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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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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Debate Swings Door Open for Perry, Closed For Palin — Most people have better things to do than to watch a presidential debate eight months in advance of the Iowa caucuses. So when considering a debate like the one that took place among Republican candidates in New Hampshire tonight, it's important to be mindful of the following:
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Michele Bachmann steals the show at GOP debate — “Assume the position!” CNN's John King ordered the candidates as they approached their lecterns just before airtime for Monday night's debate. — The Republican presidential contenders did as the moderator told them.
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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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The Hill, The Politico and Booman Tribune
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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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — My take on the New Hampshire debate — Senior Political Analyst Follow Him @MichaelBarone — My Washington Examiner colleagues have given their ongoing reactions to the CNN/WMUR/New Hampshire Union Leader two-hour debate at St. Anselm's College (what a fab auditorium! …
The Politico:
Pawlenty beats hasty N.H. retreat
Pawlenty beats hasty N.H. retreat
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The Atlantic Online:
CNN's Crazy, No-Holds-Barred, Social-Media Debate
CNN's Crazy, No-Holds-Barred, Social-Media Debate
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CNN, Taylor Marsh, The Caucus and Hot Air
James A. Barnes / NationalJournal.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Political Insiders Give Debate Nod to Romney, Bachmann
EXCLUSIVE: Political Insiders Give Debate Nod to Romney, Bachmann
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James A. Barnes / NationalJournal.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Political Insiders Give Early Debate Nod to Romney, Bachmann
EXCLUSIVE: Political Insiders Give Early Debate Nod to Romney, Bachmann
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Mediaite, Hot Air, CNN, Pundit & Pundette and The Caucus
New York Times:
7 in G.O.P., Civil to Each Other, Hit at Obama Instead
7 in G.O.P., Civil to Each Other, Hit at Obama Instead
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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
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.
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Guardian:
Second lesbian blogger exposed as a man — Paula Brooks, who claimed to be editor of LezGetReal.com, admitted to the Washington Post that ‘she’, too, was a man — A second supposedly leading lesbian blogger was exposed as a man masquerading as a gay woman, a day after the Gay Girl …
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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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Emily Miller / Washington Times:
Taxpayers pay Weiner for “sex-rehab” vacation? — The House voted unanimously on Monday night to give Rep. Anthony Weiner a two-week paid leave of absence. Rep. Mike Capuano, Massachusetts Democrat, sponsored the request from the New York Democrat. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi …
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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Hot Air, The Reaction, Pajamas Media, Weasel Zippers, The Hill and The Politico
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
In 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Limits Securities Fraud Suits — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a mutual fund's investment adviser may not be sued for securities fraud over misstatements in fund prospectuses. — The 5-to-4 decision split along ideological lines.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Turning More Frequently to Dictionary, and Not Just for Big Words
Justices Turning More Frequently to Dictionary, and Not Just for Big Words
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Nevada's Law on Conflict of Interest
Supreme Court Upholds Nevada's Law on Conflict of Interest
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The Caucus
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” …
George Gene Gustines / New York Times:
Restarting Comics' Clock Is Issue No. 1 — Audacious. That is the best way to describe the recent DC Comics announcement that it was renumbering its entire DC Universe line of comics: by September 52 series will have begun anew, each with an issue No. 1. — Though comic book publishers resort …
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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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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?”
Herman Cain: “Am I Black?”
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
GLAAD's Troup Coronado Helped Put Bush Judges On the Bench — The story of how GLAAD took AT&T money, then sent an AT&T-written form letter to the FCC on their behalf, just keeps getting more and more sordid. Central to the saga appears to be former AT&T lobbyist Troup Coronado, who sits on the board of GLAAD.
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama makes first presidential visit to Puerto Rico — MIAMI, Fla. - President Barack Obama makes the first official presidential visit to Puerto Rico in 50 years Tuesday, traveling to the U.S. territory in search of Hispanic votes back home. — He's expected to be on the island for only five hours …
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Report: Grand jury probing possible CIA war crimes in Iraq — A federal prosecutor has launched a secret grand jury to investigate possible CIA war crimes at the Abu Gharib prison in Iraq, Time magazine reported. — Federal prosecutor John Durham, who was first appointed to probe …
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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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Lynn Sweet:
Tammy Duckworth submits resignation from VA. Exclusive. House run next? — WASHINGTON—Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth submitted her resignation, the VA confirmed for me on Monday. One of her options will be to return to the Chicago suburbs to run for a House seat …
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Joan Biskupic / USA Today:
Clarence Thomas takes hard line on defendants — WASHINGTON — Twenty years ago, when a senator asked then-appellate Judge Clarence Thomas why he wanted to be on the Supreme Court, Thomas said he often looked out his courthouse window at arriving prisoners and said to himself, “But for the grace of God, there go I.”
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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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
CIA to operate drones over Yemen — View Photo Gallery — Anti-government protests continue in Yemen, even afterYemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's departure from the country. U.S. and Yemeni officials worry that a loss of government control in the south could further destabilize this strategic Middle Eastern nation.
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