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7:15 PM ET, March 13, 2012

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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Santorum: Fox News is ‘shilling’ for Mitt Romney  —  On Tuesday's “Kilmeade & Friends” radio show on Fox News Radio, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, accused Fox News of being in the tank for his competitor, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney's 1994 Letter To The Log Cabin Republicans  —  Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney doesn't spent much time during the Republican primary talking about his past support for gay rights.  But in a 1994 letter to the pro-gay Republican group The Log Cabin Republican seeking …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Daily Kos and Joe. My. God.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Santorum: Fox News is ‘shilling’ for Mitt Romney  —  Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum accused Fox News of “shilling” for GOP front-runner Mitt Romney during a contentious interview Tuesday on the “Kilmeade and Friends” radio show.  —  “He's had a 10-to-1 money advantage,” Santorum said of Romney.
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
The Slog to 1,144: So Far, Demographics Trumps Momentum
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Alabama and Mississippi primaries: Mitt Romney could seal deal in Dixie
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Sarah Palin's foolishness ruined U.S. politics  —  At some point while watching HBO's absolutely smashing (and terrifying) movie “Game Change,” it occurred to me that Sarah Palin has ruined America.  The movie has been scalloped out of the book by the same name and focuses on Palin, rather than on the entire 2008 presidential campaign.
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Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:
False Equivalence Watch, Richard Cohen Version  —  James Fallows, Jonathan Chait and others have done much to open our eyes to the wondrous breadth and diversity of false equivalence in American journalism—that is, the media's insistent efforts to match any mention of egregious lying by a member …
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Let's Talk About the Real Issues, Mr. President  —  The far Left continues to believe American voters are not smart enough to grasp the diversionary tactics it employs to distract us from the issues our President just doesn't want to talk about - issues that affect us all every day and must be addressed.
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Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:
Online, liberals far less tolerant than normal people  —  Not exactly shocking news for those exposed to them for years, but the respected Pew Research Center has determined that political liberals are far less tolerant of opposing views than regular Americans.
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Pew Internet:
Social networking sites and politics  — Home - > - Reports - > - Social networking sites and politics - > - Main findings - > - Social networking sites and politics  —  Main findings  —  Social networking sites have become places where political conversation, debate, and proselytizing occur, especially during campaign seasons.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Obama Poll Drop Mystery: Explained!  —  Yesterday morning, a new Washington Post poll showed a sharp drop in President Obama's approval rating, from 50 percent approval (and 46 percent disapproval) to the reverse.  People on Twitter started tittering.  Jonathan Bernstein insisted it was all just random statistical noise.
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Glenn Thrushand Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama polls: An up-and-down roller coaster
Discussion: Reuters and Don Surber
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Church Puts Legal Pressure on Abuse Victims' Group  —  Turning the tables on an advocacy group that has long supported victims of pedophile priests, lawyers for the Roman Catholic Church and priests accused of sexual abuse in two Missouri cases have gone to court to compel the group to disclose …
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Josh Glasstetter / rightwingwatch.org:
Bill Donohue Gets Tough on Rape Victims, Wants to Fight Them ‘One by One’
Discussion: The Raw Story and Newshoggers.com
Dennis Woltering / WWL-TV:
Santorum leads GOP candidates in La., exclusive WWL-TV poll shows  —  NEW ORLEANS - A new, exclusive statewide poll of likely Republican voters in Louisiana conducted for WWL-TV shows voters favoring Rick Santorum, with the primary election two weeks away.  —  The telephone poll …
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Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
Is The South Too Republican For Republicans?
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
The Problem With Polls About Whether Obama Is a Muslim  —  By asking voters what they think about the president's religion, pollsters help to perpetuate a falsehood.  —  Liberal blogs and sites are having a field day with new data from Public Policy Polling that shows that 52 percent …
Julie Bosman / Media Decoder:
After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses  —  After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print.  —  Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered sets of reference books that were once sold door to door by a fleet of traveling salesmen and displayed …
Sandra Fluke / CNN:
Slurs won't silence women  —  Editor's note: Sandra Fluke is a third-year law student at Georgetown University Law Center and has served as president of Georgetown Law Students for Reproductive Justice.  —  (CNN) — Last month, students from several Catholic universities gathered to send …
Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
CBO: Obamacare to cost $1.76 trillion over 10 yrs  —  President Obama's national health care law will cost $1.76 trillion over a decade, according to a new projection released today by the Congressional Budget Office, rather than the $940 billion forecast when it was signed into law.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Rush Limbaugh Syndicator Suspends National Ads For Two Weeks  —  Radio-Info.com reports that Premiere Networks, which syndicates the Rush Limbaugh show, told its affiliate radio stations that they are suspending national advertising for two weeks.  Rush Limbaugh is normally provided …
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New York Times:
U.S. Officials Debate Speeding Afghan Pullout  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is discussing whether to reduce American forces in Afghanistan by at least an additional 20,000 troops by 2013, reflecting a growing belief within the White House that the mission there has now reached the point of diminishing returns.
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
McConnell offers support for Obama Afghan drawdown
Discussion: The Maddow Blog
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Supervisors directed banks' mortgage misconduct, HUD report says  —  Employees at major banks who churned out fraudulent foreclosure documents, forged signatures, made up fake job titles and falsely notarized paperwork often did so at the behest of their superiors, according to a federal investigation released Tuesday.
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New York Times:
Federal Report Cites Bank Officials in Foreclosure Surge
Eryn Brown / Los Angeles Times:
All red meat is bad for you, new study says  —  A long-term study finds that eating any amount and any type increases the risk of premature death.  —  Eating any amount and any type of red meat increases the risk of premature death, a new study says.  (William Thomas Cain / Getty Images / March 12, 2012)
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Health law board repeal bill raises concerns with trial lawyers  —  The powerful trial lawyers' lobby has come out in force against a bill to repeal the healthcare reform law's cost-cutting board because of the way it's paid for, possibly depriving House Republicans of a unique chance to deal …
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Obama energy chief disavows '08 remark favoring higher gas prices  —  Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Tuesday disavowed his 2008 comments about increasing gas prices to European levels, remarks that Republicans have pounced on in recent weeks.  —  “I no longer share that view,” …
Ben White / Reuters:
Jake Siewert, former Geithner aide, heads to Goldman  —  Jake Siewert, former counselor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and press secretary at the end of the second Clinton administration, has landed at Goldman Sachs, where he will be a managing director and head of global corporate communications.
Discussion: Gretawire
Brady McCombs / Arizona Daily Star:
GOP Senate candidate misspells Tucson in TV ad  —  Republican Senate candidate Wil Cardon launched his first TV ad Tuesday with a 30-second spot portraying himself as a conservative political outsider who will create jobs.  —  “It's time for an outsider that will fight for a new direction,” says Cardon in the ad.
Discussion: Politico
Felix Salmon:
The taco-truck mystery  —  Click here to view the embedded video.  —  Why is the food at food trucks better than the food in restaurants, at least when it comes to tacos?  It doesn't make a huge amount of sense, on its face.  Food trucks are much more limited in what they can cook …
Saul Loeb / National Post:
Dick Cheney cancels Toronto trip, says Canada is too dangerous  —  TORONTO — Former U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney has cancelled an April appearance in Toronto citing concerns Canada is too dangerous.  —  “He felt that in Canada the risk of violent protest was simply too high,” …
 
 
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
BP's Influence Peddling In Congress Bears Fruit Two Years After Gulf Spill
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Kaine offers Allen ‘no secret money’ pledge in Va.
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Jon Henley / Guardian:
Greece on the breadline: the children of Athens too hungry to do PE
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Sen. Schumer calls out Arizona Gov. Brewer
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Excellent Sam Ash NYC bus ad.
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Bob Kerrey tells Nebraska it's ‘good to be back’ in first campaign ads
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 Earlier Items: 
Enzo / AKSARBENT:
UNMC LGBT bias survey called biased by Alliance Defense Fund in attack on proposed Omaha law …
Jack Brammer / Lexington Herald-Leader:
House panel turns down anti-bullying bill despite pleas from parents
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Rick Santorum / CNN:
TRENDING: Santorum rails against Maher on ‘Christian madrassa’ comment
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Rebekah Brooks and Husband Are Arrested in Hacking Inquiry
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A US judge dismisses a copyright lawsuit by Raw Story and AlterNet against OpenAI over AI training, for now, saying the outlets couldn't show enough harm
 
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