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Bristol Palin:
Mr. President, When Should I Expect Your Call? — You don't know my telephone number, but I hope your staff is busy trying to find it. Ever since you called Sandra Fluke after Rush Limbaugh called her a slut, I figured I might be next. You explained to reporters you called …
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
HOLDING COURT — Brett M. Kavanaugh is a judge who sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which is often described as the second most important court in the country. President George W. Bush nominated Kavanaugh to that post in 2003 …
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Voter gloom on Obama's jobs, gas, debt policies
The Hill Poll: Voter gloom on Obama's jobs, gas, debt policies
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Weasel Zippers, Power Line, Wake up America, Hot Air, The Heritage Foundation and The PJ Tatler
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Obamacare on Trial: Case of the Century?
Obamacare on Trial: Case of the Century?
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Talking Points Memo and Althouse
Greg Holyk / ABCNEWS:
As Health Care Law's Trial Approaches, Two-Thirds Say Ditch Individual Mandate
As Health Care Law's Trial Approaches, Two-Thirds Say Ditch Individual Mandate
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iOwnTheWorld.com and LifeNews.com
Roger Friedman / blogs.forbes.com/rogerfriedman:
Exclusive: Seller of Controversial Anti-Obama Sticker Says It's Not Racist — Exclusive: Paula Smith of Hinesville, Georgia has a company called Stickatude.com. And they're selling their own version of an anti-Obama bumper sticker that reads “Don't Re-Nig 2012.”
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
No ‘spark’ for Mitt Romney in Illinois — VERNON HILLS, Ill. - Same story, different state. — Mitt Romney has a roster of blue chip GOP supporters here, more resources and a superior organization in a state that seems a good fit to his brand of Republicanism.
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Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum dings Romney while defending contraception stance
Santorum dings Romney while defending contraception stance
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Charlie Riedel / ABCNEWS:
Pressure on Santorum to Deliver in Illinois
Pressure on Santorum to Deliver in Illinois
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney up big in Illinois
Romney up big in Illinois
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New York Times:
U.S. War Game Sees Dire Results of Attack on Iran — WASHINGTON — A classified war game held this month to assess the American military's capabilities to respond to an Israeli attack on Iran forecast that the strike would lead to a wider regional war, which could draw in the United States …
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Guardian:
Nobel peace prize winner defends law criminalising homosexuality in Liberia — Exclusive: In joint interview, Tony Blair refuses to comment on Liberian president's remarks supporting anti-gay laws — The Nobel peace prize winner and president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf …
Brian Tashman / rightwingwatch.org:
Pastor Dennis Terry Introduces Rick Santorum, Tells Liberals and Non-Christians to ‘Get Out’ of America — Greenwell Springs Baptist Church pastor Dennis Terry introduced presidential candidate Rick Santorum and Family Research Council president Tony Perkins tonight in Baton Rouge, Louisiana …
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Paul Brandeis Raushenbush / The Huffington Post:
President Jimmy Carter Authors New Bible Book, Answers Hard Biblical Questions … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Jimmy Carter, Religion And Politics, Religion And Science, Scripture Commentary, President Jimmy Carter, Bible Gays, Bible Homosexuality, Bible Slavery, Bible Women's Rights …
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Obama blamed troubles on Fox News, book says — President Barack Obama blamed Fox News for his political woes in a private meeting with labor leaders in 2010, saying he was “losing white males” who tune into the cable outlet and “hear Obama is a Muslim 24/7,” according to journalist David Corn's new book, “Showdown.”
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Arizona Republic:
Arpaio sees media conspiracy against ‘birthers’ — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio believes that a media conspiracy “bigger than Watergate” is purposefully downplaying his volunteer posse's investigation of President Barack Obama's birth certificate. — Arpaio and the posse held …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Krugman On ObamaCare - Just Make Stuff Up Faster Than The Opponents — Paul Krugman has decided to fight fiction with fiction in the health care debate, and when the opposition spreads BS, he will spread BS twice as hard. Waddya expect from a former Enron adviser? — He correctly notes this Republican miscue:
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Associated Press:
High court rejects Christian campus groups' appeal — WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from Christian groups that challenged a discrimination policy at California state universities. — The justices on Monday are leaving in place a federal appeals court ruling …
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Axelrod ‘Mittzkrieg’ Comment Draws Fire From Jewish Group — A Republican Jewish group is demanding an apology from senior Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod after he referred to Mitt Romney's ad campaign in Illinois as “the Mittzkrieg.” — “The Mittzkrieg in Illinois isn't terribly inspiring …
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Daily Mail:
THE TSA'S GREATEST HITS — The TSA issued apologies to two grandmothers in their late 80s who said they were strip searched at New York's JFK Airport in January. — In October, a TSA inspector found a vibrator in lawyer and feminist blogger Jill Filipovic's luggage …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
'The Road We've Traveled:' A misleading account of Obama's mother and her insurance dispute — Narrator Tom Hanks: “He knew from experience the cost of waiting [on health care reform].” — President Obama : “When my mom got cancer, she wasn't a wealthy woman and it pretty much drained all her resources”
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Taylor Marsh, Booman Tribune and Weasel Zippers
Manuel Fabian Celis-Acosta / Los Angeles Times:
Gun-tracking operation caught top suspect, then let him go — Federal agents stopped the main target of the ill-fated Operation Fast and Furious in May 2010. After they questioned him, he disappeared back into Mexico, and the program went on to spiral out of control.
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Andrew Gilligan / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Ken Livingstone: I will make London a beacon of Islam — Here is the full version of a story which appears in the print edition of today's Daily Telegraph: — KEN LIVINGSTONE has promised to turn London into a “beacon” for the words of the Prophet Mohammed in a sermon at one of the capital's most controversial mosques.
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Alex Spillius / Telegraph:
Syria: ‘I am the real dictator’, declares Asma al-Assad — Asma al-Assad, the British-born wife of Syria's president, told a friend that she was the “real dictator” in the family, according to leaked emails that suggest she holds a cherished place in the leader's inner circle.
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Romney: ‘The economy is coming back’ — So he said at a campaign stop in Springfield, Ill., this morning. POLITICO's Reid Epstein:
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Greg Wyshynski / Yahoo! Sports:
She's a Sens fan, her girlfriend's a Leafs fan and their marriage proposal during NHL game was adorable (VIDEO) — On Saturday night at Scotiabank Place, a Toronto Maple Leafs fan named Alicia stood on the ice during the second intermission wearing a blindfold.
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Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
Syria: journalist Nir Rosen rejects allegations of collaborating with Assad regime — An American journalist has strongly denied allegations that he spied for the Syrian regime and handed its officials information on the movement of fellow Western reporters.
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Belmont Club and Truthdig
Geneva Sands / The Hill:
Romney: 'I don't see how a young American can vote' for a Democrat — GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney said Monday he doesn't understand how young people could vote for Democrats. — “I don't see how a young American can vote for, well, can vote for a Democrat,” Romney said in a speech at the University of Chicago.
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Alan S. Blinder / Wall Street Journal:
The U.S. Cruises Toward a 2013 Fiscal Cliff — As tax cuts expire and spending falls, the economy will be hit with a 3.5% decline in gross domestic demand. — At some point, the spectacle America is now calling a presidential campaign will turn away from comedy and start focusing on things …
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Los Angeles Times:
Federal contractors donate to ‘super PAC’ backing Romney — It's unclear whether a ban on such giving is still valid after the Supreme Court ruling that freed up independent political spending. — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns in Moline, Ill. Several federal contractors …
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Crooks and Liars and ThinkProgress
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
What Everyone Should Know About Trayvon Martin (1995-2012) — On February 26, 2012, a 17-year-old African-American named Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida. The shooter was George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old white man. Zimmerman admits killing Martin, but claims he was acting in self-defense.
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