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Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
President Obama names Fox? And what does President Obama think happens when Democrat works with Republicans? What happens to that Democrat in the left leaning press? — While I disagree with what the President says below ( I don't attack - his word - politicians on either side …
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Kaye Foley / ABCNEWS:
Facebook Co-Founder Scolds Chris Christie Over Gay Marriage Stance — How does Chris Hughes, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The New Republic and Facebook Co-founder, feel about Mark Zuckerberg hosting a fundraiser for Republican Governor Chris Christie? Hughes joined ABC News in a web exclusive …
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Advocate, Mediaite, Back2Stonewall, The Raw Story, Towleroad News #gay and Booman Tribune
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Obama discusses media influence
Obama discusses media influence
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CBS News:
Obama and Clinton: The 60 Minutes interview — The following script is from “The President and the Secretary of State” which aired on Jan. 27, 2013. Steve Kroft is the correspondent. Michael Radutzky, Maria Gavrilovic and L. Franklin Devine, producers. — There are few people …
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Obama, Clinton defend record in Middle East — President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended their foreign policy record in the middle East, saying in an interview aired Sunday that they wisely chose not to “shoot from the hip.” — In a joint interview aired on CBS's …
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Politico
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
McCain: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Must Include Path To Citizenship — Senator John McCain (R-AZ) confirmed on Sunday morning that he that he and a bipartisan group of senators will roll out a comprehensive immigration reform effort in Congress. Speaking on ABC's “This Week,” McCain …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Durbin: Senate immigration plan will be comprehensive, include citizenship path
Durbin: Senate immigration plan will be comprehensive, include citizenship path
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Politico
Associated Press:
Fire at Brazil club kills more than 230 as partiers stampede toward exit, choke on toxic smoke — View Photo Gallery — Brazil nightclub fire leaves hundreds dead: A blaze swept through a crowded club in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing at least 232 people and leaving at least 200 injured, police say.
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Simon Romero / New York Times:
Fire Sweeps Through Brazil Nightclu; Hundreds Dead
Fire Sweeps Through Brazil Nightclu; Hundreds Dead
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Lori Ziganto / Twitchy:
Bitter clinger! Obama claims that he totally goes secret skeet shooting all the time, guys — Some of his best friends are skeets, guys! We are finding out a lot from New Republic's interview with President Obama. First we found out he is Media Matters material, and now we find out he totally goes skeet shooting all the time.
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Obama says he goes skeet shooting ‘all the time’ at Camp David
Obama says he goes skeet shooting ‘all the time’ at Camp David
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Sen. Feinstein: Passing gun-control legislation is ‘hardest’ challenge
Sen. Feinstein: Passing gun-control legislation is ‘hardest’ challenge
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Politico and Weasel Zippers
Paul Krugman:
From Welfare Queens to Disabled Deadbeats — If you want to understand the trouble Republicans are in, one good place to start is with the obsession the right has lately developed with the rising disability rolls. The growing number of Americans receiving disability payments has …
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Justine Sharrock / BuzzFeed:
Promises Of Charity Won Tax Breaks for Tech Companies — San Francisco tech companies will avoid local taxes in exchange for promises, charitable contributions, and even promoted tweets, according to draft city documents. The agreements could be finalized as soon as tomorrow.
David Nather / Politico:
The quiet liberal plans for entitlement reform — Ask liberals about GOP demands to rein in Social Security and Medicare spending, and many say this: no way. — But the truth is, there are a number of ideas to do just that already sitting on the shelves of influential liberal think tanks around Washington.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Raheem Kassam / The Commentator:
Sunday Times blood libel cartoon, on Holocaust Memorial Day no less — Why can't cartoonists seem to criticise Israel without the use of big noses and blood libels? And why do the mainstream papers still publish this stuff? — Today is Holocaust Memorial Day.
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Algemeiner.com, Israel Matzav and Melanie Phillips
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Divided by Abortion, United by Feminism — IN 1942, 71 years before last week's Pentagon decision allowing women on the front lines of combat, the United States government established the Women's Army Corps, with Athena as its insignia, and welcomed our country's first female military recruits.
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