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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Obama Will Include Same-Sex Couples In Immigration Plan — The Senate is silent on bi-national couples divided by law. — WASHINGTON — Same-sex couples will be a part of the proposal for addressing immigration reform that President Obama is scheduled to unveil Tuesday in Las Vegas …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
What did Republicans win in the immigration deal? — It's has been widely assumed this morning by some immigration advocates (and by yours truly, too) that the new immigration reform plan's process of citizenship for the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants is contingent on a commission …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
McCain: Binational Same-Sex Couples Are ‘Not Of Paramount Importance’ To Immigration Reform — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) — one of the architects of the bipartisan Senate plan to reform the immigration system — told CBS on Tuesday morning that including binational gay and lesbian couples whose relationships …
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Towleroad News #gay, The Plum Line and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
CNN:
Sources: Congressional Hispanic Caucus members urged Obama not to unveil immigration bill
Sources: Congressional Hispanic Caucus members urged Obama not to unveil immigration bill
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Politico, First Read, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, The Hill, Twitchy, BuzzFeed and americanthinker.com
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Prominent House Dem: “Madness” To Pass Immigration Reform Without LGBT Protections
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Bipartisan immigration plan faces deep skepticism
Bipartisan immigration plan faces deep skepticism
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Politico:
Immigration tough sell in GOP House
Immigration tough sell in GOP House
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msnbc.com, Scared Monkeys, Reuters, Hot Air and CNN
Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
The U.S. Border Is More Secure Than Ever Before
The U.S. Border Is More Secure Than Ever Before
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Pirate's Cove, The Daily Caller, The Plum Line, The Political Carnival and Wonkblog
Jordan Fabian / ABCNEWS:
Transcript: Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Transcript: Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
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The Week, National Review, Towleroad News #gay and The Agonist
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
The House Has Its Own Bipartisan Immigration Plan In The Works, Republicans Say
The House Has Its Own Bipartisan Immigration Plan In The Works, Republicans Say
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The Maddow Blog, The Hill, Ross Douthat, Hot Air and Senator Ted Cruz
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Super PAC to back Hillary Clinton — Fans of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have launched a super PAC on her behalf as speculation continues to swirl about her 2016 ambitions. — “Ready for Hillary” on Friday filed with the Federal Election Commission, following on the heels of another group called “HILLARYCLINTONSUPERPAC.”
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Joshua Green / Business Week:
Obama's Parting Gift to Hillary Clinton — Last week campaign disclosure reports revealed that Hillary Clinton had finally retired the debt from her 2008 presidential campaign—with a little help from the guy who beat her, Barack Obama. Clinton's debt once totaled more than $20 million …
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Outside the Beltway, Truthdig, Booman Tribune and Prairie Weather
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Love has no pride — The thought that love has no pride is an old one. Indeed, it has become something of a cliché. Yet it is achieved the status of cliché by virtue of the truth in it. — CBS's venerable 60 Minutes show brought us an example of the cliché in action over the weekend.
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Steve Kroft's ‘Softball’ Obama Interviews Diminish ‘60 Minutes’
Steve Kroft's ‘Softball’ Obama Interviews Diminish ‘60 Minutes’
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Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Marc Ambinder / The Week:
Hillary SuperPAC readies launch
Hillary SuperPAC readies launch
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Prairie Weather, The Moderate Voice, The Hinterland Gazette and Truthdig
Marsha Blackburn / CNN:
TRENDING: Skeptical congresswoman challenges Obama to skeet shooting match — (CNN) - It's about time for some bipartisan...skeet shooting? — Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, joined a chorus of skeptics who questioned President Barack Obama's recent comments about his hobby of skeet shooting …
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The Hill, American Power, americanthinker.com, Weasel Zippers, Jammie Wearing Fools and Politico
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Carney ‘not sure how often’ Obama goes skeet shooting
Carney ‘not sure how often’ Obama goes skeet shooting
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Politico, Jammie Wearing Fools, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Bay Buchanan quits TV punditry, takes online real estate class after Romney's ‘brutal’ loss — A former top aide to Mitt Romney says that she quit her career as a television pundit and began taking online real estate classes after the former Republican presidential nominee's “brutal” loss to President Barack Obama.
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Washington Examiner and Rumproast
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
I Was Quite Surprised By Some Things On My American Airlines International ‘Economy Class’ Flight — Everyone's always complaining about how horrible flying is—especially “economy class” flying. — And compared to other ways that one can spend one's time, flying is indeed often unpleasant and aggravating.
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Investor's Business Daily:
Subsidies Create Glut Of College Grads — Higher Education: A new study finds almost half of Americans with college degrees are working at jobs that don't require one. It's the latest example of how federal subsidies are creating a massive higher-education bubble.
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americanthinker.com and Betsy's Page
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Second G.O.P. — On the surface, Republicans are already doing a good job of beginning to change their party. Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana gave a speech to the Republican National Committee calling on Republicans to stop being the stupid party, to stop insulting the intelligence of the American people.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Booman Tribune
nbclosangeles.com:
Doctor Fatally Shot at Office in Newport Beach — A doctor was fatally shot and the suspected gunman was in custody on Monday after a shooting at a doctor's office in Newport Beach, police said. — The shooting happened at 2:45 p.m. in a second floor patient room at 520 Superior Avenue …
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U.S. News and The Hinterland Gazette
Associated Press:
Report: Treasury approved excessive pay for executives at bailed-out AIG, GM and Ally — Robert Miller/THE WASHINGTON POST - The U.S. Treasury Department building October 22, 2012 in Washington, DC. The Treasury Department disregarded its own guidelines by allowing large pay increases …
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americanthinker.com and Taegan Goddard's …
TMZ.com:
20/20 Co-Anchor Chris Cuomo — I'm Moving to CNN! — I'm Moving to CNN! — EXCLUSIVE — Chris Cuomo is calling it quits at “20/20” — TMZ has learned ... he's moving to CNN very soon. — Sources connected with CNN tell us ... Cuomo will host a morning show.
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Rebecca Berg / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul Will Propose Ban On Sending F-16s To Egypt — The senator from Kentucky told a group of conservatives at an off-the-record meeting Monday. Beefing up his pro-Israel credentials. — Image by J. Scott Applewhite / AP — WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul told an off-the-record meeting …
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Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press:
Official: US May Set up Drone Base in Niger — A U.S. military official says the Pentagon is considering setting up a drone base in northwest Africa to increase intelligence collection on Islamic militants in the region. — The official says the U.S. signed an agreement Monday that would set …
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The Atlantic Wire:
The Truth About Little Women Carrying Big Wounded Men in Combat — One of the recurring arguments against women serving in combat appears on its face to be just good common horse sense: women just don't have the upper body strength to carry a heavy male soldier out of combat.
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Crooks and Liars and Eschaton
Fox News:
Draft UN climate report shows 20 years of overestimated global warming, skeptics warn — The predicted temperature changes (darker red indicating greater change) due to global warming, based on data that scientists, policymakers and the public are now questioning.
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