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Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
The gloves come off as Obama launches reelection campaign — COLUMBUS, Ohio - The gloves are off. — Opening what is likely to be a bitter and grueling election, President Obama held his first official campaign rally here in the Buckeye State, cranking up his populist pitch while slamming …
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Obama outlines case for re-election at first official campaign rally — Columbus, Ohio (CNN) — President Barack Obama used the first official rally of his re-election bid to highlight the accomplishments made during his three and a half years in the White House, and to make a case for a second term in office.
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Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Former President Clinton opposes NC amendment that would ban gay marriage — RALEIGH, N.C. — Former President Bill Clinton has recorded an audio advertisement opposing North Carolina's proposed constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
North Carolina's Ban on Gay Marriage Appears Likely to Pass
North Carolina's Ban on Gay Marriage Appears Likely to Pass
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, American Power, Towleroad News #gay and Human Rights Campaign
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Bill Maher Tears Into Romney For Giving Money To Mormon Church Instead Of Directly To Charity — On last week's edition of Real Time, Bill Maher argued during the panel discussion that Mitt Romney should be giving money to an actual charity rather than just the standard tithe to the Mormon church.
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Cherokee Nation, cont'd — In a 1998 editorial celebrating the law school's award of tenure to — how to put it? — great legal scholar Lani Guinier, the Harvard Crimson noted: “Harvard Law School currently has only one tenured minority woman, Gottlieb Professor of Law Elizabeth Warren, who is Native American.”
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Former AG Michael Mukasey: Obama Officials Drafted Memo to Blame Military If OBL Mission Failed (Video) — Leadership: Obama Administration Drafted Memo to Blame Military if OBL Mission Failed — Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey told Sean Hannity tonight that the Obama Administration drafted …
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Taylor Marsh, Scared Monkeys, PERRspectives and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Family Battle Offers Look Inside Lavish TV Ministry — NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — For 39 years, the Trinity Broadcasting Network has urged viewers to give generously and reap the Lord's bounty in return. — The prosperity gospel preached by Paul and Janice Crouch, who built a single station …
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Paul Krugman:
Economic Tribalism — Hmm. This seems to be meta Saturday, with reactions to how people think - or, all too often, don't think — about economics taking center stage. — Justin Fox has an interesting post documenting something I more or less knew, but am glad to see confirmed …
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George Talbot / Breaking News from the Press-Register:
Alabama politician Bill Johnson ‘obsessed’ with donating sperm — Bill Johnson, a former Alabama gubernatorial candidate, has left his wife and family in Prattville to be with babies he secretly conceived as a sperm donor in New Zealand. — Johnson's wife, Kathy Hale Johnson …
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New Zealand Herald, Politico and Taegan Goddard's …
Reuters:
Connecticut Passes Marijuana Bill — HARTFORD (Reuters) — The Connecticut Senate passed a bill on Saturday legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes, with tight restrictions intended to avoid the problems that have plagued some of the other states where it is now legal.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Runnin' Scared, Gawker, New York Magazine and Gothamist
Chris McGreal / Guardian:
US should return stolen land to Indian tribes, says United Nations — UN's correspondent on indigenous peoples urges government to act to combat ‘racial discrimination’ felt by Native Americans — A United Nations investigator probing discrimination against Native Americans has called …
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Israel Matzav, The Gateway Pundit, The Agonist, Weasel Zippers and Conservatives4Palin
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Liz Cheney eyes the political stage — Liz Cheney has been making the rounds at Wyoming political events this spring and her desire to move back to the state has Republicans from Cheyenne to Washington buzzing about a potential future campaign. — With little fanfare, Cheney …
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Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
For China, a Dissident in Exile Is One Less Headache Back Home — After more than a week of high-level diplomacy over the fate of the blind activist Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese government was widely seen as making a major concession on Friday by agreeing to allow Mr. Chen to apply to leave for the United States.
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Amy Bingham / ABCNEWS:
Abby Huntsman: Romney's Chen Guangcheng Criticism Was ‘Very Foolish’
Abby Huntsman: Romney's Chen Guangcheng Criticism Was ‘Very Foolish’
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Taylor Marsh, The Raw Story and ABCNEWS