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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Hear Campaign Finance Case — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a challenge to federal campaign contribution limits and issued decisions concerning a drug-sniffing dog, an international child-custody dispute and when the police may detain people while conducting a search.
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Prairie Weather and Bloomberg
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to consider limits on individual political contributions — The Supreme Court reentered the controversial field of campaign finance Tuesday, agreeing to consider a Republican challenge to decades-old limits on the total amount a person can contribute to candidates, political parties and political action committees.
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Ballot Box
Ariane De Vogue / ABCNEWS:
Indiana Farmer Takes on Seed Behemoth Monsanto; Justices Skeptical of Farmer's Claim
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sides with drug-sniffing dog; supports soldier's child custody case
Supreme Court sides with drug-sniffing dog; supports soldier's child custody case
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Hit & Run, Eschaton, SCOTUSblog, Watchdog.org and TalkLeft
Paul Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Supreme Court Takes Campaign Finance Case, Will Rule On Contribution Limits
Supreme Court Takes Campaign Finance Case, Will Rule On Contribution Limits
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Democracy21, Election Law Blog, Daily Kos, CNN, Mother Jones, ACS Blog and SCOTUSblog
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail — February 20, 2013 - New Jersey Gov Flies High, Buries Unknown Dem, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Christie Close To Clinton, Leads Cuomo In '16 Pres Race — New Jersey voters today continue Gov. Christopher Christie's record-breaking 74 - 22 percent approval rating …
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Politico, Taegan Goddard's …, Washington Examiner and Prairie Weather
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Congress Approval Holding Steady at 15% — Up one point from January, but at the low end of the historical spectrum — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' approval of Congress is at 15% in February, one percentage point higher than in January and exactly matching the 15% average for all of 2012.
John Boehner / Wall Street Journal:
The President Is Raging Against a Budget Crisis He Created — Obama invented the ‘sequester’ in the summer of 2011 to avoid facing up to America's spending problem. — A week from now, a dramatic new federal policy is set to go into effect that threatens U.S. national security, thousands of jobs and more.
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, msnbc.com and The Gateway Pundit
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
More Republican Denial — Conservatives keep reminding everyone …
More Republican Denial — Conservatives keep reminding everyone …
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The Week, The Dish, Outside the Beltway, The Raw Story, Washington Monthly, Right Turn and Washington Post
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Why Does the New Simpson-Bowles Deficit Plan Look So ... Republican?
Why Does the New Simpson-Bowles Deficit Plan Look So ... Republican?
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The Dish, The Plum Line, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, Balloon Juice, Firedoglake, Hullabaloo and The Maddow Blog
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Obama to Flesh Out Plans for Infrastructure Projects — The White House on Wednesday will flesh out the plans President Obama announced in the State of the Union address to repair the nation's ailing infrastructure, a White House official said. — A summary of the plan …
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Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Obama Works the Phones to Calm Tensions on Immigration Plan
Obama Works the Phones to Calm Tensions on Immigration Plan
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msnbc.com and National Network …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
THINGS IN POLITICO THAT MAKE ME WANT TO GUZZLE ANTIFREEZE, PART THE INFINITY
THINGS IN POLITICO THAT MAKE ME WANT TO GUZZLE ANTIFREEZE, PART THE INFINITY
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The Other McCain, The Week, Slate, The Atlantic Wire, Guardian, Politico, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and Washington Monthly
WV MetroNews:
Carte Goodwin out for 2014 — Charleston Attorney Carte Goodwin has decided NOT to run for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate in West Virginia in 2014. — Goodwin tells Metronews that his decision to stay out of the race was driven by family concerns. He and his wife have two young children.
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Roll Call and Post Politics
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Rand Paul: Obama ‘histrionics’ over cuts — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is charging that President Barack Obama is full of “histrionics” about what will happen if the sequester kicks in. — “I think the sequester happens and it will be in some ways a yawn because the histrionics that are coming …
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Reuters and Pirate's Cove
Cristina Silva / Associated Press:
McCain defends immigration plan to angry residents — PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona took center stage in the national immigration debate Tuesday as Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano toured the state's border with Mexico and Sen. John McCain defended his proposed immigration overhaul to an angry crowd in suburban Phoenix.
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CNN
Jon.Ralston / Ralston Reports:
Fahrenkopf opines on GOP's “idotic” stances, Christie's “French kiss,” the media's bias and more — What better place than the Las Vegas Country Club, where time seems to have stopped in 1974 or so, for a group of conservatives to gather to figure out how to capture the glory days.
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The Fix, Politico and Weasel Zippers
The White House:
Remarks by the President on the Sequester — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. (Applause.) Please have a seat. Well, welcome to the White House. — As I said in my State of the Union address last week, our top priority must be to do everything we can to grow the economy and create good, middle-class jobs.
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Washington Examiner, Firedoglake, Fix the Debt, Booman Tribune and momentoftruthproject.org
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Gas prices are on a mysterious climb — The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline has jumped 45 cents in the past 31 days, according to AAA, the fastest run-up since 2005. — Retail gasoline prices have climbed for 33 days in a row. A month ago, a gallon of regular gasoline cost $3.30 …
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Informed Comment
Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
John Duncan On VAWA: Most Men Can Handle Violence Better Than Most Women — Rep. John “Jimmy” Duncan Jr. (R-Tenn.) said he doesn't know if he will vote for a renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, a bill the congressman said has a nice name, and argued that men can handle violence better than women.
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Firedoglake, Taegan Goddard's … and The Raw Story
Corrie MacLaggan / Reuters:
Republican Senator Cruz defends style a Democrat likened to McCarthyism — (Reuters) - First-term Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas on Tuesday staunchly defended his aggressive, in-your-face style that already is raising eyebrows in Washington and has led a Senate Democrat to suggest his tactics reminded her of McCarthyism.
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Politico and Washington Examiner
Aaron Couch / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump Threatens to Sue Macy's Protester for $25 Million (Exclusive) — “Dump Trump” organizer Angelo Carusone tells THR a cease and desist letter he received shows the “Apprentice” star engages in “bullying and intimidation.” — Donald Trump — Donald Trump can't fire …
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The Raw Story, Guardian and Daily Kos
DSWright / Firedoglake:
Aaron Swartz's FBI File — When I heard the news of Aaron Swartz's suicide I was deeply saddened or more accurately profoundly irritated. Why had the government - or should I say U.S Attorney Carmen Ortiz - wasted so much time and resources destroying someone over such an inconsequential act?
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Guardian
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Missouri Bill Makes It A Felony For Lawmakers To Propose Gun Safety Legislation — Yesterday, Missouri state Rep. Mike Leara (R) proposed legislation making it a felony for lawmakers to so much as propose many bills regulating guns. Leara's bill provides that “[a]ny member of the general assembly …
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The Gateway Pundit, Truthdig, Talking Points Memo and The Raw Story
Manu Raju / Politico:
Joe Miller's return gives GOP establishment heartburn — Republicans who don't want to witness GOP-on-GOP primary warfare in 2014 may want to keep their eyes trained on the Lower 48. — Alaska could be messy. — Joe Miller, the tea party favorite who was backed by Sarah Palin …
Renee Maltezou / Reuters:
Anti-austerity strike to bring Greece to a standstill — (Reuters) - Greek workers walk off the job on Wednesday in a nationwide anti-austerity strike that will disrupt transport, shut public schools and tax offices and leave hospitals working with emergency staff.
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Obama, DC Press Corps Locked in Mutual Loathing Pact — Over at Politico today, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen have a long piece about press corps unhappiness with their access to President Obama. Their timing is unfortunate, coming just a day after the press corps embarrassed itself by coming completely unglued over....
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Politico, Poynter, Crooks and Liars, BizzyBlog, Gawker, Balloon Juice and p m carpenter's commentary
Joe Scarborough / Politico:
Tearing down the conservative echo chamber — A “Morning Joe” discussion from Tuesday is sure to set off extremists within the Republican Party who remain more interested in defending the GOP's losing ways than charting a new course to victory. After Chuck Todd concluded that Republicans …
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NY Daily News, TheBlaze.com, TVNewser and Riehl World News
Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:
Warren Lee Hill, and His Cause, Live to Fight Another Day — 30 minutes before the moment of his lethal injection, two courts stay the execution of a mentally retarded prisoner so that they can evaluate his case. — Members of the Georgia Board of Pardons at Hill's July clemency hearing (David Goldman/AP)
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Tea party group pictures Rove in Nazi uniform — A top tea party group is taking its clash with Karl Rove to a new level, sending out a fundraising email Tuesday featuring a photoshopped image of the GOP operative in an SS uniform. — “Wipe the Smirk Off Karl Rove's Face,” …
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Little Green Footballs, American Spectator, Mediaite, msnbc.com, Crooks and Liars, Mother Jones, The Week and Washington Examiner
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
59 percent of Americans oppose DOMA: poll — Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon — Send via Email — Send this page to Print Friendly — New polls find growing support for marriage equality. (Blade file photo by Michael Key)
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Towleroad News #gay and Firedoglake