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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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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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The PJ Tatler, LifeNews.com and Hot Air
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Announcing The Carbonite Accountability Project — On Saturday, March 3, 2012, Carbonite announced that it was dropping its advertising on the Rush Limbaugh Show even after Limbaugh had apologized to Sandra Fluke for certain comments made regarding Ms. Fluke.
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The Frisky, The PJ Tatler, TheCollegeConservative and Wake up America
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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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Investors flee Carbonite after Limbaugh announcement
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Axelrod: Romney gave ‘cowardly answer’ on Limbaugh controversy
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Mediaite, The Moderate Voice, Hot Air, Politico and Washington Free Beacon
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Six More Advertisers Ditch Rush
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Bloomberg, News Corpse and The Raw Story
Washington Post:
Super Tuesday exit polls: an early look — The early exits are in, and in three key states — Ohio, Tennessee and Georgia — Republican electorates are broadly shaping up to look a lot like those that voted four years ago, with some important differences. — Overall, conservatives …
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Firedoglake, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Loyal Opposition
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Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
Santorum Wins Tenn., Okla.; Ohio Still Too Tight to Call — Mitt Romney has won three Super Tuesday primaries so far tonight, and Rick Santorum has won two, but all eyes are fixed on a close race in Ohio, where the two are locked in a tight race. — The contest in Ohio …
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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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Newt Gingrich: ‘I am the tortoise’ of the 2012 Republican primary — Newt Gingrich heralded himself as the “tortoise” of the 2012 Republican primary after a strong win in Georgia — the state he represented for two decades in Congress — and pledged to fight on for the Republican presidential …
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The Last Tradition
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Super Tuesday ‘win’ could rest in Ohio, Tennessee
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The Moderate Voice, WTVR-TV, TalkLeft and This Just In
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Exit Polls: Electability vs. Relatability
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National Review and The Daily Dish
Daniel Strauss / Ballot Box:
Exit polls: Gas prices, economy are top Super Tuesday issues
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CBS News, Politico, Associated Press, Scared Monkeys and Jammie Wearing Fools
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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Rick Santorum / CNN:
Paul calls GOP positions on Iran ‘reckless’ — (CNN) - Ron Paul said Tuesday that his rivals have “blown way out of proportion” the Iranian nuclear threat and that their language is “reckless” and “dangerous.” — On the same day as his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination argued …
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Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum campaign: If we go to the convention “so be it”
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Politico, GOP 12 and Don Surber
Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Super Wednesday: GOP establishment lays down the law to the right
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Politico, Guardian, The American Conservative, CNN and The Other McCain
Joshua Hersh / The Huffington Post:
Iran Crisis: Efraim Halevy, Ex-Mossad Director, Says Romney Op-Ed ‘Making The Situation Worse’ … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Foreign Affairs, Mitt Romney, Iran, Iran War Hype, Israel, Efraim Halevy, Iran Nuclear Weapons, President Barack Obama, Iran Strike, Nuclear-Bomb Program, World News
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Obama: Want a war? Say so
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ABCNEWS, Algemeiner.com and The Raw Story
Anne Penketh / Pundits Blog:
Obama's flashing red light to Netanyahu on Iran
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Politico and New York Times
Mitt Romney / Washington Post:
How I would check Iran's nuclear ambition
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Helene Cooper / The Caucus:
Obama Challenges Republicans on Iran
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
86-Year-Old Ohio Veteran Can't Vote After Government-Issued ID Is Rejected At Poll — Paul Carroll, an 86-year-old World War II veteran who has lived in the same Ohio town for four decades, was denied a chance to vote in the state's primary contests today after a poll worker denied his form …
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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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Mediaite, No More Mister Nice Blog, Liberal Values, ABCNEWS, The PJ Tatler and The Last Tradition
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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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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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The American Conservative, Jezebel, Moneyland, The Raw Story and Mashable!
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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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
How We Can Help President Obama Today — This is going to be a more than occasional series on the blog from now until whenever the administration leaves office. So this is the first entry. We can help President Obama today by explaining as LOUDLY as we can that he shouldn't lead this country …
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Jonathan Bernstein / The New Republic:
Yes, Caucuses Are Unfair. No, We Shouldn't Mind.
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Leap / Law Enforcement Against Prohibition:
Pat Robertson Blames Liberals for Drug War and Overincarceration — Pat Robertson created a firestorm when he first called for the decriminalization of marijuana in December 2010, causing even his Christian Broadcasting Network's own publicist to deny that that's what he actually meant.
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Hit & Run, Los Angeles Times and The Daily Caller
James R. Hagerty / Wall Street Journal:
Young Workers See Pay Shrink — Young people entering the job market are taking the brunt of the downward pressure on wages caused by high unemployment, according to a new analysis of pay trends. — In data compiled for a coming report, the Economic Policy Institute …
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