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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Obama's Bain ad: ‘Like watching an old friend bleed to death’ (Updated) — The Obama campaign's 2-minute ad on Mitt Romney's Bain Capital is record is out, and it is brutal. — Targeting Romney's involvement in the acquistion of GST Steel, the commercial shows workers at a shuttered plant pinning Romney and Bain with the blame.
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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
How Romney will respond to Obama's Bain attack — The Obama campaign has released a new ad holding Mitt Romney responsible for the loss of 750 jobs in the bankruptcy of a steel plant purchased by Romney's Bain Capital in 1993. The ad, which will play in several key states …
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Politico, Washington Post, Livewire, National Review, Washington Monthly, New York Magazine, msnbc.com, Daily Kos, The Enterprise Blog and Mediaite
CNN:
Romney donor pulls support, backs Obama, over same-sex marriage — (CNN) - A well-known, openly gay supporter of Mitt Romney in New York has decided to withdraw his support for Romney and back President Barack Obama instead. — The clincher: Romney's stance on same-sex marriage.
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Good As You and Guardian
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Obama: Romney Is Worse Than John McCain — “John McCain believed in climate change and believed in immigration reform.” — US President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign fundraiser May 14, 2012 at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City. — (Getty Images / MANDEL NGAN)
Mike Flynn / BREITBART.COM:
DEMS ATTACK ROMNEY OVER LAYOFFS MADE BY OBAMA BUNDLER
DEMS ATTACK ROMNEY OVER LAYOFFS MADE BY OBAMA BUNDLER
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BuzzFeed, RedState, “The Lid” and nation.foxnews.com
Lou Rocco / ABCNEWS:
Obama: JPMorgan Is ‘One of the Best-Managed Banks’ — Just hours after a top JPMorgan Chase executive retired in the wake of a stunning $2 billion trading loss, President Obama told the hosts of ABC's “The View” that the bank's risky bets exemplified the need for Wall Street reform.
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Washington Wire, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, New York Times and msnbc.com
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CNN:
Group's new ad pegs Obama to Wall Street — (CNN) - A conservative non-profit will spend $3.4 million to tie President Barack Obama to the financial industry in a minute-long television ad airing in seven general election battlegrounds, the group said Monday.
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BuzzFeed, The Maddow Blog, CANNONFIRE, RedState, Booman Tribune, Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Free Beacon and The Hill
New York Post:
Break up the banks — The $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan …
Break up the banks — The $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan …
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FOX News Radio, Newsy and msnbc.com
Bloomberg:
Dimon Fortress Breached as Push From Hedges to Bets Blows Up (Update 1)
Dimon Fortress Breached as Push From Hedges to Bets Blows Up (Update 1)
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Balloon Juice, Daily Kos, Felix Salmon, DealBook, Slate, Wonkette, New York Magazine, Indecision Forever and The Huffington Post
Ben White / Politico:
Obama's Wall Street problem
Obama's Wall Street problem
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CNN, The Hill, Hot Air, Wake up America, Ezra Klein, Taylor Marsh and CBS News
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Why We Regulate — One of the characters in the classic 1939 film …
Why We Regulate — One of the characters in the classic 1939 film …
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Los Angeles Times, Hit & Run, Associated Press, ABCNEWS, The Mahablog, Firedoglake, The Maddow Blog and Daily Kos
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
EXCLUSIVE: Wisconsin Dems furious with DNC for refusing to invest big money in Walker recall — Top Wisconsin Democrats are furious with the national party — and the Democratic National Committee in particular — for refusing their request for a major investment in the battle to recall Scott Walker, I'm told.
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Wake up America, Weekly Standard, Hotline On Call, Daily Kos, Althouse and The Raw Story
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weaskamerica.com:
Recall Fever — In the Midwest, it's not easy to find a more polarizing figure than Republican Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. In a state where bold ideas are often rewarded, Walker's slash-and-burn rhetoric during his first months in office resulted in bringing national attention …
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Hot Air, Business Insider, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The PJ Tatler, Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Tom Curry / msnbc.com:
Clyburn seeks ‘national policy’ legalizing same-sex marriages — During an appearance on The Daily Rundown, Rep. James Clyburn, D -S.C., called for a national policy to give legal recognition to marriages between same-sex couples. — Rep. James Clyburn, the House Democrats' third-ranking leader …
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Althouse, Washington Post and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Lou Rocco / ABCNEWS:
Obama Faces Questions on Federal Fight for Same Sex Marriage
Obama Faces Questions on Federal Fight for Same Sex Marriage
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Good As You
Associated Press:
RI governor signs order to recognize same-sex marriages performed out of state
RI governor signs order to recognize same-sex marriages performed out of state
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ThinkProgress, Advocate, Good As You and Shakesville
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Why Republicans should resist using the same-sex marriage issue against Obama.
Why Republicans should resist using the same-sex marriage issue against Obama.
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Washington Monthly and GayPatriot
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Acceptance of Gay/Lesbian Relations Is the New Normal — For third year, majority says gay/lesbian relations are morally acceptable — PRINCETON, NJ — The slight majority of American adults, 54%, consider gay or lesbian relations morally acceptable.
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Mike Allenand Jim Vandehei / Politico:
The un-McCain campaign — Mitt Romney and his top aides are building a strategy, partly by design and partly because of circumstance, around what they consider John McCain's disastrously run campaign in 2008. — The strategy: whatever McCain did, do the opposite.
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Henry Kissinger gets TSA pat-down — Seems no one is immune from the tender mercies of the TSA pat-down. First, we learned that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, was subjected to a handsy search. And now we learn of the latest high-profile search-ee …
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Blogging Blue
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Beast:
Andrew Sullivan on Barack Obama: The First Gay President — The president's bold support shifted the mainstream. Andrew Sullivan on why it shouldn't be surprising—Obama's life as a biracial man has deep ties to the gay experience. — It was the spring of 2007, back when Barack Obama's bid …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Is prestigious genealogical society throwing media under the bus on Warren 1/32 Cherokee claim? — There is a new and bizarre twist in the Elizabeth Warren 1/32 Cherokee saga. — As discussed below, Warren's claim to 1/32 Cherokee heritage arose from comments attributed to the prestigious …
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BREITBART.COM, Hot Air, The Daily Caller and Weasel Zippers
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Elizabeth Warren: 'I'm proud of my Native American heritage'
Elizabeth Warren: 'I'm proud of my Native American heritage'
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JustOneMinute, nation.foxnews.com and The Lonely Conservative
New York Times:
After Obama's Decision on Marriage, a Call to Pastors — WASHINGTON — About two hours after declaring his support for same-sex marriage last week, President Obama gathered eight or so African-American ministers on a conference call to explain himself. He had struggled with the decision …
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The Caucus, USA Today, Hot Air, Religion Dispatches, The PJ Tatler, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, Towleroad News #gay and Yahoo! News
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Ron Paul ends his hunt for votes — DEVELOPING: — Rep. Ron Paul of Texas said Monday he will not compete in primaries in any of the states that have not yet voted — essentially confirming Mitt Romney will win the Republican presidential nomination. — Mr. Paul said he will continue …
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Slate, Washington Monthly, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, The Lonely Conservative, Pirate's Cove and The PJ Tatler
Bloomberg:
As European Austerity Ends, So Could the Euro — The euro currency is a malady that condemns at least a generation of Greeks, Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese and Irish to the economic infirmary. — In these nations, unemployment rates are now at their highest levels in recent decades …
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The Enterprise Blog, Outside the Beltway, National Review and Paul Krugman
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Titans of Twitter — In a discussion of the Romney campaign's outreach to the wingnutosphere earlier this month, I mentioned in passing the apparent preoccupation of these new partners in crime with Twitter wars, and particularly the belief that Hilaryrosengate represented some sort of historic triumph for The Cause.
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Power Line, Questions and Observations, Outside the Beltway and TBogg
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Black Pastor Tells CNN His Church Won't Support Obama, ‘Plan To Stay Home’ — President Obama's headline-grabbing flip-flop on gay marriage may cost him dearly in the more religious parts of the black community, reports CNN today, as pastors tell their congregations the president is wrong in stepping in.
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The Gateway Pundit and nation.foxnews.com
Cindy Chang / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Louisiana is the world's prison capital — Louisiana is the world's prison capital. The state imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of its U.S. counterparts. First among Americans means first in the world. Louisiana's incarceration rate is nearly triple Iran's, seven times China's and 10 times Germany's.
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southernstudies.org and The Raw Story