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Peter H. Gleick / The Huffington Post:
The Origin of the Heartland Documents — Climate Change , Global Warming , Heartland Institute , Heartland Institute Leaked Documents , Green News — Since the release in mid-February of a series of documents related to the internal strategy of the Heartland Institute to cast doubt on climate science …
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Andrew C. Revkin / Dot Earth:
Peter Gleick Admits to Deception in Obtaining Heartland Climate Files — Peter H. Gleick, a water and climate analyst who has been studying aspects of global warming for more than two decades, in recent years became an aggressive critic of organizations and individuals casting doubt …
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The PJ Tatler, Watts Up With That?, Guardian, Vox Popoli, The Huffington Post, Instapundit and TBogg
Steven Bertoni / Lists:
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Says He Might Give $100M To Newt Gingrich Or Other Republican — This story is part of a larger profile appearing in the March 12th, 2012 issue of FORBES magazine. The complete cover story will appear online beginning Wednesday, February 22nd.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Santorum Expands Lead, but Romney Gets Electability Vote — Fifty-eight percent of Republicans say Romney has best chance to beat Obama — PRINCETON, NJ — Rick Santorum now holds a 10-percentage-point lead in Gallup's Daily tracking of national Republicans registered voters' preferences for the 2012 GOP nomination.
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T.W. Farnam / Washington Post:
Study: Negative campaign ads much more frequent, vicious than in primaries past — If you thought you were living through a particularly nasty presidential primary, turns out you were right. — Four years, ago, just 6 percent of campaign advertising in the GOP primary amounted to attacks …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Republican voters oppose a ‘brokered’ convention
Poll: Republican voters oppose a ‘brokered’ convention
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
In Michigan, Momentum for Romney?
In Michigan, Momentum for Romney?
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Ballot Box, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, TheBlaze.com, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Politics and Democracy in America
Mary Beth Schneider / IndyStar Bloggers:
Gov. Daniels Says Won't Reconsider Presidential Run
Gov. Daniels Says Won't Reconsider Presidential Run
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Wall Street Journal:
Europe Reaches a Greek Deal — BRUSSELS—Euro-zone finance ministers early Tuesday agreed to an ambitious €130 billion ($172.1 billion) rescue deal that will see Greece's private creditors take an even larger loss in order to put the debt-laden country on a sustainable footing and avert a catastrophic default.
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Felix Salmon:
The improbable Greece plan — Greece is now officially a ward of the international community. It has no real independence when it comes to fiscal policy any more, and if everything goes according to plan, it's not going to have any independence for many, many years to come.
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National Review and Paul Krugman
Reuters:
Europe seals new Greek bailout to avert default — (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers sealed a 130-billion-euro ($172 billion) bailout for Greece on Tuesday to avert a chaotic default next month after forcing Athens to commit to unpopular cuts and private bondholders to accept deeper losses.
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Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Europe Agrees on New Bailout to Help Greece Avoid Default
Europe Agrees on New Bailout to Help Greece Avoid Default
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Protest of Trans-Vaginal Ultrasound Bill in Virginia Leads to Delay — Hundreds join silent protest against Virginia bill to legalize forced trans-vaginal examinations (Photo via The Shad Plank) — The Virginia abortion bill, which would mandate that the women seeking an abortion …
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Wesley P. Hester / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Hundreds at Capitol for women's rights rally
Hundreds at Capitol for women's rights rally
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Olympia Meola / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Poll finds most Virginians oppose changes in abortion, gun laws
Poll finds most Virginians oppose changes in abortion, gun laws
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CNN:
Sheriff's former boyfriend speaks out — (CNN) - The man accusing Mitt Romney's former Arizona campaign co-chair of threatening to deport him if he made their relationship public stood by his claim Monday in an interview with CNN. — A Mexican national (whose attorney requested that he be identified as …
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Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum denies Hitler-Obama comparison
Santorum denies Hitler-Obama comparison
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Politico:
Pro-Rick Santorum PAC picks up another mega-donor — The super PAC supporting Rick Santorum's presidential campaign pulled in $2.1 million in January - half of which came from a relatively low-profile Louisiana energy executive, according to a report filed Monday evening with the Federal Election Commission.
Saul Loeb / ABCNEWS:
January Fundraising: Campaigns and Super PACs, Side by Side — And the winner of January's presidential campaign fundraising contest is ... President Obama, whose campaign took in $11.83 million last month. — The pro-Newt-Gingrich super PAC Winning Our Future took a close second.
Simone Sebastian / Houston Chronicle:
U.S. oil gusher blows out projections — The United States' rapidly declining crude oil supply has made a stunning about-face, shredding federal oil projections and putting energy independence in sight of some analyst forecasts. — After declining to levels not seen since the 1940s, U.S. crude production began rising again in 2009.
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David Weigel / Slate:
My Candidate Ate Here — There are so many serious factoids to pull out of the four remaining Republicans' FEC reports. Here's an unserious one. Below, the restaurants or food-selling establishments patronized by the campaigns in January. We can break them down into two neat categories.
Krissah Thompson / Washington Post:
First family is front and center in campaign ad — A new Internet ad by the president's reelection campaign features a portrait of the first family asking supporters to “help the Obamas stand up for working Americans.” The appeal, a departure from the typical Obama messaging …
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Santorum aide ties Obama to Islam — Rick Santorum's spokeswoman Alice Stewart said in a TV interview on Monday that Santorum was referring to President Barack Obama's “radical Islamic policies” when he said the president's agenda was driven by “phony theology” — but then quickly called …
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