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John S. Adams / Great Falls Tribune:
Chief U.S. District Judge sends racially charged email about president — HELENA — Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull on Wednesday admitted to sending a racially charged email about President Barack Obama from his courthouse chambers. — Cebull, of Billings, was nominated …
New York Times:
Romney Wins, the Middle Class Loses — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum fought each other to nearly a draw in the Michigan primary and may actually have to split its delegates, but together they may have lost Michigan for their party by running campaigns that were completely disconnected …
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Daily Kos, Washington Post, The Caucus and ABCNEWS
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Sahil Kapur / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Romney Comes Out In Support Of Controversial Birth Control Bill
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney comes out against ‘Blunt-Rubio’
Romney comes out against ‘Blunt-Rubio’
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American Prospect, Salon, The Maddow Blog, pandagon.net, Metro, LifeNews.com, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and American Spectator
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Sen. Manchin will vote for Blunt amendment on contraceptive care
Sen. Manchin will vote for Blunt amendment on contraceptive care
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CNN, Power Line, The Hill and Sky Dancing
Ashley Perks / Ballot Box:
Ohio is next battlefield for the GOP
Ohio is next battlefield for the GOP
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CNN, Guardian and Prairie Weather
Tom Cohen / CNN:
Romney, Santorum tie for Michigan delegates
Romney, Santorum tie for Michigan delegates
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New York Times, Strangely Blogged, The Reaction, Gawker, American Power, Don Surber, Washington Post and Wonkette
Michael Barone / Campaign 2012:
Romney appeal in affluent suburbs could change map
Romney appeal in affluent suburbs could change map
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal and Moe Lane
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP divided on birth control?
GOP divided on birth control?
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ThinkProgress, American Prospect, Daily Kos, Firedoglake and New York Times
New York Post:
Mitt wins the base
Mitt wins the base
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2012 Decoded, Weekly Standard, Washington Post, Hot Air and Washington Monthly
Larry Solov / Big Journalism:
In Memoriam: Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012) — With a terrible feeling of pain and loss we announce the passing of Andrew Breitbart. — Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles. — We have lost a husband, a father, a son …
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Limbaugh Calls Student Denied Spot At Contraception Hearing A ‘Slut’ — Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown student whom House Republicans wouldn't let testify at a contraception hearing last week, a “slut” and a “prostitute” today, because …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi: Limbaugh's ‘vicious attacks’ on student uncivilized — House Democrats went after Rush Limbaugh Wednesday for his attacks on a university student who recently testified before Congress on women's reproductive health. — Limbaugh on Wednesday called Georgetown Law Center student Sandra Fluke a …
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Weasel Zippers
Bill Allison / Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group:
Did lawsuit factor in Olympia Snowe's departure? — Last August, while Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, was in the midst of an intensive round of fundraising for her 2012 reelection bid, a four-year-old civil lawsuit alleging fraud by an education company in which she and her husband are heavily invested became public.
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neo-neocon and Portland Press-Herald
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Senator Olympia Snowe's Latest Hard Choice: To Quit — WASHINGTON — The looming Senate vote on a Republican plan to give employers the right to withdraw health care coverage based on religious and moral convictions put Senator Olympia J. Snowe in a tough but familiar position …
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The Confluence, FiveThirtyEight, Hullabaloo and Prairie Weather
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell to skip healthcare reform repeal votes until after election
McConnell to skip healthcare reform repeal votes until after election
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ThinkProgress and RedState
Bradley Olson / Bloomberg:
Keystone Oil Pipeline May Raise U.S. Gas Prices — TransCanada Corp. (TRP)'s Keystone XL oil pipeline, a project backers including Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum say will create cheaper U.S. gasoline, instead risks raising prices as much as 20 cents a gallon in the Midwest, Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.
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ThinkProgress, msnbc.com and InsideClimate News
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Obama to demand Capitol Hill vote on killing oil tax breaks
Obama to demand Capitol Hill vote on killing oil tax breaks
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Detroit Free Press
Darius Dixonand Dan Berman / Politico:
Bill Clinton on Keystone XL pipeline: ‘Embrace’ it
Bill Clinton on Keystone XL pipeline: ‘Embrace’ it
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air, Ecocentric and Scared Monkeys
John Campbell / 3 News:
Kim Dotcom's first TV interview: 'I'm no piracy king' … Campbell Live has spoken exclusively with Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom in his first TV interview since being arrested. — Dotcom faces a barrage of FBI charges relating to the operation of his file sharing company Megaupload.
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TalkLeft, Guardian and Stuff.co.nz
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
GOP Slightly Ahead in Voting Enthusiasm — Both parties far less enthusiastic today than Democrats were in 2008 — PRINCETON, NJ — By 53% to 45%, Republicans, including independents who lean Republican, are slightly more likely than Democrats and Democratic leaners to say they are …
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Politico, CNN and Ballot Box
Bill Simmons / ESPN.com - null:
B.S. Report Transcript: Barack Obama — Bill Simmons: Welcome to the White House. Very proud to have the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, on the B.S. Report. This is your first podcast? — President Barack Obama: This is — well, I used to have my own podcast.
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Weasel Zippers, Hotline On Call and Campaign 2012
Alan Johnson / The Columbus Dispatch:
New Ohio vote on same-sex marriage? — A proposed constitutional amendment to undo Ohio's 2004 same-sex marriage ban will be submitted today to Attorney General Mike DeWine. — The Freedom to Marry Coalition expects to file more than 1,700 signatures of registered Ohio voters …
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ThinkProgress
Jim O'Sullivan / Hotline On Call:
Poll Shows Brown Leading Warren by 10 — Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., leads Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren by 10 points in a private Massachusetts Senate race poll. — The poll, conducted by Opinion Dynamics for Boston-based consulting firm Mass Insight Global Partnerships …
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Library Grape
Brandon Voss / Advocate:
By George, Clooney's Got Us — Gearing up for the one-night-only L.A. reading of 8, Dustin Lance Black's Prop. 8 play, George Clooney reaffirms his commitment to marriage equality and opens up about persistent gay rumors, his bromance with Brad Pitt, and the prospect of playing Paul Lynde.
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PinkNews.co.uk and Towleroad News #gay
Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV:
One Million Homophobic Moms Target Archie Comics And Toys R Us (UPDATED) — UPDATE: John Goldwater, c0-CEO of Archie Comics has responded to the story below. He writes; … Despite a few Fox News commentators, the introduction of gay characters and gay marriage into Archie Comics had gone down rather smoothly.
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The Daily What, Mediaite, Dependable Renegade and Towleroad News #gay
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Ex-Senators Graham and Kerrey See Possible Saudi 9/11 Link — WASHINGTON — For more than a decade, questions have lingered about the possible role of the Saudi government in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, even as the royal kingdom has made itself a crucial counterterrorism partner in the eyes of American diplomats.
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