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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 …
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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Orlando Sentinel, Ed Driscoll and 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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Washington Monthly and Runnin' Scared
ABCNEWS:
George Zimmerman on Police Surveillance — Tapes show neighborhood watchman on night of Trayvon Martin killing.
Trymaine Lee / The Huffington Post:
Trayvon Martin Case: Police Video Shows No Blood, Bruises On George Zimmerman After Killing
Trayvon Martin Case: Police Video Shows No Blood, Bruises On George Zimmerman After Killing
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Los Angeles Times, Colorlines, msnbc.com, Change of Subject, Salon and Wagist
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 and Newsy
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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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Political Memo: Whatever the Ruling in Health Case, Bipartisan Fallout — WASHINGTON — The law professor side of President Obama is highly intrigued by the Supreme Court hearings over the constitutionality of his health care law. He studied a summary of the arguments aboard Air Force …
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The Moderate Voice, Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, Prairie Weather, Hotline On Call and The Caucus
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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Washington Monthly, CNN, ThinkProgress, Politico, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, The Raw Story, Guardian, Washington Post, GOP 12, Hot Air and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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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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Politico, The PJ Tatler, CNN, americanthinker.com, The Moderate Voice, NY Daily News and The Hill
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Report: Gingrich and Romney held secret meeting
Report: Gingrich and Romney held secret meeting
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Wonkette, Shakesville and The Hill
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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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, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Prairie Weather and david-frum
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
0-414 vote: House clobbers budget proposal based on Obama's 2013 plan
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Firedoglake, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Brad DeLong, Politico, The Heritage Foundation and Conservatives4Palin
Quinnipiac University:
Brown Is 10 Points Up In Ohio Senate Race Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Women Back Democrat By 17 Points — With a commanding lead among women, Ohio U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, the Democratic incumbent, leads Republican challenger Josh Mandel 46 - 36 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
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Washington Wire, Hotline On Call and Campaign 2012
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Associated Press:
Obama outspends Republican campaigns by millions — CHICAGO (AP) — With Republicans locked in a contentious and expensive primary, President Barack Obama has spent a small fortune in recent months to build and maintain a campaign operation that is larger, more diverse and more focused …
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Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Early Outlook for the 2012 Congressional Elections: A Forecasting Perspective — In today's Crystal Ball, Alan Abramowitz — whose election models are among the best in the business — provides an early look at what they tell us about the race for the House and the Senate.
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Ezra Klein
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
GOP shifts to offense in highway bill fight
GOP shifts to offense in highway bill fight
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Firedoglake, ThinkProgress, Main Street and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*
Mark Perry / Foreign Policy:
Israel's Secret Staging Ground — U.S. officials believe that the Israelis have gained access to airbases in Azerbaijan. Does this bring them one step closer to a war with Iran? — In 2009, the deputy chief of mission of the U.S. embassy in Baku, Donald Lu, sent a cable …
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Israel Matzav, Outside the Beltway and Guardian
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Limbaugh sees heat over comments turn down to a simmer — View Photo Gallery — Rush Limbaugh is no stranger to controversial statements: A month after conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut,” the heat on him is fading.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Don Surber and HotAirPundit, more at Mediagazer »
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
WaPo: This Rush Limbaugh boycott has pretty much fizzled, huh?
WaPo: This Rush Limbaugh boycott has pretty much fizzled, huh?
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iOwnTheWorld.com, Associated Press, Mediaite and Michelle Malkin
hrc.org:
Rick Santorum Tells Boy Not to Use Pink Bowling Ball — Washington - At a campaign event at a bowling alley in Wisconsin today, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told a boy who reached for a pink bowling ball: “You're not gonna use the pink ball. We're not gonna let you do that. Not on camera.”
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ThinkProgress and Towleroad News #gay
JSOnline:
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