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We Will Not Play by Two Sets of Rules — In 2010, the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case opened the door to a new wave of so-called Super PACs—non-candidate political committees that can receive and spend unlimited money from special interests.
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Major Obama Donors Tied to Fugitive Who Fled to Mexico — Two American brothers of a Mexican casino magnate who fled drug and fraud charges in the United States and has been seeking a pardon enabling him to return have emerged as major fund-raisers and donors for President Obama's re-election campaign.
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Associated Press, ABCNEWS, Politico, The Hill, Guardian, JustOneMinute, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, Washington Post and Election Law Blog


Obama embraces the super PAC — President Barack Obama — in an act of hypocrisy or necessity, depending on the beholder — has reversed course and is now blessing the efforts of a sputtering super PAC, Priorities USA Action, organized to fight GOP dark-money attacks.
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ABCNEWS, CommonBlog, Pirate's Cove, CNN and Datechguy's Blog


Obama Yields in Marshaling of ‘Super PAC’
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The Hill, Political Mojo, News Desk, Randy's Roundtable, ABCNEWS, Mediaite and ThinkProgress

Obama gives blessing to a super PAC
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Weasel Zippers and Politico

Big Day for Santorum? — Rick Santorum could be headed for a big day in today's contests in Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri. Missouri looks like a probable win for Santorum. He's at 45% there to 32% for Mitt Romney and 19% for Paul. Minnesota provides an opportunity for a win as well.
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msnbc.com, The Moderate Voice, GOP 12, The Maddow Blog, Hot Air, Shakesville, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Outside the Beltway, Campaign 2012, Saint Petersblog, Taegan Goddard's …, Pundit & Pundette, The Caucus, Washington Post, The Atlantic Online, Wake up America, The Lonely Conservative and National Review
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Influential conservative blogger endorses ‘sweet meteor of death’ in GOP primary — Influential conservative blogger Erick Erickson said he would endorse the “sweet meteor of death” over any of the current GOP candidates, but would back the party's eventual nominee in the general election against President Obama.
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American Prospect, Erick's blog, PolitiCal, Hot Air and The Reaction

5 things to watch Tuesday
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Washington Post, Washington Wire, Time, Stateline.org and The Atlantic Online

Karen Handel resigns from Komen for the Cure — Karen Handel, the former GOP candidate for governor, just announced her resignation as a senior vice president for public of Susan G. Komen for the Cure - one week after the breast cancer charity reversed itself on a decision to sever financial ties with Planned Parenthood.
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Washington Post, Jezebel, Jill Stanek, US Politics and Colorlines
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It's All Over But For The Severance Package and Non-Disclosure Agreement — Looks like Karen Handel will be packing up her desk (novelty coffee mug, Jesus riding a dinosaur Precious Moments statue, stolen office supplies emblazoned with pink ribbons) because a job may be opening at the Komen Foundation very soon.
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Karen Handel, Suburban Guerrilla and Comments from Left Field

Komen Posts Job Listing for Position That Looks Suspiciously Like Karen Handel's [Disgrace For The Cure]
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Angry Black Lady Chronicles, Balloon Juice and TBogg

Birth Control and Why the Catholic Church Needs to Inform Its Own Conscience — I am the product of 14 years of Catholic school and am a practicing Catholic, actively involved in the church all of my life. As a woman with a career in politics and women's leadership, I have quietly worked within …
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Pirate's Cove
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Catholic League Poised To Go To War With Obama Over Mandatory Birth Control Payments — NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Catholic leaders upped the ante Monday, threatening to challenge the Obama administration over a provision of the new health care law that would require all employers …

White House, Surrogates Push Back on Catholic Bishop Uproar Over Contraception
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National Review and The Hill

Clint Eastwood: ‘I am Certainly Not Affiliated with Mr. Obama’ — FoxNation.com — Following the fall out over the controversial Chrysler Super Bowl halftime ad, Clint Eastwood spoke exclusively with O'Reilly Factor producer Ron Mitchell... Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod tweeted his support for the ad last night.
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Karl Rove ‘offended’ by Clint Eastwood's Chrysler ad
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Campaign Stops, The Moderate Voice, New York Times, The Atlantic Wire, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, 24 Frames, Paul Krugman, New York Magazine, Weekly Standard, nation.foxnews.com, The New Republic, National Review, detroitnews.com, emptywheel, The Nation, Wonkette, Hollywood Reporter, Philly.com, Big Government, Prairie Weather, Salon.com, The Car Connection, The Raw Story, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Poynter, Outside the Beltway, Hullabaloo and Daily Kos


Russell Simmons defends Obama campaign designer goods — Responding to criticism of the Obama reelection campaign's sale of designer goods, Russell Simmons — whose custom polo shirts are part of the product line — said Tuesday that the president should use whatever legal means are available to raise money.
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Michelle Malkin and American Prospect
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DocX Faces Foreclosure Fraud Charges in Missouri — One of the largest companies that provided home foreclosure services to lenders across the nation, DocX, has been indicted on forgery charges by a Missouri grand jury — one of the few criminal actions to follow reports of widespread improprieties against homeowners.
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ThinkProgress, msnbc.com, naked capitalism and Foreclosure Fraud

David Frum Eviscerates Charles Murray's Latest Book — David Frum begins a withering review for The Daily Beast, “Charles Murray's Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 is an important book that will have large influence. It is unfortunately not a good book.”
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The Moderate Voice
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This Is So Classy: ‘Yellow Girl’ — Thanks to TPM for a tip to what you see if you examine the HTML code* of the Pete Hoekstra / Fred Davis “we take your jobs” video. — The image of the “Chinese” girl in the video, who speaks American-accented English, is labelled as ... well, see for yourself:
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Talking Points Memo, News Desk, Balloon Juice, Wonkette, Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Pete Hoekstra .com and Michelle Malkin

FBI warns of threat from anti-government extremists — (Reuters) - Anti-government extremists opposed to taxes and regulations pose a growing threat to local law enforcement officers in the United States, the FBI warned on Monday. — These extremists, sometimes known as “sovereign citizens …
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Blogcritics, The PJ Tatler, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Scared Monkeys and Atlas Shrugs

SUPREME COURT: — Judges already citing Wal-Mart ruling in environmental cases — A major Supreme Court ruling from last year that is widely predicted to reduce the number of successful class-action claims against big companies is already being cited in environmental cases.
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Law Blog and SCOTUSblog
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Banks Paying Cash to Homeowners to Avoid Foreclosures — Banks, accelerating efforts to move troubled mortgages off their books, are offering as much as $35,000 or more in cash to delinquent homeowners to sell their properties for less than they owe. — Lenders have routinely delayed …
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Eschaton and Calculated Risk


TPMDC — Are Republicans About To Commit Medicare Suicide? — It's shaping up to be spring 2011 redux. Just under a year ago, Republicans — euphoric after a midterm election landslide, and overzealous in their interpretation of their mandate — passed a budget that called for phasing …
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Esquire, Hullabaloo, Balloon Juice and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*

Congressional earmarks sometimes used to fund projects near lawmakers' properties — (Video by Ben de la Cruz and David S. Fallis/Motion graphic by Sohail al-Jamea/The Washington Post) — AU.S. senator from Alabama directed more than $100 million in federal earmarks to renovate downtown Tuscaloosa near …
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Questions and Observations, Mediaite, NewsBusters.org blogs, Betsy's Page, JONATHAN TURLEY and msnbc.com


Rabbis oppose Minnesota marriage amendment — With its signed statement, the Minnesota Rabbinical Association adds to the spirited debate in advance of the November vote. — Dozens of Minnesota rabbis have gone on record opposing the proposed marriage amendment, urging …
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ThinkProgress

Why Missouri Is Holding a ‘Meaningless’ Primary — Thanks to in-state political disputes and a slow-moving legislature, today's Missouri presidential primary has been reduced to an afterthought. — Most presidential candidates have ignored the contest, which will not affect any of the state's 52 GOP delegates.
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Washington Post and Booman Tribune