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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, The Blast, Creative Minority Report, Breitbart.tv and Weasel Zippers
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Is Kagan Obama's Last Justice? — The margins for confirming Supreme Court Justices are getting tighter: … Kagan's meager tally is five fewer than Sonia Sotomayor last year, 15 fewer than John Roberts got in 2005 and pales in comparison to the 96-3 coronation of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1993.
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Appeals court limits use of GPS to track suspects — A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Friday that police cannot use a Global Positioning System device to track a person's movements for an extended time without a warrant, clearing the way for the Supreme Court to decide …
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TalkLeft, The Volokh Conspiracy, The BLT and Hullabaloo
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
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The alleged political benefits of moderation
The alleged political benefits of moderation
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ACS Blog, A plain blog about politics and SCOTUSblog
Sacramento Bee:
Let gays begin marrying, Schwarzenegger urges — In an extraordinary court filing, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger asked Friday that gay marriages be allowed to resume immediately in California after a federal ruling that the state's voter-approved ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.
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The Huffington Post, Joe. My. God. and Towleroad News #gay
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Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown urges judge to allow same-sex marriages to resume while opponents wait on appeal — California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown urged a federal judge Friday to permit same-sex marriages to resume in the state immediately. — Brown told U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker …
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LAist, Lez Get Real and Politics Daily
David Harsanyi / Denver Post:
Time for a divorce — In the 1500s, a pestering theologian …
Time for a divorce — In the 1500s, a pestering theologian …
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GayPatriot and protein wisdom
Danny Shea First / The Huffington Post:
Fareed Zakaria Returns Anti-Defamation League Award Over Ground Zero Mosque — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Newsweek writer and CNN host Fareed Zakaria has returned an award he received in 2005 from the Anti-Defamation League over the Jewish group's opposition towards the Ground Zero mosque.
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Newsweek, Political Byline, The Washington Note, The Moderate Voice and Media Decoder
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Tanya Somanader / Think Progress:
Reminder to critics who think a mosque is offensive to the legacy …
Reminder to critics who think a mosque is offensive to the legacy …
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JustOneMinute, American Power, The Blotter and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Cathy Young / Real Clear Politics:
The Mosque Controversy & Religious Freedom
The Mosque Controversy & Religious Freedom
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Jihad Watch and The Moderate Voice
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
RNC adopts new 2012 presidential primary schedule — KANSAS CITY, MO. — The Republican National Committee adopted a new schedule for the 2012 presidential primaries Friday, agreeing to a plan worked out in concert with Democrats and designed to delay the start of the campaign season.
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MyDD
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CNN:
Palin helping RNC raise money
Palin helping RNC raise money
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Hot Air, The Politico, Liberty Pundits Blog and Conservatives4Palin.com
First Read / msnbc.com:
Steele: Pelosi ‘in the back of the bus’
Steele: Pelosi ‘in the back of the bus’
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Talking Points Memo and TPMDC
Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
RNC Passes Calendar Reform
RNC Passes Calendar Reform
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St. Petersburg Times, The Caucus, Politics Daily, Ben Smith's Blog, Conservatives4Palin.com and The Page
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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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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Doug Ross, The Politico, Weasel Zippers, Pajamas Media, Hot Air, Mediaite, Gateway Pundit, The Other McCain and Confederate Yankee
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Sharron Angle: I would refuse money from company that supports gay rights — Sharron Angle has taken some extreme positions, but this one is remarkable even by her standards: She said on a candidate questionnaire that she would refuse political contributions from a private company …
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Think Progress, TPMDC, Washington Monthly, AMERICAblog Gay, Las Vegas News … and Las Vegas Sun Blogs
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Sharron Angle opposes gay adoption
Sharron Angle opposes gay adoption
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Wonkette and New York Magazine
Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Group promoting Angle event: Medicare “evil” …
Group promoting Angle event: Medicare “evil” …
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TPMDC, Little Green Footballs and Daily Kos
Gabriel Beltrone / Ben Smith's Blog:
Palin vs. PolitiFact — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is duking it out with PolitiFact.com, the fact-checking arm of the St. Petersburg Times, over her claim that “Democrats are poised to allow [the] largest tax increase in U.S. history” by letting the Bush tax cuts to expire.
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The Caucus and Politifact.com Truth …
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, Raw Story and MyDD
Shane D'Aprile / The Hill:
Obama: Healthcare law gave Medicare ‘sounder financial footing’ — President Obama used his weekly radio address Saturday to tout the findings of a Medicare Trustees report that concluded the program will remain solvent through 2029, largely as a result of cost-cutting provisions included in the recently enacted healthcare law.
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The Politico
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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naked capitalism and The Mahablog
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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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New York Times and Clusterstock
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Dick Morris' Plan for Economic Recovery: Bankrupt States; Break Unions — It's silly season, and Republican consultants are leaving no stone unturned in their effort to confuse, conflate, attack and stir up anger and fear. But Dick Morris' latest may possibly be one of the most evil.
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Greg Jones' BLACKS 4 BARACK !, Hullabaloo and The Foundry
Ynetnews:
American VIP humiliated at airport — Prof. Donna Shalala, Clinton's secretary of health, arrives in Israel in order to fight academic boycott against Israel, claims she was held at Ben-Gurion Airport just because she has Arab last name — Itamar Eichner — This is not how she imagined her visit to
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Chronicle of Higher Education, The Washington Note and Washington Wire
Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Media Matters Gives Glenn Beck's Co-Hosts The Shirley Sherrod Edited Audio Treatment (Update) — Let's end the week with some Shirley Sherrod-ing - editing a clip to make it sound like a person is saying something that is actually the complete opposite of what they're saying.
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Gateway Pundit
Ron Lieber / New York Times:
Battle Looms Over Huge Costs of Public Pensions — There's a class war coming to the world of government pensions. — The haves are retirees who were once state or municipal workers. Their seemingly guaranteed and ever-escalating monthly pension benefits are breaking budgets nationwide.
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Balloon Juice and Gawker