March 14, 2016

With All Due Respect (03/14/16)

Mark Halperin and John Heilemann are joined by Alex Conant, communications director for the Marco Rubio campaign, Scott McNealy, founder of Sun Microsystems, and MSNBC's Katy Tur on "With All Due Respect."

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State Dept. Struggles to Answer Questions on Iran's Ballistic Missile Tests

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Georgia governor calls for follow-up bills to campus carry

ATLANTA (AP) - Days after Georgia lawmakers approved a bill lifting a weapons ban on the state's public college campuses, Republican Gov. Nathan Deal called Monday for the General Assembly to address opponents' concerns.

Deal's office released a statement asking for fixes and indicated that he could refuse to sign ...

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Iran Rolls Out Welcome Mat For US Energy Companies

'We have no problem with the presence of American companies in Iran'

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Donald's Denial: Will Violence Controversy Galvanize the Anti-Trump Movement?

On "With All Due Respect," Mark Halperin and John Heilemann discuss the controversy swirling around Donald Trump due to violence at some of his rallies.

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Gun Control Activists Launch Site to 'Predict' Gun Violence

Gun control activists have created a new website which intends to use social media and search trends to predict gun violence across the country.

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Donald Trump rally violence: N.C. sheriff weighs 'inciting a riot' charge

DEVELOPING:

A North Carolina sheriff's office is considering criminal charges, including inciting a riot, against Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Monday that it is investigating a rally last week in Fayetteville, where a Trump supporter punched a protester as he ...

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White Cop Pleads Guilty After Shooting Unarmed Black Man

'Why did you shoot me?'

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Blooming measures your heart and brain to reduce stress at work

on_table Finnish startup Blooming is aiming to help stressed office workers re-take control of their lives, by using wearable tech to monitor and track stress levels, plus recommendation software and meditation to help give workers the space to stop and smell the roses. The service combines training programs, technology for self-monitoring, personal coaching and a light brushing of peer pressure. Read More

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This May Be the BEST Hillary Meme On The Internet

hillary meme bjSo much awesome here.

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Theranos CEO Holmes to Hold Fundraiser for Clinton: Re/Code

Chelsea Clinton will attend fundraiser for her mother, Hillary Clinton, hosted by Theranos Inc. CEO Elizabeth Holmes at company's Palo Alto headquarters, Re/Code reports. NOTE: Critics have questioned accuracy of Theranos' testing technology, resulting in the blood-testing startup drawing scrutiny from FDA Related Story: Theranos Gets Additional Week to Respond to U.S. Inspection

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Max Weber on Trump

(Steven Hayward) In our never ending quest to understand more deeply the Trump phenomenon and our current moment, my mind ran back to an old passage from the German sociologist Max Weber, who once said of the United States: A corruption and wastefulness second to none could be tolerated only by a country with as yet unlimited economic opportunities. Pretty sure the corruption and waste have now discovered (by imposing) the limits

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Continetti Discusses Possible Contested GOP Convention in CNN Appearance

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Bill Clinton Praises One Of Hillary's Biggest Campaign Foes [VIDEO]

One of Bill Clinton's "favorite companies," the former president said in North Carolina on Monday, is Johnson Controls, the same auto supplier that Hillary Clinton has slammed repeatedly on the campaign trail and in TV ads. "It's a clean energy company that worked with our foundation to retrofit the Empire State Building, we cut the […]

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Unlocking blockchain for the underbanked

bitcoin-falling As 2015 came to a close and the new year began, many thought leaders in the financial technology space made their predictions on the trends and innovations that will get us excited in 2016. One of the most prominent technologies that repeatedly appeared on these lists was the blockchain, which has emerged from the shadows of bitcoin with a new, solo image. Read More

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Are Some Teenagers Too Rich To Know 'Right' From 'Wrong?'

Are Some Teenagers Too Rich To Know 'Right' From 'Wrong?'Jason Mattera debates this absurd notion of 'Affluenza.'

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Romney Joins Kasich on the Stump to Stop Trump

2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney joined Governor John Kasich on the campaign trial on Monday. At a military aircraft museum in North Canton, Ohio, Romney told the crowd that Kasich "is the guy that Ohio needs to vote for."

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Donald Trump Refuses to Say Who Will Be on His Foreign Policy Team

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Idaho panel endorses measure to allow using gun IDs to vote

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An Idaho committee introduced legislation Monday that would add concealed weapons permits to a list of approved IDs needed to vote in elections.

Currently, Idaho voters must provide one of four different types of identification to vote. Idahoans also have the option to sign an affidavit ...

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NY Republican Leader Sees Potential $15 Minimum Wage Compromise

New York Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan is entertaining the idea of a compromise on the $15 minimum wage, even as fellow Republicans stay steadfast against it, according to reports Sunday. The state minimum wage is currently $9.00 an hour, so Gov. Andrew Cuomo has put the $15 policy at the forefront of his agenda. […]

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Michael Goguen's counter-complaint calls accuser an "exotic dancer" who was "looking for a payday"

Screen Shot 2016-03-14 at 9.27.23 AM Michael Goguen, the longtime venture capitalist who was asked to leave Sequoia Capital last week following a stunning breach of contract complaint, has just filed a counter complaint in San Mateo County Court. In reaction to claims that Goguen sexually and emotionally abused a woman named Amber Laurel Baptiste for more than a decade, and then failed to follow through on an agreement to pay… Read More

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Trump Scores Last-Minute Endorsement From Florida's Atty Gen.

Fla. Attorney General Pam Bondi endorses Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, a blow to rival Sen. Marco Rubio who is looking for an upset win in tomorrow's Republican primary in his home state. "We need someone to lead and restore America to its greatness," Bondi says at Trump event in Tampa area NOTE: Bondi in 2012 backed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who has called on Republican voters to do all they can to ensure Trump is not the nominee NOTE: Poll out today shows

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Fmr. State Dept. IT Official Threatened with Congressional Subpoena over Clinton Emails

Hillary Clinton's legal woes appear to be getting only worse as another former State Department IT official has refused to talk to Congressional investigators looking at Clinton's private email server. However, Senate Republicans are now threatening to subpoena John Bentel, unless he voluntarily cooperates with the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Homeland Security Committee according to The Hill.

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Senate won't consider handful of contentious bill

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Senate likely won't take up bills that would outlaw so-called sanctuary cities for immigrants, increase compensation for the wrongly convicted and allow students to deduct debt from their income taxes.

The Senate released its calendar Monday for what's expected to be its final session ...

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Melissa Harris-Perry Says Her MSNBC Firing 100 Percent Has Racial Implications

'And here's how I know it'

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Trainline buys Captain Train for up to $189 million

Screen Shot 2016-03-14 at 17.33.58 We hear a lot about how companies like Uber are transforming car-based transportation, but today comes news of another play in the sector, this time covering rail services. Trainline, a U.K.-based ticket service for railway and long-distance bus journeys, has acquired Captain Train, a Paris-based competitor that sells tickets for rail journeys on the continent, in what sources close to the… Read More

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Trump: No Violence at Our Rallies, They're Lovefests

At a rally in North Carolina, Republican front-runner Donald Trump dismissed the notion of violence at his campaign events. "These are lovefests," he said.

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Why Ben Shapiro resigned from Breitbart

(Paul Mirengoff) I don't think we have written about the incident in which Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski allegedly manhandled Michelle Fields as she attempted to question the candidate at a rally. The incident has been covered extensively elsewhere, including here. The incident is hardly without interest, but I'm more intrigued by the fallout. Breitbart, whose chairman is pro Trump, refused to back its reporter. To the contrary , it published

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Report: Obamacare Enrollment to Cap at Estimated 14.7 Million Americans

Obamacare enrollment will hit an estimated ceiling of 14.7 million people over the next several years, according to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Donald Trump extols his rallies as 'lovefests'

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Monday that his campaign rallies are "lovefests," pushing back against critics who blame his heated rhetoric for inflaming clashes between his supporters and protesters.

He made the remark after a pair of protesters disrupted a campaign event in North Carolina, with one of them ...

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Kylie Jenner's Latest Swimsuit Photos Prove There's Nothing She Won't Post

They are scandalous

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Xbox Live now supports cross-platform multiplayer with PS4

alienware alpha xbox one At this point, there's very little difference between the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. But there was one key differentiating point. Xbox gamers could only play with Xbox and PC players as Microsoft was restricting access to the multiplayer component. Microsoft just announced that game developers can now create cross-platform multiplayer modes th Read More

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Trump Says There Is No Violence At His Campaign Events

"There's no violence," Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump says at campaign event in N.C. "These are lovefests" Trump says he and his supporters are angry because "we're tired of a government that is run incompetently" NOTE: Trump has previously encouraged supporters to attack protesters at his rallies; he also canceled a rally in Chicago Friday amid protests outside the event NOTE: Ben Carson, who has endorsed Trump, said this morning there is a "real possibility" violence at the r

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Our Principles Ad Rips Trump for Offensive Quotes About Women

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Donald Trump cancels Sarah Palin visit in Florida

Donald Trump's presidential campaign abruptly canceled an event where Sarah Palin was scheduled to stump at the Villages in Florida.

Without providing an explanation, the campaign made the announced minutes before the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee was scheduled to appear at the Village, a large ...

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India Temporarily Shelves Privatizing Coal Industry — Cites Slacking Demand

'This task will be very difficult'

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#CSForAll: Ensuring tech access for all students

tabletkid On the heels of the White House Computer Science For All initiative (#CSForAll) announcement and the celebration of National Engineers Week, we are excited about the work being done to make STEM opportunities accessible for all kids. The #CSForAll initiative is a plan to ensure that every student in America has access to a robust and rigorous computer science education. Read More

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Trump a Repudiation of Washington Narrative: Stockman

Former U.S. Office of Management and Budget Director David Stockman discusses Donald Trump's role against the Washington and Wall Street establishment and why no president can save the U.S. economy. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg)

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Kristina Schake: Clinton 'Wasn't Really Clear' When She Wanted to Put Coal Miners Out of Business

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Ted Cruz: Donald Trump sees protesters as disloyal people who must be punished

Sen. Ted Cruz said Monday that GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump views protesters as disloyal people worthy of punishment and that the best response to Mr. Trump is to defeat him at the ballot box, reiterating his own pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee in the fall.

Mr. Cruz ...

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Check Out The Model Johnny Manziel Scooped Up During Unemployment [PHOTOS]

Looks like Johnny will be just fine

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Skype for Web upgraded, now supports dialing mobile phones, landlines and more

untitled-1 Skype for Web, the browser-based version of Microsoft's popular communications software introduced last year, is getting a slew of new features that brings it more in line with its desktop and mobile counterparts – most notably the added ability to dial mobile phones and landlines. The web version also now allows you to bring non-Skype users into a conversation easily,… Read More

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