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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Candidates Show G.O.P. Less United on Goals of War — DERRY, N.H. — The hawkish consensus on national security that has dominated Republican foreign policy for the last decade is giving way to a more nuanced view, with some presidential candidates expressing a desire to withdraw from Afghanistan …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
On Afghanistan—What Did Mitt Mean?
On Afghanistan—What Did Mitt Mean?
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Ben Smith's Blog, Riehl World View, News Desk and The New Republic
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Graham says Romney risks looking like Jimmy Carter
Graham says Romney risks looking like Jimmy Carter
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Washington Monthly, msnbc.com and GOP 12
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Mitt Romney's Afghanistan remark stuns GOP pals
Mitt Romney's Afghanistan remark stuns GOP pals
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The Daily Dish
New York Times:
Pakistan Arrests C.I.A. Informants in Bin Laden Raid — WASHINGTON — Pakistan's top military spy agency has arrested some of the Pakistani informants who fed information to the Central Intelligence Agency in the months leading up to the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, according to American officials.
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Declan Walsh / Guardian:
Pakistan arrests five men for helping CIA spy on Bin Laden house
Pakistan arrests five men for helping CIA spy on Bin Laden house
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The Jawa Report, The Reaction, Pajamas Media and Wonkette
JSOnline:
Supreme Court reinstates collective bargaining law — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - Acting with unusual speed, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated Gov. Scott Walker's plan to all but end collective bargaining for tens of thousands of public workers.
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Wisconsin Court Reinstates Law on Union Rights
Wisconsin Court Reinstates Law on Union Rights
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Firedoglake and FrumForum
Oliver Tree / Daily Mail:
Judgement day: Weiner's wife returns home to confront errant husband as new images emerge showing congressman cross dressing and ‘oiled up’ — Beleaguered congressman Anthony Weiner is set to face his humiliated wife Huma Abedin after she arrived at the family home in Washington home earlier today.
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New York Post:
America poll-axes Weiner — By GEOFF EARLE and S.A. MILLER in Washington and ANDY SOLTIS in NY — America has seen enough of Anthony Weiner. — The first national Weinergate poll shows 60 percent of Americans want the lewd lawmaker to quit Congress. — And a paltry 8 percent …
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Gothamist, City Room and JammieWearingFool
The Note:
Rep. Weiner's Porn Star Pen Pal to Face Reporters Today — ABC News' John R. Parkinson (@JRPabcDC) reports: — On the same day that Rep. Anthony Weiner's wife, Secretary of Clinton's close aide Huma Abedin, is set to return from a trip to the Middle East and Africa, one of the women …
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Ben Smith's Blog
Lewis Page / The Register:
Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade — Physicists say sunspot cycle is ‘going into hibernation’ — What may be the science story of the century is breaking this evening, as heavyweight US solar physicists announce that the Sun appears to be headed into a lengthy spell of low activity …
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AMERICAN DIGEST, The Jawa Report, Hot Air, RedState, The Lonely Conservative and Barcepundit
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
In CA-36, Democrat Calls For Blanket Condemnation Of Stunning New Web Ad (VIDEO) — The special election to replace the retired Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) just took a turn for the spectacular. A new web video aimed at boosting the Republican chances for an upset win is
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David Weigel / Weigel:
The Most Offensive Political Ad Ever, This Hour
The Most Offensive Political Ad Ever, This Hour
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The Other McCain, Gawker and alicublog
Gene Maddaus / The Informer:
(VIDEO) Craig Huey Calls Anti-Janice Hahn Video “Highly Offensive”
(VIDEO) Craig Huey Calls Anti-Janice Hahn Video “Highly Offensive”
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The Politico, Runnin' Scared, Writes Like She Talks and Politics
Jimmy Vielkind / Albany Times Union:
GOP senator from Saratoga becomes 31st vote for same-sex marriage bill — GOP Sen. Roy McDonald becomes 31st vote for same-sex marriage bill — New York Rangers player Sean Avery, left, and ? Sex and The City? star Cynthia Nixon make their way to a news conference calling on the state legislature …
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Kenneth Lovett / NY Daily News:
Gay marriage now just one vote shy of becoming law in New York despite Archbishop Dolan's objections
Gay marriage now just one vote shy of becoming law in New York despite Archbishop Dolan's objections
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The Huffington Post:
Grover Norquist Rebuked By GOP … WASHINGTON — Grover Norquist's grip on the Republican Party's tax policy slipped dramatically on Tuesday, a development that is likely to have significant repercussions on the debate over spending, revenue and the federal deficit.
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post, New York Times, National Review, Outside the Beltway, The New Republic and FrumForum
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
“your comments about spiking footballs seem distinctly un-professorial” — In my post yesterday about the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturning Judge Sumi, I opined: … In response, I received this email (emphasis mine): … Reaction? — Here's mine: — Ya see, this is what blogging does to the mind.
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Agence France Presse:
Desert tortoise comes under fire from ‘Sheriff’ Biden — WASHINGTON (AFP) - As part of the White House's recently launched Campaign to Cut Waste, Vice President Joe Biden says one of his first wasteful spending targets is a website dedicated to the desert tortoise.
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Ynetnews:
Glenn Beck's Jerusalem rally program unveiled — TV star's solidarity event is expected to draw thousands of Israelis, Americans with music, pyrotechnics. Sarah Palin, republican presidential candidates set to drop by — Tzvika Brot — Tens of thousands of excited Israelis and Americans …
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The Hill, Ben Smith's Blog, The New Republic, Weigel and GOP 12
The Politico:
Obama donors net government jobs — Telecom executive Donald H. Gips raised a big bundle of cash to help finance his friend Barack Obama's run for the presidency. — Gips, a vice president of Colorado-based Level 3 Communications, delivered more than $500,000 in contributions for the Obama war chest …
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
John Boehner gets into War Powers Act — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) warned President Barack Obama on Tuesday that he'll be in violation of the War Powers Act if he doesn't seek authorization for the Libya mission this week, but Boehner has questioned the law's constitutionality …
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The Nation and The Daily Dish
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner demands that Obama provide legal basis for Libya mission
Boehner demands that Obama provide legal basis for Libya mission
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The Atlantic Online:
In Which I Become a Republican — At least for purposes of admiring the panache and “a dish best served cold” gleeful nastiness of today's proclamation by Gov. John Kasich, Republican of Ohio, that the Dallas Mavericks and their friends, family, and fans are all Honorary Ohioans.
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Outside the Beltway
The Politico:
Top radio talkers sell endorsements — If you're a regular listener of Glenn Beck's radio show and you wanted to contribute to a political group that would advance the populist conservative ideals he touts on his show, you'd have plenty of reason to think that FreedomWorks was your best investment.
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Washington Monthly
Quinnipiac University:
Santorum Trails Romney, Obama In Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Casey Runs Strong, But Short Of 50 Percent Mark — Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum trails former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney among Keystone State Republicans and trails President Barack Obama 49 …
Roger Clegg / National Review:
Disgusting Little Boxes — If you want to be disgusted, take a look at the front-page story in today's New York Times, “On College Forms, a Question of Race, or Races, Can Perplex.” It's about how selective colleges and universities are wrestling with the problem of how to deal with applicants …
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Flypaper and New York Times