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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 — Top Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod on Monday blasted Mitt Romney, accusing him of failing to appropriately criticize radio host Rush Limbaugh for his attacks on a college student who testified before Congress.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Capital One Drops Ads From Rush Limbaugh
BREAKING: Capital One Drops Ads From Rush Limbaugh
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CNN:
Stations, advertisers drop Limbaugh
Stations, advertisers drop Limbaugh
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Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
UPDATED: Limbaugh Reportedly Loses Another Station Over Sandra Fluke Smears
UPDATED: Limbaugh Reportedly Loses Another Station Over Sandra Fluke Smears
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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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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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Wall Street Journal:
Reagan Was A Sure Loser Too
Reagan Was A Sure Loser Too
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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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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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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
10 things to watch on Super Tuesday
10 things to watch on Super Tuesday
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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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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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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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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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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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Julia O'Malley / The News Tribune:
If Murkowski calls herself moderate, her votes should be too — Back from Washington, D.C., for the start of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, Sen. Lisa Murkowski learned the hard way not to get between women and birth control. She said she now regrets her support for a measure …
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Adn_jomalley / Anchorage Daily News:
If Murkowski is moderate, her votes should be too
If Murkowski is moderate, her votes should be too
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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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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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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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Darren Samuelsohn / Reuters:
Green donors bet on Mitt Romney flip-flop — Will Mitt Romney flip-flop on climate change if he's elected president? — Some big donors are betting on it. — Romney and his super PAC have taken millions from funders with strong green streaks — despite the fact that the former Massachusetts governor …
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Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
2012 Presidential Race Is 'the Worst I've Ever Seen,' Barbara Bush Says
2012 Presidential Race Is 'the Worst I've Ever Seen,' Barbara Bush Says
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Sheila Marikar / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Kirk Cameron Responds to Critics, ‘Hate Speech’ — Credit: Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images. — Kirk Cameron is fighting back against the “hate speech” he feels he's endured since calling homosexuality “unnatural,” “detrimental,” and “ultimately destructive …
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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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Josh Putnam / Frontloading HQ:
Santorum Can't Get to 1144 — ...and neither can Gingrich. — FHQ has been saying since our Very Rough Estimate of the delegate counts a couple of weeks ago that Romney is the only candidate who has a chance to get there. But, of course, I have not yet shown my work.
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