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10:45 AM ET, May 10, 2012

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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 …
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Rick Klein / Yahoo! Good Morning America:
President Obama Affirms His Support for Same Sex Marriage  —  President Obama today announced that he now supports same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition amid growing pressure from the Democratic base and even his own vice president.  In an interview with ABC News' Robin Roberts …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
News Analysis: Obama's Watershed Move on Gay Marriage  —  President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage on Wednesday was by any measure a watershed.  A sitting United States president took sides in what many people consider the last civil rights movement, providing the most powerful evidence …
Politico:
Biden blamed; politics drove timing  —  Joe Biden just might go down in history as the guy who forced Barack Obama to publicly announce his private support for gay marriage.  —  But the vice president is no hero in the West Wing, and administration officials are struggling to cast Obama's truly historic …
CNN:
TRENDING: Obama hits Romney with ‘Etch A Sketch’  —  (CNN) - President Barack Obama labeled presumptive challenger Mitt Romney's comments that took credit for the auto industry's recovery as an “Etch A Sketch moment.”  —  “I think this is one of his Etch A Sketch moments.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Elliott Abrams / Weekly Standard:
‘On My Behalf’  —  The debate over same sex “marriage” has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans.  Then there is Barack Obama.  —  In his ABC interview, the president pretended that his much touted “evolution” had now led him, ineluctably, to speak out now, today; he simply could longer stay silent.
First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Obama's careful line on same-sex marriage  —  Obama announces support for same-sex marriage, but walks a careful line to respect states' rights and religious views - always with an eye on the middle. ...  Obama was going to do this, but Biden expedited this... And, of course, the politics - in short, this ain't 2004.
Discussion: CBS News and JSOnline
John Cook / Gawker:
Barack Obama's Bulls**t Gay Marriage Announcement  —  ABC News has only released one brief clip of Obama's conversation about gay marriage today, but it seems fairly clear from the network's coverage that his announcement amounts to much less than meets the eye.  He now believes that gay couples should be able to marry.
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:   Obama on Biden: ‘Got Out a Little Bit Over His Skis’
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Gay Marriage Reversal Means Cash For Obama
Rush Limbaugh:
Obama Declares War on Traditional America
Discussion: Good As You and Poynter
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama Lets Go Of Fear
Steve Clemons / The Atlantic Online:
Bring It On: Obama Rallies the Base With Gay Marriage Endorsement
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Politico
Log Cabin Republicans:
Obama Announcement Is Cold Comfort to LGBT Americans
Matthew Dowd / The Huffington Post:
The Facts: Gay Marriage Didn't Tilt 2004 Election
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Evolves
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Romney in Colorado: “I do not favor civil unions”
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
The Influence Industry: Same-sex marriage issue shows importance of gay fundraisers
Erick Erickson / RedState:
A Terrible, No Good, Awful Night for Barack Obama
E.J. Graff / American Prospect:
I Am Gobsmacked
Discussion: Slate and pandagon.net
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 …
Katherine Ellison / The Atlantic Online:
An Inconvenient Lawsuit: Teenagers Take Global Warming to the Courts  —  Industry giants say their case is misguided.  But that isn't stopping a group of high school students from using the legal system to make environmental demands.  —  Alec Loorz turns 18 at the end of this month.
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Jobless claims fall, trade gap widens  —  (Reuters) - The number of Americans submitting new applications for jobless benefits edged down last week, easing concerns the labor market was deteriorating after April's weak employment growth.  —  While the claims data indicated the economy remained …
New York Times:
Obama's New Courting of Hollywood Pays Off  —  LOS ANGELES — For years, President Obama has largely been absent in Hollywood, a point of unhappiness with a community accustomed to the constant doting of Bill Clinton.  But over the last few months, Mr. Obama and his representatives have held …
Discussion: The Caucus
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CNN:
Syria calls Damascus blasts ‘suicide’ attacks  —  (CNN) — Two “terrorist suicide attacks” killed up to 55 people in Damascus on Thursday, the bloodiest such strike in Syria's capital since an uprising started 14 months ago.  —  The Syrian Interior Ministry said 55 civilians and members …
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
324,000 Women Dropped Out of Labor Force in Last Two Months—As Number of Women Not in Labor Force Hits Historic High  —  (CNSNews.com) - 324,000 women dropped out of the nation's civilian labor force in March and April as the number of women not in the labor force hit an all-time historical high …
ABCNEWS:
Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum put out a statement blasting President Obama's decision to support same-sex marriage Wednesday.  —  Although his thoughts on the topic were not unusual, the group it came from was not the old Rick Santorum for President organization.
Discussion: GOP 12
 
 
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Robert J. Barro / Wall Street Journal:
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ABCNEWS:
Obama Pays Tribute to Songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Europe's failed experiment in tax-hike austerity
Discussion: Doug Ross
Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
How the felon won
Scott Gottlieb / RealClearMarkets:
The Obama Health Plan Will Squeeze the Middle Class
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Leading Democratic Primary Candidate for Senator from Maine Calls for Court-Packing
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
AP-GfK Poll: Women, blacks, help Obama in new poll
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Flatten / Campaign 2012:
No PC here, Mueller tells House panel
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers
Peter Taylor / BBC:
‘Vomiting and screaming’ in destroyed waterboarding tapes
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Dan Froomkin / Reuters:
Colin Powell's New Book: War With Iraq Never Debated
Discussion: Addicting Info and ThinkProgress
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Shep Smith: ‘Wrong side of history’
Discussion: The Other McCain and The Raw Story
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
 
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