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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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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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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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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 — Now, nearly half a century later, Romney's presidential campaign has turned to the candidate's youthful antics as evidence of his capacity for harmless, humanizing pranks and as an indication of his looser, less wooden self.
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ABCNEWS:
Sister of Alleged Romney Target Has ‘No Knowledge’ of Any Bullying Incident
Sister of Alleged Romney Target Has ‘No Knowledge’ of Any Bullying Incident
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Source for WaPo's Romney hit piece: Actually, I wasn't present during the prank
Source for WaPo's Romney hit piece: Actually, I wasn't present during the prank
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Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
A question emerges in reading the Washington Post piece …
A question emerges in reading the Washington Post piece …
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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
Bristol Palin rips President Obama for listening to daughters Malia, Sasha on supporting gay marriage
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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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Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
Biden apologizes to Obama over shotgun comments on gay marriage
Biden apologizes to Obama over shotgun comments on gay marriage
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / The Huffington Post:
Franklin Graham: Barack Obama Has ‘Shaken His Fist’ At God With Support For Same-Sex Marriage
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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Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Biden Said to Apologize to Obama for Gay Marriage Remarks
Biden Said to Apologize to Obama for Gay Marriage Remarks
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Felix Salmon:
JP Morgan: When basis trades blow up — I'm not sure if it was the biggest quarterly loss of all time, but Merrill Lynch's $16 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2008 certainly ranks very high up there in the annals of investment-bank blowups. It happened after the bank had already …
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Wall Street Journal:
J.P. Morgan's $2 Billion Blunder — Bank Admits Losses on Massive Trading Bet Gone Wrong; Dimon's Mea Culpa — A massive trading bet boomeranged on J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., leaving the bank with at least $2 billion in trading losses and its chief executive, James Dimon …
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David Benoit / Deal Journal:
J.P. Morgan Reveals 'London Whale'-Size Losses
J.P. Morgan Reveals 'London Whale'-Size Losses
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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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Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
House GOP pits Pentagon vs. poor
House GOP pits Pentagon vs. poor
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
House approves amendment reaffirming DOMA
House approves amendment reaffirming DOMA
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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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Rod Dreher:
Pro-Gay Fox News? — Noting Fox News anchor Shepard Smith's denunciation of conservatives who oppose gay marriage “for being on the wrong side of history,” Maggie Gallagher questions Fox's impartiality on the issue: … This is nothing new. Talking with a Fox staffer about covering …
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Maggie Gallagher / National Review:
Fox News: Pro-Gay Marriage?
Fox News: Pro-Gay Marriage?
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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Will Time's Breastfeeding Cover Be Bad For Business? — Time's new cover. Click to expand. — It's safe to say the folks at Time magazine weren't caught unawares by the controversy already boiling up around their latest cover, which features an attractive 26-year-old mother breastfeeding her almost-four-year-old son.
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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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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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Alex Pareene / Salon:
Jonah Goldberg's desperation — The National Review hack is a unique figure: Striving for seriousness, but too lazy to achieve it … Jonah Goldberg is a syndicated columnist, author of books and National Review Online editor because his mother nearly took down Bill Clinton.
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Sarah Kliff / Ezra Klein:
Exclusive: NARAL President Nancy Keenan to step down — At the end of this year, Nancy Keenan will step down from her post as president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, the country's oldest abortion-rights advocacy group. — The 60-year-old Keenan said she is leaving out of concern for the future …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Ten Most Disturbing Anti-Latino Practices Described By DOJ's Lawsuit Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio — Earlier today, the Department of Justice filed a formal legal complaint against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) alleging widespread constitutional violations and lawless mistreatment of Latinos.
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BuzzFeed:
Prominent Ron Paul Supporter Muses About Assassinating Mitt Romney — Adam Kokesh, a co-founder of Veterans for Ron Paul who received Paul's endorsement for his 2010 congressional run, contemplates a Romney assassination on his talk show. The Secret Service promises a “follow-up.”
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