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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Judge Walker's decision to overturn Prop 8 is factual, well-reasoned, and powerful. … - Charging the WikiLeaks Leaker With Treason Would Be Absurd- How Many Americans Can't Swim? - Profitable Companies That Refuse To Restore the Benefits They Axed in 2008- Is It Possible To Write an Interesting Novel About a Nanny?
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Gerard Bradley / Fox News:
Why Has Media Ignored Judge's Possible Bias In California's Gay Marriage Case? — Any minute now we will hear the result of another lawsuit about same-sex marriage. — This month a federal judge in Massachusetts threw out a Congressional law which defined marriage as the union of man and woman.
David Boaz / Cato @ Liberty:
Reagan-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban — Chuck Donovan of the Heritage Foundation denounces Judge Vaughn Walker for “extreme judicial activism” and “judicial tyranny” in striking down California's Proposition 8, which barred gay people from marrying.
Dale Carpenter / The Volokh Conspiracy:
A Maximalist Decision, Raising the Stakes — I'm still studying the decision today in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, which strikes down Prop 8 on both due process and equal protection grounds. I like a lot of the language, and the arguments, as a matter of rhetoric, common sense, and policy.
John Schwartz / New York Times:
In Same-Sex Ruling, an Eye on the Supreme Court — A federal judge's forceful opinion Wednesday in favor of same-sex marriage is only the beginning of a process that is likely to go all the way to the United States Supreme Court. — The ultimate outcome of the California case cannot be predicted …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Axelrod: President remains opposed to same-sex marriage — President Obama remains opposed to same-sex marriage despite a federal judge's decision to strike down a ban on such marriages, a top White House adviser said Thursday. — Senior adviser David Axelrod said the president supports …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
President Obama's beliefs meet his policy
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Igor / Think Progress:
Pat Buchanan suggests Judge Walker struck down Proposition 8 because he is gay.
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John / Power Line:
Today's Proposition 8 Decision
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / National Review:
Getting Ready to March on Washington
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Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
Judge strikes down Prop. 8, allows gay marriage in California [Updated]
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James Pethokoukis:
An August Surprise from Obama? — Main Street may be about to get its own gigantic bailout. Rumors are running wild from Washington to Wall Street that the Obama administration is about to order government-controlled lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt …
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority — WASHINGTON — Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet service and content, are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege.
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Josh Silver / The Huffington Post:
Google-Verizon Deal: The End of The Internet as We Know It
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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Google, Verizon Said to Strike Deal on Web Traffic Rules
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NY Daily News:
Material girl Michelle Obama is a modern-day Marie Antoinette on a glitzy Spanish vacation — Sacrifice is something that many Americans are becoming all too familiar with during this economic downturn. It was a key theme in President Obama's inaugural address to the nation …
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Paul Revoir / Daily Mail:
Briton held for wearing a bikini in Dubai shopping mall after fight with Arabic woman — A British holidaymaker has been charged with indecency in Dubai after walking through the world's largest shopping centre in a bikini. — The woman was buying clothes and gifts in the Dubai Mall …
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Critics allege Elena Kagan is sympathetic to Sharia law — Few fireworks erupted as the Senate opened up floor debate over Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan this week. Conventional wisdom remains that President Barack Obama's second nomination to the high court will be confirmed with little trouble.
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Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
Diversity Debate Engulfs Hunter High in Manhattan
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Bob Willis / Bloomberg:
Jobless Claims in U.S. Unexpectedly Climb to Three-Month High — More Americans than projected filed applications for unemployment insurance last week, indicating firings remain elevated as the recovery moderated. — Initial jobless claims climbed by 19,000 to 479,000 in the week ended July 31 …
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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Surprise Rise in Jobless Claims Casts Pall on Economy
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Helen Jung / Oregonian:
Portland lemonade stand runs into health inspectors, needs $120 license to operate — It's hardly unusual to hear small-business owners gripe about licensing requirements or complain that heavy-handed regulations are driving them into the red. — So when Multnomah County shut down an enterprise …
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Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:
White House Statement on Proposition 8 — A White House statement regarding Wednesday's ruling overturning Proposition 8 said President Barack Obama had spoken out against the measure because it was “divisive and discriminatory.” — A White House spokesperson sent the following statement …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Pence: Obama ‘most anti-Israel’ president in modern history
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Marcela Hoeven Bikini Scandal? — North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven is 47 points ahead in a Senate campaign that is, by all odds, the closest thing to a surefire pick-up for Republicans this fall. And yet it appears that there are some fiendish Democrats who hope that “family values” …
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Celeste Katz / The Daily Politics:
Caroline Giuliani's Shoplifting Bust: Updated x 2 — Here's what we've got on the shoplifting bust of Caroline Giuliani, by our Police Bureau Chief, Rocco Parascandola. — The Ivy Leaguer daughter of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani was busted Wednesday afternoon for trying to get a five-finger discount …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Gibbs dismisses Missouri vote against federal health insurance mandate — White House press secretary Robert Gibbs flatly dismissed Missouri's vote Tuesday rejecting a key part of the healthcare law. — Gibbs said Missouri's vote approving a ballot initiative to exempt residents …
Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
You Know How Jesus Prized Wealth. — The mainstays of conservative Christian activism — the Family Research Council and the Christian Coalition — are launching a new campaign to protect the wealthy from tax increases, according to subscription-only Roll Call. The tax hikes, they say, are a “family values issue.”
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Jill Rosen / Baltimore Sun:
After flood of outrage, police will investigate shooting of husky in dog park — A day after dog's death becomes public, officials vow to look into the incident — Bea-Bear the Siberian husky was shot and killed at an Anne Arundel County dog park. (Baltimore Sun / August 3, 2010)
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Is the GOP shedding a birthright? — Rather than shout, I'll just ask the question in a civil way: Dear Republicans, do you really want to endanger your party's greatest political legacy by turning the 14th Amendment to our Constitution into an excuse for election-year ugliness?
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