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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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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


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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ABCNEWS, The Raw Story and Algemeiner.com


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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The Daily What, Daily Kos, The Raw Story and The Last Tradition

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, TheCollegeConservative, The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler, Mediaite and Wake up America

Axelrod: Romney gave ‘cowardly answer’ on Limbaugh controversy
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The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, Politico, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon and RedState


Six More Advertisers Ditch Rush
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Bloomberg, News Corpse, Crooks and Liars and The Raw Story

27 companies yank ads from Rush
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Computerworld and Outside the Beltway

Stations, advertisers drop Limbaugh
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Liberal Values, Crooks and Liars, Politico and The Hill

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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ABCNEWS, The Democratic Daily, Washington Monthly, Lynn Sweet, The Maddow Blog, Washington Wire, Mediaite, Firedoglake, Sky Dancing, PERRspectives, Wonkette, The Enterprise Blog, Daily Kos, Business Insider, New York Times, Outside the Beltway, Politico, CNN, Washington Free Beacon and Hullabaloo
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Iran Crisis: Efraim Halevy, Ex-Mossad Director, Says Romney Op-Ed ‘Making The Situation Worse’
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ThinkProgress, New York Times, Wonkette, Washington Post and Informed Comment

Obama's flashing red light to Netanyahu on Iran
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Politico and New York Times

Israel's Channel 2: U.S. Officials Believe Netanyahu Has Already Decided to Strike Iran
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Power Line, Wake up America, Weekly Standard, Pat Dollard, The PJ Tatler, The Daily Dish, Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav

President Obama Unveils Housing Initiative at Super Tuesday News Conference
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Politico

Obama Challenges Republicans on Iran
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American Prospect, New York Times, Firedoglake, Mother Jones, Connecting.the.Dots and Balloon Juice

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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Exit Polls: Electability vs. Relatability
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Washington Post and The Daily Dish

Super Tuesday ‘win’ could rest in Ohio, Tennessee
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The Reaction and This Just In

Exit polls: Gas prices, economy are top Super Tuesday issues
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CBS News, Associated Press and Jammie Wearing Fools

‘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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The Huffington Post and Politico
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Super Wednesday: GOP establishment lays down the law to the right
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Politico, Guardian, The American Conservative, The Other McCain and CNN

‘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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Politico, NO QUARTER, Mediaite, BuzzFeed, Wonkette, Business Insider and The Raw Story


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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New York Times, The Jawa Report, Computerworld, Firedoglake, The Verge, TechCrunch, Mashable!, The Raw Story, TPM Idea Lab, Tucson Citizen, Pat Dollard, Colorlines and 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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ABCNEWS, Mediaite, No More Mister Nice Blog, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The PJ Tatler


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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Plain Dealer and Election Law Blog


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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Salon, emptywheel, Sky Dancing, Philly.com, The United States Department … and Firedoglake
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Yes, Caucuses Are Unfair. No, We Shouldn't Mind.
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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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The PJ Tatler and Jihad Watch
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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 Raw Story, The American Conservative, Jezebel, Moneyland and Mashable!

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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American Prospect, ThinkProgress and Ezra Klein


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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Althouse, The Gateway Pundit, Biased BBC and Daniel W. Drezner


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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ThinkProgress, The Huffington Post, Jezebel and Daily Kos