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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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The New Republic, Questions and Observations, Prairie Weather, The Mahablog and American Spectator
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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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ThinkProgress, Politico, Health Care at the High Court, Taylor Marsh and New York Magazine
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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Health Care at the High Court, The Maddow Blog, Law Blog 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, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Daily Kos and Feministing
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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The Raw Story
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, Hot Air, Associated Press, Don Surber, Campaign 2012, 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, News Desk, The Enterprise Blog, The Hill, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and Washington Monthly
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 and The Caucus
BuzzFeed:
Exclusive: Paul Ryan Will Endorse Romney
Exclusive: Paul Ryan Will Endorse Romney
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BuzzFeed, Scared Monkeys, The Other McCain, Business Insider and HotAirPundit
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan endorses Mitt Romney
Paul Ryan endorses Mitt Romney
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American Prospect, Booman Tribune, Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos
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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The Raw Story
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CNN:
Brother: Records will show self defense
Brother: Records will show self defense
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Althouse, Los Angeles Times, msnbc.com 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, Poynter, The Jawa Report and Weasel Zippers
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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Washington Post, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, The Hill and The BLT
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
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 …
John Yoo / Wall Street Journal:
What Conservative Legal Revolution?
What Conservative Legal Revolution?
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Hot Air and New York Times
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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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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The Lede, americanthinker.com, msnbc.com, Weasel Zippers, Gothamist, New York Magazine, Guardian and HotAirPundit
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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Mediaite and Business Insider
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
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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The PJ Tatler, Don Surber, alicublog, Betsy's Page, Pundit & Pundette and Connecting.the.Dots
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.
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland and NewsBusters.org
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 …
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
Norma Love / Associated Press:
NH House votes to ban abortion after 20 weeks — CONCORD, N.H.—For the fifth time in two weeks, the House passed a bill intended to restrict abortions in New Hampshire, voting Thursday to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. — Abortion providers would face felony charges punishable …
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ThinkProgress, Salon and LifeNews.com
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.
Discussion:
Political Insider and FishbowlDC
Adam Entous / Washington Wire:
Top General Bats Back a Challenge — Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, rebuffed suggestions by a top House Republican that American generals were not being truthful about Pentagon spending needs. … House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) …
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ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and CNN
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David Rogers / Politico:
Paul Ryan plan vote a devil's bargain?
Paul Ryan plan vote a devil's bargain?
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Washington Monthly, The Maddow Blog, Politicker, Jay Bookman, CNN, Capital New York and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*
David Brooks / New York Times:
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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Associated Press, The Huffington Post, The Moderate Voice, Economist's View, Dynamist and San Diego Reader