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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Obama: Want a war? Say so — President Obama fired back at his Republican challengers who have accused him of being soft on Iran, saying at a White House press conference that the standoff over the Iranian nuclear program is “not a game.” — Suggesting that the criticism being lobbed …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Obama: I Can't Be Expected to Comment on Both Rush Limbaugh's and My DNC Chairwoman's Remarks — At today's White House press conference, President Obama was not asked a single question about the public policy aspects of Obamacare's new mandate forcing employers, including most religious institutions …
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Mitt Romney / Washington Post:
How I would check Iran's nuclear ambition — Beginning Nov. 4, 1979 , dozens of U.S. diplomats were held hostage by Iranian Islamic revolutionaries for 444 days while America's feckless president, Jimmy Carter, fretted in the White House. Running for the presidency against Carter the next year …
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Anne Penketh / Pundits Blog:
Obama's flashing red light to Netanyahu on Iran
Obama's flashing red light to Netanyahu on Iran
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Joshua Hersh / The Huffington Post:
Iran Crisis: Efraim Halevy, Ex-Mossad Director, Says Romney Op-Ed ‘Making The Situation Worse’
Iran Crisis: Efraim Halevy, Ex-Mossad Director, Says Romney Op-Ed ‘Making The Situation Worse’
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Algemeiner.com:
Israel's Channel 2: U.S. Officials Believe Netanyahu Has Already Decided to Strike Iran
Israel's Channel 2: U.S. Officials Believe Netanyahu Has Already Decided to Strike Iran
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Helene Cooper / The Caucus:
Obama Challenges Republicans on Iran
Obama Challenges Republicans on Iran
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Mary Bruce / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Unveils Housing Initiative at Super Tuesday News Conference
President Obama Unveils Housing Initiative at Super Tuesday News Conference
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Capital One Drops Ads From Rush Limbaugh — Capital One has recently aired advertisements on the Rush Limbaugh radio show. Today, ThinkProgress asked a representative of the company whether it is “taking steps to ensure that your ads will not run on Rush Limbaugh in the future.”
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Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Netflix Becomes 30th Advertiser To Drop Limbaugh — Moments ago, Netflix emailed a statement to the tech website Boing Boing indicating that the company will ensure that its ads never appear on Rush Limbaugh's radio show again: … According to a ThinkProgress count, Netflix is now the 30th company …
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Six More Advertisers Ditch Rush — The number of advertisers fleeing Rush Limbaugh continues to climb. — In an email release today, GEICO said, “In 2004 when Rush Limbaugh's program also carried remarks that were inappropriate, we ceased all advertising on his show. We don't advertise there to this day.
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Axelrod: Romney gave ‘cowardly answer’ on Limbaugh controversy
Axelrod: Romney gave ‘cowardly answer’ on Limbaugh controversy
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Announcing The Carbonite Accountability Project
Announcing The Carbonite Accountability Project
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Stations, advertisers drop Limbaugh
Stations, advertisers drop Limbaugh
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
A Guide to Super Tuesday Possibilities — With only 10 states voting on Super Tuesday, it would be easy to dismiss it as a little wimpy compared to past years. — But nearly 20 percent of the delegates to the Republican convention will be chosen on Tuesday night — and the outcome …
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Daniel Strauss / Ballot Box:
Exit polls: Gas prices, economy are top Super Tuesday issues
Exit polls: Gas prices, economy are top Super Tuesday issues
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Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Super Wednesday: GOP establishment lays down the law to the right
Super Wednesday: GOP establishment lays down the law to the right
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Super Tuesday ‘win’ could rest in Ohio, Tennessee
Super Tuesday ‘win’ could rest in Ohio, Tennessee
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
‘Good luck tonight,’ Obama says to Romney on Super Tuesday — President Obama offered his likely Republican opponent Mitt Romney a caustic “good luck” for Super Tuesday. — Asked at a news conference if he'd like to respond to Romney's comments calling Obama the “most feckless president since Carter …
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Evan Osnos / News Desk:
The Chinese View of Super Tuesday
Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Infamous international hacking group LulzSec brought down by own leader — Hector Xavier Monsegur is “Sabu,” the unemployed, 28-year-old father of two who allegedly commanded the loosely organized international hacker team LulzSec. — Hector Xavier Monsegur is “Sabu,” …
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Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
‘I Understand You Have a Panel,’ Gingrich Tells a Panel-Less AIPAC — Newt Gingrich apparently has been so busy campaigning all around Georgia that he hasn't had time to sleep, or even write a speech for the AIPAC crowd. — Moments before he was set to video-stream live …
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Sarah Palin To Obama: If Rush Was Offensive, Why Are You Taking Money From Bill Maher — Calls on Obama to ask his Super PAC to return $1 million donation from Bill Maher. Maher used the C-word for Palin.
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Jonathan Bernstein / The New Republic:
Yes, Caucuses Are Unfair. No, We Shouldn't Mind. — Regardless of whether Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum comes out ahead in Ohio later today, Super Tuesday already promises to make at least one growing segment of America's political class gleeful: caucus skeptics.
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
How We Can Help President Obama Today
How We Can Help President Obama Today
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Qasim Rashid / The Huffington Post:
The Islamic Solution to Stop Domestic Violence … Islam , Scripture Commentary , Domestic Abuse , Domestic Violence , Gender And Religion , Quran , Scripture Study , Women , Women In Islam , Religion News — Critics incorrectly allege that Islam command's husband's to beat their wives, often citing the Quran verse 4:34.
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Bob Sullivan / msnbc.com:
Govt. agencies, colleges demand applicants' Facebook passwords — If you think privacy settings on your Facebook and Twitter accounts guarantee future employers or schools can't see your private posts, guess again. — Employers and colleges find the treasure-trove of personal information …
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Annie Lowrey / Economix:
The Economic Impact of the Pill — The recent controversy over contraception and health insurance has focused on who should pay for the pill. But there is a wealth of economic evidence about the value of the pill - to taxpayers, as my colleague Motoko Rich writes, as well as to women in general.
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rt.com:
Leaked: Bin Laden not buried at sea, body moved on CIA plane to US — Osama bin Laden (Reuters / Stringer) … The body of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was not buried at sea, according to leaked emails of intelligence firm Stratfor, as revealed by WikiLeaks.
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MoJo Articles:
Santorum: Single Moms Are “Breeding More Criminals” — EXCLUSIVE: The GOP candidate claimed in 1994 that single mothers were destroying the “fabric of the country.” His solution? “Kicking them in the butt.” — During his first US Senate campaign, Rick Santorum warned voters …
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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA ALLY WON'T RELEASE ALINSKY TAPE — Sources inform Breitbart.com today that Pam Dickler, director of the 1998 production of The Love Song of Saul Alinsky in Chicago that included a panel discussion featuring then-State Sen. Barack Obama, has a video tape of the play. — And she won't release it.