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Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents — BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — Mitt Romney returned from a three-week spring break in 1965 to resume his studies as a high school senior at the prestigious Cranbrook School. Back on the handsome campus …
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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Romney Camp on Defense Over ‘Pranks’ — ABC News' Emily Friedman, Emily Stanitz and Steven Portnoy report: — One of Mitt Romney's closest friends and a high school classmate has been asked by the Romney campaign to come out and offer “supporting remarks” in defense of the candidate following …
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ABCNEWS:
Former Romney Classmate Describes ‘Bullying Supreme’ - A ‘Pack of Dogs’ Who Targeted ‘Different’ Boy — A high school classmate of presidential candidate Mitt Romney told ABC News today that he considers a particular prank the two pulled at Michigan's Cranbrook School to be “assault and battery” …
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Tlc / The Talk of the Times:
Young Obama Bullied....A Girl — The above text comes directly from President Obama's first memoir, “Dreams From My Father” and recounts an incident which occurred while he was in middle school. When our president became the subject of taunts from his fellow classmates, he decided to shove a little girl named Coretta.
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Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents
Mitt Romney's prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Content of Romney's Character
The Content of Romney's Character
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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Mitt Romney Outed As Anti-Gay High School Bully
Mitt Romney Outed As Anti-Gay High School Bully
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Bristol Palin:
Hail to the Chiefs - Malia and Sasha Obama — Is anyone really surprised by the fact that President Obama came out of the closet for gay marriage? What was most surprising is when he explained how his position (supposedly) “evolved,” by talking to his wife and daughters: … Let's pause for just one second.
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New York Times:
Biden Said to Apologize to Obama Over Gay Marriage Issue — WASHINGTON — A few hours before President Obama offered his historic endorsement of same-sex marriage on Wednesday, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. apologized to the president in the Oval Office for forcing Mr. Obama's hand …
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Aliyah Shahid / NY Daily News:
Bristol Palin rips President Obama for listening to daughters Malia, Sasha on supporting gay marriage — Palin — a single mom herself — argued children are raised in homes where there is both a mother and a father — Bristol Palin ripped President Obama on Thursday for allowing his daughters …
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Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Biden Said to Apologize to Obama for Gay Marriage Remarks — Vice President Joe Biden apologized to President Barack Obama for making remarks that prompted the president to disclose his support for same-sex marriage before he planned to, according to an administration official.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
House strikes back on gay marriage — Just hours after President Barack Obama publicly backed gay marriage, the House struck back and passed a measure aimed at reinforcing the Defense of Marriage Act. — With a 245-171 vote, the House voted to stop the Justice Department from using taxpayer funds …
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Obama's gay marriage announcement followed by flood of campaign donations
Obama's gay marriage announcement followed by flood of campaign donations
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Major Garrett / NationalJournal.com:
Biden With the Assist: Veep Again Dumb Like a Fox
Biden With the Assist: Veep Again Dumb Like a Fox
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Chris Good / ABCNEWS:
Rep. Allen West: Obama May Lose African American Votes Over Gay Marriage
Rep. Allen West: Obama May Lose African American Votes Over Gay Marriage
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Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:
Records shed more light on Elizabeth Warren's minority status — A second law school, the University of Pennsylvania, has touted Elizabeth Warren as a minority faculty member in an official school publication, according to an online document obtained by the Globe.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Ad Claims to Have Helped Man Get a Job, but Man Claims Employment Since 2006 — Matt Negrin of ABC reports that “A new ad by Obama tells the story of Brian Slagle, an autoworker in Ohio who says he was laid off and ‘scared to death’ until the president swooped in to save the industry.”
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Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
Spotlight on Autoworker in Obama's Latest Ad
Spotlight on Autoworker in Obama's Latest Ad
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Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
Policy adviser testifies Edwards wanted Supreme Court seat — GREENSBORO, NC — A delusional, two-timing Sen. John Edwards dreamed of a Supreme Court appointment, even as his political career crumbled under the weight of a seedy sex scandal, according to testimony today.
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NARAL Pro-Choice America:
NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PRESIDENT NANCY KEENAN TO DEPART IN JANUARY 2013 — Keenan to stay through 2012 election cycle as board conducts search for successor — Washington, D.C. - The chairs of the boards of directors of NARAL Pro-Choice America and the NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation announced today …
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Sarah Kliff / Ezra Klein:
Exclusive: NARAL President Nancy Keenan to step down
Exclusive: NARAL President Nancy Keenan to step down
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George E. Condon Jr / 2012 Decoded:
Democrats and Charlotte: Far From a Perfect Match — Democrats who already were queasy about the site of their national convention could be excused after Tuesday's election in North Carolina if they asked, “Tell me again just why we're going to Charlotte this year?”
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Convention organizer: North Carolina amendment like Jim Crow
Convention organizer: North Carolina amendment like Jim Crow
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
House votes to replace Pentagon cuts mandated by debt deal — The House voted Thursday to override steep cuts to the Pentagon's budget mandated by last summer's debt deal and replace them with spending reductions to food stamps and other mandatory social programs.
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BuzzFeed:
Obama: “Sometimes I Forget” The Magnitude Of The Recession — And Republicans go wild. From President Obama's remarks at a Seattle fundraiser.
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BBC:
Prince Charles turns BBC Scotland weatherman — Prince Charles presents a special weather forecast during his BBC Scotland visit — Prince Charles had a go at reading the weather during a tour of BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay headquarters. — He and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall …
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James Hansen / New York Times:
Game Over for the Climate — GLOBAL warming isn't a prediction. It is happening. That is why I was so troubled to read a recent interview with President Obama in Rolling Stone in which he said that Canada would exploit the oil in its vast tar sands reserves “regardless of what we do.”
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Tide Turns — The Obamaites let go of fear and make this a choice election - between the future or the past: — One small note. Above, Romney says that we should not discard 3,000 years of history of one-man-one-woman marriage. Ahem. His own family were ardent polygamists only a century ago …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Wisconsin Recall Election: Walker 50%, Barrett 45% — Embattled Republican Governor Scott Walker holds a five-point lead over his newly nominated Democratic challenger Tom Barrett in Wisconsin's special recall election. — A new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey shows that 50% …
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Wired:
U.S. Military Taught Officers: Use ‘Hiroshima’ Tactics for ‘Total War’ on Islam — Lt. Col. Matthew A. Dooley's Joint Staff Forces College presentation on “A Counter-Jihad Op Design Model” (.pdf) calls for violent measures in a war against Islam. — The U.S. military taught its future leaders that a …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Abraham Mourdock Confronts the Lucky Duckies — It's too early to tell if Richard Mourdock is going to present Democrats with the gift of a United States Senate seat. But like 2010 Senate candidates Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell, he does seem determined to keep giving us all a clear glimpse into the wingnut id.
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