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BuzzFeed:
Why The Supreme Court Will Overturn ObamaCare — A fantasy mansion, and a locked room. — Via: Shutterstock.com — A conservative lawyer explained the logic for overturning ObamaCare as lucidly as I've heard, and on the condition of anonymity. — “The court is going to find …
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Washington Monthly and Ezra Klein
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CNN:
Romney: I speak with Gingrich more than Santorum — (CNN) - Mitt Romney, making a post-Easter appearance on the radio show of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, said he was in touch with rival Newt Gingrich more often than Rick Santorum, despite Santorum's advantage in the delegate count.
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Pundits Blog, Fox News, Hot Air and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Why Ron Paul matters more than Newt Gingrich
Why Ron Paul matters more than Newt Gingrich
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Washington Monthly, Associated Press and Politico
Josh Hicks / Associated Press:
Obama's selective memory of Supreme Court history
Obama's selective memory of Supreme Court history
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ThinkProgress, News Corpse, ACS Blog and Washington Post
David Axelrod / CNN:
TRENDING: Grassley calls Obama ‘stupid’ on Twitter
TRENDING: Grassley calls Obama ‘stupid’ on Twitter
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The Other McCain, TheGazette and The New Republic
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Obama levels straight shots at Supreme Court and Ryan budget
Obama levels straight shots at Supreme Court and Ryan budget
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Balkinization, msnbc.com and Daily Kos
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Minority Report — A photo of Obama's “army” originally posted on the campaign's Tumblr site and run in conjunction with a BuzzFeed story on the Obama campaign reveals a stunning lack of diversity among the president's Chicago staff. — The Obama campaign's Chicago headquarters has it all …
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americanthinker.com
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Barack Obama Campaign Attacks Mitt Romney Over Swiss Bank Account … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Mitt Romney, Video, Barack Obama Tax Returns, Dick Durbin, Mitt Romney Tax Returns, Obama Tax Returns, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney Bank Account, Mitt Romney Swiss Bank Account, Romney Bank Account …
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BuzzFeed and New York Magazine
BuzzFeed:
It's “Game On” In Chicago — One year in, the Obama campaign unleashes itself on America. Confident, cool, digitally dynamic. But are they getting cocky? — Amy Sly for BuzzFeed — CHICAGO, Ill. — On the evening of April 4, campaign manager Jim Messina gathered more than 300 staffers …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Obama campaign: Romney ‘looks out for people just like him’
Obama campaign: Romney ‘looks out for people just like him’
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Reuters
Mark Judge / The Daily Caller:
The end of my white guilt — My white guilt died on Good Friday, April 6, 2012. That was the day my bike got stolen. — I was at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., for the Stations of the Cross — the pre-Easter Catholic ritual of recounting the events …
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Hoopster In Chief Puts Own Image on Ball — Using a special basketball festooned with his own image, President Obama shot some hoop today with former NBA players, Harlem Globetrotters and kids attending the White House Easter Egg Hunt. — The “Shoot for Strength” activity took place …
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Mediaite and HotAirPundit
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama misses 7 baskets before he makes one
Obama misses 7 baskets before he makes one
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The POH Diaries and Weasel Zippers
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Gay Couple Makes Case For Nondiscrimination Order At White House Egg Roll
Gay Couple Makes Case For Nondiscrimination Order At White House Egg Roll
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Poliglot and Towleroad News #gay
Associated Press:
Special prosecutor: Won't take Trayvon Martin death to grand jury, still investigating — ORLANDO, Fla. — Special prosecutor Angela Corey said Monday she will not take the Trayvon Martin shooting death before a grand jury. — Corey said she continues to investigate the case and will not involve …
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JustOneMinute, Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway, NewsHounds blog, TalkLeft and Taylor Marsh
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Helping the Poor is Now Apparently Anti-Bible — I see that fellow Orange Countian Rick Warren — he of Saddleback megachurch and Purpose Driven Life fame — is in the news again. He was on ABC's This Week yesterday, and Jake Tapper asked him what he thought about President Obama's suggestion …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, Washington Monthly and Religion Dispatches
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Limbaugh to Leave AM Station in Philadelphia — “The Rush Limbaugh Show” is leaving the dominant conservative talk radio station in Philadelphia, one of the biggest radio markets in the country. — In its place on the station, WPHT, will go “The Michael Smerconish Show,” hosted by Mr. Smerconish, a native of the city.
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ThinkProgress, Mediaite and Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!, more at Mediagazer »
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Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
Rush Limbaugh: If There Is A War On Women, Obama Is The Generalissimo
Rush Limbaugh: If There Is A War On Women, Obama Is The Generalissimo
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Crooks and Liars and Indecision Forever
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: George Zimmerman Launches Website, Features Vandalized Black Cultural Center — According to NBC News correspondent Mara Schiavocampo, George Zimmerman has launched a new website: … On the website — therealgeorgezimmerman.com — Zimmerman solicits donations to support his “living expenses and legal defense.”
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Little Green Footballs, msnbc.com, The Moderate Voice, CNN, Gawker, Mediaite and The Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Brendan Smialowski / Rolling Stone:
Why Obama's JOBS Act Couldn't Suck Worse — Boy, do I feel like an idiot. I've been out there on radio and TV in the last few months saying that I thought there was a chance Barack Obama was listening to the popular anger against Wall Street that drove the Occupy movement …
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Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, Guardian and Hullabaloo
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Sonia Sotomayor Is Our Country's First Disabled Supreme Court Justice — Over at the Plum Line, Jonathan Bernstein riffs off a White House infographic on judicial appointments to remind us that although the Senate has been pretty obstructionist when it comes to confirming judges …
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Mediaite, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, The Volokh Conspiracy and New York Magazine
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Wisconsin State Senator Says Women Are Paid Less Because ‘Money Is More Important For Men’ — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) quietly repealed his state's equal pay law last week, a decision that will make it harder for victims of wage discrimination to sue for lost earnings and back wages.
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Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, Indecision Forever, Feministing, Chicagoist and Dependable Renegade
Sam Baker / The Hill:
White House has diverted $500M to IRS to implement healthcare law — The Obama administration is quietly diverting roughly $500 million to the IRS to help implement the president's healthcare law. — The money is only part of the IRS's total implementation spending, and it is being provided outside the normal appropriations process.
Jared Bernstein / On the Economy:
WaPo WAY Off on Social Security — I was about to go after Robert Samuelson's terribly misleading attack on Social Security this AM—it has become welfare!...FDR would hate it!—when it occurred to me that this is just the type of spurious attack the drives Dean Baker nuts …
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Paul Krugman
BREITBART.COM:
O'KEEFE VOTER FRAUD INVESTIGATION: YOUNG MAN OFFERED HOLDER'S BALLOT — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has declared that there is no proof that in-person voter fraud is a problem. He's about to see proof that even he can't deny. — In a new video provided to Breitbart.com …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Gullible Center — So, can we talk about the Paul Ryan phenomenon? — And yes, I mean the phenomenon, not the man. Mr. Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee and the principal author of the last two Congressional Republican budget proposals, isn't especially interesting.
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Zimmerman family challenges Holder on New Black Panthers, says no arrests ‘based solely on your race’ — In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday, obtained exclusively by The Daily Caller, a family member of George Zimmerman asked the nation's top law enforcement officer …
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Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, Nice Deb and Michelle Malkin
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
The Myth of America's Decline — Washington now has added China, India, Brazil and Turkey to its speed-dial, along with Europe and Japan. But it will remain the chairman of a larger board. — The world balance of power is changing. Countries like China, India, Turkey and Brazil are heard …
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National Review and Via Meadia
CBS News:
“Face the Nation” transcript: April 8, 2012 — CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN: No, I don't think so at all. I think— I think politics, just like business, just like education, just like art, just like culture, only benefits when— when— when religion, when morals, when faith has a place there.
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Weasel Zippers and Campaign 2012
Geoffrey Kabaservice / The New Republic:
How Democrats Are Complicit in the Republican War Against Women — The Republican Party's alleged “war” against women is fast emerging as a major trope of the 2012 elections. And the charge is largely true: As the GOP has become increasingly conservative, so too has it become increasingly hostile …
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Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog and News Desk