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Michael Crowley / Swampland:
Reporter Accosted After Bachmann Comments on Migraines — It's not easy to get to Michele Bachmann. Her appearance at a rally on Tuesday in Aiken, South Carolina, attended by perhaps 150 people, featured three uniformed police officers and two body guards in plain clothes.
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Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
Stress-related condition ‘incapacitates’ Bachmann; heavy pill use alleged — In late July 2010, Rep. Michele Bachmann's then-communications director, Dave Dziok, told his boss that he planned to take a new job with the public relations firm Edelman. — Dziok had worked for Bachmann …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Michele Bachmann's handlers get rough with reporter — This morning, the Daily Caller published a story I was inclined to leave to others: Michele Bachmann suffers from severe migraines. — But now the Bachmann camp has suddenly invited a whole lot more scrutiny to the story.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Bachmann continues to surge — Michele Bachmann's momentum continues to build and she's taken first place by the smallest of margins on PPP's newest national Presidential poll. 21% of Republican primary voters say she's their top choice to 20% for Mitt Romney, 12% for Rick Perry …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
WSJ/NBC Poll: Bachmann Surges to Second Place — Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota has stormed into second place among Republican primary voters in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, but former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney remains the front-runner, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
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Bryan Fischer / afa.net:
Bachmann migraines would be a gamechanger, make Perry run inevitable
Bachmann migraines would be a gamechanger, make Perry run inevitable
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bachmann Says Migraines Won't Be a Problem if She's Elected President
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Michele Bachmann: Migraines don't impact my abilities
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Bachmann “incapacitated” by migraines?
Bachmann “incapacitated” by migraines?
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The Hill:
Coburn rejoins Gang of Six, backs $3.7T deficit-reduction plan — Democratic and Republican senators are rallying behind a $3.7 trillion deficit-reduction plan announced Tuesday morning by the five remaining members of the Gang of Six. — Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who pulled out of the Gang …
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Conn Carroll / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Gang of six plan raises taxes by $3 trillion
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Gang of six plan raises taxes by $3 trillion
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David Wessel / Washington Wire:
‘Gang of Six’ Plan: Tax Increase or Tax Cut?
‘Gang of Six’ Plan: Tax Increase or Tax Cut?
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
When Would You Announce Support for the Gang of Six Plan? …
When Would You Announce Support for the Gang of Six Plan? …
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Gang of Six back from the brink
Gang of Six back from the brink
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Tim Fernholz / NationalJournal.com:
DOCUMENT: Gang of Six Deficit Plan Executive Summary
DOCUMENT: Gang of Six Deficit Plan Executive Summary
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Jay Carney: ‘Leadership Is Not Proposing a Plan.’
Jay Carney: ‘Leadership Is Not Proposing a Plan.’
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Dan Mitchell / International Liberty:
The Gang of Six Is Back from the Dead: Contemplating the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in their Budget Plan
The Gang of Six Is Back from the Dead: Contemplating the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in their Budget Plan
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
New Senate Debt Plan Emerges
New Senate Debt Plan Emerges
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Allen West tirade: Wasserman Schultz ‘vile...despicable...not a Lady’ — Florida GOP Congressman Allen West this afternoon dispatched a scathing personal email to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, calling her “vile, unprofessional ,and despicable,” “a coward …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Obama Endorses Feinstein's Bill To Repeal The Defense Of Marriage Act — A day before the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to hold hearing on the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, the Obama administration has endorsed Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) legislation to repeal it.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Obama backs Respect For Marriage Act — I don't have high hopes for the legislation — the House majority is still the House majority — but the Obama White House's support for the Respect For Marriage Act is the latest in a series of encouraging steps on civil rights.
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Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
BREAKING: Obama Endorses DOMA Repeal Bill, Respect for Marriage Act, Spokesman Says
BREAKING: Obama Endorses DOMA Repeal Bill, Respect for Marriage Act, Spokesman Says
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NationalJournal.com:
Obama Supports Repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
Obama Supports Repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Obama backs bill to end DOMA
Obama backs bill to end DOMA
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Two House lawmakers call for vote on Gang of Six plan — A House Republican and a member of the New Democrat coalition are jointly calling on Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to bring the Senate's “Gang of Six” deficit-reduction proposal to a House vote alongside an increase in the debt ceiling.
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Obama praises ‘Gang of Six’ plan — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the proposal put forward earlier in the day by “Gang of Six,” a group of Republican and Democratic senators, is “a very significant step” that represents “the potential for bipartisan consensus” …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
House pursues balanced-budget bill; need for backup plan acknowledged
House pursues balanced-budget bill; need for backup plan acknowledged
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New York Times:
Bipartisan Plan for Budget Deal Buoys President
Bipartisan Plan for Budget Deal Buoys President
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Obama hails deficit-reduction plan gaining momentum in Senate
Obama hails deficit-reduction plan gaining momentum in Senate
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Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Software Designer Reports Error in Anthony Trial — MIAMI — Assertions by the prosecution that Casey Anthony conducted extensive computer searches on the word “chloroform” were based on inaccurate data, a software designer who testified at the trial said Monday.
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Ninth Circuit Panel Reverses Conviction for Allegedly Threatening to Kill Then-Candidate Obama — The case is this morning's United States v. Bagdasarian (decided by a 2-to-1 vote). … Bagdasarian was convicted, but the panel majority reversed the conviction. — To understand the legal question, we need a bit of background.
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David Kravets / Threat Level:
Urging Obama's Assassination Is Lawful Online Speech, Divided Appeals Court Says
Urging Obama's Assassination Is Lawful Online Speech, Divided Appeals Court Says
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Only 19 Percent of Republicans Think Obama Would Be Raptured — Behold: The best poll questions of the day, from PPP's survey of 574 GOP primary voters nationwide. — They've either found a new way of asking whether people think Obama is a Christian, or they've discovered that some number …
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The Note:
ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Dissatisfaction With Washington Hits 19-Year High — Analysis by ABC News' Pollster Gary Langer (@LangerResearch): — Discontent with Washington's budget battles has spurred public dissatisfaction with the federal government to its highest level in nearly 20 years …
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Nick Bilton / Bits:
Internet Activist Charged in M.I.T. Data Theft — Updated Added links to documents and comment from United States Attorney's office in Boston. — Updated Changed headline and post to remove reference to Mr. Swartz being a co-founder of Reddit, as this is disputed. Added comment from Demand Progress.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
FAMiLY LEADER's Bob Vander Plaats Erupts In Laughter At Faggot Joke: 'That's Pretty Good' — The FAMiLY LEADER's 14-point marriage fidelity pledge has divided the GOP's 2012 presidential field and raised concerns among GOP operatives that the group and its president — three …
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Balancing Act — A balanced budget amendment is the wrong debt solution. — Republicans this week plan to force votes in the House and Senate on a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The last time Congress voted on a BBA was in 1997. It failed. The first unsuccessful BBA was proposed in 1936.
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Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Raids Homes of Suspected ‘Anonymous’ Hackers — The FBI executed search warrants at the New York homes of three suspected members of notorious hacking group Anonymous early Tuesday morning, FoxNews.com has learned. — More than 10 FBI agents arrived at the Baldwin, N.Y. …
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