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White House: Donors Weren't Booing Obama — Booo-urns! They “were saying ‘Yoooook and not Booo’ for God's sake,” Jay Carney says. — Source: youtube.com — White House Press Secretary Jay Carney denied that Boston donors to President Barack Obama campaign's booed the president …
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The White House, Washington Post, The Maddow Blog, Wonkette, Cafe Hayek and Washington Examiner
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ATF leader's email could be Fast and Furious smoking gun and Holder admitted Obama can't shield it — A single internal Department of Justice email could be the smoking-gun document in the Operation Fast and Furious scandal — if it turns out to contain what congressional investigators have said it does.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Betsy's Page, Weasel Zippers, UrbanGrounds and The Hill

Issa accuses Obama of involvement in ‘Fast and Furious’ operation
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Little Green Footballs

Carney: Boston donors weren't booing Obama, they were saying ‘Yoooook’
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American Spectator and Mediaite

Issa to Obama: Either you're involved in Fast and Furious or your executive privilege claim is unjustified
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Washington Post and Hot Air


TPM2012 — Claire McCaskill Will Not Attend Democratic National Convention — Claire McCaskill will not be attending the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, a McCaskill aide confirmed to TPM Tuesday. McCaskill joins a list of vulnerable Democratic politicians whose home districts …
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CNN, Politico, Ballot Box, Hotline On Call, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Talking Points Memo, Ed Driscoll and National Review
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Democrats May Drop Speedway Event At Charlotte Convention — Democrats are considering canceling their political convention's kick-off event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, as party planners grapple with a roughly $27 million fundraising deficit, according to two people familiar with matter.
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Michelle Malkin, RedState, Hot Air, Moe Lane, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, Washington Post, BizzyBlog, The PJ Tatler and The Daily Caller


Democrats Cancel Speedway Event at Charlotte Convention
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Politico and The Charlotte Observer

Missouri Dem. Senator May Skip Party's Convention (Update: McCaskill Confirms She Will Skip Convention)
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Nice Deb and The Gateway Pundit

After winning right to spend, political groups fight for secrecy — Conservatives who said disclosure of donors would prevent corruption now are attacking such rules, citing fears of harassment. — High-profile donors could face bullying and harassment from liberals out to “muzzle” …
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Politico
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Antonin Scalia, ranting old man
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New York Times, ACS Blog, First Draft and The Mahablog

“Death Panel” Three Years Later
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Addicting Info, Mediaite, USA Today, CNN, The Raw Story and LifeNews.com


Top Republican Senator Suggests Impeaching Obama Over Immigration Policies — Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) floated the possibility of impeaching President Obama over the administration's recent decisions on immigration, during an appearance on Bill Bennett's radio show on Tuesday.
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Denver Post, Firedoglake, Weasel Zippers, The Maddow Blog and CNN
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TPMDC — Jon Kyl Blames Obama For Failure Of Immigration Reform Under Bush
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Taking Note and Daily Kos

Romney: If health law invalidated, Obama's first term was a waste
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CNN and The Caucus

What Happened Tonight — So anyone following along on twitter know the basics. I was SWATted tonight. My wife was down in the basement, and unknown to me she had fallen asleep in an uncomfortable position while watching TV. I was just finishing up a post where I was going to share …
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Aaron Walker SWATted
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Allergic to Bull, The Other McCain, protein wisdom, The Lonely Conservative, Wizbang, Nice Deb, The Volokh Conspiracy and Popehat

A Personal Statement About Professional Fortitude
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UrbanGrounds

Brown, Warren tied — PPP's newest poll on the Massachusetts Senate race finds it dead even, with Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown both at 46%. Warren's now been at that exact same 46% mark in three PPP polls in a row dating back to last September. Brown's increased his support from levels …
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Firedoglake and Weekly Standard
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Warren blasts Mitt at Obama fundraiser
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Crooks and Liars and No More Mister Nice Blog

Confrontation With TSA Agent Leaves Grandpa's Ashes On Floor — Indianapolis Man Furious Over Treatment At Florida Airport Checkpoint — INDIANAPOLIS — A man's attempt to bring the ashes of his grandfather home to Indianapolis ended with an angry scene in a Florida airport, with the ashes spilled on the terminal floor.
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The Daily Caller, Sister Toldjah, The Raw Story, Ricochet Conversations Feed, Pundit & Pundette and Moe Lane

“Please God. Please make it stop.” — I have been forced to leave Cairo prematurely following a horrific sexual and physical attack in Tahrir Square. — The atmosphere was one of jubilation, excitement, and happiness as I walked, accompanied by two male companions for safety along Kasr El Nil bridge.
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The Jawa Report, Public Secrets, Atlas Shrugs and The PJ Tatler


Google scientists find evidence of machine learning — A neural network created by connecting 16,000 computer processors appears to support biologists' theories on how the human brain identifies objects. Hint: It's all about the cats. — Follow @stevenmusil
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The Agonist and The Daily Caller
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In a Big Network of Computers, Evidence of Machine Learning — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Inside Google's secretive X laboratory, known for inventing self-driving cars and augmented reality glasses, a small group of researchers began working several years ago on a simulation of the human brain.
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Mashable!, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller, Wired, AllThingsD and The Verge


EPA wins big in court challenge on greenhouse gases — In a surprisingly sweeping win for the Obama administration, a federal appeals court said Tuesday that the EPA is “unambiguously correct” in its interpretation of the Clean Air Act when it comes to regulating greenhouse gases.
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Grist, Washington Monthly and The Maddow Blog
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Reid, McConnell say they have a deal on student loan interest rates — Senate leaders say they have a deal on student loan legislation, pending approval by House Republicans, who have unexpectedly balked at Senate deals before. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) …
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Politico, ThinkProgress and Daily Kos


On Orbitz, Mac Users Steered to Pricier Hotels — Orbitz Worldwide Inc. has found that people who use Apple Inc.'s Mac computers spend as much as 30% more a night on hotels, so the online travel agency is starting to show them different, and sometimes costlier, travel options than Windows visitors see.
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The Atlantic Wire, WJLA-TV, Moneyland, The Daily Caller, The Not-So Private Parts, Vox Popoli and New York Magazine

Black Republicans Attack Eric Holder — Herman Cain and Ken Blackwell team up for a video critiquing Holder's stances with voting rights. — Former presidential candidate Herman Cain and conservative commentator Ken Blackwell have joined forces for a video attacking Attorney General Eric Holder for his positions on voter I.D. laws.
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theGrio
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A Classic of Inversion — I thought reading John Rocker's WND op-ed …
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The Maddow Blog

Pay Those Bills On Time Or Forfeit Right To Vote — If the 2012 general election winds up as a close GOP win, the odds are very high that the national GOP drive to restrict the franchise will deserve significant credit or blame. You tend to think, quite rightly, of Florida as Ground zero …
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American Prospect, Mother Jones and Associated Press

Obama lead in Ohio down to 3 — Barack Obama continues to lead Mitt Romney in Ohio, 47-44. But that's Obama's weakest showing in the state in PPP's polling since last October. He had led by 50-43 and 49-42 spreads in our two previous 2012 polls. — The big decline for Obama over the last couple months has been with white voters.
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American Prospect, Firedoglake and New York Magazine


On Booze, Meth, Suicide... and GOProud — Gay people abuse drugs, alcohol, and tobacco at higher rates than straight people do. We also commit suicide at higher rates. The haters on the religious right argue that these higher rates of self-harming behaviors are proof that the gay “lifestyle” is inherently dangerous and unhealthy.
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The Huffington Post, Truth Wins Out, The Daily What, Towleroad News #gay, GayPatriot and The Daily Dish

The U-Va. president drama: Is it the Queen Bee scenario? — Let's be honest here. — Is the drama over the ouster of the University of Virginia's president so compelling because it makes us stare down the death of our culture's sacred, wood-paneled, leather-bound idea of higher education?
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Althouse