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Greg Smith / New York Times:
Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs — TODAY is my last day at Goldman Sachs. After almost 12 years at the firm — first as a summer intern while at Stanford, then in New York for 10 years, and now in London — I believe I have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture, its people and its identity.
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Neil Rafferty / The Daily Mash:
Why I am leaving the Empire, by Darth Vader — TODAY is my last day at the Empire. — After almost 12 years, first as a summer intern, then in the Death Star and now in London, I believe I have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture, its people and its massive, genocidal space machines.
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
A Public Exit From Goldman Sachs Hits at a Wounded Wall Street — Wall Street traders come and go all the time, but few have quit with the flair of Greg Smith. The way he resigned from Goldman Sachs, and what he had to say, could reignite a debate over how much Wall Street has changed in the wake of the financial crisis.
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David Enrich / Deal Journal:
Goldman Rejects Claims Made by Outgoing Executive
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Goldman Sachs Mobilizes Rapid Smear Campaign Against Whistleblower
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Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Santorum-Gingrich Ticket Floated By Gingrich Adviser … 2012 Election , Mitt Romney , Newt Gingrich 2012 , Rick Santorum , Elections 2012 , Newt Gingrich , Ron Paul , Video , Election 2012 Blog , Ron Paul 2012 , Mitt Romney 2012 , Rick Santorum 2012 , Santorum , Politics News
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Reuters:
Santorum to Puerto Rico: Speak English if you want statehood — (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told Puerto Ricans on Wednesday they would have to make English their primary language if they want to pursue U.S. statehood, a statement at odds with the U.S. Constitution.
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Not Closing the Deal — “In five years of campaigning it is stunning to me that the Romney camp still has no clue how to play the expectations game.” — This morning you were going to read a post from me saying Mitt Romney was definitely now the nominee and it was time for Santorum and Gingrich to drop out.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Will Newt Gingrich drop out?
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Mitt's team: Count the delegates
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Santorum says Puerto Rico must adopt English as official language if it wants statehood
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama up in NC, primary hinges on Newt
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Santorum Wins Alabama and Mississippi Primaries
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
House Republican Leaders Plan To Renege On Debt Ceiling Deal — Last week, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) signaled during an interview with Fox Business that he was open to reneging on the budget deal the GOP crafted with Democrats last year during the debacle over raising the nation's debt ceiling.
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David Lawder / Reuters:
House Republican leaders set to break US budget deal
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Here we go again — Via Pat Garofalo, Reuters reports:
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Bloomberg:
Republicans Losing on Birth Control as 77% in Poll Spurn Debate — Americans overwhelmingly regard the debate over President Barack Obama's policy on employer-provided contraceptive coverage as a matter of women's health, not religious freedom, rejecting Republicans' rationale for opposing the rule.
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama gives Cameron a Braten 1000 Series grill to celebrate visit — If there was a theme at the White House for British Prime Minister David Cameron's visit on Wednesday, it could be, well, fire. — During the official welcoming ceremony on the South Lawn on Wednesday morning …
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Gives UK Prime Minister Cameron a Custom-Made 100% Made in America Grill
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Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
George Clooney to visit the White House
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Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Times nixes anti-Islam ad, runs anti-Catholic ad — Executives at The New York Times have rejected a full-page anti-Islam advertisement that mimicked a controversial anti-Catholic advertisement they published on March 9. — According to a Mar. 13 letter sent by the Times to the ad's sponsor …
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Pew Research Center:
Romney Leads GOP Contest, Trails in Matchup with Obama — Gas Prices Offset Good News about Jobs — OVERVIEW — Mitt Romney has retaken a significant lead nationally in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, even as he has fallen further behind Barack Obama in a general election matchup.
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Coulter on Palin, brokered convention: GOP has ‘a problem with con men and charlatans’
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Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Jon Stewart Tells Fox News To ‘Shut The F*ck Up’ About Bill Maher's Offensive Rants — Jon Stewart began his show continuing the news narrative before it was rudely interrupted by another election night: “radio shock-blob Rush Limbaugh” saying something offensive on his radio show.
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Thania A. Betancourt / ASU News:
Senate judiciary committee endorses controversial contraceptive bill — The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-2 Monday to endorse a controversial bill that would allow Arizona employers the right to deny health insurance coverage for contraceptives based on religious objections.
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Erin Gloria Ryan / Jezebel:
Law Will Allow Employers to Fire Women for Using Whore Pills [Pill Baby Pill]
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Wynton Hall / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: CHRIS ROCK ATTACKS CONSERVATIVE AUTHOR OVER TEA PARTY QUESTION — The New York Times bestselling author of the explosive new book, Hollywood Hypocrites: The Devastating Truth About Obama's Biggest Backers, Jason Mattera, had his crew's camera snatched and hurled by comedian Chris Rock …
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Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
American flag with President Obama's image sparks outrage at Florida Democrats — Lake County Democratic Party officials removed the flag on Tuesday following complaints by local veterans in Florida. — An American flag with President Obama's image in place of the stars flew …
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Washington Examiner:
Thursday is ‘Poolmageddon’ for trial lawyers — President Obama's Department of Justice — led by Attorney General Eric Holder — has found a new way to make the Americans with Disabilities Act pay off for Democratic trial lawyer campaign donors. — Since the ADA first became law in 1990 …
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James Whittaker / MSDN Blogs:
Why I left Google — Ok, I relent. Everyone wants to know why I left and answering individually isn't scaling so here it is, laid out in its long form. Read a little (I get to the punch line in the 3rd paragraph) or read it all. But a warning in advance: there is no drama here …
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nbcconnecticut.com:
Woman Raped at Occupy New Haven: Cops — Police charged England Gamble, 53, of New Haven, with sexual assault. — A member of the Occupy New Haven movement was raped in a tent at the Occupy camp late on Monday night or early Tuesday morning, police said.
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Robert Reich:
The Difference Between Private and Public Morality — Republicans have morality upside down. Santorum, Gingrich, and even Romney are barnstorming across the land condemning gay marriage, abortion, out-of-wedlock births, access to contraception, and the wall separating church and state.
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Montgomery Advertiser:
Roy Moore: ‘The people have spoken’ — Roy Moore said about 2 a.m. Wednesday that even though he had not been declared the winner of the Republican primary for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court that he expected to win without a runoff. — “Statistically, there is just no way we're …
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