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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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Content of Romney's Character — A young Mitt Romney, relaxing with friends. — It is a horrendous coincidence of timing for Mitt Romney that the day after President Obama ceased his elaborate wink-and-nod game and endorsed gay marriage, Jason Horowitz reports that Romney bullied a gay classmate at his prep school.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Cutting-edge reporting from WaPo: Let's take an in-depth look at ... Romney's cruel high-school pranks — And so the general election media coverage begins. I guess the Washington Post ran out of stories based on Seamus the Roof-Ridin' Dog. Despite demonstrating zero curiosity …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney on prank: ‘Back in high school I did some dumb things’ — Mitt Romney said Thursday that “back in high school I did some dumb things” but insisted that the prep school pranks chronicled in a news story were never intended to target gay students specifically.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney apologizes for high school pranks that ‘might have gone too far’
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Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Romney Apologizes For ‘Hijinks’ But Won't Acknowledge Specific Attack
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Romney on pranks: ‘Some may have gone too far, and for that I apologize’
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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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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 …
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Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
Barack Obama's seven states of grief over gay marriage
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John H. Cushman Jr / The Caucus:
Biden Got Out ‘Over His Skis,’ Says Obama
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CNN:
Source: Obama had planned marriage announcement on ‘The View’
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid: Democratic platform will include pro-gay marriage plank
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A bipartisan call for Congressional action on gay rights
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Carlo Munoz / The Hill:
House Armed Services vote bans gay marriage on military bases
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Obama and Romney Alike Face Political Risks on Gay Marriage
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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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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama on Biden: ‘Got Out a Little Bit Over His Skis’ — Vice President Joe Biden is at least part of the reason President Barack Obama came out in favor of same sex marriage yesterday, the president admitted in the interview on the issue with ABC's Robin Roberts:
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Why ABC's Robin Roberts got the exclusive
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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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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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New York Times:
Ultra-Orthodox Shun Their Own for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse — The first shock came when Mordechai Jungreis learned that his mentally disabled teenage son was being molested in a Jewish ritual bathhouse in Brooklyn. The second came after Mr. Jungreis complained, and the man accused of the abuse was arrested.
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BuzzFeed:
How Barack Obama Lost Hollywood — Last time they fell in love, volunteered, gave millions, but now “they hate him.” Can gay pride and a Clooney bash make his star twinkle again? — Source: flickr.com — LOS ANGELES, Calif. — On Tuesday night, comedian Jon Lovitz stood in the green room …
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Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker — Justice Department Sues Sheriff Joe Arpaio Over Alleged Latino Abuse — The Justice Department finally filed suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on Thursday, accusing the Arizona official of engaging “in a pattern or practice …
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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.
Matt Stout / Boston Herald:
Lawyer: Feds digging up mobster's yard in hunt for Gardner paintings — MANCHESTER, Conn. — FBI agents, bloodhounds, beagles and a ferret are swarming the backyard of a reputed Connecticut mobster in a hunt for the long-lost Gardner Museum masterworks, the alleged gangster's lawyer told the Herald.
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.
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Robert J. Barro / Wall Street Journal:
Robert Barro: Stimulus Spending Keeps Failing — If austerity is so terrible, how come Germany and Sweden have done so well? — The weak economic recovery in the U.S. and the even weaker performance in much of Europe have renewed calls for ending budget austerity and returning to larger fiscal deficits.
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