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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Bachmann won't take Fox host's apology — Via POLITICO's Jennifer Epstein, Michele Bachmann isn't accepting an apology from Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace for asking her yesterday, “Are you a flake?” — ABC News' Jon Karl, who's been getting face-time with Bachmann in Waterloo in advance …
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Bachmann Is In, Officially — WATERLOO, Iowa - Representative …
Bachmann Is In, Officially — WATERLOO, Iowa - Representative …
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The Atlantic Online, AmSpecBlog, Barefoot and Progressive, The Daily Caller and msnbc.com
Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
Chris Wallace On Michele Bachmann's ‘Flake’ Question: 'I Messed Up, I'm Sorry'
Chris Wallace On Michele Bachmann's ‘Flake’ Question: 'I Messed Up, I'm Sorry'
Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire:
Pawlenty Ad in Iowa Targets Bachmann
The Note:
Is Michele Bachmann Just Another Mike Huckabee?
Is Michele Bachmann Just Another Mike Huckabee?
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Roll Call, Pajamas Media, USA Today and The Politico
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Bachmann well-positioned for Iowa, and maybe beyond
Bachmann well-positioned for Iowa, and maybe beyond
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The Moderate Voice, Reuters, The Atlantic Wire, The Politico, NY Daily News, GOP 12 and Taylor Marsh
New York Times:
Gay Marriage: Where's Mr. Obama? — On Thursday night, when same-sex marriage in New York State was teetering on a razor's edge, President Obama had a perfect opportunity to show the results of his supposed evolution on gay marriage. — Unfortunately, he did not take it, keeping his own views in the shadows.
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Guardian, Queerty, Pam's House Blend, AMERICAblog News, Balloon Juice, Hotline On Call, Shakesville, AMERICAblog Gay and LGBTQ Nation
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Michael Barbaro / City Room:
How the Same-Sex Marriage Deal Nearly Collapsed — Until the end, when 33 state senators had cast their votes on Friday night, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo privately feared that his bill to legalize same-sex marriage would fail. — A few days before, it nearly did.
David Frum / CNN:
I was wrong about same-sex marriage — Editor's note: David Frum writes a weekly column for CNN.com. A special assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2002, he is the author of six books, including “Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again,” and is the editor of FrumForum.
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Good As You and FrumForum
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Hillary Clinton backs New York gay marriage law
Hillary Clinton backs New York gay marriage law
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Towleroad News #gay
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Beyond New York, Gay Marriage Faces Hurdles
Beyond New York, Gay Marriage Faces Hurdles
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Law Blog, PolitickerNY and New York Magazine
Associated Press:
Justices Reject Ban on Violent Video Games for Children — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to let California regulate the sale or rental of violent video games to children, saying governments do not have the power to “restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed” despite complaints about graphic violence.
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Outside the Beltway, PopWatch and New York Magazine, more at Techmeme »
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Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
High Court Strikes Down California Videogame Law
High Court Strikes Down California Videogame Law
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Truthdig
Jordan Fabian / Ballot Box:
Supreme Court strikes down Arizona matching funds campaign law
Supreme Court strikes down Arizona matching funds campaign law
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The Politico
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Supreme Court rejects ban on violent video game sales to kids
Breaking: Supreme Court rejects ban on violent video game sales to kids
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FrumForum
Robert Pear / New York Times:
U.S. Plans Stealth Survey on Access to Doctors — WASHINGTON — Alarmed by a shortage of primary care doctors, Obama administration officials are recruiting a team of “mystery shoppers” to pose as patients, call doctors' offices and request appointments to see how difficult it is for people to get care when they need it.
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
GOP compromise on debt: Cut military spending? — As President Obama prepares to meet Monday with Senate leaders to try to restart talks over the swollen national debt, some Republicans see a potential path to compromise: Significant cuts in military spending.
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Firedoglake, The Moderate Voice, Taegan Goddard's …, ThinkProgress, msnbc.com and Battleland
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Putting defense spending on the table
Putting defense spending on the table
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Washington Post, The Daily Dish and Hullabaloo
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
In Response To Prosser Choking Allegations, Fox's Van Susteren Calls On Female Chief Justice To Resign — Over the weekend, the Wisconsin State Journal reported that Justice David Prosser “grabbed fellow Justice Ann Walsh Bradley around the neck in an argument in her chambers last week …
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Crooks and Liars, National Review and JSOnline
CNN:
TSA stands by officers after pat-down of elderly woman in Florida — (CNN) — The Transportation Security Administration stood by its security officers Sunday after a Florida woman complained that her cancer-stricken, 95-year-old mother was patted down and forced to remove her adult diaper while going through security.
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NY Daily News, USA Today, Techdirt, Sister Toldjah, TIME.com, Hot Air, Pajamas Media, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and This Just In
Katie Kindelan / ABCNEWS:
Bristol Palin Cites ‘Foolish Decision’ on Virginity and ‘Not Accusing Levi of Date Rape’ — Bristol Palin's contention that former boyfriend Levi Johnston “stole” her virginity is no attempt to bash him for their first sexual encounter, she said on “Good Morning America” today.
New York Post:
LI man busted for ‘pretending’ to be soldier to get first-class upgrade — This GI Joe wannabe got a hero's welcome just by dressing the part. — A Long Island man was arrested for donning an Army uniform and brazenly posing as a soldier so he'd get bumped up to first class on a flight …
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Outside The Wire
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Several States Forbid Abortion After 20 Weeks — Dozens of new restrictions passed by states this year have chipped away at the right to abortion by requiring women to view ultrasounds, imposing waiting periods or cutting funds for clinics. But a new kind of law has gone beyond such restrictions …
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Feministe, Weasel Zippers, The Mahablog, Daily Kos and Booman Tribune
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Inside Nancy Pelosi's drive to win the House majority back for Democrats — View Photo Gallery — It has been almost six months since the California congresswoman relinquished the speakership of the House. Now, as minority leader, she is focused on winning back Democratic control.
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The New Republic, James Pethokoukis, Booman Tribune, The Heritage Foundation, Taylor Marsh, Balloon Juice and ThinkProgress
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Robertson: God Will Destroy America For Marriage Equality — Following a story on New York passing marriage equality, Pat Robertson on The 700 Club warned that God will destroy America just like God destroyed Sodom, saying that “there's never been a civilization ever in history …
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Indecision Forever, Holy Bullies … and Shakesville
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
160 Million and Counting — In 1990, the economist Amartya Sen published an essay in The New York Review of Books with a bombshell title: “More Than 100 Million Women Are Missing.” His subject was the wildly off-kilter sex ratios in India, China and elsewhere in the developing world.
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ThinkProgress, Outside the Beltway and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
Tim Pawlenty Haunted By Past Of Trying To Help Protect Kids from Pollution … MINNEAPOLIS, MN (with apologies to The Onion) — Though Tim Pawlenty is considered to be a contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, the national spotlight has forced him to repeatedly confront …
ABC News:
N Korean children begging, army starving — Footage shot inside North Korea and obtained by the ABC has revealed the extent of chronic food shortages and malnutrition inside the secretive state. — The video is some of the most revealing footage ever smuggled out of the impoverished North Korean state.
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The Right Scoop, Pajamas Media and Boing Boing
New York Post:
Cuomo's prez-rumor warning to staff: Don't ‘run’ off at the mouth — Don't call him President Cuomo, yet! — Gov. Cuomo moved swiftly this weekend to halt an eruption of media speculation that he'll be a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 because of his victory in bringing gay marriage to New York.
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New York Magazine, Politics on the Hudson, PolitickerNY, City Room and The Politico
Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
Perry's Predicament: Does He Have Time to Build a National Campaign? — Texas Gov. Rick Perry is still weeks away from a decision on joining the 2012 Republican presidential race, but his camp has already made some key decisions about how he would run if he does, according to his top political adviser.
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GOP 12