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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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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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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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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.
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Sarah Palin team reaching out to Iowa activists for meetings — Sarah Palin's camp is reaching out to activists and operatives in Iowa about setting up meetings while she's in the state Tuesday for the screening of a documentary about her - including with Chuck Laudner, a former Iowa GOP executive director and prominent conservative.
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The Note:
Is Michele Bachmann Just Another Mike Huckabee?
Is Michele Bachmann Just Another Mike Huckabee?
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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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Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire:
Pawlenty Ad in Iowa Targets Bachmann
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
SCOTUS issues limited campaign finance ruling — The Supreme Court on Monday issued a 5-4 decision striking down part of an Arizona law providing public funds for campaigns. — The case, Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett, was closely watched by advocates for reducing …
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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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New York Times:
Gay Marriage: A Milestone — New York State has made a powerful and principled choice by giving all couples the right to wed and enjoy the legal rights of marriage. It is a proud moment for New Yorkers, thousands of whom took to the streets on Sunday to celebrate this step forward.
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Hillary Clinton backs New York gay marriage law
Hillary Clinton backs New York gay marriage law
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Democracy and Gay Marriage
Democracy and Gay Marriage
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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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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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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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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Putting defense spending on the table
Putting defense spending on the table
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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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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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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
The wrong John Wayne — Rep. Michele Bachmann kicked off her presidential campaign on Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, and in one interview surrounding the official event she promised to mimic the spirit of Waterloo's own John Wayne. — The only problem, as one eagle-eyed reader notes …
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Maggie Fox / NationalJournal.com:
Wisconsin Cuts Funds to Planned Parenthood — On shaky ground: Four states have acted to cut funds to Planned Parenthood. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a budget Sunday that cuts education and health clinics — including Planned Parenthood clinics — to plug a $3 billion shortfall without raising taxes, AP reported.
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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
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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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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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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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.
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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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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