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Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Taxes For 2010 Not Fully Disclosed … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Politics, Taxes , Video, Mitt Romney Tax Returns, Mitt Romney Taxes, Election 2012, Fbar, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney Taxes 2010, Politics News
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Abby Huntsman / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Never Thought He'd Have To Release Tax Returns: Bain Sources … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Mitt Romney Bain Capital, Mitt Romney Tax Returns, Mitt Romney Taxes, Bain Capital, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney Quit, Politics News
CNN:
Why won't Romney release more tax returns? — Editor's note: Edward D. Kleinbard is a professor at Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California. He is the former chief of staff of Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation. Peter C. Canellos, a lawyer, is former chair of the New York State Bar Association Tax Section.
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Tarini Partiand Scott Wong / Politico:
Dems look to keep heat on Romney over tax returns
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Sahil Kapur / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Top Dems Push Bill Requiring Candidates To Disclose Offshore Tax Havens
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CNN:
Another day on the trail: Dancing horses, cronyism
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New York Times:
Economic Fears Hurting Obama, Poll Indicates — Declining confidence in the nation's economic prospects appears to be the most powerful force influencing voters as the presidential election gears up, undercutting key areas of support for President Obama and helping give his Republican challenger …
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The Caucus, American Power and The Daily Dish
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama lead in New Mexico declining — PPP's newest New Mexico poll finds the race for President there getting a lot more competitive. Barack Obama continues to lead but his advantage is down to 5 points at 49-44, a far cry from the leads of 14 and 15 points he had on our previous two polls of the state.
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Latino Decisions:
New poll: After SB1070 decision Obama widens lead over Romney among Latinos — Latino Decisions released new national poll of Latino registered voters showing Barack Obama winning 70% of the Latino vote compared to 22% for Mitt Romney. The poll, commissioned by the Center …
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Bachmann: Letter on Clinton aide was ‘distorted’ — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said a letter she and colleagues sent about an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is “being distorted.” — She issued the statement shortly after Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) took to the Senate floor …
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Jason Linkins / The Huffington Post:
Michele Bachmann Points To Huma Abedin As Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrator
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United States Senator John McCain:
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Christopher Kolk / People.com:
Anthony Weiner Shares a Family Photo
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
“Vetting” Genie Out of the Bottle — I don't want to over-react to John Sunnunu's bizarre outburst yesterday, or put too much weight on McKay Coppins' report today that it represented a Romney campaign decision to “take the gloves off” and go nuclear on the president.
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BuzzFeed:
How The Romney Campaign Decided To Take The Gloves Off
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BuzzFeed:
Olympics Documents, Intro Described Romney As Bain CEO — Mitt Romney has spent much of the last week arguing that, despite some public records, he was effectively gone from Bain Capital in February 1999. But in February 2000, Romney was introduced as the “founder and CEO of Capital” …
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Haaretz:
7 reported killed in terror attack against Israelis in Bulgaria — Haaretz brings you minute-by-minute updates on the deadly attack; Israeli rescue services en route to country; Terror attack occurs on 18th anniversary of attack on Jewish community in Buenos Aires.
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Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
Second judge rejects state voter ID law — Requirement will not be in place for fall elections — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - A second judge has declared Wisconsin's voter ID law unconstitutional, further guaranteeing that the ID requirement will not be in place for elections this fall.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Mack says Smith not a real journalist — The war between Rep. Connie Mack and Tampa Bay Times political editor Adam Smith continued today when the Republican representative told Smith to his face that he wasn't a real journalist. — As my colleage Charlie Mahtesian has reported …
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Tampa Bay Times and Naked Politics
Russ Burlingame / ComicBook.com:
Rush Limbaugh: Bane's Creator Weighs In — Not long after Rush Limbaugh was quoted by The Hollywood Reporter this afternoon as asserting that the use of longtime DC Comics villain Bane in the upcoming Batman film The Dark Knight Rises was in fact a subtle jab at Bain Capital co-founder Mitt Romney …
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Hubble Smith / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Amonix closes North Las Vegas solar plant after 14 months, heavy federal subsidies — The Amonix solar manufacturing plant in North Las Vegas, heavily financed under an Obama administration energy initiative, has closed its 214,000-square-foot facility 14 months after it opened.
Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Obama Campaign Detectives Hunt For Foreclosed Florida Voters — By day, Lynnette Acosta, a 34-year- old mother of two, is an information-technology manager in Orlando, Florida. By night, she's a sleuth for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, scouring for potential voters.
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Firedoglake and Political Capital
Merrill Knox / TVNewser:
Hannity Gets First Interview with George Zimmerman — Sean Hannity has secured the first interview with George Zimmerman, the man accused of killing Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. The hour-long exclusive will air on Hannity's Fox News Channel program tonight at 9pmET.
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Romney camp: ‘Not true’ he paid $0 in taxes — With Mitt Romney declining to release additional years of personal tax returns, the Obama campaign and an array of commentators have floated the possibility that Romney may not have paid any taxes at all in one year or another.
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Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Cronyism Built That — President Obama's record of rewarding political donors with taxpayer dollars and plum administration posts is facing a new round of scrutiny thanks to GOP challenger Mitt Romney's effort to make it a central issue of the campaign. — “[President Obama] …
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AJE - Al Jazeera English:
Syria blast strikes at heart of Assad's rule — Blast in Damascus kills Defence Minister Daoud Rajha, Assad's brother-in-law Assef Shawkat and other senior officials. — Syria's defence minister and Interior minister are among those who were killed after an explosion struck …
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Jessica Mason / YouTube Blog:
Face blurring: when footage requires anonymity — As citizens continue to play a critical role in supplying news and human rights footage from around the world, YouTube is committed to creating even better tools to help them. According to the international human rights organization WITNESS …
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