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Valerie Boey / Orlando and Central Florida News …:
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Zimmerman interview — LAKE MARY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - For the first time since that fateful night on February 26, the father of a neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager sat down for a television interview. — Robert Zimmerman …
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Frances Martel / Mediaite:
New Police Video Shows George Zimmerman Unscathed On Night Of Trayvon Martin Shooting — ABC News has obtained exclusive video of Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman on the night he shot the Florida teenager, speaking to police. While there is no audio, the video is key evidence …
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JustOneMinute, Pirate's Cove, Riehl World View, American Power, Examiner, The Hinterland Gazette, National Review and The Caucus
Dan Riehl / BREITBART.COM:
BLAME PALIN? ‘KILL ZIMMERMAN’ TWITTER ACCOUNT LAUNCHED — Barack Obama has remained silent as the usual suspects have been busy stirring up hate aimed at George Zimmerman, the Florida Hispanic involved in the shooting death of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin. Now the anger has taken a new twist …
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americanthinker.com
CBS News:
Bloomberg: We don't need vigilantes — (CBS News) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that Florida's so-called “Stand Your Ground” law which allows those who feel threatened to use deadly force against a would be attacker is counterproductive to keeping members of the community safe.
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Runnin' Scared
ABCNEWS:
George Zimmerman on Police Surveillance
George Zimmerman on Police Surveillance
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HLNtv.com, Examiner, New York Magazine, Mediaite, msnbc.com, The Lede, The Daily Caller, iOwnTheWorld.com, Little Green Footballs, The Impolitic, EURweb and Gawker
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trayvon Martin: The 5 Key Unanswered Questions
Trayvon Martin: The 5 Key Unanswered Questions
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The Atlantic Online, Feministing, Mediaite, The Mahablog, WWBT-TV, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Hullabaloo and The Hinterland Gazette
Matt Gutman / ABCNEWS:
Trayvon Martin Video Shows No Blood or Bruises on George Zimmerman
Trayvon Martin Video Shows No Blood or Bruises on George Zimmerman
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Gothamist, Examiner, msnbc.com and BuzzFeed, more at Mediagazer »
Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:
Trayvon Martin: Couple who fled home after Spike Lee tweet hires Morgan firm
Trayvon Martin: Couple who fled home after Spike Lee tweet hires Morgan firm
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nation.foxnews.com, Ed Driscoll, The Hinterland Gazette, Riehl World View and The Raw Story
The Christian / Christian Science Monitor:
New police video casts doubt on George Zimmerman injuries
New police video casts doubt on George Zimmerman injuries
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Washington Post, MiamiHerald.com and The Reaction
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
George Zimmerman's Father Relates George's Account of Encounter
George Zimmerman's Father Relates George's Account of Encounter
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JustOneMinute
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Rasmussen does a poll on whether Zimmerman is guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin.
Rasmussen does a poll on whether Zimmerman is guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin.
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Connecting.the.Dots, Rasmussen Reports, The Caucus, Outside the Beltway and Bloomberg
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Gingrich says no deal after a secret talk with Romney — Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich met secretly with GOP rival Mitt Romney on Saturday, according to a source close to the campaign, but the former House speaker says he has made no deal to end his bid for the GOP nomination.
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Jay Firestone / jewishjournal.com:
Sheldon Adelson on Newt: 'He's at the end of his line' — Sheldon Adelson, who with wife Miri, has given more than $15 million to the Newt Gingrich Super PAC Winning Our Future, said Monday he believes Gingrich is “at the end of his line” regarding the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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ThinkProgress, Politico, Washington Post, Hot Air, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Hill
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Santorum's last chance (really, this is it) — Upcoming Wisconsin primary is shaping up to be Santorum's last chance.... White House more optimistic about its chances with the Supreme Court (at least compared with yesterday)... Romney's dog-bites-man endorsements …
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Washington Examiner and Politico
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Top super-PAC donor Adelson says Gingrich ‘at the end of his line’ — Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who has been the primary source of funding for Winning Our Future, the super-PAC supporting Newt Gingrich, said the candidate is “at the end of his line” on Wednesday.
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Los Angeles Times, GOP 12, NY Daily News and The Hill
Michael O'Brien / msnbc.com:
Rubio endorses Romney for president
Rubio endorses Romney for president
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Crooks and Liars, MiamiHerald.com, Riptide 2.0, Weasel Zippers, Michelle Malkin, The Maddow Blog, Washington Post and The Hill
Marco Rubio / CNN:
TRENDING: Rubio endorses Romney, argues GOP should ‘come together’
TRENDING: Rubio endorses Romney, argues GOP should ‘come together’
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, americanthinker.com, Politico and The Hill
CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama leads Romney and Santorum in November showdowns
CNN Poll: Obama leads Romney and Santorum in November showdowns
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americanthinker.com, Hot Air, Politico, Liberal Values, Conservatives4Palin and msnbc.com
Paul D. Shinkman / WTOP.com:
Gingrich: Like a struggling sports team, I'm not quitting
Gingrich: Like a struggling sports team, I'm not quitting
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News Desk, FiveThirtyEight, Politico, Los Angeles Times, The Hill and Daily Kos
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Judicial activists in the Supreme Court — Three days of Supreme Court arguments over the health-care law demonstrated for all to see that conservative justices are prepared to act as an alternative legislature, diving deeply into policy details as if they were members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
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THE WESTERN EXPERIENCE, Right Wing News, US News, americanthinker.com, Slate, New York Times and SCOTUSblog
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Political Memo: Whatever the Ruling in Health Case, Bipartisan Fallout
Political Memo: Whatever the Ruling in Health Case, Bipartisan Fallout
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Washington Post, Hotline On Call, Prairie Weather and The Caucus
Sahil Kapur / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Dems Warn Of ‘Grave Damage’ To SCOTUS If ‘Obamacare’ Is Struck Down
TPMDC — Dems Warn Of ‘Grave Damage’ To SCOTUS If ‘Obamacare’ Is Struck Down
Dylan Byers / Politico:
CNN's Toobin discusses the Toobin factor
CNN's Toobin discusses the Toobin factor
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FishbowlDC, Business Week and NewsBusters.org
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
White House has no contingency plans if health law is tossed
White House has no contingency plans if health law is tossed
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New York Times, Weasel Zippers and Ezra Klein
Reid Cherlin / GQ:
Take It From Me: Defending Obamacare is Super-Hard
Take It From Me: Defending Obamacare is Super-Hard
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Don Surber, Ezra Klein and Mother Jones
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama budget defeated 414-0 — President Obama's budget was defeated 414-0 in the House late Wednesday, in a vote Republicans arranged to try to embarrass him and shelve his plan for the rest of the year. — The vote came as the House worked its way through its own fiscal year 2013 budget proposal …
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
0-414 vote: House clobbers budget proposal based on Obama's 2013 plan — The House on Wednesday night unanimously rejected an alternative budget proposal based on President Obama's 2013 budget plan, dispatching it in a 0-414 rout. — The vote came just hours after the White House cast …
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Washington Post, The Heritage Foundation, Politico and Conservatives4Palin
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Tony Scalia's Retirement Has Started Early — Here's the deal. I think Justice Antonin Scalia isn't even really trying any more. It's been clear for some time now that he's short-timing his job on the Supreme Court. The job bores him. All these inferior intellects coming before him.
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Balkinization
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservative Judicial Activists Run Amok — The joke is on you, judicial restraint. — Five years ago, Jeffrey Rosen wrote a startling essay in the New York Times Magazine, describing a radical turn of events that is being borne out before our eyes. In the piece, Rosen described the rise …
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American Prospect, Slate, The Maddow Blog, The Incidental Economist, Prairie Weather, Lawyers, Guns & Money and david-frum
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Supreme Court's Dark Vision of Freedom
The Supreme Court's Dark Vision of Freedom
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Politico, News Desk, Washington Free Beacon, The Caucus, Lawyers, Guns & Money, National Review and Business Insider
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
WaPo: This Rush Limbaugh boycott has pretty much fizzled, huh? — Team Boycott had an impressive run, though, no? Sure, they didn't get Clear Channel to pull him off the air. And only two radio stations nationwide dumped his show. And he lost “fewer than five” national sponsors by Media Matters's own admission.
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Mediaite and Michelle Malkin
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Limbaugh sees heat over comments turn down to a simmer
Limbaugh sees heat over comments turn down to a simmer
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Associated Press, Don Surber and HotAirPundit
JSOnline:
Romney gets flak over Wisconsin anecdote from long ago — Normal — false — false — false — EN-US — X-NONE — X-NONE — MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 — <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true" — DefSemiHidden="true" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Business Bets on the G.O.P. May Be Backfiring — WASHINGTON — Big business groups like the Chamber of Commerce spent millions of dollars in 2010 to elect Republican candidates running for the House. The return on investment has not always met expectations.
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Washington Monthly, Daniel W. Drezner, The Baseline Scenario and No More Mister Nice Blog