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A supreme shock for ‘La-La’ libs — The panicked reception in the mainstream media of the three-day Supreme Court health-care marathon is a delightful reminder of the nearly impenetrable parochialism of American liberals. — They're so convinced of their own correctness …
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Broccoli and Bad Faith — Nobody knows what the Supreme Court will decide with regard to the Affordable Care Act. But, after this week's hearings, it seems quite possible that the court will strike down the “mandate” — the requirement that individuals purchase health insurance — and maybe the whole law.
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The New Republic, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Prairie Weather, The Mahablog and American Spectator

GOP Ad Uses Doctored SCOTUS Audio — The GOP ad released online earlier this week makes it appear Solicitor General Donald Verrilli gave a worse presentation than he did, a Bloomberg News analysis of the ad and the court's official audio recording shows. The full story follows:
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Law Blog, SCOTUSblog, The Raw Story and Daily Kos

A stronger prescription for what ails health care — In arguments before the Supreme Court this week, the Obama administration might have done just enough to keep the Affordable Care Act from being ruled unconstitutional. Those who believe in limited government had better hope so, at least.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Pirate's Cove, Daily Kos and Feministing


If Obamacare is overturned, will that lead to single payer? And would that be a good thing?
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ThinkProgress, Marginal Revolution and The Daily Dish

Overconfidence: the fatal flaw
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Taylor Marsh


Exclusive: Paul Ryan Will Endorse Romney — A source tells BuzzFeed the Budget Chairman's staff told Rick Santorum he'll back the frontrunner. — (Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla) — Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the icon of the anti-spending movement in the Republican Party …
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The Other McCain, BuzzFeed and HotAirPundit
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NBC/Marist Poll: Romney leads in Wisconsin primary — In the upcoming Wisconsin primary, billed as perhaps the final opportunity to change the trajectory of the Republican presidential contest, frontrunner Mitt Romney leads Rick Santorum by seven percentage points, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll.
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Taegan Goddard's …

Paul Ryan: 'We don't think the generals are giving us their true advice' on budget
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CNN, Politico, Mother Jones and Washington Monthly

Rep. Paul Ryan's budget passed by the House with 10 Republican defections
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Ballot Box, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Hot Air, Daily Kos, Indecision Forever and Washington Free Beacon


White Supremacist Hacks Trayvon Martin's Email Account, Leaks Messages Online — The racist smear campaign against Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teen shot to death last month in Florida, has reached a new level of ghoulishness. A white supremacist hacker says he's broken into Martin's email …
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Riehl World View, Mediaite, Riptide 2.0, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, Colorlines and Little Green Footballs
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Bruce and Trayvon: American Skin
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MiamiHerald.com, Examiner, ThinkProgress and Feministe

‘Extra’ Exclusive: Oprah Winfrey Sounds-Off on Trayvon Martin Tragedy
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Weasel Zippers, EURweb, Los Angeles Times, Gothamist and Change of Subject

Palin Believes Obama Orchestrated Martin Remarks
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Hot Air, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Weasel Zippers, Little Green Footballs and Conservatives4Palin


ROSEANNE TWEETS ADDRESS OF ZIMMERMAN'S PARENTS - UPDATE: BARR THREATENS TO GO TO HOUSE — In the story below this update, Roseanne seems to express some remorse over Tweeting the address of Zimmerman's parents. — But here's a fairly recent tweet where she threatens to re-tweet “his address again” and “maybe go 2 hs house myself”:
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The Smoking Gun, Scared Monkeys, The Jawa Report, NewsBusters.org and Weasel Zippers
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Trayvon Martin: Spike Lee settles with family forced to flee home
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The Lede, Weasel Zippers and msnbc.com

Trayvon Martin aftermath video casts doubt on George Zimmerman's account
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The New Republic, Gothamist, Truthdig, New York Magazine and HotAirPundit


John Kerry: They're swiftboating Obama — Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) has lent his name to a fundraising solicitation that raises the specter of millionaires and billionaires funding an outside effort against President Obama. — “When I was the Democratic nominee for president in one of the closest …
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Weasel Zippers and CNN


Conservatives versus Science: A New Scientific Validation of the Republican War on Science (and Republican Brain) Thesis — UPDATE: The paper discussed below is downloadable here. — For a while now, I've been aware of a powerful new paper that directly tests the central argument …
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Crooked Timber, Mother Jones, Los Angeles Times and ThinkProgress
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A Moderate Conservative Dilemma — Nathan Fletcher was raised in Arkansas, played college baseball in California and enlisted in the Marines as a reserve in 1997. He saw combat in 2004, based in the Sunni Triangle in Iraq. — One day Fletcher's unit went to relieve a convoy and was …
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The Huffington Post, Associated Press, The Moderate Voice, Economist's View, Dynamist and San Diego Reader


Justice Department dropped case charging threats to Barack Obama — The Justice Department has quietly given up on a criminal case involving alleged death threats against Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign, leaving in place a legal precedent that the department's own lawyers predicted …

Un-Godly liars: the Catholic Bishops should just run for office if they want to be politicians — Un-Godly liars — I suspect that most of the smart Jesuits I've known in my life would weep to hear this drivel: … That's going to come as a hell of a surprise to the founders of this country.
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The Confluence and Newshoggers.com
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Haley indictment imminent? Stay tuned... Two well-placed legal experts have independently told Palmetto Public Record they expect the U.S. Department of Justice to issue an indictment against South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on charges of tax fraud as early as this week.

Israelis Suspect Obama Media Leaks to Prevent Strike on Iran — JERUSALEM - Two reports today about Iran's nuclear program and the possibility of an Israeli military strike have analysts in Israel accusing the Obama administration leaking information to pressure Israel not to bomb Iran …
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Angry Black Lady Chronicles, Theo Spark and Foreign Policy


Canada Eliminates Penny Costing Penny-and-a-Half to Make — Canada will withdraw the penny from circulation this year, saving taxpayers about C$11 million ($11 million) annually and forcing retailers to round prices to the nearest nickel, the government announced in its budget today.
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Hot Air, Outside the Beltway and JSOnline