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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
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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Washington Monthly, EconLog, Don Surber, Questions and Observations, Prairie Weather, The Mahablog and American Spectator
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
News Analysis: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy May Be Key to Health Law Ruling — WASHINGTON — The way to frame a Supreme Court argument meant to persuade Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is to talk about liberty. It is his touchstone and guiding principle, and his conception of liberty is likely …
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The Huffington Post, USA Today, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Althouse and The BLT
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
The RNC shoots itself in the mouth — Opponents of the Affordable Care Act and the Obama Administration really could not have had a better week. They did a tremendous job framing their constitutional argument against the statute to the public, the lawyers on their side were brilliant …
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Ballot Box, The Maddow Blog, Health Care at the High Court, Law Blog, The Raw Story and Daily Kos
Bloomberg:
Republicans Tampered With Court Audio in Obama Attack Ad — A Republican Party Internet advertisement altered the audio of U.S. Supreme Court (1000L) oral arguments in an attack on President Barack Obama's health-care law. — In a web ad circulated this week, the Republican National Committee excerpts …
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Politico, ThinkProgress, Health Care at the High Court, Taylor Marsh and New York Magazine
Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress:
Michele Bachmann Thinks People ‘Choose’ To Not Have Health Insurance, Not Because They Can't Afford It
Michele Bachmann Thinks People ‘Choose’ To Not Have Health Insurance, Not Because They Can't Afford It
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Wonkette and The Raw Story
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
A stronger prescription for what ails health care
A stronger prescription for what ails health care
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Pirate's Cove, Daily Kos, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Feministing
John Yoo / Wall Street Journal:
What Conservative Legal Revolution?
What Conservative Legal Revolution?
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Hot Air and New York Times
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
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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Firedoglake, Associated Press, Don Surber, Campaign 2012, Hot Air, Newsy and americanthinker.com
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Paul Ryan: Why I'm backing Mitt Romney — Rep. Paul Ryan threw his support behind Mitt Romney on Friday, hailing him as the “best person to beat the president” and warning that the Republican primary needs to come to an end soon. — “Who will make the best president?
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CNN, The Maddow Blog, Jay Bookman, News Desk, The Enterprise Blog, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Washington Monthly and Mother Jones
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Gingrich: Ryan endorsement ‘a great achievement’ for Romney
Gingrich: Ryan endorsement ‘a great achievement’ for Romney
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CNN, The Maddow Blog, Guardian and Washington Post
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan endorses Mitt Romney
Paul Ryan endorses Mitt Romney
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American Prospect, Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway, Booman Tribune and ABCNEWS
Marist Poll:
3/30: Romney Leads Santorum by 7 Points in Wisconsin
3/30: Romney Leads Santorum by 7 Points in Wisconsin
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The New Republic, The Caucus and Indecision Forever
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Romney Supporters Yearning for the Personal Side
Romney Supporters Yearning for the Personal Side
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Washington Post, Daily Kos, ABCNEWS, The Caucus and American Prospect
NY Daily News:
George Zimmerman lost job as party security guard for being too aggressive, ex-co-worker says — Zimmerman at center of firestorm for fatally shooting unarmed teen Trayvon Martin last month — Trayvon Martin was shot along a dark walkway just behind Cheryl Brown's apartment while her son Austin …
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CNN:
Brother: Medical records will prove George Zimmerman's story
Brother: Medical records will prove George Zimmerman's story
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The Other McCain, Los Angeles Times, Althouse and This Just In
Robert Mackey / The Lede:
Bloggers Cherry-Pick From Social Media to Cast Trayvon Martin as a Menace
Bloggers Cherry-Pick From Social Media to Cast Trayvon Martin as a Menace
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Sister Toldjah, Naked Politics, A plain blog about politics, Shakesville, Gawker, Poynter, The Jawa Report, Weasel Zippers and Riptide 2.0
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Roseanne Barr Joins Twitter Vigilante Crew — Star tweeted home address of George Zimmerman's parents — The comedian Roseanne Barr last night tweeted the home address of George Zimmerman's parents to her 110,000-plus Twitter followers, only to delete the posting after “not fully understanding that it was private not public.”
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Taylor Marsh, The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler, NewsBusters.org and Weasel Zippers
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Associated Press:
Spike Lee settles with elderly couple over misguided George Zimmerman tweet
Spike Lee settles with elderly couple over misguided George Zimmerman tweet
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Althouse, Mediaite and Business Insider
Michael Muskal / Los Angeles Times:
Trayvon Martin: Spike Lee settles with family forced to flee home
Trayvon Martin: Spike Lee settles with family forced to flee home
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americanthinker.com, The Lede, Weasel Zippers, msnbc.com, Gothamist, New York Magazine and Guardian
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
ROSEANNE TWEETS ADDRESS OF ZIMMERMAN'S PARENTS - UPDATE: BARR THREATENS TO GO TO HOUSE
ROSEANNE TWEETS ADDRESS OF ZIMMERMAN'S PARENTS - UPDATE: BARR THREATENS TO GO TO HOUSE
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Scared Monkeys and The Jawa Report
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Chart of the Day: Conservatives Don't Trust Science — A new study by Gordon Gauchat takes a look at public trust in science and finds that it's unchanged over the past few decades for most groups. The one exception is conservatives, whose trust in science has plummeted:
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The Maddow Blog and Paul Krugman
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Chris Mooney / DeSmogBlog:
Conservatives versus Science: A New Scientific Validation of the Republican War on Science (and Republican Brain) Thesis
Conservatives versus Science: A New Scientific Validation of the Republican War on Science (and Republican Brain) Thesis
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Hullabaloo, Crooked Timber, Los Angeles Times, ThinkProgress and Mother Jones
Liz Goodwin / Associated Press:
Study: Trust in science among educated conservatives plunges
Study: Trust in science among educated conservatives plunges
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US Politics and Hullabaloo
Gina Smith / The State:
SC governor denies she is tied to tax probe — Gov. Nikki Haley vehemently denied Thursday that she is in any way connected to a 2011 tax audit of the Sikh temple in Chapin where her parents are leaders. — “It is flat out not true,” Haley said of speculation that has swirled around …
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Politico, Washington Monthly, FITSNews, The Hill, The PJ Tatler, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Palmetto Public Record
Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
A clinic's landlord turns the tables on anti-abortion protesters — Ricky Carioti/THE WASHINGTON POST - Todd Stave at his home in Rockville, Md. Stave founded a group, Voice for Choice to turn the tables on the anti-abortion protesters harassing his family. The group now has about three thousand volunteers.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Jezebel and NewsBusters.org
Wall Street Journal:
Not-So-Smooth Operator — Obama increasingly comes across as devious and dishonest. — Something's happening to President Obama's relationship with those who are inclined not to like his policies. They are now inclined not to like him. His supporters would say, “Nothing new there,” but actually I think there is.
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Don Surber, alicublog, The PJ Tatler, Betsy's Page, Connecting.the.Dots and Pundit & Pundette
BBC:
Diane Hill seriously burned pouring petrol in kitchen — The woman was treated by paramedics at the house in Moorgate, York — A woman suffered 40% burns when petrol ignited as she was decanting it in her kitchen in York with the cooker on. — Diane Hill, 46, was pouring petrol …
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Guardian
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Biden: I don't want ‘real job...you have to produce’ — Vice President Joe Biden offered a frank assessment of his career in remarks at a Democratic fundraiser in Chicago Thursday night. According to a White House pool report, Biden, surrounded by the city's movers and shakers …
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Michelle Malkin and ABCNEWS
Tim Mak / Politico:
C-SPAN hammers Sen. Saxby Chambliss — C-SPAN unloaded Friday on Sen. Saxby Chambliss after he charged that its televised proceedings of Congress were responsible for the partisan rancor in the Senate, pointing out the Georgia Republican had appeared on the network 599 times.
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Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Willful Ignorance — This, from YouGov, tells you everything you need to know about contemporary race relations in a single, compact chart: — For 66 percent of white Americans to agree with this statement—"Irish, Italian, Jewish, and many other minorities overcame prejudice and worked their way up.
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Shakesville
Jake Shermanand Anna Palmer / Politico:
Republicans retreat on gay marriage — Just a few years ago, House Republicans were trying to etch their opposition of gay marriage into the Constitution. — Now? They're almost silent. — It's been one of the swiftest shifts in ideology and strategy for Republicans, as they've come nearly full circle on same-sex politics.