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Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Movie massacre suspect sent chilling notebook to psychiatrist before attack — Three days after he allegedly shot up a Colorado movie theater, killing 12 and injuring scores, suspect James Holmes appeared in court, where he seemed disheveled and disoriented.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Obama has no patience for 'you didn't build that' attacks — SEATTLE - President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he's losing his patience over the Republican attacks aimed at his “you didn't build that” comment. — “I have to tell you, I generally have patience with what the other side says about me …
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BuzzFeed:
Democrats Plan To Go Nuclear On Romney “You Didn't Build This” Attack — In a memo, DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse outlines aggressive response to “BS” Romney claim. — Image by JAMES GLOVER / Reuters — DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse outlined an all-out response …
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Sheldon Adelson May Stop By Romney Jerusalem Fundraiser
Sheldon Adelson May Stop By Romney Jerusalem Fundraiser
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Hal Dardick / Chicago Tribune:
Alderman to Chick-fil-A: No deal — Moreno tries to block restaurant that opposes gay marriage from opening in his Northwest Side ward … A Chicago alderman wants to kill Chick-fil-A's plans to build a restaurant in his increasingly trendy Northwest Side ward because the fast-food chain's top executive vocally opposes gay marriage.
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Rahm: Chick-fil-A disrespects us
Rahm: Chick-fil-A disrespects us
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Alyssa Newcomb / ABCNEWS:
Chicago Latest to Oppose Chick-Fil-A
Chicago Latest to Oppose Chick-Fil-A
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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
No Building Permits for Opponent of Same-Sex Marriage
No Building Permits for Opponent of Same-Sex Marriage
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Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Senate Dems Jam House Republicans, Pass Bush Tax-Cut Extension For Middle Class — Senate Democrats have accomplished a feat they were unable to muster back in 2009 and 2010, when they had a much larger majority: On Wednesday, they passed a bill to extend the Bush tax cuts for everyone's first $250,000 in income.
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Richard Rubin / Bloomberg:
Billionaires May Win As Democrats Split Over Estate Tax
Billionaires May Win As Democrats Split Over Estate Tax
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Conservatives urge Cantor to push spending fight into 2013
Conservatives urge Cantor to push spending fight into 2013
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Sahil Kapur / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — House GOP Flirts With Government Shutdown Over ‘Obamacare’
TPMDC — House GOP Flirts With Government Shutdown Over ‘Obamacare’
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Reid Cherlin / GQ:
“We Do Absolutely Anything They Ask”: How the NRA's Grading System Keeps Congress on Lockdown — Mere hours after we woke up to the horrendous, terrifying news of the Aurora shooting, Mayor Michael Bloomberg took to the airwaves to criticize the candidates for their relative silence on gun policy.
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e2.ma:
NEW POLL OF NRA MEMBERS BY FRANK LUNTZ SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT FOR COMMON-SENSE GUN LAWS …
NEW POLL OF NRA MEMBERS BY FRANK LUNTZ SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT FOR COMMON-SENSE GUN LAWS …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Bloomberg pushes 2012ers on guns
Bloomberg pushes 2012ers on guns
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Craig R. Whitney / New York Times:
A Way Out of the Gun Stalemate
A Way Out of the Gun Stalemate
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Mitt hits back on Anglo-Saxon remark — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday called a Mitt Romney adviser's comment that the Republican candidate better understands the UK-USA relationship because of a shared “Anglo-Saxon heritage” — a notion Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul insisted was …
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Romney camp denies “Anglo-Saxon heritage” comment — (CBS News) As Mitt Romney kicks off his European trip Wednesday with a visit in London, the Romney campaign is dismissing a report from the UK's Daily Telegraph that an adviser to the campaign made comments suggesting the Republican …
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msnbc.com:
Romney talks with NBC's Brian Williams in exclusive interview — In a wide ranging interview NBC's Brian Williams asked Republican presidential candidate about a number of topics including gun control in the wake of the Aurora shootings. — In an exclusive interview with NBC's Brian Williams …
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Romney Falsely Claims Colorado Gunman Obtained Weapons Illegally — Mitt Romney revealed that he is unfamiliar with the details of the largest mass shooting in American history, during an interview with NBC's Brian Williams. The former Massachusetts governor claimed that alleged gunman in the Aurora …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democratic Voting Enthusiasm Down Sharply From 2004, 2008 — Republicans more enthusiastic than in 2008 — PRINCETON, NJ — Democrats are significantly less likely now (39%) than they were in the summers of 2004 and 2008 to say they are “more enthusiastic about voting than usual” in the coming presidential election.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Small Businessmen Push Back Against Obama — The Obama campaign is reeling from the fallout over the president's demand that small business people pay higher taxes because they owe their success to the government. In a few unscripted minutes, Obama, by saying what he really thinks, dealt his own campaign a severe blow.
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Michael Van Sickler / The Buzz Florida Politics Feed:
Romney campaign has — TAMPA — Two local business owners …
Romney campaign has — TAMPA — Two local business owners …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Presidential debate formats announced — The Commission on Presidential Debates has announced the formats for the 2012 presidential and vice presidential debates, each of which will be 90-minutes long. Moderators will be selected in August. — First presidential debate: October 3 …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Tina Brown seeks to calm Newsweek staff — Newsweek & Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown sought to calm her staff today following remarks from majority owner Barry Diller suggesting that the magazine could cease publication of its print edition as early as this year.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads in Michigan and Pennsylvania — PPP's newest Presidential polls in Michigan and Pennsylvania find Barack Obama with healthy leads in both states. He's up by 14 points, 53-39, in Michigan and by 6 points, 49-43, in Pennsylvania. We last looked at each of these states in May.
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Francis X. Donnelly / detroitnews.com:
Polls: Romney gaining in Michigan
Polls: Romney gaining in Michigan
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Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Romney-Bain contacts outlasted exit — WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has said he had no active role in Bain Capital, the private equity firm he founded, after he exited in February 1999 to take over Salt Lake City's Winter Olympics bid.
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Syria Is Iraq — Lord knows I am rooting for the opposition forces in Syria to quickly prevail on their own and turn out to be as democratically inclined as we hope. But the chances of this best-of-all-possible outcomes is low. That's because Syria is a lot like Iraq.
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Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Al Qaeda Insinuating Its Way Into Syria's Conflict
Al Qaeda Insinuating Its Way Into Syria's Conflict
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Hollywood Reporter:
Legendary Director Peter Bogdanovich: What If Movies Are Part of the Problem? — The director of “Targets” says: “People go to a movie to have a good time, and they get killed. ... It makes me sick that I made a movie about it.” … People go to a movie to have a good time, and they get killed.
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Wesley P. Hester / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Romney camp asks Va. to probe voter forms — The Voter Participation Center, the organization whose mailings are under scrutiny, fired back this afternoon at the Romney campaign. — In a letter to Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, it charged that what it called attempts …
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