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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Here's How Obama's Immigration Position Differs From The Senate's — In a speech, the president mostly backs the bipartisan framework on the Hill with two key exceptions: treatment of same-sex couples, and the inclusion of a border security “trigger.” — Image by Jason Reed / Reuters
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New York Times, Mother Jones, Taylor Marsh, CNN, The National Memo, Washington Monthly, The Other McCain and The Reaction
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Mary McGuire / ABCNEWS:
Who Are the Gang Of 8 in Senate Immigration Debate? — The Senate's so-called “Gang of 8” has gained national attention in the past week by announcing sweeping plans for bipartisan immigration reform. But who can count themselves as members of Capitol Hill's newest clique?
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Politico and Associated Press
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep Says He Opposes Immigration Reform Because Latinos Are Uneducated, Will Never Support Republicans — Republican senators in the so-called Gang of 8 working to enact comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship argue that repairing the broken system would attract Latino voters to the GOP.
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Reuters, The Impolitic, The Plum Line, Crooks and Liars, Morning Call, The Huffington Post, Daily Kos and The Maddow Blog
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Immigration reform could add 7 million people to Obamacare
Immigration reform could add 7 million people to Obamacare
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The Atlantic Online, Off the Kuff, ABCNEWS, Washington Examiner and National Review
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Moving On — I was not going to say anything, but rather just fade away. I suppose though with rumors and reports I should say something. — My voicemail and inbox are, as I type, filling up. I have turned my phone off as the only way to get it to stop ringing. — Yes, I can confirm I am leaving CNN.
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Kerry gets overwhelming Senate backing to lead State Department — View Photo Gallery — 10 things you should know about John Kerry: President Obama nominated the Massachusetts senator for secretary of state and the U.S. Senate has confirmed him. Here's ten things you might not have known about him.
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Post Politics, The PJ Tatler and Taegan Goddard's …
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Talking Points Memo:
Senate Confirms John Kerry As U.S. Secretary Of State
Senate Confirms John Kerry As U.S. Secretary Of State
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The Democratic Daily and Washington Monthly
Christopher Rowland / Boston Globe:
Senator John Kerry wins confirmation as secretary of state; to replace Hillary Clinton at swearing …
Senator John Kerry wins confirmation as secretary of state; to replace Hillary Clinton at swearing …
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Truthdig, The Reaction and Balloon Juice
Rachel Weiner / Post Politics:
John Kerry confirmed as secretary of state
John Kerry confirmed as secretary of state
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Politico, The Democratic Daily, Associated Press and Michelle Malkin
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
John Kerry nomination clears committee
John Kerry nomination clears committee
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CNN, Daily Kos and Instapundit
Sdesprat / Twitchy:
Outrageous: How the left-wing media lied about Newtown ‘hecklers’ — National and international media are up in arms today over the story of Neil Heslin, father of slain Sandy Hook student Jesse Lewis, being heckled yesterday during a Connecticut legislative meeting.
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Mediaite, The Week, Ed Driscoll, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, About.com Conservative … and Gawker
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Jade Walker / The Huffington Post:
Neil Heslin, Father Of Newtown Victim, Heckled By Pro-Gun Activists (VIDEO, PHOTOS) — Gun Control, Video, Coyote Maverick, Jesse Lewis, Jesse McCord Lewis, Neil Heslin, Second Amendment, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Gun Violence Prevention Working Group, Guns …
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Twitchy, The Right Scoop, Los Angeles Times and Dependable Renegade
Jane C. Timm / msnbc.com:
Emotional father of Sandy Hook victim heckled by gun nuts
Emotional father of Sandy Hook victim heckled by gun nuts
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Hullabaloo, Hot Air, Twitchy and Connecting.the.Dots
Natalie Angier / New York Times:
That Cuddly Kitty Is Deadlier Than You Think — For all the adorable images of cats that play the piano, flush the toilet, mew melodiously and find their way back home over hundreds of miles, scientists have identified a shocking new truth: cats are far deadlier than anyone realized.
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Booman Tribune and Mother Jones
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Unions, Hollywood open to bankrolling Obama's advocacy arm — Labor unions and Hollywood donors are open to bankrolling Organizing for Action, the outside group that has been formed in support of President Obama's second-term agenda. — Traditionally one of the biggest donors to Democrats …
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Prairie Weather
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Bob Guccione's Penthouse secrets bared — A Wealthy hedge funder who began buying unclaimed storage lockers as a hobby has uncovered a treasure trove of artifacts from the estate of late Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione. — Jeremy Frommer, a former Royal Bank of Canada managing director …
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Virginia Senate Committee Overwhelmingly Kills Electoral Vote Rigging Scheme … ProgressVirginia reported Tuesday afternoon that the Virginia Senate's Privileges and Elections Committee killed Sen. Charles “Bill” Carrico Sr.'s electoral college-rigging bill, despite an offer …
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msnbc.com
Dorsey Shaw / BuzzFeed:
Fox News Sees Its Worst Ratings Since 2001 — More ratings woes for FNC since Obama's reelection. — January marked Fox News Channel's lowest 25-54 demo delivery for Monday-Sunday Primetime and Sales Prime (M-Su 7p-2a) since August 2001. — January was also the worst month ever for FNC's …
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Booman Tribune and The Impolitic
Nick Baumann / Mother Jones:
Top Conservatives Run PAC That Funded White Nationalists — Two conservatives who sit on the boards of mainstream right-wing groups control a PAC that gave thousands of dollars to a racist organization. — Two prominent conservative movement officials who hold leadership positions …
Rush Limbaugh:
Senator Rubio Makes His Case — RUSH: We welcome to the program Florida Senator Marco Rubio. Senator, great to have you here on the EIB Network. I think it's your second or third time here. It's always great. — RUBIO: Yeah, it is, being on the program. I've been listening to it for a while.
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New York Times, The Fix, Wonkblog, Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog, Power Line, News Desk, BuzzFeed and Washington Examiner
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Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
Graham Says ‘Clinton Got Away With Murder’ On Benghazi, Will Hold Hagel Unless Panetta Testifies — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is still searching for the silver bullet, that one piece of testimony that will prove once and for all that the Obama administration lied during the aftermath of the Benghazi attack.
Phyllis Schlafly / Human Events:
PANETTA'S COWARDLY DECISION — RESIZE: — In a newsworthy act of political cowardice, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta ran through the Pentagon's exit door as he announced he is striking down the 1994 Combat Exclusion Law. His timing means his successor, presumably Chuck Hagel …
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Right Wing Watch, Mock, Paper, Scissors and The Raw Story
Egypt Independent:
Black Bloc must die, say Jihad and Jama'a al-Islamiya — views: — Send to friend — The Islamist party of the Jihad Organization and Jama'a al-Islamiya has said the ways of dealing with banditry specified in the Quran must be applied to Black Bloc members, which means they must be killed.
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Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
New York Times:
Prior Problems In 787 Battery Set Off Concerns Boeing Was Aware of 787 Battery Problems Before Failure — Even before two battery failures led to the grounding of all Boeing 787 jets this month, the lithium-ion batteries used on the aircraft had experienced multiple problems that raised questions about their reliability.
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The PJ Tatler
Jenn Taylor / Twitchy:
Oops! The New Republic tweets parody site ‘proof’ of Obama shooting skeet, quickly deletes — If it's too good to be true, The New Republic is on it! — President Barack “Bitter Clinger” Obama claimed he totally goes skeet shooting “all the time” at Camp David, but White House press secretary Jay Carney …
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Ed Driscoll
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Mag Pushes Fake Picture of Obama Skeet Shooting
Mag Pushes Fake Picture of Obama Skeet Shooting
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Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit and Pat Dollard
The Christian / Christian Science Monitor:
Egypt's protests reveal deficit of trust in Muslim Brotherhood — Open defiance of Egypt's president in street protests shows how much the Muslim Brotherhood needs to leave Islam outside the door of democracy. — Five days of protests in Egypt, with dozens of people killed and entire cities in turmoil …
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Pat Dollard