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The Atlantic Online:
CNN's Crazy, No-Holds-Barred, Social-Media Debate — It's got more bells and whistles than a video game and could send the candidates into anaphylactic shock — Manchester, N.H. — By nature, I'm a debate skeptic. They're hard to differentiate, and the last one is usually forgotten as soon as the next one rolls around.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
New Hampshire Republican debate: Winners and losers — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney answers a question as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, left, and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, listen during the first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Monday, June 13, 2011.
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A.Killough / CNN:
5 things we learned tonight — Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) - Five things we learned at the debate: — 1) Michele Bachmann is now a candidate for president. The congresswoman from Minnesota was the only person on the stage who was not officially a candidate at the start of the debate.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
GOP DEBATE: Bachmann grabs spotlight with filing announcement — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) announced during Monday evening's presidential debate that she'd filed paperwork to run for president. — “I filed today my paperwork to run for president of the United States ... I wanted you to be the first to know,” she said.
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Caller:
While we do not encourage drinking, it sometimes makes debates more fun.
While we do not encourage drinking, it sometimes makes debates more fun.
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Outside the Beltway, Wizbang and Feministing
Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN Republican debate: 5 things that could shape the 2012 race
CNN Republican debate: 5 things that could shape the 2012 race
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msnbc.com:
Obama: ‘I would resign’ in Weiner's situation — President talks scandal, debt ceiling in an exclusive interview with TODAY's Ann Curry — Below: — In an exclusive interview with TODAY's Ann Curry that will air on Tuesday's show, President Barack Obama said that if he were Democratic …
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Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
Joe Scarborough To RNC Chairman: ‘Shut Up’ With ‘Cheap Shots’ On Rep. Weiner
Joe Scarborough To RNC Chairman: ‘Shut Up’ With ‘Cheap Shots’ On Rep. Weiner
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Democratic source: Weiner ‘on the fence’ about resigning, in state of ‘despair’
Democratic source: Weiner ‘on the fence’ about resigning, in state of ‘despair’
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama on Weiner: ‘If it was me, I would resign’
Obama on Weiner: ‘If it was me, I would resign’
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Catalina Camia / USA Today:
House ethics committee begins inquiry on Rep. Weiner
House ethics committee begins inquiry on Rep. Weiner
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Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
Why Anthony Weiner Shouldn't Quit
Why Anthony Weiner Shouldn't Quit
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Washington Post:
‘Paula Brooks,’ editor of ‘Lez Get Real,’ also a man — Just one day after the author behind a popular Syrian lesbian blog admitted to being a married, American man named Tom MacMaster, the editor of the lesbian news site Lez Get Real, with the tagline “A Gay Girl's View on the World,” acknowledged that he is also a man.
The Atlantic Online:
Herman Cain's Anti-Muslim Bigotry Should Be Disqualifying — The loyalty test he proposes for Muslim Americans isn't just discriminatory and unconstitutional — it would never work — Presidential candidate Herman Cain has reiterated his position that any Muslim serving in his administration …
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Herman Cain: “Am I Black?” — GREENFIELD, N.H. — At the end of a short press scrum here, Herman Cain got a question he's always asked semi-nervously: So, uh, how's it going out there for a black Republican candidate? His answer is that he's lived a while, he's seen racism …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Turning More Frequently to Dictionary, and Not Just for Big Words — WASHINGTON — In a decision last week in a patent case, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. puzzled out the meaning of a federal law by consulting the usual legal materials — and five dictionaries. — One of the words he looked up was “of.”
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Joan Biskupic / USA Today:
Ethics rules don't violate free speech, Supreme Court says
Ethics rules don't violate free speech, Supreme Court says
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama fundraiser underwhelms — The empty seats at President Obama's fundraiser in Miami, Fl. were hard to miss. — MIAMI, Fla. — A low-dollar fundraiser here Monday felt like a throwback to the 2008 campaign. — There was the same old soundtrack - including “City of Blinding Lights” …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WI Democrat Tells Female Constituent He Wants to “Smack Her Around” in Message (Audio) — Typical democrat. — A Wisconsin democrat running in a recall election left a message on a woman's answering machine. The democrat said he ought to smack her around in a message he didn't know was being recorded.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US Is in Even Worse Shape Financially Than Greece: Gross — When adding in all of the money owed to cover future liabilities in entitlement programs the US is actually in worse financial shape than Greece and other debt-laden European countries, Pimco's Bill Gross told CNBC Monday.
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Did Mitt Romney commit voter fraud when he cast a ballot for Scott Brown in last year's special election in Massachusetts? On Monday, one of his lesser known opponents for the GOP presidential nomination, Fred Karger, filed a complaint with Massachusetts state election officials alleging …
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The Huffington Post:
Bank Of America ‘Significantly Hindered’ Federal Investigation, U.S. Official Says … Bank Of America , HUD IG , Inspector General , Bank Of America Foreclosures , Bank Of America Mortgage , Foreclosure Investigation , Hud Inspector General , Mortgage Investigation , Mortgage Securities , State Attorneys General , Business News
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Adoptions Rise by Same-Sex Couples, Despite Legal Barriers — Growing numbers of gay couples across the country are adopting, according to census data, despite an uneven legal landscape that can leave their children without the rights and protections extended to children of heterosexual parents.
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Aaron Wiener / TPMDC:
Chart Of The Day: For American Workers, No Economic Recovery — Workers tend to bear the brunt of the American economy's boom and bust cycles. When recessions hit and unemployment rises, workers' share of the national income — the money people earn through wages and salaries …
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Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Gov. Perry: Economic Crisis Is Part of God's Plan To Return Us To Biblical Principles — For the past week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has been roundly criticized by religious and LGBT groups alike for inviting other governors to join him at an anti-gay prayer event hosted by stridently bigoted American Family Association.
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Can Heterosexuality Be Cured? — “Congressman Weiner departed this morning to seek professional treatment.” — Unlike homosexuality, heterosexuality is amenable to therapeutic remedies—or so Anthony Weiner and his fellow House Democrats would like us to believe.
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truth-out.org:
EXCLUSIVE: New Documents Claim Intelligence on Bin Laden, al-Qaeda Targets Withheld From Congress' 9/11 Probe — On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, just as he has done in years past, a top military intelligence analyst identified by the US government only as “Iron Man” will hunker down in front …
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Los Angeles Times:
Palestinian statehood: What is the U.N.'s role? — A divisive showdown is almost certain. — A Palestinian protester holds a Palestinian flag in one hand and a stone in the other hand on the 44th Anniversary of the Arab defeat in the 1967 Six Day War of the Middle East. (David Vaaknin / Getty Images)
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Sarah Palin's letter from God — Two items of note this morning on America's most interesting, reviled and adored politician who isn't a candidate for anything and probably won't be in 2012 — Sarah Palin. — Up first is Toby Harnden, a prolific author and correspondent for the Daily Telegraph of London.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Campaign Advised White House Staff To Give Top Donor Sense Of Access … Obama Rouse , Campaign Haddock , Donor Meeting White House , Ed Haddock , Ed Haddock Meeting , Haddock Pete Rouse , Memo Rouse , Money In Politics Obama , Obama Bundler , Obama Bundler Memo , Obama Campaign Donor …
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Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
Bankruptcy Court: DOMA Unconstitutionally Limits Same-Sex Married Couples From Joint Bankruptcy Filing — Today, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, in Los Angeles, released an opinion finding Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional …
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