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Rev. Wright urged to stay silent until after 2012 — Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose “God damn America” sermon set off a firestorm during the 2008 campaign, agreed not to publish an account of the episode until after President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, according to an interview Wright conducted …
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Power Line
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Axelrod: Fund-raising pitch cited Wright threat to combat super PACs — (CNN) - David Axelrod on Sunday defended a fund-raising push on behalf of President Barack Obama's re-election that played off the threat of a proposed Republican-backed ad plan that would have linked the president …
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Weasel Zippers, Las Vegas Sun and New York Times
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“Mitt and Ann Romney's marriage is strong because they believe they will live together in an eternal afterlife...” — Writes Jodi Kantor in the NYT, citing “relatives and friends” as the source of information. It's a whole long article about Mitt Romney's Mormon faith. — Fascinating!
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The Gateway Pundit
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Axelrod: Romney Bain record, not Mormon faith, is ‘fair game’
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
The Long Run: How the Mormon Church Shaped Mitt Romney
The Long Run: How the Mormon Church Shaped Mitt Romney
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Balloon Juice
Los Angeles Times:
House Republicans add gay marriage measure to defense bill — The chamber passes the annual spending bill 200 to 120, including the provision that would ban same-sex ceremonies at military chapels. — Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) wrote one of the gay marriage provisions in the defense spending bill, which passed 299 to 120 in the House.
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New York Times and Daily Kos
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NAACP backs gay marriage
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Washington Monthly, Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit, CNN and Truth Wins Out
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
In Largely Symbolic Move, N.A.A.C.P. Votes to Endorse Same-Sex Marriage
In Largely Symbolic Move, N.A.A.C.P. Votes to Endorse Same-Sex Marriage
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Mediaite
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
NAACP offers Obama political cover on gay marriage
NAACP:
NAACP PASSES RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY
NAACP PASSES RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY
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ABCNEWS, The Reaction, Taylor Marsh and GLAAD
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Lockerbie bomber Megrahi ‘dead’ — Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing above Scotland, which killed 270 people, has died at home in Libya, his brother has told news agencies. — Megrahi, 59, was convicted by a special court in the Netherlands in 2001.
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Daily Express, CNN, The Moderate Voice, Scared Monkeys, Israel Matzav and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
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Associated Press:
Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi dies in Libya, family says
Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi dies in Libya, family says
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Algemeiner.com, Weasel Zippers and Fox News Insider
Reuters:
Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya: brother
Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya: brother
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Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
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Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, Convicted in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing, Dies at 60
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Gothamist and americanthinker.com
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Report: Convicted Lockerbie bomber dies
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We recommend Walker; his removal isn't justified — Scott Walker's policies are controversial, but arguments over policies - no matter how sharp - aren't reason enough to end a governor's term. — No governor in recent memory has been so controversial. No governor in America is so polarizing.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Washington Post, Althouse, The PJ Tatler, Politico, americanthinker.com, Power Line and Weekly Standard
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Obama: Stop Condescending to Women — WHEN I listen to President Obama speak to and about women, he sometimes sounds too paternalistic for my taste. In numerous appearances over the years — most recently at the Barnard graduation — he has made reference to how women are smarter than men.
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Mediaite, NewsBusters.org, Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, American Power, Weasel Zippers, Weekly Standard and Politico
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Charting Obama's Journey to a Shift on Afghanistan — It was just one brief exchange about Afghanistan with an aide late in 2009, but it suggests how President Obama's thinking about what he once called “a war of necessity” began to radically change less than a year after he took up residency in the White House.
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Politico, JustOneMinute and Booman Tribune
Radley Balko / The Huffington Post:
Under Asset Forfeiture Law, Wisconsin Cops Confiscate Families' Bail Money … FOLLOW: — Drug Violence, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Asset Forfeiture, Bail, Bond, Brown County Wisconsin, Criminal Justice, Drug Prohibition, Green Bay, Politics News — When the Brown County, Wis. …
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The Agitator
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Drop George Zimmerman's murder charge — New evidence suggests Trayvon Martin's killer acted in self-defense — A medical report by George Zimmerman's doctor has disclosed that Zimmerman had a fractured nose, two black eyes, two lacerations on the back of his head and a back injury on the day after the fatal shooting.
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NewsBusters.org, Jammie Wearing Fools and Conservatives4Palin
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Pelosi: Boehner going ‘over the edge’ — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday challenged Speaker John Boehner to move forward with cutting middle class tax rates and blasted him for calling for matching cuts before agreeing to raise the debt-ceiling limit.
ABCNEWS:
Rubio Comes Out Swinging at Obama at S.C. GOP Dinner — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., doled out attacks on President Obama tonight in a high-profile speech before South Carolina Republicans, laying out aggressive criticisms of the president as he called him the most “divisive figure” in American politics.
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Weekly Standard
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‘NATO 3’ had targeted Obama campaign HQ, Rahm's house, police stations, prosecutors say — Attorneys for three men charged in Chicago with possession of an explosive device and conspiracy to commit terrorism say they were pulled over by police in Bridgeport last week. Here is a video circulated by Occupy Chicago.
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The Jawa Report and Firedoglake
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Three charged in plot to firebomb Obama campaign headquarters
Three charged in plot to firebomb Obama campaign headquarters
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Hot Air, CANNONFIRE, Fox News, Scared Monkeys and Alan Colmes' Liberaland