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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.
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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
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Washington Monthly
Mj Lee / Politico:
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
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Mediaite, Hot Air, Washington Post, This Just In and National Review
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Obama Speaks Out on Trayvon Martin Killing
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New York Times, Connecting.the.Dots, Prairie Weather, Althouse, The Lede, ACS Blog and The Raw Story
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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Sister Toldjah, americanthinker.com, Hot Air and Taylor Marsh
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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.
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
Rick Santorum is getting grief — even from some of his supporters — for saying we'd be better off sticking with Barack Obama. — The only problem is...he didn't say that. — Here's what Santorum actually said: … A few points... His argument is (and you can disagree with it) …
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GOP 12, Hot Air, The Hill, Outside the Beltway, msnbc.com, The Other McCain, Pundit & Pundette, Guardian, The Right Scoop and American Spectator
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum: ‘I would never vote for Barack Obama’
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The PJ Tatler, Political Watch and ABCNEWS
Wall Street Journal:
Kvetch A Sketch — Some advice for Mitt Romney on how to live down his reputation.
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Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, Eunomia and Hotline On Call
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Santorum up 14 points in latest Louisiana poll
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CNN and The Raw Story
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, Balloon Juice, ABCNEWS, Hot Air 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, ThinkProgress 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 …
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, National Review, American Power, Hit & Run and RADAMISTO
Sarah Kliff / Ezra Klein:
Health reform at 2: Why American health care will never be the same
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Washington Post, ThinkProgress and THEROOT.COM
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, Firedoglake, Crooks and Liars, Daily Kos, msnbc.com and The Maddow Blog
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Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
A Surprise World Bank Pick
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Ezra Klein and Suburban Guerrilla
Don Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Obama nominates Dartmouth's Jim Yong Kim to be World Bank chief
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ThinkProgress, Ezra Klein, The Gateway Pundit, Booman Tribune, Outside the Beltway and Washington Free Beacon
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
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
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Economist, Political Watch and Daily Kos
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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Billy Hallowell / TheBlaze.com:
FARRAKHAN TWEETS: ‘WHERE THERE IS NO JUSTICE, THERE WILL BE NO PEACE...LAW OF RETALIATION MAY...BE APPLIED’
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Weasel Zippers and The Moderate Voice
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Sharpton emcees racially-focused Sanford rally, warns against use of violence
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The Lonely Conservative, Atlas Shrugs and Instapundit
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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msnbc.com and Booman Tribune
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.
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, Taegan Goddard's … and The Raw Story
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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PRI, The Caucus, The Hill, CNNMoney.com, Green, ThinkProgress, Prairie Weather and InsideClimate News
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obama advisers debating gay marriage — Obama's top political advisers have held serious discussions with leading Democrats about the upsides and downsides of coming out for gay marriage before the fall election, a Democratic strategist who has discussed these matters directly with Obama's campaign inner circle tells me.
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