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Washington Post:
The GOP can no longer avoid its Rush Limbaugh problem. — IN A DEMOCRACY, standards of civil discourse are as important as they are indefinable. Yet wherever one draws the line, Rush Limbaugh's vile rants against Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke crossed it.
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Dana Loesch / Big Journalism:
Republicans Fall For Manufactured Story — The Obama administration withered for several weeks under the intense criticism from Catholic leaders regarding the forced violation of religious liberty within the HHS mandate. In an effort to turn the tables, Democrats suggested that the GOP …
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Jonathan Weisman / The Caucus:
Obama Backs Student in Furor With Limbaugh on Birth Control
Obama Backs Student in Furor With Limbaugh on Birth Control
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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Rush Limbaugh's Advertisers Facing Social Media Firestorm
Rush Limbaugh's Advertisers Facing Social Media Firestorm
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Rush Limbaugh:
The Democrats are Desperate: Obama Calls Sandra Fluke, the 30-Year-Old Victim
The Democrats are Desperate: Obama Calls Sandra Fluke, the 30-Year-Old Victim
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Rush Limbaugh / CNN:
Initially silent, Romney addresses Limbaugh ‘slut’ remarks
Initially silent, Romney addresses Limbaugh ‘slut’ remarks
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney on Rush: Not the language I'd have used
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Issa blames Dems for tone of contraception debate
Issa blames Dems for tone of contraception debate
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Why Does Rush Limbaugh Get Away With Calling a Young Woman a ‘Slut’?
Why Does Rush Limbaugh Get Away With Calling a Young Woman a ‘Slut’?
Climate Guest Blogger / ThinkProgress:
Syria: Climate Change, Drought and Social Unrest … by Francesco Femia & Caitlin Werrell, in a Center for Climate & Security repost [Addendum by Joe Romm] — Syria's current social unrest is, in the most direct sense, a reaction to a brutal and out-of-touch regime and a response …
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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
BREAKING: Mitt Romney Urged Obama to Embrace the Individual Mandate — Had Michigan not been as close, the Democrats would have waited to spring this on us in the general election. Luckily we have it now and I hope Ohio voters are paying attention. — In July 2009, Mitt Romney wrote …
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David Catanese / Politico:
Bob Kerrey bid causes left to lash out — Bob Kerrey took a lonely position against banning gay marriage in the 1990s. He opposed a ban on flag desecration, voted against welfare reform and ran up high Americans for Democratic Action scores while serving as the senator from one of the most conservative states in the nation.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Santorum and the Sexual Revolution — Rick Santorum wants to bring sexy back ... to the 1950s, when he was born. — That is because Santorum seems to have an unhealthy fixation with, and passionate disdain for, the 1960s and the sexual freedoms that followed.
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Associated Press:
Edwards asks that sex tape not be destroyed — GREENSBORO, N.C. — Ahead of his federal trial involving alleged campaign finance violations, John Edwards is asking a judge to keep a sex tape involving him and his mistress from being destroyed. — In a request filed Friday in U.S. District Court …
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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
In meeting, Obama to warn Netanyahu against military strikes on Iran — President Obama plans to caution Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week against attacking Iran's nuclear facilities in the coming months, urging patience while international economic sanctions take full effect.
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John Stanton / Roll Call:
Weiner Says He Contacted FBI About Grimm — In the fall of 2010, then-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) informed the FBI that now-Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) was allegedly attempting to extort campaign contributions from a politically well-connected orthodox rabbi, Weiner said today.
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BigFurHat / iOwnTheWorld.com:
(bumped and sticky) Breitbart Is Here — UPDATE: Here is the link to Anthem Studios. Orders will begin to be taken soon. — I will post an alert as soon as the images are uploaded to the store. They will be up and running today, check back soon. The only hurdle right now is computing …
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
On Making Yourself Right
On Making Yourself Right
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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Republicans sing the home-state blues — CARROLLTON, Ga. —For presidential candidates, it's not necessarily safe to come home again. — On Tuesday, Newt Gingrich is staking his entire presidential race on winning Georgia — a state he represented in Congress for over 10 terms.
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Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune:
Judge rules eavesdropping law unconstitutional — A Cook County judge today ruled the state's controversial eavesdropping law unconstitutional. — The law makes it a felony offense to make audio recordings of police officers without their consent even when they're performing their public duties.
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Firedoglake, Change of Subject and The Raw Story
Mark Steyn / National Review:
‘Die, Die, Foreigners!’ — Say what you like about Afghans, but they're admirably straightforward. The mobs outside the bases enflamed over the latest Western affront to their exquisitely refined cultural sensitivities couldn't put it any plainer: — “Die, die, foreigners!” — And foreigners do die.
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Stephen Koff / Metro:
Rick Santorum faces bigger Ohio problem than previously known (updated) — WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum was already known as starting from a deficit, delegate-wise, in Ohio. He failed to qualify for any district delegates in three Ohio congressional districts because he didn't turn in delegate names there.
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Tamar Lewin / New York Times:
Obama Will Speak at Commencement at Barnard College — President Obama will deliver this year's commencement address at Barnard College, officials at the college and the White House announced on Saturday. — Word of Mr. Obama's appearance comes as the White House and Democrats have seized …
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today.yougov.com News:
Santorum Leads in Three of Five YouGov Super Tuesday Polls — Romney and Gingrich lead in their home states, but trail Santorum in Ohio, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. — Five days before the crucial Republican primaries on “Super Tuesday” (March 6), former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum holds narrow leads …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
‘Super PACs,’ Not Campaigns, Do Bulk of Ad Spending