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Washington Post:
White House releases state-by-state breakdown of sequester's effects — The White House on Sunday detailed how deep spending cuts set to begin this week would affect programs in every state and the District, as President Obama launched a last-ditch effort to pressure congressional Republicans …
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The Huffington Post, Wonkblog, The Gateway Pundit, Post Politics, Right Turn, The Fix, Taylor Marsh, Connecting.the.Dots, Hot Air, Calculated Risk and alan.com
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Wall Street Journal:
Fresh Front in Budget Battle — Congressional Leaders Discuss Deal to Avert Shutdown at Cost of Extending Cuts — Already looking past the current budget impasse gripping the capital, congressional leaders are quietly considering a deal to avert a government shutdown next month …
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Hot Air
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Sen. Warner: Public does not realize how ‘stupid’ sequester cuts are — Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Monday expressed frustration over the $85 billion in sequester cuts slated to take effect on Friday, warning the cuts could compound the nation's fiscal problems.
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Washington Monthly and Politico
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Gibbs: I was ordered not to acknowledge drone program existed
Gibbs: I was ordered not to acknowledge drone program existed
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Politico
Mark Hoffman / JSOnline:
Scott Walker sees little Wisconsin impact from federal cuts
Scott Walker sees little Wisconsin impact from federal cuts
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NBCNews.com and Taegan Goddard's …
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News:
Gibbs: I was told not to acknowledge existence of drone program
Gibbs: I was told not to acknowledge existence of drone program
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AL.com and Hullabaloo
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Obama tells nation's governors: 'We've got more work to do'
Obama tells nation's governors: 'We've got more work to do'
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Politico
David Rogers / Politico:
Dim sequestration outlook: Cuts before compromise
Dim sequestration outlook: Cuts before compromise
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Washington Monthly, Los Angeles Times and First Read
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
Nikki Finke's Oscar Live-Snark: Four Hours Of Unfunny Seth MacFarlane; Unnecessary Michelle Obama; ‘Argo’ Wins Best Picture — I'm live-snarking the 85th Oscars for the outstanding film achievements of 2012 starting at 5:30 PM PT tonight. Comments will open when the show starts inside the Dolby Theatre.
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Hit & Run, Wonkette, National Review, Ed Driscoll and Althouse
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Dominic Patten / Deadline.com:
OSCARS: How Michelle Obama's Surprise Appearance Came Together - Video — UPDATED: The Golden Globes got Bill Clinton but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got First Lady Michelle Obama tonight at the Oscars - in part thanks to Harvey Weinstein.
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Roger L. Simon, Althouse, Towleroad News #gay and New York Times
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Why was Michelle Obama at the Oscars? — It was the average too-long, unfunny, over-produced Academy Awards TV show and then, after suffering through the 10-hour (well, it seemed like it) show, there was the first lady. In a ball gown. With military service personnel in dress uniform behind her.
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TheBlaze.com, Hit & Run and TMZ.com
Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein Arranged Michelle Obama's Best Picture Oscars Surprise
Harvey Weinstein Arranged Michelle Obama's Best Picture Oscars Surprise
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CNN, Mediaite and TheBlaze.com
Jordan Zakarin / Hollywood Reporter:
Michelle Obama Makes Surprise Oscars Appearance, Reads Best Picture
Michelle Obama Makes Surprise Oscars Appearance, Reads Best Picture
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The Gateway Pundit, Taylor Marsh, New Jersey Online, Inside Movies and alan.com
New York Times:
Democrats and Republicans Miscalculate on Automatic Cuts — WASHINGTON — With Congress unlikely to stop deep automatic spending cuts that will strike hard at the military, the fiscal stalemate is highlighting a significant shift in the Republican Party: lawmakers most keenly dedicated …
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The Dish, Daily Kos, Real Clear Politics, msnbc.com, No More Mister Nice Blog, AEIdeas and The Caucus
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Julian Zelizer / CNN:
If spending is cut, GOP will get the blame
If spending is cut, GOP will get the blame
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The Moderate Voice, The Agonist and The Reaction
Jonathan Earle / Telegraph:
John Kerry invents country of Kyrzakhstan — John Kerry has suffered his first gaffe as the new US secretary of state, inventing the nation of ‘Kyrzakhstan’ — In an embarrassing slip of the tongue, Mr Kerry last week praised US diplomats working to secure “democratic institutions” in the Central Asian country, which does not exist.
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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and American Thinker
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Dems 2016: Will Hillary Clinton clear the field? — The ranks of Democratic governors are filled with ambitious politicians boasting records that would probably play well with primary voters in 2016. — But even as they eye a move from the statehouse to the White House …
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The Other McCain and Shakesville
Robert Pigott / BBC:
Cardinal Keith O'Brien resigns as Archbishop — Cardinal Keith O'Brien was to be Britain's only representative at the papal vote — Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, is stepping down as the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh.
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Joe. My. God., WFPL, NBCNews.com and Guardian
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Scmo / scmo.org:
Pope accepts Cardinal O'Brien's resignation
Pope accepts Cardinal O'Brien's resignation
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Guardian and New York Times
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
THE HOUSE OF PAIN … - DOUBLE TAKE - PHOTO BOOTH - DAILY SHOUTS - PAGE-TURNER - DAILY COMMENT - AMY DAVIDSON - JOHN CASSIDY - BOROWITZ - RICHARD BRODY
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Washington Examiner
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Austerity, Italian Style — Two months ago, when Mario Monti stepped down as Italy's prime minister, The Economist opined that “The coming election campaign will be, above all, a test of the maturity and realism of Italian voters.” The mature, realistic action, presumably …
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Business Insider and Paul Krugman
The Daily Caller:
Long-time escort confirms Senator Bob Menendez paid her for sex — A professional escort who travels the East Coast seeing clients in cities from Miami to Boston has identified a photo of Senator Bob Menendez as a man who paid her for sex. The woman, in her late 30s, told The Daily Caller prior …
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New Jersey Online, NorthJersey.com, his vorpal sword, Weasel Zippers and The Other McCain
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
Barnes & Noble Weighs Its E-Reader Investment — Even for a company with a lot of bad news lately, the bulletin from Barnes & Noble this month had an ominous feel. — Barnes & Noble, the nation's largest book chain, warned that when it reports fiscal 2013 third-quarter results on Thursday …
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The Week, Mashable! and DealBook, more at Mediagazer »
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Stuart Stevens / Washington Post:
The GOP revival must go beyond joining Twitter — There seems to be a desire to blame Republicans' electoral difficulties and the Romney campaign's loss on technological failings. I wish this were the problem, because it would be relatively easy to fix. But it's not.
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Power Line, Towleroad News #gay, The Maddow Blog and msnbc.com
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz Defends Government Overthrow Lie — On Friday we noted that The New Yorker had dug up a three year old speech in which freshman Sen. Ted Cruz had charged that there were at least a dozen professors at Harvard Law School during his time there in the mid-90s who “would say they were Marxists …
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Salon, The Moderate Voice and The Plum Line