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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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Runnin' Scared, Hit & Run, Guardian, Washington Monthly, Shakesville, News Desk, The Week, Prairie Weather, The Caucus and Wake up America
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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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The Daily Dish, A plain blog about politics, Right Wing Nut House, Outside the Beltway, ABCNEWS, weaskamerica.com and Metro
Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Super Wednesday: GOP establishment lays down the law to the right — When the rooster crows on Super Wednesday, the insider establishment that runs the GOP will lay down the law to Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and all true conservatives: It is time to unite behind the candidate …
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CNN and The Other McCain
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
10 things to watch on Super Tuesday
10 things to watch on Super Tuesday
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Don Surber, The Daily Caller, Pirate's Cove, Hot Air, CNN and Washington Wire
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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Algemeiner.com:
Israel's Channel 2: U.S. Officials Believe Netanyahu Has Already Decided to Strike Iran — Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday. Photo: Israel PM Office. — Channel 2 in Israel, sourcing a “senior American official” …
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Weekly Standard, Wake up America, Pat Dollard, Power Line, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Dish and The PJ Tatler
Associated Press:
Obama to announce mortgage refinance package at first news conference of year
Obama to announce mortgage refinance package at first news conference of year
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The Lonely Conservative and The Gateway Pundit
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Republican Policies for Iran Differ Little From Obama's
Republican Policies for Iran Differ Little From Obama's
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Firedoglake, Washington Post, Politico and Outside the Beltway
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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Bloomberg, Taegan Goddard's …, Mediaite, The Raw Story and Feministing
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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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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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Business Insider, rightwingwatch.org, The Huffington Post, Balloon Juice, Equality Matters, US Politics and StopRush.org
CNN:
More Limbaugh stations, advertisers jump ship
More Limbaugh stations, advertisers jump ship
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Crooks and Liars, Montgomery Advertiser and Politico
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Who's Still Advertising On Rush?
Who's Still Advertising On Rush?
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The Raw Story, Mediaite, The Last Tradition, The Mahablog, Media Decoder, The Daily Dish, Philly.com, Examiner and Washington Monthly
Chris Carroll / Stars & Stripes:
Women vets want Limbaugh off of AFN
Women vets want Limbaugh off of AFN
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Firedoglake, New England Public Radio News, ThinkProgress and The Political Carnival
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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Althouse, Daniel W. Drezner and The Gateway Pundit
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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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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Washington Monthly, The Maddow Blog, ThinkProgress and Wonkette
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Holder Explains Threat That Would Call for Killing Without Trial — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. asserted on Monday that it is lawful for the government to kill American citizens if officials deem them to be operational leaders of Al Qaeda who are planning attacks …
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Tamar Lewin / New York Times:
Black Students Face More Discipline, Data Suggests — Black students, especially boys, face much harsher discipline in public schools than other students, according to new data from the Department of Education. — Although black students made up only 18 percent of those enrolled in the schools sampled …
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ThinkProgress, National Review, ProPublica, Feministe, Rod Dreher, Althouse, msnbc.com, Prairie Weather and Eduwonk
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.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
NBC's Chuck Todd on the geographic bias — In a recent conversation on matters mostly but not altogether unrelated, NBC News political director and White House correspondent Chuck Todd argued that the partisan nature of our national discourse is driven by geographic — rather than ideological — biases:
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NewsBusters.org and American Prospect
David Giambusso / New Jersey Online:
U.S. Representative Donald Payne dead at 77 — U.S. Rep. Donald Payne, the dean of New Jersey's congressional delegation, died after a months-long battle with colon cancer today, according to three sources close to the Payne family. The longtime politician was 77.
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CBS News, Washington Post, News Desk, Hotline On Call, Politicker and The Political Carnival
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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American Prospect, ThinkProgress and Ezra Klein
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Romney Rebounds Among Conservatives, But GOP Contenders All Stay Underwater — Mitt Romney's rebounded among strong conservatives since his wins in the Michigan and Arizona primaries, potentially bolstering his prospects in the race for the Republican nomination.
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Washington Monthly and Mother Jones
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 …
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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Gay Star News and Mediaite
Rachel Quigley / Daily Mail:
‘He is a pathologically immature sex predator’: Therapist slams IT teacher, 41, who left his family to move in with student, 18, saying his actions are like pedophilia — The former high school teacher who quit his job and left his family to move in with a student 23 years his junior …
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iOwnTheWorld.com and The Huffington Post
Detroit Free Press:
Filmgoer takes stand on costly snacks, sues AMC Livonia theater — Rebecca Motley emerges from the AMC Star Southfield after seeing “Good Deeds” on Friday morning — and paying $11 for pop and popcorn on top of the $5 ticket. “The prices are ridiculous,” she said. / ERIC SEALS/Detroit Free Press