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Matt Gutman / ABCNEWS:
Warning Graphic Photo: Possible New Evidence Shows George Zimmerman's Bloodied Head — A new photograph obtained exclusively by ABC News showing the bloodied back of George Zimmerman's head, which was apparently taken three minutes after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin …
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UrbanGrounds, New York Magazine and Clayton Cramer's Blog
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The George Zimmerman Bail Hearing — Wow - some days chicken salad and some days Florida state prosecutor. — George Zimmerman will be released on bail, set at $150,000. The prosecution had asked for $1 million, the defense for $15,000. — CNN has 1, 2 transcripts.
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Richard Fausset / Los Angeles Times:
George Zimmerman apologizes to Trayvon Martin family; bond is set — A Florida judge Friday set a $150,000 bond for George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teenager and touched off a firestorm of controversy about race and the American justice system.
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The New Republic, DISSENTING JUSTICE and No More Mister Nice Blog
Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Prosecutor: Zimmerman Allegedly Slapped His Ex-Girlfriend And ‘Asked Her How It Felt’
Prosecutor: Zimmerman Allegedly Slapped His Ex-Girlfriend And ‘Asked Her How It Felt’
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Jezebel and Colorlines
Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
GMA Shows Exclusive Images Of George Zimmerman's Head Injuries From Night Of Trayvon's Death
GMA Shows Exclusive Images Of George Zimmerman's Head Injuries From Night Of Trayvon's Death
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Taylor Marsh
Washington Post:
Secret Service supervisors involved in Colombia scandal identified — One of the Secret Service supervisors who was forced out of the agency this week for his involvement in the Colombia prostitution scandal made light of his official protective work on his Facebook page …
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Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite, Taylor Marsh, Politico, BuzzFeed, Hot Air, The Hill, Weasel Zippers, msnbc.com and New York Magazine
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Palin To Secret Service Agent: “Check This Out, Bodyguard — You're Fired” — Sarah Palin joined FOX News tonight to discuss the Secret Service prostitution scandal as well as the GSA spending scandal. Palin also reacted to news that broke this afternoon about another Secret Service scandal, this time involving her.
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Washington Monthly, tpmmuckraker …, Booman Tribune, Wonkette, Weasel Zippers, Indecision Forever, Pat Dollard and Washington Post
Fox News:
Palin to Secret Service agent: 'Check this out - you're fired ... the buck stops with the president'
Palin to Secret Service agent: 'Check this out - you're fired ... the buck stops with the president'
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A plain blog about politics, Enik Rising and ABCNEWS
Dana Bash / CNN:
Secret Service investigation expands in Colombia
Secret Service investigation expands in Colombia
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Fox News, The PJ Tatler and iOwnTheWorld.com
Ben Jacobs / The Daily Beast:
Brian Schweitzer: Mitt Romney's ‘Family Came From a Polygamy Commune in Mexico’ — Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer says Mitt Romney's roots in Mexico will hurt him with female voters. — The Daily Beast contacted the office of Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer today to talk about whether his state …
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Gateway Guest Blogger / The Gateway Pundit:
Oops! Dem Governor Bashes Romney for Polygamist Roots - Forgets About Obama's Polygamist DAD — The Luo Tribe has a long history of polygamy... In this Obama Family photo are: (bottom row, from left) half-sister Auma, her mother Kezia Obama, Obama's step-grandmother Sarah Hussein Onyango Obama …
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Ed Driscoll, Lean Left and The Other McCain
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Mitt Romney's 'Obama Isn't Working' Banner Evokes Racial Stereotypes — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney rolled out a new accessory at a speech in Ohio today, delivering his remarks in front of a black banner that said “Obama Isn't Working,” which is also the name …
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Coulter: Obama's silver spoon was ‘an affirmative action silver spoon’
Coulter: Obama's silver spoon was ‘an affirmative action silver spoon’
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Associated Press, Mediaite, Hot Air, rightwingwatch.org, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and HotAirPundit
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Campaign Memo: Campaign Memo: In Strategy Shift, Obama Team Attacks Romney From the Left
Campaign Memo: Campaign Memo: In Strategy Shift, Obama Team Attacks Romney From the Left
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Daily Kos and Conservatives4Palin
Dan Friedman / NationalJournal.com:
Manchin on the Fence About Obama Vote — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who has done more than any other Democrat up for reelection this year to distance himself from President Obama, said he does not know if he will vote for Obama or presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney in November.
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The Reaction, The Gateway Pundit, Taegan Goddard's …, Hot Air, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, GOP 12 and Hotline On Call
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Joe Manchin / CNN:
TRENDING: Manchin may buck party in presidential vote
TRENDING: Manchin may buck party in presidential vote
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The Political Carnival and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Mitt Romney's challenge: Convincing GOP he can win — Poll after poll indicates the presidential campaign is a dead heat, but you wouldn't know it from talking to many Republican professionals. If you gave them truth serum, they would tell you they think Mitt Romney will lose.
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CNN, ABCNEWS, The Caucus, Indianapolis Star, Connecting.the.Dots, Online NewsHour, New York Times, Hotline On Call and The Hill
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Jesse Helfrich / Ballot Box:
Democrats expressing buyers' remorse on Obama's healthcare law — An increasing number of Democrats are taking potshots at President Obama's healthcare law ahead of a Supreme Court decision that could overturn it. — The public grievances have come from centrists and liberals and reflect rising anxiety ahead of November's elections.
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Wake up America, The PJ Tatler, Hot Air, The Week, The Heritage Foundation, NewsBusters.org, Washington Free Beacon and Instapundit
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Democrats Joining G.O.P. on Pipeline
Democrats Joining G.O.P. on Pipeline
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Fox News, Don Surber, Politico and Firedoglake
NewsMax.com:
Jeb Warns Newsmax: Get Ready For ‘Most Negative Campaign’ Ever — More ways to share... Mixx — Stumbled — LinkedIn — Vine — Buzzflash — Newstrust — Technocrati — Forward Article — Americans are facing what will likely be the “most negative campaign in modern times” …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Rubio, in Appeal to G.O.P.'s Conscience, Urges Compromise on Dream Act
Rubio, in Appeal to G.O.P.'s Conscience, Urges Compromise on Dream Act
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Politico, Little Green Footballs, The Spectacle Blog and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*
Alexander Burns / Politico:
New Romney flack's old pastime: ridiculing the Gingriches — Mitt Romney's campaign put out word Thursday that Richard Grenell, the former Bush administration spokesman at the United Nations, was joining his team as a spokesman on foreign policy issues. — In between his gigs at the UN …
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ThinkProgress and Guardian
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Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Misinformation campaign targets USA TODAY reporter, editor — WASHINGTON - A USA TODAY reporter and editor investigating Pentagon propaganda contractors have themselves been subjected to a propaganda campaign of sorts, waged on the Internet through a series of bogus websites. — Sponsored Links
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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Congressman Proposes Amendment to Strip Most Newspapers, Churches, Nonprofits, and Other Corporations of All Constitutional Rights — That's the People's Rights Amendment: … So just as Congress could therefore ban the speech of nonmedia business corporations, it could ban publications …
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protein wisdom, freespeechforpeople.org and Right Wing News
J. Lester Feder / Politico:
HHS hires former Planned Parenthood spokesman — If the Obama administration was already on bad terms with abortion opponents, it's not going to improve relations by hiring Planned Parenthood's former spokesman for a job at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Weasel Zippers
Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
Fears Rise That Recovery May Falter in the Spring — WASHINGTON — Some of the same spoilers that interrupted the recovery in 2010 and 2011 have emerged again, raising fears that the winter's economic strength might dissipate in the spring. — In recent weeks, European bond yields have started climbing.
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Firedoglake, Wall Street Journal, Prairie Weather, The Enterprise Blog, The Awl and Don Surber