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Burlington Free Press:
Vt. legalizes gay marriage with veto override — FREE PRESS STAFF REPORT — VIDEO: House vote passes gay mariage bill . — MONTPELIER — Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage — and the first to do so with a legislature's vote. — The Legislature voted Tuesday …
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Washington Post:
D.C. Council Votes to Recognize Other States' Gay Marriages — The D.C. Council voted today to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, on the same day that Vermont became the fourth state to legalize same-sex unions. — Domestic partnerships are already legal in the nation's capital …
Dave Gram / Associated Press:
Vermont Legalizes Gay Marriage With Veto Override — MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont on Tuesday became the fourth state to legalize gay marriage _ and the first to do so with a legislature's vote. — The House recorded a dramatic 100-49 vote _ the minimum needed _ to override Gov. Jim Douglas' veto.
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Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
‘House’ exclusive: The shocking story behind last night's big death — DEFCON 1 spoiler alert! If you haven't seen last night's House, stop reading now. Everyone else, onward and downward! — Here are the six things you need to know up-front about last night's House:
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Michael Saul / NY Daily News:
Actor Kal Penn's surprise suicide on ‘House’ opens way to job with Obama White House
Actor Kal Penn's surprise suicide on ‘House’ opens way to job with Obama White House
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David Roberts / Grist:
Washington Post reporter calls out George Will for lying in Washington Post 2 — TWITTER - NEWSVINE - GOOGLE BOOKMARKS - STUMBLEUPON — Today, Washington Post reporters Juliet Eilperin and Mary Beth Sheridan have a piece on the alarming decline of Arctic sea ice.
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Washington Post:
New Data Show Rapid Arctic Ice Decline — Proportion of Thicker, More Persistent Winter Cover Is the Lowest on Record — The Arctic sea ice cover continues to shrink and become thinner, according to satellite measurements and other data released yesterday, providing further evidence …
Andrew Freedman / Capital Weather Gang:
Will Misleads Readers on Climate Science - Again
Will Misleads Readers on Climate Science - Again
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Wonk Room
Kevin Duchschere / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Franken extends lead over Coleman — The Democrat made a net gain today in a count of formerly rejected absentee ballots that pushed his advantage to more than 300 votes in the U.S. Senate race. — Democrat Al Franken today extended his lead over Republican Norm Coleman in the U.S. Senate election …
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Michael A. Cohen / The Politico:
Extremist rhetoric won't rebuild GOP — Watching Fox News' new sensation Glenn Beck is not for the faint of heart. It is a disquieting entree into the feverish mind of a conspiracy theorist who believes, among other things, that the government wants to remotely control our thermostats …
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Chris Orr / The New Republic:
They're All Arlen Specter Now — A propos of my earlier post …
They're All Arlen Specter Now — A propos of my earlier post …
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Matthew Yglesias
Chris Orr / The New Republic:
Americans More Optimistic; Still Hate GOP
Americans More Optimistic; Still Hate GOP
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The Other McCain
Robert Moore / Coloradoan Online:
Bennet talks with skeptical Democrats in Fort Collins — Sen. Michael Bennet met with about 100 Larimer County Democrats on Monday night at New Belgium Brewing and frequently wound up giving them answers they didn't come to hear. — Facing a respectful but clearly skeptical audience of party activists …
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Satyam Khanna / Think Progress:
Right Wing Hysterical Over Obama's ‘Not At War With Islam’ Remarks: ‘We Have Nothing To Apologize For’ — President Obama's outreach to the Muslim world has been a welcome development after eight years of President Bush's “us vs. them” approach. “Let me say this as clearly as I can,” he told the Turkish parliament yesterday.
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Jonah Goldberg / USA Today:
Obama's word play — The administration has created a lexicon that masks reality through the gauzy world of euphemism. To the world, it's just words. — President Obama had a grand time in Europe. He wowed the press, met the queen, gave some wonderful news conferences and got virtually none …
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Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
Caller criticizes Limbaugh, Hannity, etal, on torture: “It's like you're all brainwashed” — LIMBAUGH: We're going to go to Chicago. This is Charles. Charles, thank you for waiting and for calling. Great to have you here. Hello. — CALLER: Thanks, Rush.
New York Times:
Judge Orders Investigation of Stevens Prosecutors — WASHINGTON — A furious federal judge on Tuesday took the extraordinary step of ordering that the prosecutors who bungled the case of former Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska be investigated for possible criminal wrongdoing.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The End of Philosophy — Socrates talked. The assumption behind his approach to philosophy, and the approaches of millions of people since, is that moral thinking is mostly a matter of reason and deliberation: Think through moral problems. Find a just principle. Apply it.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Gates on the Defense Budget — I've just gotten off a conference call with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in which he talked about the budget. — Probably the most notable thing he said was the stern words he offered for members of the military who may not be happy with some of the decisions he's made.
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Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
Savage complains that “the hemorrhoid with eyes,” presumably Beck, rips off his show, but nonetheless questions Beck's sanity — I love how all these cons pretend they hate eachother , maybe they do . But all of them are the same. Preaching hate toward our country and President.
Paul Lewis / Guardian:
Video reveals G20 police assault on man who died — Exclusive footage obtained by the Guardian shows Ian Tomlinson, who died during G20 protests in London, was attacked from behind by baton-wielding police officer — Dramatic footage obtained by the Guardian shows that the man who died …
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
Times Editor: Lack Of Disclosure On Merkin Op-Ed Is No Big Deal — Here's another one to add to the growing list of “newspapers acting badly”... Late last month, the New York Times published an op-ed by Daphne Merkin, a contributing writer to the Times Magazine, on the Bernie Madoff mess.
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Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
At What Point Did Republicans Become the Party of Bed-Wetting Hysterics? — Looking around the wingnutosphere today, I can't help but notice that it's SUCH A SCARY TERRIFYING WORLD. — Obama's taking our guns away! … Obama's disarming America! … Obama's a Stalinist!
New York Times:
In Baghdad, Obama Presses Iraqi Leader to Unite Factions — BAGHDAD — President Obama made an unannounced trip Tuesday to Baghdad, punctuating his week-long overseas trip with a stop to talk to American troops and Iraqi leaders. — Addressing hundreds of troops gathered at a military base here …
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