, National Review and No More Mister Nice Blog
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ben Carson On Vaccinations: We Shouldn't Allow Diseases To Return
Ben Carson On Vaccinations: We Shouldn't Allow Diseases To Return
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National Review, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and Taylor Marsh
Politico:
Supreme Court Obamacare case poses political peril for GOP — The Supreme Court could be months away from blowing a huge hole in Obamacare — and Republicans on Capitol Hill are at odds over how they'll respond if their side wins. — It's the latest example in a long-running quandary for Republicans …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
The Perfect Storm On The Horizon That May Kill The Supreme Court Filibuster — Divisions among Senate Republicans have burst a trial balloon floated in recent days by two top lieutenants of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to eliminate the 60-vote rule for confirming Supreme Court nominees.
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Public Health Experts Have Estimated How Many Americans Will Die If the Supreme Court Repeals Obamacare
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly and Washington Post
Justin Sink / The Hill:
President to host ObamaCare enrollees as House votes to repeal
President to host ObamaCare enrollees as House votes to repeal
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Daily Kos
New York Times:
Chris Christie Shows Fondness for Luxury Benefits When Others Pay the Bill — As Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey waited to depart on a trade mission to Israel in 2012, his entourage was delayed by a late arrival: Mr. Christie's father, who had accidentally headed to the wrong airport.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Why Matt Drudge might be more powerful now than ever before — Matt Drudge is currently running a “poll” on his website — it's the Drudge Report if you have paid no attention to politics for the last 17 years — that asks readers to choose their preferred 2016 Republican presidential candidate.
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Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog, Politico, Hot Air and Althouse
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Obama manager: Watch for Christie, Bush, Kasich — Jim Messina, President Obama's 2012 campaign manager, says that Chris Christie, Jeb Bush and John Kasich are the presidential candidates to watch on the Republican side. — “I think [New Jersey Gov.] Chris Christie could potentially …
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The PJ Tatler and Political Wire
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The Tough Path Facing Chris Christie and Marco Rubio
The Tough Path Facing Chris Christie and Marco Rubio
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New Jersey News …
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
He's got a 'Downton Abbey'-inspired office, but Rep. Aaron Schock won't talk about it. — The Rayburn House Office Building is a labyrinth of beige offices. — And then, there's . . . Rep. Aaron Schock's new digs. — Bright red walls. A gold-colored wall sconce with black candles.
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Joe. My. God., Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, New York Magazine, Towleroad News #gay, Gawker and Balloon Juice
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Congressman Who Voted To Defund Public Broadcasting Got ‘Downton Abbey’ Office Redesign For Free
Congressman Who Voted To Defund Public Broadcasting Got ‘Downton Abbey’ Office Redesign For Free
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Mediaite and Balloon Juice
ABC News:
Chuck Grassley News — ... exploited by terrorists, according to internal documents obtained by ABC News. “It is shocking,” said Sen . Charles Grassley , an Iowa Republican. “Particularly when you have F.B.I. and other law enforcement agencies that are saying ...
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Nancy Reagan Turned Down Rock Hudson's Plea For Help Nine Weeks Before He Died — On a Sunday evening in July 1985, just hours after arriving in Paris from Los Angeles, Rock Hudson collapsed shortly after checking into the famed Ritz hotel. — Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor in “Giant,” 1956.
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Guardian, Booman Tribune, Joe. My. God. and Raw Story
Politico:
How Rand Paul bombed at Koch brothers gathering — His laid-back style turns off big money donors. — “Jeans might work for a younger audience,” said one attendee, “but these are old bulls who put on a tie every day to go to the office.” Getty — Some of the most influential players …
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Washington Monthly, ABC News and OpenSecrets.org
George Packer / New Yorker:
Why ISIS Murdered Kenji Goto — Why did ISIS execute a second Japanese hostage? Before the beheading of the journalist Kenji Goto, Japan didn't think that it was even in a fight with the Islamic State. All Japan had done was contribute a couple of hundred million dollars in humanitarian aid to countries fighting ISIS.
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Prairie Weather
Daily Mail:
Killed for ‘being gay’: ISIS savages blindfolded man and threw him off tower block - then stoned him to death when he SURVIVED the fall — A man has reportedly been blindfolded and thrown off a tower block in Syria for ‘being gay’ before being stoned to death after surviving the fall.
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Spectator, The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller
David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
Poll: Iowa Republicans Side with Obamas After Huckabee's Beyoncé Attack — Iowans may or may not like Beyoncé, but their opinion on one issue involving the singer is clear in a new Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll: Mike Huckabee crossed a line when he suggested …
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Washington Post, Mediaite, Hot Air, The Huffington Post and National Review
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
A Future Segregated by Science? — Let me say up front: I'm not a science guy. — I have always loved science, but I have always loved the arts — drawing, painting and, yes, writing — more. — My deepest foray into science came in high school when I won my way to the international science fair.
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Liberty Unyielding
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Hillary eyes Brooklyn for campaign HQ — Hillary Clinton is focused on housing her 2016 campaign headquarters in New York City — potentially in Brooklyn, which has emerged as a leading contender. — Insiders say Clinton aides are looking at Brooklyn as a possible location …
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Tracy Walsh / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep On Vaccines: An ‘Oppressive State’ Shouldn't Tell Us What To Do — Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) became the latest Republican on Tuesday to speak out against vaccine mandates, saying: “We should not have an oppressive state telling us what to do.” — “I want that to be my choice as a parent …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Why Mark Ruffalo, Kim Gordon, and the Other Cool Kids Want Elizabeth Warren to Run — On a Thursday night last month, about 150 party-goers piled into the capacious Chinatown loft of filmmakers Julie Pacino (daughter of Al) and Jennifer DeLia. Chloë Sevigny was there …
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OnPolitics, Washington Post and The New Republic
Bloomberg Business:
Amazon in Talks to Buy Some of RadioShack's Stores — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc., aiming to bolster its brick-and-mortar operations, has discussed acquiring some RadioShack Corp. locations after the electronics chain files for bankruptcy, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Mashable, Business Insider, The Verge, Bloomberg View and VentureBeat
