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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, WLS-TV, Campaign 2012, Weasel Zippers and americanthinker.com
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 »
CNN:
Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon' — Sanford, Florida (CNN) — President Barack Obama waded into the growing national controversy of the killing of an unarmed black teenager in Florida, saying the nation should do some “soul-searching to figure out how something like this happens.”
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Hullabaloo, BuzzFeed, Campaign 2012 and This Just In
Mj Lee / Politico:
Geraldo Rivera: Trayvon Martin killed due to ‘hoodie’ — Fox News host Geraldo Rivera said Friday he would “bet money” that Trayvon Martin wouldn't have been fatally shot by a neighborhood watch captain if the teenager hadn't been wearing a hoodie and he called on parents to stop their kids from going out in public dressed that way.
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Daily Kos and The Huffington Post
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, No More Mister Nice Blog, ABCNEWS and Balloon Juice
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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, Opinionator and Prairie Weather
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, Politico, Booman Tribune, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Atlantic Online, Guardian and JSOnline
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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 Daily Caller, Hot Air, ABCNEWS, Eunomia and Mother Jones
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Santorum: Might As Well Have Obama Over Romney
Santorum: Might As Well Have Obama Over Romney
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The Hill, GOP 12, Sister Toldjah, americanthinker.com, The Agonist and New York Magazine
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Health care takes center stage
First Thoughts: Health care takes center stage
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NPR, Business Week and Prairie Weather
NBC's Andrew Rafferty / msnbc.com:
Santorum: GOP better off with Obama than ‘Etch A Sketch’ Republican
Santorum: GOP better off with Obama than ‘Etch A Sketch’ Republican
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Washington Monthly, FiveThirtyEight, National Review, BuzzFeed, today.yougov.com News, Power Line, The Reaction, American Spectator, Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, Rumproast, ABCNEWS, The Other McCain, Bloomberg, Hullabaloo, CJR, Politico, Hotline On Call, Guardian, Ballot Box and Rasmussen Reports
Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Santorum suggests Obama preferable to ‘Etch-A-Sketch’ Romney
Santorum suggests Obama preferable to ‘Etch-A-Sketch’ Romney
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msnbc.com, Erick's blog, Don Surber, Campaign 2012, BuzzFeed, Shakesville, Mediaite, CNN and Bangor Daily News, more at Mediagazer »
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
AP sources: Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will nominate Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank, a surprise pick for the international financial institution's top job, senior administration officials said.
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Washington Post, Firedoglake, Los Angeles Times and Mashable!
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Don Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Obama nominates Dartmouth's Jim Yong Kim to be World Bank chief
Obama nominates Dartmouth's Jim Yong Kim to be World Bank chief
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ThinkProgress, Ezra Klein, Outside the Beltway and Booman Tribune
Mike Allen / Politico:
Playbook: America's seniors
Playbook: America's seniors
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Economist, Political Watch and Daily Kos
Maureen O'Connor / Gawker:
James O'Keefe's Panty-Stealing ‘Rape Barn’ Sex Scandal — It's a right-wing rabble-rouser showdown! Jazz-handed pimp impersonator James O'Keefe is at “#WAR” with a former Project Veritas colleague who is now blogging an O'Keefe tell-all involving stolen panties, drugged beers, a “rape barn …
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IvyGate
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Former James O'Keefe ‘Accomplice’ Reveals ‘Barn Incident’ And Harassment Complaint
Former James O'Keefe ‘Accomplice’ Reveals ‘Barn Incident’ And Harassment Complaint
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Patterico's Pontifications, Firedoglake, NADIA NAFFE, Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite:
Pres. Obama To Heckler: 'You Can Hold Your Own Rally. You're Being Rude' — During a rally Ohio State University on Thursday, President Obama's speech about energy was interrupted by a heckler. Pausing, Obama directly addressed the man, asking him not to interrupt. “You're being rude,” he said.
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CBS News
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Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Obama heckled during energy speech in Ohio
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 Hill, ThinkProgress, The Caucus, CNNMoney.com, Green, Prairie Weather and InsideClimate News
Baltimore Sun:
Individual mandate is constitutional — Supreme Court should find that key aspect of Obama's signature law is a legitimate exercise of Commerce Clause power — On Monday, the Supreme Court will commence a nearly unprecedented six hours of oral argument concerning the constitutionality …
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Balkinization
Barbara / The News Star:
Teacher fired after claims 3rd-graders had sex — Madison super tackles issues in classrooms — A Tallulah Elementary School teacher was dismissed after she was in the classroom while two third-graders were reportedly having oral sex under a table. A Madison Parish High School teacher …
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The Raw Story
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