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Washington Post:
U.S. Secret Service agents recalled from Colombia — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating allegations of misconduct by agents who had been sent to Cartagena, Colombia, to provide security for President Obama's trip to a summit that began there Friday. — Edwin Donovan, an agency spokesman …
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Dan Lothian / CNN:
Secret Service agents relieved of duty in Colombia amid alleged misconduct — Cartagena, Colombia (CNN) — Secret Service agents sent to Colombia ahead of President Barack Obama were relieved of duty and returned home amid allegations of misconduct, a spokesman said.
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Gawker
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Isn't It Romantic? — Feminism's latest triumph: Boys are afraid of girls. — (Best of the tube tonight: Catch us on Fox Business's “Lou Dobbs Tonight.” The program starts at 7 p.m. ET, with a repeat showing at 10, and our panel will appear in the latter half-hour.)
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Booman Tribune, Villainous Company, The Mahablog, protein wisdom, GILL REPORT and Pundit & Pundette
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Hilary Rosen on ‘Meet the Press’? Seriously.
Hilary Rosen on ‘Meet the Press’? Seriously.
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The Nation, US Politics and Booman Tribune
Hilary Rosen / msnbc.com:
Statement from Hilary Rosen
Statement from Hilary Rosen
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American Spectator, Mediaite, Campaign 2012, Lynn Sweet, Politico, The Hill and Mail Online
Bookworm Room:
The real threat that the Ann Romneys of the world represent to the statist Left — I've been thinking (and if those aren't ominous words, I don't know what are). I've been thinking about the Left's attack on stay-at-home Mom's, an attack that Hilary Rosen started, and that others have continued.
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Virginia Foxx On People With Student Loans: ‘I Have Very Little Tolerance’ For Them — Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) took on a unique enemy during a radio interview yesterday: people with student loans. — Though many politicians sympathize with those who are saddled with exorbitant student debt …
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Daily Kos
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog:
‘Like watching a temper tantrum by a 2-year-old’ — Candidates seeking high office, especially those who are novices unfamiliar with the basics of American government, often perceive political careers as glamorous. After the election, however, these candidates confront a cold reality …
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Wonkette and Hullabaloo
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Report: Start of nuclear negotiations with Iran ‘constructive,’ diplomats say — Nuclear negotiations between Iran and six world powers were making some progress Saturday morning as talks got underway, according to reports citing diplomats in attendance. — An unnamed diplomat in Istanbul told …
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Obama: Buffett Rule will boost ‘growth’ — President Obama used his weekly address to continue pressuring lawmakers to pass his “Buffett Rule” proposal, saying the measure would make the tax code more fair and help fund needed investments to grow the economy.
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CNN, Weasel Zippers, Politico and americanthinker.com
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Favor “Buffett Rule” by 60% to 37%
Americans Favor “Buffett Rule” by 60% to 37%
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Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, ABCNEWS, Business Insider, Weekly Standard, Firedoglake, Donklephant, The Hill, ThinkProgress, Politico and Blue Virginia
Billy Hallowell / TheBlaze.com:
'BROTHER AIN'T SHOOTING NO BLANKS': FARRAKHAN TELLS BLACKS — BREEDING WITH WHITES IS THE ‘END OF YOUR RACE’ — Louis Farrakhan, The Nation of Islam's infamous leader, is known for issuing some bizarre commentary on a variety of social and political issues.
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Weasel Zippers
Sheila Bair / Washington Post:
Fix income inequality with $10 million loans for everyone! — Are you concerned about growing income inequality in America? Are you resentful of all that wealth concentrated in the 1 percent? I've got the perfect solution, a modest proposal that involves just a small adjustment in the Federal Reserve's easy monetary policy.
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The Other McCain and The Big Picture
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama puts bully in bully pulpit — President Obama in recent days has provided a taste of the sharp tone he will use in the general election against Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee. — Obama has emerged this year with sharper elbows than the “no-drama” candidate had in 2008.
Andrea Thomas / Dow Jones Newswires:
Soros: EU Survival Requires More German Pragmatism — Soros says the EU is unlikely to survive the debt crisis without more pragmatic German policies — Soros says Europe faces a long period of economic stagnation or worse — BERLIN (Dow Jones)—The European Union is unlikely …
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The Huffington Post
John R. Lott Jr / National Review:
Where's the ‘Probable Cause’? — The charges brought against George Zimmerman sure look like prosecutorial misconduct. The case as put forward by the prosecutor in the “affidavit of probable cause” is startlingly weak. As a former chief economist at the U.S. Sentencing Commission …
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Macsmind, Patterico's Pontifications and Connecting.the.Dots
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Analysis: Obama's “green jobs” have been slow to sprout — (Reuters) - Three weeks ago, President Barack Obama stood in front of a sea of gleaming solar panels in Boulder City, Nevada, to celebrate his administration's efforts to promote “green energy.” — Stretching row upon row into the desert …
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