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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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The Hill, Politico, The Plum Line, Poliglot, Towleroad News #gay, AMERICAblog, The Right Scoop, Joe. My. God. and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Sen. McCain: We need border drones to get a deal on immigration reforms — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Monday that he would like to see the implementation of high-tech border solutions — including drone aircraft — as part of a comprehensive immigration reform deal.
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The Raw Story
Politico:
Obama, McCain, Rubio begin immigration dance — John McCain and Marco Rubio weren't going to follow President Barack Obama's lead. — When the White House announced that Obama would open a campaign for immigration reform with an event in Las Vegas Tuesday, the Republican senators …
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CNN, First Read, Reuters, Weasel Zippers and The Hill
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 The National Memo
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Congress Faces Deep-Seated Resistance to Immigration Plan
Congress Faces Deep-Seated Resistance to Immigration Plan
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The Caucus, msnbc.com, Obsidian Wings, PERRspectives and The PJ Tatler
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Bipartisan immigration plan faces deep skepticism
Bipartisan immigration plan faces deep skepticism
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Washington Monthly and msnbc.com
Washington Post:
Obama to announce his immigration reform plan, said to be more liberal than Senate effort
Obama to announce his immigration reform plan, said to be more liberal than Senate effort
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Right Turn, The Week, Post Politics and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
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 Political Carnival, The Plum Line and Wonkblog
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, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, The Hill, Twitchy, BuzzFeed and americanthinker.com
Rush Limbaugh:
Fear Rules the GOP on Immigration
Fear Rules the GOP on Immigration
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AMERICAblog, Politico, Hot Air, Hullabaloo and ABCNEWS
Politico:
Immigration tough sell in GOP House
Immigration tough sell in GOP House
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msnbc.com, Scared Monkeys, Hot Air and CNN
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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National Review, Fox News and The Raw Story
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Steve Kroft's ‘Softball’ Obama Interviews Diminish ‘60 Minutes’ — All 14 questions the award-winning correspondent posed in his recent sit-down were glaringly flawed. Jon Stewart is more hard-hitting. — CBSNews.com — On 60 Minutes, the news magazine show that prides itself on …
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Hot Air and The Daily Caller
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Kroft: Obama-Clinton interview request a surprise
Kroft: Obama-Clinton interview request a surprise
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NewsBusters, Weasel Zippers, Politico and CBS News
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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The Center for Public …, CNN, Taylor Marsh, Post Politics, Washington Free Beacon and msnbc.com
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Joshua Green / Business Week:
Obama's Parting Gift to Hillary Clinton
Obama's Parting Gift to Hillary Clinton
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Outside the Beltway, Truthdig, Booman Tribune and Prairie Weather
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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Politico, The Hill, American Power, americanthinker.com, Weasel Zippers and Jammie Wearing Fools
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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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Bay Buchanan trades politics for real estate
Bay Buchanan trades politics for real estate
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Taylor Marsh, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Stinque
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
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
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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Hullabaloo
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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Right Wing News
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
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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Taylor Marsh, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Crooks and Liars and Eschaton
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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Daniel W. Drezner