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Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
Orly Taitz: Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate Should Say ‘Negro’ Not ‘African’ — In a development that will surprise no one, it turns out that President Barack Obama's decision to release his long-form birth certificate hasn't quieted members of the “birther” movement who promote …
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Emily Ramshaw / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Pol Still Isn't Satisfied on Obama Birthplace — Keywords: — Enlargephoto illustration by: Bob Daemmrich / Jacob Villanueva — State Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, has checked out the birth certificate President Barack Obama released this morning — and he's not satisfied.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Obama to Oprah: I knew I was born in Hawaii, ‘I was there’ — President Obama tried to keep answers about his newly released long-form birth certificate light on Wednesday. — “Can I just say? I was there, so I knew that — I knew I had been born,” Obama said while taping an interview …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Robert Gibbs to Donald Trump: Where are the tax returns? — Former White House press secretary and Obama confidante Robert Gibbs is throwing down the gauntlet on Donald Trump. — “Donald Trump said he'd release his tax returns as soon as the president released his birth certificate …
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama Tells Untruth in Birth Certificate Press Briefing — ABC News' Jake Tapper reports: — It was about my birth certificate. And that was true on most of the news outlets that were represented here." — But the president was wrong. — According to Pew's Project …
New York Times:
A Certificate of Embarrassment — With sardonic resignation, President Obama, an eminently rational man, stared directly into political irrationality on Wednesday and released his birth certificate to history. More than halfway through his term, the president felt obliged to prove that he was a legitimate occupant of the Oval Office.
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E.D. Kain / Balloon Juice:
Why Obama Waited — The answer to the many questions surrounding …
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Baratunde Thurston / Jack & Jill Politics:
(video) With President Obama's Birth Certificate, Klansman Trump Reminds Blacks They Will Never Be American
Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Obama jokes about ‘birther’ controversy at fundraisers
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The Politico, The Hill and Indecision Forever
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
On Trail, Trump Basks in Spotlight
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Birther Legislator in Texas Not Convinced by Long-Form Certificate
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David Frum / FrumForum:
The Birther Disgrace — Even for the small band that sustained the phony controversy until now, the birth certificate so-called issue ends today. — Any last lingering doubts that maybe, perhaps, a pregnant Stanley Anne Dunham in the summer of 1961 boarded a propeller plane from Honolulu to Los Angeles …
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Laura Hudson / ComicsAlliance.com:
Superman Renounces [SPOILER] in ‘Action Comics’ #900 — After recently undertaking a journey to walk — not fly — across the United States in the “Grounded” storyline and reconnect with the country and everyday Americans, Superman appears to be taking another step that could have major implications …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Great news: Superman to renounce his U.S. citizenship — The bad news: He's supposed to be an immortal symbol of truth, justice, and the American way. Or at least he was before that line got written out of the script in order not to offend foreign audiences. The good news: Isn't he ... an illegal alien?
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Associated Press:
Dozens of tornadoes kill 194 in 5 Southern states — PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. (AP) — Dozens of tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system wiped out entire towns across a wide swath of the South, killing at least 194 people, and officials said Thursday they expect the death toll to rise.
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CNN:
Mayor: Parts of Tuscaloosa ‘obliterated’ — Read more about this story from CNN affiliates WBMA-TV and WIAT-TV. Is severe weather affecting you? Share stories, photos and video with iReport. — (CNN) — Daylight illuminated a scene of utter devastation across many areas of the South on Thursday …
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Kim Seversonand Anahad O'Connor / New York Times:
Tornado Ravages Alabama City; Storm Toll Grows
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Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Trump's Birther Antics Are Driving Away His Liberal Audience — He may be dumber than you think: Exclusive research reveals “Celebrity Apprentice” viewers are the most Democratic in primetime TV. — Click to expand — He may have gotten President Obama's attention …
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Allan Hall / The Sun:
Fanatics' fury at Muslim Playgirl — A MUSLIM actress has caused a storm by posing naked for Playboy. — Sila Sahin has been branded a “whore” and a “western slut” after appearing topless on the cover of the German edition of the men's magazine. — And Islamic fanatics have posted threatening internet messages.
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Bob Sullivan / msnbc.com:
Advocates: Consumers ‘betrayed’ by high court ruling on class-action suits — Fine print in everyday consumer contracts can include provisions that require Americans to surrender their rights to file class-action lawsuits, the U.S Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, overturning a lower court ruling.
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Companies can block customers' class-action lawsuits, Supreme Court rules
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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Bush to ABC News: Just Because You're Reporting it Doesn't Make it True — Admit it: You miss him.
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Ralph Nader / Bloomberg:
Why Obama Will Get Second Term in White House: Ralph Nader — The stars are aligned for Barack Obama's re-election in November 2012. He won't join Jimmy Carter to be the second Democrat in 120 years to lose a second term. — Five things are playing in Obama's favor.
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The Daily Caller:
The demand threatened to open another yawning abyss, the debate over affirmative action and race, and black leaders sharply rebuked Trump. — “Trump and the rest have played a very divisive card from the fact of his birth to now implying that he got into two Ivy League schools …
Evan Axelbank / WPTV:
Rep. West says Medicare spells end of United States — Several booted from Boca town hall — BOCA RATON, Fla. - If those opposed to Rep. Allen West have their way, the 2012 election will be fought on his recent vote to privatize Medicare starting in 2023.
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John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Panetta nomination may signal deeper cuts for Pentagon — The Obama administration is portraying CIA Director Leon Panetta, the president's pick to replace Robert Gates as Defense secretary, as a veteran Washington hand with a mix of operational expertise and management savvy.
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Donehuedirectstaff / Process Story:
Huckabee releasing S.C. team — We've been told that former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee, a rumored candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, is giving his former S.C. supporters the nod to seek work on other presidential campaigns. The word is that he's told South Carolina staffers …
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Huckabee camp shoots down rumor he won't run in 2012
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The Hill, GOP 12 and Weasel Zippers
Ken Cohen / ExxonMobil's Perspectives Blog:
Gas prices and industry earnings: A few things to think about the next time you fill up — Here's a simple fact of economics that's getting everyone in Washington pretty excited this week: When prices increase for a commodity like oil, companies that produce and sell that commodity earn more money.
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