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Mika Brzezinski: Lindsey Graham More Extreme Than Elizabeth Warren

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-host Mika Brzezinski said that although it wasn’t likely, she was hopeful that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) would make a bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. “I don’t think she is [running],” Brzezinski said.

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Rand Paul: NSA Supporters ‘Secretly Want There to be an Attack on the United States, So They Can Blame it on Me

Rand Paul has planted his flag on some difficult ground, and quite frankly, successful presidential candidates don’t throw themselves into heavy intra-party fire and sustain major political wounds to prove ideological points. Perhaps he would do well to reconstruct his argument to emphasize the libertarian points where more of the Republican Party agrees with him, and more of the ever-shifting middle of the American electorate would be willing to listen.

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Rand Paul: ‘Hawks’ in GOP Created ISIS

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” 2016 Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said so-called “hawks” like  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) are responsible for creating ISIS by flooding arms into the Middle East. Host Joe Scarborough asked, “A guy that works closely

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Whoopi Mocks Republican ‘Short,’ ‘Dummy’ Candidates

Tuesday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg went after Republican presidential candidates Gov. Chris Christie (R-NY) and Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for their hawkish talk on Islamic terrorism. Goldberg said, “The Republican candidates are kind

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GOP Contenders Gather at ‘Sheldon Adelson Primary’ in Vegas

This weekend, leaders of the Republican Jewish Coalition hold their annual spring meeting in Las Vegas–and, as in prior years, many Republican presidential hopefuls will be in attendance. The conference is hosted by Sheldon Adelson, casino magnate, philanthropist and Republican mega-donor.

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Loretta Lynch in 2006: Term ‘Living Fetus’ Is ‘Hopelessly Vague’

In 2006, attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch joined other former U.S. attorneys in an amicus brief in a case before the Supreme Court that maintained the federal law against partial-birth abortion was unconstitutional because the term “living fetus” was too vague for those whose job it was to obey and enforce the ban.

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Cruz Campaign Touts Continued Strong Performance in Polls

AUSTIN, Texas — Now that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been joined by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in the presidential race, and other candidates are inching closer to throwing their hats in the ring, the Cruz campaign is touting several recent polls that show he is continuing to be a top contender in the Republican presidential primary.