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Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:
AP sources: Immunity offered to certain immigrants — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. The election-year initiative addresses …
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Rep. Steve King to sue Obama administration over new immigration policy — Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King said Friday that he plans to sue the Obama administration to halt implementation of its newly announced selective illegal immigration law enforcement policy.
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Guardian, ThinkProgress and The PJ Tatler
John H. Cushman Jr / New York Times:
U.S. to Stop Deporting Some Illegal Immigrants — WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children will be able to obtain work permits and be safe from deportation under a new policy announced on Friday by the Obama administration.
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Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Obama To Stop Deporting DREAM-Eligible Youth, Protecting 1 Million Undocumented Students — President Obama will announce a new immigration policy this morning that will allow some undocumented students to avoid deportation and receive work authorization.
Department of Homeland Security:
Secretary Napolitano Announces Deferred Action Process for Young People Who Are Low Enforcement Priorities
Secretary Napolitano Announces Deferred Action Process for Young People Who Are Low Enforcement Priorities
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama makes election-year change in deportation policy
Obama makes election-year change in deportation policy
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ABCNEWS, The Gateway Pundit, All American Blogger and Rush Limbaugh
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Why Obama's Decision To Stop Deporting DREAM-Eligible Youth Is Good For The Economy
Why Obama's Decision To Stop Deporting DREAM-Eligible Youth Is Good For The Economy
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Shakesville and The New Civil Rights Movement
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Obama administration tries to downplay impact, muffle public opposition to amnesty move
Obama administration tries to downplay impact, muffle public opposition to amnesty move
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The New Civil Rights Movement and iOwnTheWorld.com
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Allen West Alleges New Obama Policy On DREAMers Is Voter Fraud Conspiracy For 2012 Election
Rep. Allen West Alleges New Obama Policy On DREAMers Is Voter Fraud Conspiracy For 2012 Election
Tom Cohen / CNN:
Young immigrant deportations stopped
Young immigrant deportations stopped
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Michael O'Brien / msnbc.com:
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The latest political headlines powered by NBC News and msnbc.com
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Politico:
Obama interrupted by heckling reporter — In a surprising breach of normal etiquette, President Barack Obama's Rose Garden remarks on Friday were interrupted by heckling from reporter Neil Munro of the website Daily Caller, where conservative commentator Tucker Carlson is the editor-in-chief.
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CNN:
Obama to interrupter: 'I didn't ask for an argument' — (CNN) - President Barack Obama did not respond kindly Friday to an interruption during his Rose Garden announcement of new immigration rules, telling the man shouting that it was neither the time nor the place to field questions.
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The Huffington Post:
Obama Immigration Speech: Reporter Interrupts, Heckles President During Remarks (VIDEO)
Obama Immigration Speech: Reporter Interrupts, Heckles President During Remarks (VIDEO)
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The Daily Caller, The Raw Story and New York Magazine
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Out Of Line — The guy who saw fit to interrupt twice …
Out Of Line — The guy who saw fit to interrupt twice …
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Mashable! and Indecision Forever
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Skip the falsehoods, Mr. President, and give us a plan — I had high hopes for President Obama's speech on the economy. But instead of going to Ohio on Thursday with a compelling plan for the future, the president gave Americans a falsehood wrapped in a fallacy.
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New York Times:
The Political Contrast — President Obama sometimes forgets that an important speech does not have to be endless. On Thursday, appearing before supporters at a Cleveland community college, he spent 53 minutes on the stark contrast between his goals and the failed Bush-era policies that Mitt Romney is trying to resurrect.
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Hunter Walker / Politicker:
President Obama's Speech Gets A Thumbs Down From Political Press Corps
President Obama's Speech Gets A Thumbs Down From Political Press Corps
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
McCain: Adelson funding Romney Super PAC with ‘foreign money’ — Senator and Romney presidential campaign surrogate John McCain (R-AZ) said Thursday that casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is indirectly injecting millions of dollar in Chinese “foreign money” into Mitt Romney's presidential election effort.
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Adelson's Romney-boosting support reportedly ‘limitless’
Adelson's Romney-boosting support reportedly ‘limitless’
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Daily Kos and Algemeiner.com
Justin Sink / The Hill:
McCain says casino mogul is putting ‘foreign money’ into 2012 campaign
McCain says casino mogul is putting ‘foreign money’ into 2012 campaign
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GOP 12 and Algemeiner.com
Ruschell Boone / NY1.com:
NY1 Exclusive: School Prohibits Fifth-Grader From Giving Speech On Same-Sex Marriage … Kameron Slade worked on his speech with his mother and his teacher after winning a class competition. He was slated to deliver it in a school-wide contest at PS 195. — That's no longer going to happen.
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Sally Goldenberg / New York Post:
It's a ‘trick’ question — They're not hookers — they just look as if they could be! — A dozen scantily clad women rallied outside City Hall yesterday, decrying a bill they say prevents beauties wearing skimpy clothes from getting a fair shot at hailing a yellow cab.
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Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Obama to Celebrities: 'You're the Ultimate Arbiter of Which Direction This Country Goes' — NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama soaked in the support — and the campaign cash — of Manhattan's elite entertainers Thursday as his re-election team sought to fill its fundraising coffers.
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John Lauinger / NY Daily News:
President Obama visits Sarah Jessica Parker's Manhattan brownstone for elaborate fund-raiser
President Obama visits Sarah Jessica Parker's Manhattan brownstone for elaborate fund-raiser
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The Gateway Pundit and Althouse
Tim Mak / Politico:
Rahm Emanuel: Reduce pot penalties — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is backing a plan to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, according to a report. — If City Council agrees, those caught with 15 grams of marijuana or less would be given a fine from between $100 and $500, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
What Republicans Think — Democrats frequently ask me why the Republicans have become so extreme. As they describe the situation, they usually fall back on some sort of illness metaphor. Republicans have a mania. President Obama has said that Republicans have a “fever” that he hopes will break if he is re-elected.
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Politico:
Inside the Koch World convention — The Koch brothers' political operation has increasingly come to resemble its own political party — and later this month in San Diego, it will hold what amounts to its most ambitious convention to date. — Many of the dozens of rich conservative invitees …
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