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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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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.
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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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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Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
MSNBC's Karen Finney Smears: Racism of Limbaugh Had ‘Lethal Consequences’ in Killing of Teen — MSNBC analyst and Democratic strategist Karen Finney disgustingly smeared Rush Limbaugh and several Republican presidential candidates on Thursday, charging that the racist hate of these conservatives had …
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BuzzFeed:
Romney, Santorum Comment On Trayvon Martin
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Geraldo Rivera: 'The Hoodie Is As Responsible For Trayvon Martin's Death As George Zimmerman'
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Trayvon Martin Updates
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Geraldo Rivera: Trayvon Martin killed due to ‘hoodie’
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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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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney Expands National GOP Lead — Now leads Santorum by double digits — PRINCETON, NJ — Mitt Romney's national support among Republican voters has surged in recent days, coincident with his decisive victory in the Illinois primary and a prominent endorsement from Jeb Bush.
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Firedoglake, USA Today and Campaign 2012
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney Conversing In French
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Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Romney leads by 14, hits key milestone in new national poll
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Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
Rick Santorum is getting grief — even from some of his supporters …
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Santorum: I'll Support Whoever Wins The GOP Nomination
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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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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Ineffective Greenhouse — A liberal legal legend's ludicrous ObamaCare defense.
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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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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Mollie Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich: ‘Elite Media’ Is Covering Up Obama's ‘Muslim Friends’
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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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Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
A Surprise World Bank Pick
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Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
College President Is Obama's Pick for World Bank Chief
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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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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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BuzzFeed:
Obama Uses The Same Patronizing Line On Many, Many Foreign Leaders — Denmark's Thomas Buch-Andersen thought it was kind of sweet that Obama said his country “punches above its weight.” Then he realized that the president was saying the same thing to pretty much everyone. — BuzzFeed Politics
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Arlen Specter's Memoir: The Five Steamiest Passages … REACT: — FOLLOW: — WASHINGTON — Arlen Specter, the former senator who served Pennsylvania for 30 years, is out with a new memoir that laments the loss of comity in the U.S. Senate, calls for televised oral arguments …
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Peter Allen / Daily Mail:
Outrage as teacher tells pupils to hold a minute's silence for Toulouse terrorist who killed seven because he was ‘victim of an unhappy childhood’ — Hundreds of people participated in a minute of silence to Merah's victims today at Capitol square in Toulouse
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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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