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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. endorses Trump — The move was expected, but the timing was significant as the Iowa caucuses near. — Robert Costa, Jenna Johnson - · - Post Politics - · - 4 hours ago - · — The two parties can't agree on the problems, let alone the solutions
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
As Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Soar, G.O.P. Leaders' Exasperation Grows — DES MOINES — Republican leaders are growing alarmed by the ferocious ways the party's mainstream candidates for president are attacking one another, and they fear that time is running out for any of them to emerge …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: I'll work with Democrats — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is stressing his bona fides as a dealmaker who'd be able to enter the White House and work with congressional Democrats to hammer out agreements. — “I think I'm going to be able to get along with Pelosi …
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Christian leaders balk at Falwell's Trump endorsement — Jerry Falwell Jr.'s endorsement of Donald Trump on Tuesday was swiftly met with a backlash from other Christian conservatives sounding the alarm about what they see as a dangerous candidate with questionable morals.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
MSNBC, Union Leader To Hold Unsanctioned Democratic Debate In New Hampshire — ANKENY, Iowa — MSNBC and The New Hampshire Union Leader will host an unsanctioned Democratic debate in New Hampshire on Feb. 4 moderated by NBC News' Chuck Todd and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, the Union Leader confirmed with an announcement Tuesday.
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Talking Points Memo:
MSNBC, NH Union-Leader To Host Unsanctioned Democratic Debate — MSNBC and the New Hampshire Union-Leader will host an unsanctioned Democratic presidential debate just days before the state's first-in-the-nation primary, the newspaper confirmed Tuesday. — “Meet the Press” …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Stay Sane America, Please! — In January of 2017 someone will stand at the U.S. Capitol and deliver an Inaugural Address. This is roughly the place where Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan once stood. I am going to spend every single day between …
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David Brody / blogs.cbn.com:
Brody File Video Exclusive: Ted Cruz's Plea To Iowa Pastors At Private Meeting: Stop Trump! — In video obtained exclusively by The Brody File, Ted Cruz says it's up to Iowa pastors to stop Donald Trump from winning the Iowa Caucus or the billionaire from New York will be, unstoppable.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Endorse Donald Trump in Iowa
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UnionLeader.com:
Union Leader to host Democratic debate Feb. 4
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Sen. Sasse heading to Iowa to campaign against Trump
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Ted Cruz ‘looks like a jerk’
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
Ted Cruz's Evangelical Gamble
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Rand Paul poised to make the cut for main debate stage
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
We checked if 2,000 voters recognized the 2016 candidates' faces. Here's what we found. — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are by far the most recognizable faces in the 2016 race, a poll conducted by Morning Consult and Vox has found. — Ninety-six percent of respondents to the online poll …
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CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Donald Trump dominates GOP field at 41% — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has hit a new high in the race for the Republican nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, with more than 4-in-10 Republican voters nationwide now saying they back the billionaire.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As first voting nears, Trump seems stronger
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: Evangelicals flocking to Trump
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RT:
Police officers flee angry mob in Swedish refugee center through back door … A police patrol of 10 officers was forced to flee a refugee center in Sweden after being surrounded by a mob of violent migrants. Law enforcement officials had arrived to relocate a 10-year-old boy after reports of his repeated rape at the facility.
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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
Why can't Donald Trump handle Megyn Kelly? — This feud has gotten ridiculous. Republican front-runner and businessman Donald Trump is now threatening to boycott the upcoming GOP debate if host Fox News doesn't remove Megyn Kelly as a moderator. — I don't usually like the argument …
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton Goes Back to the Dunning School — Last night Hillary Clinton was asked what president inspired her the most. She offered up Abraham Lincoln, gave a boilerplate reason why, and then said this: … Clinton, whether she knows it or not, is retelling a racist—though popular …
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Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Creator of anti-Planned Parenthood videos faces felony charge — A Houston grand jury that was investigating accusations of misconduct against Planned Parenthood on Monday instead indicted two anti-abortion activists who recorded covert videos of the organization's employees.
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: ‘Obviously’ I Was Joking About Shooting People And Not Losing Votes — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was just joking when he said he could shoot somebody and still not lose votes in the 2016 race. — Trump told a crowd Saturday at a campaign rally …
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Associated Press:
State Lawmakers ‘Distracted’ by Women's Wardrobes — Republican Sen. Mitch Holmes has seen women wearing “over the top” attire during his decade in the Kansas Statehouse, by which he means, their tops didn't cover over enough. — “A blouse that came way past the rib cage …
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Shakesville
Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
Kids would rather play Xbox than make money shoveling. It's pitiful. — Snowzilla has gone, leaving behind confused snowfall estimates, regrettable junk-food decisions, an incubating October baby boom and a lingering sense of dread for many parents. — The work ethic of our kids: Where is it?
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Mother Jones
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / Guardian:
Rome spares Iranian president's blushes by covering nude statues — Sculptures in Capitoline Museum obscured by large white panels for Hassan Rouhani's meeting with Italian PM — Italian officials keen to spare the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, any possible offence on his visit …
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