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Republican Senator: Jesus's ‘Golden Rule’ Inspired His Vote For Pro-Abortion Kagan — (CNSNews.com) - Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said that Jesus's Golden Rule inspired him to vote to confirm Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court and suggested it would be a good thing …
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Hot Air, The Other McCain, Breitbart.tv, Creative Minority Report and The Blast
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Daniel Foster / National Review:
Birth of a Strategy: Talking Immigration With Lindsey Graham — Yesterday I spoke with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) who caused a bit of a stir by tentatively endorsing a plan to modify the century-old standard of birthright citizenship — by constitutional amendment if necessary.
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Comments from Left Field, Ezra Klein and AmSpecBlog
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Who Inspired Lindsey Graham to Vote for Elena Kagan's Confirmation?
Who Inspired Lindsey Graham to Vote for Elena Kagan's Confirmation?
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Riehl World View
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Flimflam Man — One depressing aspect of American politics is the susceptibility of the political and media establishment to charlatans. You might have thought, given past experience, that D.C. insiders would be on their guard against conservatives with grandiose plans.
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Ezra Klein, TaxVox, Matthew Yglesias, Washington Monthly, NewsBusters.org, Balloon Juice, DownWithTyranny!, FiveThirtyEight, ReadWriteWeb, Left Coast Rebel, GayPatriot, Hit & Run, The Nation, culturekitchen, National Review, AmSpecBlog, AMERICAblog News, No More Mister Nice Blog, Clusterstock, Paul Krugman, Townhall.com, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!, Prairie Weather, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Economist's View and Shakesville
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Paul Krugman:
How To Read A CBO Report — One thing that has been overwhelmingly obvious in the discussion of Paul Ryan's roadmap is that lots of people who should know better — including, alas, reporters at the Washington Post — don't know how to read a CBO report. They think you can just skim …
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The Atlantic Online and Hullabaloo
Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Old Washington hands break with GOP leaders on Bush-era tax cuts
Old Washington hands break with GOP leaders on Bush-era tax cuts
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The Politico, Washington Monthly, Ezra Klein, The Atlantic Online and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*
David Harsanyi / Denver Post:
Time for a divorce — In the 1500s, a pestering theologian instituted something called the Marriage Ordinance in Geneva, which made “state registration and church consecration” a dual requirement of matrimony. — We have yet to get over this mistake. But isn't it about time we freed marriage from the state?
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protein wisdom and GayPatriot
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John Schwartz / New York Times:
Conservative Jurist, With Independent Streak — Judge Vaughn R. Walker has ruled on cases involving newspaper mergers, high-tech corporate battles and the Bush administration's use of wiretaps without warrants. But nothing has earned him as much attention — and ire …
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Washington Post, Associated Press, Mediaite, Firedoglake, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, NPR, Mercury News, TalkLeft, L.A. NOW, The Huffington Post and Flopping Aces
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Scalia Was Right — Why the same-sex marriage ruling will stand.
Scalia Was Right — Why the same-sex marriage ruling will stand.
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Think Progress, Lawyers, Guns & Money, AmSpecBlog, American Spectator, Betsy's Page, neo-neocon, Sadly, No!, RedState, Lean Left, Althouse, The BLT and ACS Blog
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
What collapsing empire looks like — (updated below) — As we enter our ninth year of the War in Afghanistan with an escalated force, and continue to occupy Iraq indefinitely, and feed an endlessly growing Surveillance State, reports are emerging of the Deficit Commission hard at work planning …
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The Mahablog and The Atlantic Online
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Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Governments Go to Extremes as the Downturn Wears On
Governments Go to Extremes as the Downturn Wears On
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Money Game
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Sharron Angle opposes gay adoption — Sharron Angle doesn't believe gays should be able to adopt, according to a questionnaire she filled out. AP — Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle believes that gays should not be allowed to adopt children and that religious leaders should be allowed …
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Wonkette and New York Magazine
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Sharron Angle: I would refuse money from company that supports gay rights
Sharron Angle: I would refuse money from company that supports gay rights
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Think Progress, TPMDC, Washington Monthly, AMERICAblog Gay and Las Vegas Sun Blogs
Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Group promoting Angle event: Medicare “evil” …
Group promoting Angle event: Medicare “evil” …
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Little Green Footballs, TPMDC and Daily Kos
Anjeanette Damon / Las Vegas News …:
Sharron Angle's views rooted in biblical law
Sharron Angle's views rooted in biblical law
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Hullabaloo and Liberty Pundits Blog
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Five myths about the ‘tea party’ — The grass-roots conservative activists who march under the “Don't tread on me” Gadsen flag and the “tea party” label have put a new twist on Gandhi's maxim: First they were ignored; then they were ridiculed; then they began to fight.
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The Atlantic Online, Mother Jones, sisu, Matthew Yglesias, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Don Surber
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CNN:
Palin helping RNC raise money — Sarah Palin is helping the RNC raise funds. — Palin has attached her name to a letter and survey being mailed to RNC donors soliciting contributions for the committee's Victory 2010 program, a nationwide get-out-the-vote effort.
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The Politico, Hot Air and Conservatives4Palin.com
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Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
RNC Passes Calendar Reform
RNC Passes Calendar Reform
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Politics Daily, Ben Smith's Blog, The Page and Conservatives4Palin.com
Bloomberg:
Obama Fed Board Pick Diamond Gets Referred Back to White House by Senate — The Senate sent the nomination of Peter Diamond, one of President Barack Obama's three nominees for the Federal Reserve Board, back to the White House because of objections from at least one lawmaker.
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Think Progress, Opinionator, Mother Jones, Hot Air, Reuters, Matthew Yglesias, Firedoglake, DealBook, The Washington Independent and Brendan Nyhan
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The Huffington Post:
Dean: Individual Mandate Will Be Removed From Health Care Reform By 2014 — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean has never been a fan of the individual mandate for insurance coverage, both on policy and political grounds. And once Senate negotiators removed any hope …
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Taylor Marsh and Prime Buzz
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Ian M. / Think Progress:
Howard Dean Launches Misguided Attack On Health Reform
Howard Dean Launches Misguided Attack On Health Reform
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Center for American Progress, MyDD and Raw Story
Steven Allen Adams / West Virginia Watchdog:
Manchin's Office Confirms Subpoenas — Gov. Joe Manchin's office confirmed today that state government officials have been contacted by the U.S. Attorney's Office this week regarding an ongoing investigation. The target may be Manchin himself, according to a source who asked to remain anonymous.
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Hot Air, National Review, Weigel and The Eye
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Private Sector Adding Jobs, State Budget Crises Killing Economy — The new unemployment report highlights the fact that the economy remains lousy and John Boehner is going to be the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. Ironically, it also demonstrates the bankruptcy of Boehner's way of thinking.
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Balloon Juice, Washington Monthly and Right Wing Nut House
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CNN:
Sen. Bennet pushes back against critical report — Sen. Michael Bennet is pushing back against a critical report published Friday in the New York Times. — (CNN) - A front page article in Friday's New York Times could spell trouble for Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado …
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The Fix and Hotline On Call
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New York Sun:
Palin's Fraternal Greetings — No sooner had President Obama concluded his dirge before the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations than Sarah Palin was out with a posting on her Facebook page, commiserating with her husband's fellow union members on having to sit through another “Blame Bush” lecture.
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The League of Ordinary … and Weekly Standard
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Alan Snyder / Big Government:
Ridicule and Disdain: The Reagan-Palin Connection
Ridicule and Disdain: The Reagan-Palin Connection
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Whiskey Fire and Da Techguy's Blog
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The alleged political benefits of moderation — (updated below) — My advocacy against the choice of Elena Kagan to replace Justice Stevens largely ceased once she was selected because, as I always acknowledged, her confirmation would be virtually inevitable if she were chosen.
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ACS Blog, The Monkey Cage and SCOTUSblog
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Is Kagan Obama's Last Justice?
Is Kagan Obama's Last Justice?
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Jay Bookman, The Politico, Mother Jones, Washington Monthly and Political Byline
Wall Street Journal:
America Is at Risk of Boiling Over — And out-of-touch leaders don't see the need to cool things off. — It is, obviously, self-referential to quote yourself, but I do it to make a point. I wrote the following on New Year's day, 1994. America 16 years ago was a relatively content nation …
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JOSHUAPUNDIT, Mediaite, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and Mother Jones
John Cook / Yahoo! News:
Fox News chief packs heat — Fox News chief Roger Ailes has a license to carry a firearm in New York City on his person at all times, according to the NYPD's newly released list of handgun-permit holders. And he's not alone among his Fox News colleagues: Prime-time shouter Sean Hannity also has a city license to carry a gun.
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NewsReal Blog, Gawker, Gothamist, New York Magazine and Romenesko
Charlie Sykes / 620wtmj.com:
FEINGOLD'S FAKE PERSON? — In Senator Feingold's new ad, he features some footage designed to make the argument that his $787 stimulus bill created Wisconsin jobs. — One piece of footage features a nameplate being placed outside an office or cubicle, and it appears the person named does not exist …
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RedState and Marathon Pundit
Daily Mail:
Spanish police close public beach for Michelle Obama's £250,000 Spanish holiday — Michelle Obama today faced a fresh wave of attacks over her lavish break in Spain with 40 friends, which could easily cost U.S. taxpayers a staggering £50,000 a day.
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Pajamas Media, Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Confederate Yankee