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11:35 PM ET, February 2, 2012

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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Top Susan G. Komen Official Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Cave-In  —  An entirely avoidable, and deeply regrettable, controversy has been raging this week over the decision by the (formerly highly-esteemed) Susan G. Komen For the Cure foundation, the world's leading breast-cancer research advocacy group …
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Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Susan G. Komen Top Officials Resign As Backlash Gains Steam … Komen Planned Parenthood , Politics News  —  Dr. Kathy Plesser, a Manhattan radiologist on the medical advisory board of Susan G. Komen for the Cure's New York chapter, said she plans to resign from her position unless Komen reverses …
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
After cutting ties with Planned Parenthood, Komen donations up 100 percent  —  In the wake of this week's announcement that Susan G. Komen for the Cure will no longer be awarding grants to Planned Parenthood, the breast cancer organization's donations have gone up 100 percent in the last two days.
Political Mojo:
Komen's $7.5 Million Grant to Penn State Appears to Violate New Policy  —  Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which recently announced that it is ending grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screening because of a controversial investigation launched by an anti-abortion Republican congressman …
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Why Did Susan G. Komen Pull the Plug on Planned Parenthood?  —  My colleague Jeffrey Goldberg has done some reporting on the Susan G. Komen Foundation's decision to cut off Planned Parenthood because the organization was under congressional investigation.  According to his sources …
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Komen speaks on Planned Parenthood  —  I just got off a call with Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure CEO Nancy Brinker and President Elizabeth Thompson, in which the two officials spoke at length about the group's new policies that would bar the funding of Planned Parenthood.  A few takeaways:
City Room:
Mayor to Give $250,000 to Planned Parenthood  —  Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, responding to the controversy over a breast cancer advocacy group that cut off most of its grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screening, said Thursday that he would make up a large part of the missing money.
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Why Did Komen Stop? Planned Parenthood Doesn't Do Mammograms
New York Times:
Uproar as Komen Foundation Cuts Money to Planned Parenthood
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Trump trap  —  Donald Trump will be endorsing Mitt Romney later today, not Newt Gingrich as the entire political world believed up until a few hours ago.  This raises a single question: What in the world is the Romney camp thinking?  —  Well, I spoke with two Romney supporters outside …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Egomaniacs R Us: Trump to pick Newt  —  Herman Cain, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Sarah Palin and now, it seems, Donald Trump have lined up behind Newt Gingrich.  It's convenient to have a candidate like Gingrich who attracts the unserious, the unpresidential, the uninformed and the unpalatable all in one convenient locale.
Rasmussen Reports:
Arizona GOP Primary: Romney 48%, Gingrich 24%, Santorum 13%, Paul 6%
Discussion: Hot Air, HotAirPundit and GOP 12
Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Romney poised to roll, poll shows
Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Gingrich Camp Errs; Trump to Back Romney
Discussion: Rumproast and All American Blogger
Rosie Gray / Politics:
Donald Trump Wasn't Always Such A Big Fan Of “Small Business Guy” Mitt Romney
Discussion: BuzzFeed
CNN:
BREAKING: Trump to back Romney
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Is Israel preparing to attack Iran?  —  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has a lot on his mind these days, from cutting the defense budget to managing the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.  But his biggest worry is the growing possibility that Israel will attack Iran militarily over the next few months.
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Reuters:
Panetta believes Israel may strike Iran this spring: reports  —  (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a growing possibility Israel will attack Iran as early as April to stop Tehran from building a nuclear bomb, U.S. media reported on Thursday.
Discussion: Associated Press
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Israel Vice PM: Military strike can hit all of Iran's nuclear facilities
The Independent:
Israel's military leaders warn against Iran attack
Discussion: Mondoweiss and ThinkProgress
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Ya'alon: Iran was working on US-range missile
Discussion: Washington Post and Israel Matzav
Zeke Miller / Politics:
Obama: I Pushed Dodd-Frank And Health Care Reform Because Of Christ  —  At National Prayer Breakfast, Obama grounds his controversial policies in the Bible.  Tax hikes for rich “[coincide] with Jesus's teaching.”  —  Source: cache.daylife.com  —  President Barack Obama has been taking lumps …
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama: Jesus would tax the rich  —  President Barack Obama on Thursday tied his proposal to raise taxes on wealthy Americans to his faith, telling leaders gathered for the National Prayer Breakfast that Jesus's teachings have shaped that conclusion.  —  The rich should pay more not only because …
The White House:
Remarks by the President at the National Prayer Breakfast
Dominique Browning / TIME Ideas:
How Soccer Moms Have Moved On  —  Our kids have grown up and our priorities have shifted.  Here's what politicians need to know about the large cohort of moms they need to win over  —  A mere 15 years ago, I was a soccer mom.  I lived in a suburb; my two sons attended public school …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jim Vandehei / Politico:
Why Obama should be worried  —  To hear Democrats (and much of the media) tell it, President Barack Obama is a man on the rebound.  The president turned in a strong State of the Union speech, picked a smart political fight over taxing the rich and authorized another heroic Navy SEAL mission in terrorist territory.
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Romney gaffes alarm GOP
Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Minor Senate bill transformed into broad reform package  —  In a sign of just how unpopular Congress has become, rank-and-file senators hijacked debate over a narrowly tailored ethics bill and won broad approval Thursday of a more sweeping reform package imposing new conflict-of-interest rules …
Sabrina Rubin Erdely / Rolling Stone:
One Town's War on Gay Teens  —  In Michele Bachmann's home district, evangelicals have cultivated an extreme anti-gay climate.  After a rash of suicides, the kids are fighting back.  —  By  —  A candlelight vigil in Minneapolis for the victims of gay bullying.
Discussion: Good As You
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Rep. Shuler to retire, faced tough 2012 race  —  Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) will not run for reelection to the House, three sources with knowledge of his plans confirmed to The Hill.  —  One of the last remaining members of the Blue Dog Coalition, Shuler was hit by congressional redistricting …
Discussion: Politico, Sister Toldjah and CNN
 
 
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ABCNEWS:
Attorney General Eric Holder Disgusted by Personal Attacks at Fast and Furious Hearing
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Charlie Spiering / Campaign 2012:
WH: People of faith need access to contraception
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Wall Street Journal:
What Mitt Really Meant  —  This may become a long-running interpretive series.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP highway spending bill ‘the worst,’ Ray LaHood says
Jake Shermanand John Bresnahan / The Politico:
John Boehner, Eric Cantor call ‘truce’
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
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Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
What does Obama do all day?
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
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Reuters:
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