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Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
Fox's Geraldo Rivera: “I Think The Hoodie Is As Much Responsible For Trayvon Martin's Death As George Zimmerman” — On the March 23 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Fox News contributor Geraldo Rivera reacted to the killing of 17-year-old, unarmed Florida resident Trayvon Martin …
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Congressman Allen West / Facebook:
I have sat back and allowed myself time to assess the current episode revealing itself in Sanford Florida... I have sat back and allowed myself time to assess the current episode revealing itself in Sanford, Florida involving the shooting of 17-year-old Treyvon Martin.
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Washington Post, The Huffington Post, CNN, Reuters, Campaign 2012, Shakesville and msnbc.com
Geraldo Rivera / Fox News:
Trayvon Martin Would Be Alive but for His Hoodie — Demonstrators take to the streets during the Million Hoodie March, Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in New York. A few hundred people were marching in New York City in memory of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager shot to death by a Hispanic neighborhood watch captain in Florida.
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Hot Air, CANNONFIRE, Wake up America, The PJ Tatler, msnbc.com, Hullabaloo and newsfeed.time.com
Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon' — President Obama weighed in Friday on the shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, calling it a national tragedy - and saying that the young man reminded him of his own children. — “When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids,” Obama said in Rose Garden remarks.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Newt calls Obama's Trayvon Martin comments ‘disgraceful’ — Per POLITICO's Ginger Gibson, Newt Gingrich accused President Obama of playing race: … Obama has gotten some criticism for discussing a pending legal matter. But the question of whether Martin's race was a factor in his death …
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CNN:
CNN's GUT CHECK for March 23, 2012 — n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle — BREAKING: NEW GALLUP POLL SHOWS ROMNEY WITH DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD OVER SANTORUM: “Mitt Romney's national support among Republican voters has surged in recent days …
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Reuters, Politico, The Huffington Post, Prairie Weather and Firedoglake
BuzzFeed:
Romney, Santorum Comment On Trayvon Martin — After weeks of silence, candidates follow Obama's statement. Santorum condemns law enforcement for dragging its feet, Romney calls it a tragedy. — Freddie Muse holds a sign at a rally to call for justice in the murder of Trayvon Martin at Leimert Park in Los Angeles, March 22, 2012.
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Mediaite, BuzzFeed, Washington Post and ThinkProgress
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
MSNBC's Karen Finney Smears: Racism of Limbaugh Had ‘Lethal Consequences’ in Killing of Teen
MSNBC's Karen Finney Smears: Racism of Limbaugh Had ‘Lethal Consequences’ in Killing of Teen
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American Power, RedState, The Daily Caller and protein wisdom
Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Geraldo Rivera: 'The Hoodie Is As Responsible For Trayvon Martin's Death As George Zimmerman'
Geraldo Rivera: 'The Hoodie Is As Responsible For Trayvon Martin's Death As George Zimmerman'
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BuzzFeed, Firedoglake, Opinion L.A., DISSENTING JUSTICE and Gothamist, more at Mediagazer »
Mj Lee / Politico:
Geraldo Rivera: Trayvon Martin killed due to ‘hoodie’
Geraldo Rivera: Trayvon Martin killed due to ‘hoodie’
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The Caucus, Taylor Marsh, Daily Kos, Hot Air and The Huffington Post
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Trayvon Martin Updates
Trayvon Martin Updates
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The Daily Caller, msnbc.com and Balloon Juice
Alex Wong / ABCNEWS:
As Santorum Fires Gun, Woman Shouts 'Pretend It's Obama' — WEST MONROE, Louisiana - At a campaign stop at a firing range, while Rick Santorum was firing off some rounds, a woman shouted, “pretend it's Obama.” — Santorum, who was far from the woman, couldn't hear the comment as he proceeded with his target practice.
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The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler, Outside the Beltway, Sister Toldjah, Hot Air and americanthinker.com
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Rasmussen Reports:
Wisconsin GOP: Romney, 46%, Santorum 33%, Paul 8%, Gingrich 7% — Mitt Romney holds a double-digit lead over Rick Santorum in Rasmussen Reports' first look at the Wisconsin Republican Primary race. — A new statewide telephone survey shows that 46% of Likely Republican Primary Voters …
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Washington Post, JSOnline, Hot Air, GOP 12 and Althouse
m.jsonline.com:
GOP frontrunner Romney talks Ryan, ‘Obamacare’ and drilling
GOP frontrunner Romney talks Ryan, ‘Obamacare’ and drilling
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The Maddow Blog, Ezra Klein and New York Magazine
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney Expands National GOP Lead
Romney Expands National GOP Lead
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Firedoglake, USA Today and Campaign 2012
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Romney leads by 14, hits key milestone in new national poll
Romney leads by 14, hits key milestone in new national poll
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Politico, Hot Air, CNN, The Huffington Post and Polling Matters
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Santorum: I'll Support Whoever Wins The GOP Nomination
Santorum: I'll Support Whoever Wins The GOP Nomination
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The Maddow Blog and Mother Jones
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
It's Not About the Law, Stupid — Forget precedent. Ignore Scalia's musings. Next week's health care argument before the Supreme Court is all about optics, politics, and public opinion. — Next week the Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Affordable Care Act, what many people know as Obamacare.
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
If Medicare Is OK, Obamacare Should Be Too
If Medicare Is OK, Obamacare Should Be Too
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Change of Subject and Swampland
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
INFOGRAPHIC: The Affordable Care Act Turns Two
INFOGRAPHIC: The Affordable Care Act Turns Two
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Ezra Klein, Daily Kos, Joe. My. God. and The Hill
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Newt: Why does Obama ‘behave the way that people would think’ he's Muslim? — POLITICO's Ginger Gibson reports: … Gingrich frequently talks about how the media won't let him elevate the discourse to the “big ideas” and serious issues.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Post, ThinkProgress and Washington Monthly
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Mollie Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich: ‘Elite Media’ Is Covering Up Obama's ‘Muslim Friends’
Newt Gingrich: ‘Elite Media’ Is Covering Up Obama's ‘Muslim Friends’
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mobile.nationaljournal.com, The Raw Story, rightwingwatch.org and Balloon Juice
Bloomberg:
MF Global's Corzine Ordered Funds Moved to JPMorgan, Memo Says — Jon S. Corzine, MF Global Holding Ltd. (MFGLQ)'s chief executive officer, gave “direct instructions” to transfer $200 million from a customer fund account to meet an overdraft in one of the brokerage's JPMorgan Chase & Co. …
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The Hill, New York Magazine, Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air, naked capitalism and The Raw Story
Washington Post:
Jim Yong Kim, Dartmouth College president, tapped by Obama to head World Bank — President Obama on Friday nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank, a move that would turn the organization over to a physician and development expert as opposed to the bankers …
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Ezra Klein, DownWithTyranny!, The New Republic, Outside the Beltway, Felix Salmon, The Enterprise Blog, Guardian and Dartmouth Now
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Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
College President Is Obama's Pick for World Bank Chief
College President Is Obama's Pick for World Bank Chief
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ThinkProgress, Associated Press, Brookings Institute, Guardian, Power Line, Daily Kos, Firedoglake, The Maddow Blog, The Lonely Conservative and The Lede
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
A Surprise World Bank Pick
A Surprise World Bank Pick
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Crooks and Liars, Balloon Juice and Suburban Guerrilla
Facebook:
Protecting Your Passwords and Your Privacy — In recent months, we've seen a distressing increase in reports of employers or others seeking to gain inappropriate access to people's Facebook profiles or private information. This practice undermines the privacy expectations and the security of both the user and the user's friends.
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The Huffington Post, TechCrunch, Techland, Mashable! and Guardian
Richard W. Stevenson / The Caucus:
After Palin, Expect a More Intense Vetting Process — Let's say you're moving steadily toward wrapping up the Republican presidential nomination and you allow yourself to begin thinking ahead to the question of a running mate. — Your party has a potentially devastating problem with Hispanic voters …
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Washington Monthly, Hot Air and Prairie Weather
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Santorum spokesman denies Obama-Ahmadinejad conflation in new ad — My conversation with Rick Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley about the new Santorum ad in which images of President Obama are interspersed with images of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:
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msnbc.com, The Other McCain, Ballot Box, Hot Air, Little Green Footballs and Pundit & Pundette
Telegraph:
Woman died after Muslim nurse refused to help as he was praying — An elderly woman was left on the floor at a care home for up to ten minutes because a nurse was praying, an inquest heard. — Alzheimer's sufferer Dorothy Griffiths, 87, was found sitting down after staff heard a bang …
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Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Toby Harnden / Daily Mail:
Top Republican says ‘Democrat front group’ is orchestrating illegal Rush Limbaugh robocalls — A top Republican official has accused Democrats of being behind a fresh wave of illegal robocalls made to voters across the country by a shadowy group calling itself ‘The Women of the 99 Percent’.
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