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Jonathan Mattise / Palm Beach Post:
Allen West hears cheers, jeers at town-hall meetings in Palm City, Jensen Beach — U.S. Rep. Allen West told about 90 largely supportive Palm City voters Tuesday that locally prioritized federal projects — such as the St. Lucie Inlet dredging — aren't going to matter if Washington officials don't address a mounting deficit.
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Allen West: I've ‘Heard’ 80 House Democrats Are Communist Party Members … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Allen West, Allen West Barack Obama, Allen West Communist Party, Allen West Democrats Commies, Politics News — WASHINGTON — As many as 80 House Democrats are communists, according to Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.).
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Rick Santorum / CNN:
Romney on Dems' ‘war on women’ — Wilmington, Del. (CNN) - As the Republican field winnowed Tuesday, Mitt Romney made an appeal to a voting bloc key to any candidate's success in November: women. — Though the day's headlines revolved around a decision by former Sen. Rick Santorum to suspend his campaign …
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Co-Founder Of NotMittRomney.Com's Reaction To Mitt Sewing Up The Nomination — Yesterday, Rick Santorum dropped out of the race. Theoretically, that should help Newt Gingrich, but he has already been talking like his campaign is over and he's bouncing a $500 check to Utah …
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The Gateway Pundit and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
CNN:
TRENDING: Obama campaign: Romney's greatest hits
TRENDING: Obama campaign: Romney's greatest hits
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Report: Gingrich's $500 check for Utah primary filing fee bounces
Report: Gingrich's $500 check for Utah primary filing fee bounces
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Politico and The Caucus
Washington Post:
Poll: More Americans expect Supreme Court's health-care decision to be political — More Americans think Supreme Court justices will be acting mainly on their partisan political views than on a neutral reading of the law when they decide the constitutionality of President Obama's health-care law …
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Sean Higgins / Capital Hill:
Poll: Half Of Democrats Want To Get Rid of Individual Mandate — A key talking point of Democrats and liberal pundits regarding the Supreme Court's ObamaCare case is that if the justices overturn the law — or even just the individual mandate portion — it will damage the “legitimacy” of the court.
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Greg Holyk / ABCNEWS:
New Low in Support for Health Law; Half Expect Justices to Go Political
New Low in Support for Health Law; Half Expect Justices to Go Political
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
National Organization for Marriage to back Romney — The National Organization for Marriage plans to throw its support to Mitt Romney today, giving the former Massachusetts governor a stamp of approval from the high-profile conservative group helping lead the fight over same-sex unions, POLITICO has learned
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Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:
Trayvon Martin: Attorneys say Zimmerman contacted prosecutor, Sean Hannity — The two men who have been George Zimmerman's most outspoken defenders, attorneys Hal Uhrig and Craig Sonner, said today that they're off the case. — “On Sunday, we lost track of George, in that he would not return our calls,” attorney Uhrig said.
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Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
U.S. Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple, Hachette — The U.S. sued Apple Inc. (AAPL), Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster in New York district court, claiming the publishers colluded to fix eBook prices. — CBS Corp. (CBS)'s Simon & Schuster …
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Elizabeth Wasserman / Reuters:
DOJ may sue Apple, publishers over e-book pricing
DOJ may sue Apple, publishers over e-book pricing
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The Heritage Foundation
Raleigh News & Observer:
Amendment goes too far — We are native Southerners and we oppose legalizing same-sex marriage. — One of us (David), reared in Mississippi, has for more than two decades directed a think tank, the Institute for American Values, that aims to strengthen marriage and reduce divorce and unwed childbearing.
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Gabriel Arana / American Prospect:
My So-Called Ex-Gay Life — Early in my freshman year of high school, I came home to find my mom sitting on her bed, crying. She had snooped through my e-mail and discovered a message in which I confessed to having a crush on a male classmate. — “Are you gay?” she asked. I blurted out that I was.
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Truth Wins Out and Gay Politics
The Fox Mole / Gawker:
Announcing Our Newest Hire: A Current Fox News Channel Employee — What follows is the inaugural column of a person we are calling The Fox Mole—a long-standing, current employee of Fox News Channel who will be providing Gawker with regular dispatches from inside the organization.
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
John Edwards returns $2.1M to FEC — John Edwards's presidential campaign has now repaid taxpayers the more than $2.1 million in federal public matching funds he received after leaving the 2008 race — writing a check just before the former Democratic candidate's criminal trial …
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Michelle Malkin
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Reza Munawir / Reuters:
Huge quakes strike off Indonesia; tsunami warning issued — (Reuters) - A powerful 8.6 magnitude earthquake and strong aftershocks struck off Indonesia on Wednesday, sending people as far away as southern India scurrying from buildings and raising fears of a disastrous tsunami as in 2004.
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Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
Hansen and Schmidt of NASA GISS under fire for climate stance: Engineers, scientists, astronauts ask NASA administration to look at empirical evidence rather than climate models — Looks like another GISS miss, more than a few people are getting fed up with Jim Hansen and Gavin Schmidt and their climate shenanigans.
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G-A-Y / Good As You:
HOLY CRAP: NOM admits it used racial wedge strategies, has unfairly stifled free speech! (*Or was hacked) — From the org's official Facebook wall: … Were they hacked? Has another NOMmer flipped? Or has this whole scandal simply driven the NOM set so cray cray that they are seriously …
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Washington Blade
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
National Review Fires Another Racist Writer — National Review Writer Robert Weissberg Speaks At White Nationalist Conference — Following the uproar over John Derbyshire's racist rant that led to his firing last week, National Review ended its relationship with another racist writer today.
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National Review, The New Republic and Wonkette
NOM Blog:
We vow to turn things around for the better — In the last couple of weeks you've heard some pretty bad things about this organization. I must admit that we were angered when our in house documents were released but we've since had time to reflect on the strategies we've employed …
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Washington Blade and Towleroad News #gay
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
Madam Secretary Meme Goes From Gay-Bar Banter to State Department Invite — [Photo: Stacy Lambe, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Adam Smith, texting and loling, on April 10, 2012. (Photos from Texts From Hillary.)] — Two gays walk into a bar ...
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Quinnipiac University:
New Jersey Voters Back NYPD In Garden State 3-1, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Dems' Property Tax Cut More Popular Than Gov's Plan — New Jersey voters say 70 - 21 percent that the New York Police Department (NYPD) is “doing what is necessary to combat terrorism” by gathering information …
Climate Guest Blogger / ThinkProgress:
Betting On The Barrel: Experts Warn Speculation Is Helping Drive Up Oil Prices — There are growing indications that Wall Street speculators are driving up the price of crude and Americans are paying for their profits at the pump. — “Americans overpaid $10 billion dollars for gas at the pump …