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Sam Hananel / Associated Press:
COURT: OBAMA APPOINTMENTS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate to fill vacancies on a labor relations panel, a federal appeals court panel ruled Friday. — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals …
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Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Federal Appeals Court Invalidates Obama's Recess Appointments to NLRB — A panel of Republican-appointed judges struck down President Obama's appointment of three members to the National Labor Relations Board during the winter 2012 congressional recess in an expansive ruling that invalidates …
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Melanie Trottman / Wall Street Journal:
Court Rules Obama Recess Appointments Unconstitutional
Court Rules Obama Recess Appointments Unconstitutional
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John Elwood / The Volokh Conspiracy:
DC Circuit Strikes Down President Obama's Recess Appointments
DC Circuit Strikes Down President Obama's Recess Appointments
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SCOTUSblog, emptywheel, Mother Jones and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Neoconfederate Judges Rule NLRB Recess Appointments Unconstitutional
Neoconfederate Judges Rule NLRB Recess Appointments Unconstitutional
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Esquire, Mother Jones, The Moderate Voice, Wonkblog and Washington Post
Bob Lewis / Associated Press:
GOP senators will oppose VA electoral change — RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The prospects appear doomed in Virginia this year for Republican-backed legislation that would replace the state's winner-take-all method of apportioning presidential electoral votes with one that awards one vote to the winner of each congressional district.
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Michael Sluss / Blue Ridge Caucus:
Updated: GOP Sen. Smith opposes bill to allocate presidential electoral votes by congressional district — If a bill to reapportion Virginia's presidential electoral votes by congressional district is a Republican plot, someone forgot to tell state Sen. Ralph Smith, R-Bedford County.
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msnbc.com, The Maddow Blog, Blue Virginia, The Week and First Read
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
This is a Big, Big Deal — A week ago I noted a new Republican push …
This is a Big, Big Deal — A week ago I noted a new Republican push …
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
“Rigging” the electoral system only is bad when it hurts Democrats
“Rigging” the electoral system only is bad when it hurts Democrats
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Power Line, Mother Jones, National Review, Business Insider, American Prospect and The New Republic
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The GOP Plan to Take the Electoral-Vote-Rigging Scheme National
The GOP Plan to Take the Electoral-Vote-Rigging Scheme National
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Five Reasons Bobby Jindal Is Responsible For Transforming The GOP Into ‘The Stupid Party’ — Days after Mitt Romney lost his bid for the presidency, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) kicked off a publicity campaign for his 2016 run, casting himself as a different kind of Republican.
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Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:
Full text: Bobby Jindal's dynamite speech to the Republican National Committee in Charlotte … Below is the text of Gov. Bobby Jindal's full speech to the Republican National Committee in Charlotte, N.C. delivered Thursday night. — Thank you all for having me here tonight.
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Haley Barbour: ‘Stupid’ comments hurt GOP
Haley Barbour: ‘Stupid’ comments hurt GOP
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Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Leaders Search for New, Winning Strategy
Republican Leaders Search for New, Winning Strategy
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Crooks and Liars, Mediaite and The Fix
Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush and Clint Bolick: Solving the Immigration Puzzle — Some want illegals to return to their native countries and ‘wait in line’ like everyone else. There is no line. — The nation's capital is awash with ideas about how to fix America's immigration policy.
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David Jackson / Associated Press:
Obama names McDonough chief of staff
Obama names McDonough chief of staff
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Jgalloway / Political Insider:
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss: Frustration with Washington drove him out — U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, the leader of a bipartisan effort to address the federal deficit, this morning pointed to gridlock in Washington for his decision not to seek a third term in 2014. — A statement just released by his office includes this:
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
CNN Anchor Tricks Opponent Of Women In Combat To Endorse Racial Segregation — Conservatives are outraged over Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's decision to lift the ban on women in combat, which opens up more than 200,000 frontline positions to women. Opponents of the move have called it “humiliating” and dangerous to unit cohesion.
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Tina Moore / NY Daily News:
Is Hillary seeing double? Daily News analysis points out the Secretary of State may suffer from vision impairments following a concussion and blood clot near her brain — A close inspection of Hillary Clinton's glasses worn during her Wednesday testimony on Benghazi shows an adhesive Fresnel prism …
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Politico, New York Magazine, Pat Dollard and The Daily Caller
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Jiltin' Joe? Obama does ‘60 Minutes’ with Hillary Clinton
Jiltin' Joe? Obama does ‘60 Minutes’ with Hillary Clinton
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Jackie Calmes / The Caucus:
As Obama and Clinton Sit for Joint Interview, Some Look to 2016
As Obama and Clinton Sit for Joint Interview, Some Look to 2016
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Mitt Romney: 'I'm not going away' — Mitt Romney's campaign ended, but he's not getting out of politics. — Romney told top Washington bundlers, donors and senior campaign leadership in a meeting Friday morning that he would help out GOP candidates for governor in 2013 …
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Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
We Must Do Something About The Media — It's important. — I already mentioned the media's Hillary Tributes, but there's even more of it. — And I've mentioned this before, but I'm truly alarmed about it: What we are witnessing is the full and seamless fusion of media power with government power.
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neo-neocon, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Roger Ailes and Hot Air
Toni Yates / ABC 7 Eyewitness News:
Booker helps freezing dog after Eyewitness News tweet … new jersey, newark, cory booker, dog, cold, cold weather, new jersey news, toni yates — More: Bio, Facebook, Twitter, Stories by Toni Yates, News Team — NEWARK, N.J. (WABC) — Eyewitness News reporter Toni Yates and her crew spotted …
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Christina Ng / ABCNEWS:
N.J. Mayor Cory Booker Helps Rescue Freezing Dog
N.J. Mayor Cory Booker Helps Rescue Freezing Dog
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msnbc.com and Balloon Juice
Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Sarah Palin Parts Ways With FOX News — After a three-year run as a paid contributor to the nation's highest-rated cable news channel, Sarah Palin and FOX News have cut ties, according to a source close to the former Alaska governor. — “It's my understanding that Gov. Palin was offered a contract by FOX …
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
New Mexico Bill Would Imprison Rape Victims Who Receive Abortions — Should a recently introduced bill in New Mexico become law, rape victims will be required to carry their pregnancies to term during their sexual assault trials or face charges of “tampering with evidence.”
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Addicting Info, Daily Kos, NO QUARTER USA NET and Feministing
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
In new fundraising pitch, McConnell campaign says senator blocked filibuster reform — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) campaign is touting what it characterizes as the senator's work to stop filibuster reform in a new fundraising pitch that proclaims, “We beat the liberals.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
My God, Could This Be True? — Much like with Mitt Romney, it seems that Benjamin Netanyahu had no idea of the electoral drubbing headed his way, despite the fact that independent pollsters very much did see it coming. Yes, you guessed it: Netanyahu's pollsters were apparently skewing his poll data.
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