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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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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.
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Michelle Malkin, CNN, WLS-TV, americanthinker.com, Campaign 2012, TBogg and Weasel Zippers
Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Geraldo Rivera: 'The Hoodie Is As Responsible For Trayvon Martin's Death As George Zimmerman' — Geraldo Rivera stopped by Fox & Friends Friday morning, where he gave his take on the Trayvon Martin shooting — particularly on the hoodie the teen was wearing the night he was shot.
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Firedoglake, DISSENTING JUSTICE and Gothamist, more at Mediagazer »
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Trayvon Martin Updates — First, Sanford police chief Bill Lee is done—for now. — Second, here is an absolutely disgusting clip from Geraldo Rivera, who essentially blames Trayvon Martin's death on the fact that he was wearing a hoodie. In the rain:
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Washington Monthly
Mj Lee / Politico:
Geraldo Rivera: Trayvon Martin killed due to ‘hoodie’
Geraldo Rivera: Trayvon Martin killed due to ‘hoodie’
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Daily Kos and The Huffington Post
CNN:
Obama weighs in on Trayvon Martin
Obama weighs in on Trayvon Martin
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Mediaite, Hot Air, This Just In and National Review
CNN:
Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'
Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'
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BuzzFeed, Hullabaloo, Campaign 2012 and This Just In
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Obama Speaks Out on Trayvon Martin Killing
Obama Speaks Out on Trayvon Martin Killing
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TheBlaze.com, The Daily Caller, New York Times, Connecting.the.Dots, Althouse, The Lede and ACS Blog
Carrie Budoff Brown / Politico:
5 things Dems got wrong on health care — President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies thought their political assumptions were airtight during the yearlong battle to overhaul the health care system. — Voters would reward them, they thought, even if Democrats muscled a bill through without Republican support.
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CNN, New York Times, Hot Air, Balloon Juice, ABCNEWS and No More Mister Nice Blog
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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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American Prospect, Ezra Klein, The Huffington Post, ACS Blog and ThinkProgress
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Ineffective Greenhouse — A liberal legal legend's ludicrous ObamaCare defense. — Linda Greenhouse is something of an institution of legal journalism. She became the New York Times's Supreme Court correspondent in 1978. Thirty years later, when she accepted an early-retirement package …
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Don Surber, The Volokh Conspiracy, American Power, National Review, Hit & Run, RADAMISTO, Prairie Weather and Opinionator
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Obamacare: The reckoning — Obamacare dominated the 2010 midterms, driving its Democratic authors to a historic electoral shellacking. But since then, the issue has slipped quietly underground. — Now it's back, summoned to the national stage by the confluence of three disparate events …
Sarah Kliff / Ezra Klein:
Health reform at 2: Why American health care will never be the same
Health reform at 2: Why American health care will never be the same
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ThinkProgress, Washington Post and THEROOT.COM
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Santorum leads in LA and other notes... Rick Santorum is headed for a commanding win in Louisiana on Saturday. We find him with 42% to 28% for Mitt Romney, 18% for Newt Gingrich, 8% for Ron Paul, and 2% for Buddy Roemer. — It's interesting to look at these numbers in the context of last week's results in Alabama and Mississippi.
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Firedoglake, GOP 12, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Wall Street Journal, Politico, USA Today, Booman Tribune, The Atlantic Online, Guardian and JSOnline
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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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Hot Air, americanthinker.com and Taylor Marsh
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
Rick Santorum is getting grief — even from some of his supporters …
Rick Santorum is getting grief — even from some of his supporters …
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Hot Air, The Other McCain, Pundit & Pundette, Sister Toldjah, Erick's blog, The Right Scoop and American Spectator
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway:
Santorum: People May As Well Vote For Obama If Romney Is The Nominee
Santorum: People May As Well Vote For Obama If Romney Is The Nominee
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The Maddow Blog, msnbc.com, Mother Jones, ABCNEWS and Eunomia
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Health care takes center stage
First Thoughts: Health care takes center stage
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NPR, Washington Monthly and Wake up America
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Santorum up 14 points in latest Louisiana poll
Santorum up 14 points in latest Louisiana poll
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CNN, The Raw Story and Political Watch
John H. Cushman Jr / New York Times:
Dartmouth President Is Obama's Pick for World Bank — WASHINGTON - The White House on Friday named Jim Yong Kim, the president of Dartmouth College and a global health expert, as its nominee to lead the World Bank. — That makes Dr. Kim the frontrunner to take the helm …
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Power Line, Associated Press, Daily Kos, msnbc.com and The Maddow Blog
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Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
A Surprise World Bank Pick
A Surprise World Bank Pick
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Ezra Klein and Suburban Guerrilla
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
AP sources: Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank
AP sources: Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank
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Firedoglake, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Mashable!
Mike Allen / Politico:
Playbook: America's seniors
Playbook: America's seniors
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Economist, Political Watch and Daily Kos
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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Campaign 2012
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Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Richard Hanna, GOP Congressman, Tells Women To Give Their Money To Democrats … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Video, Equal Rights Amendment, GOP War On Women, Carolyn Maloney Equal Rights Amendment, Rep. Richard Hanna, Richard Hanna Equal Rights Amendment, Richard Hanna Women, Politics News
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The Hill, Citizen, The Raw Story and Taegan Goddard's …
Washington Post:
One word impressions of GOP candidates — Mitt Romney's campaign might take solace in the fact that “Mormon” is no longer the single most frequently mentioned one-word descriptor for the former Massachusetts governor, but they may bemoan its replacements atop the list: “no” and “rich”
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Taegan Goddard's … and Guardian
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.
New York Times:
U.S. Inches Toward Goal of Energy Independence — MIDLAND, Tex. — The desolate stretch of West Texas desert known as the Permian Basin is still the lonely domain of scurrying roadrunners by day and howling coyotes by night. But the roar of scores of new oil rigs and the distinctive acrid fumes …
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The Caucus, The Hill, ThinkProgress, CNNMoney.com, Green, Prairie Weather and InsideClimate News