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1:25 AM ET, March 1, 2013

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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
U.S. endorses limited gay marriage right  —  The Obama administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to rule in the case of California's Proposition 8 that same-sex marriage should be required in eight more states, beyond the nine that already permit it, although it stopped short …
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New York Times:
U.S. Offers Broad Support for Gay Marriage Rights  —  The Obama administration threw its support behind a broad claim for marriage equality on Thursday, and urged the Supreme Court to rule that voters in California were not entitled to ban same-sex marriage there.
Discussion: The Plum Line and The Week
Pete Williams / First Read:
Obama administration to express support for gay marriage before Supreme Court
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Obama Urges Supreme Court To Strike Down California's Marriage Ban
Wendy Kaminer / The Atlantic Online:   Is Campaign Spending Regulated Too Much, or Not Enough?
Politico:
Exclusive: The Woodward, Sperling emails revealed  —  POLITICO's “Behind the Curtain” column last night quoted Bob Woodward as saying that a senior White House official has told him in an email he would “regret” questioning White House statements on the origins of sequestration.
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Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Why Bob Woodward's Fight With The White House Matters to You  —  And why I iced a senior Obama White House official.  —  The fight between the White House and journalistic legend Bob Woodward is a silly distraction to a major problem: The failure of President Obama and House Republicans to lead the country under a budget deadline.
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama adviser didn't threaten Woodward, says White House
Discussion: Politico, Weasel Zippers and Doug Ross
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Businessweek Warns That Minorities May Be Buying Houses Again  —  Bloomberg Businessweek is a genuinely great magazine that does an amazing job of making business and economics news accessible and interesting, but this way of illustrating a cover story about the return of aggressive mortgage lending products is really something else.
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Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
A BusinessWeek cover crosses a line  —  Minorities as greedy grotesqueries fueling a new housing bubble  —  Bloomberg BusinessWeek is a lot edgier than its predecessor, at least where design is concerned.  Sometimes it's too edgy, like when it takes two minutes to read some headline intentionally designed to be barely legible.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bloomberg Businessweek apologizes
Katrina Trinko / National Review:
In Closed-Door Meeting, Cantor Warned of ‘Civil War’  —  House majority leader Eric Cantor is increasingly frustrated with a group of House Republicans who are working against the leadership, and he's not afraid of voicing his dismay.  —  In a closed-door conference meeting on Wednesday …
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
The Nine Republican Men Who Won't Consider Any Version Of The Violence Against Women Act
Discussion: Booman Tribune, Slate and The Week
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Why Scalia's ‘Racial Entitlement’ Quote Is Even Scarier Than You Think  —  Justice Antonin Scalia quite deservedly came under fire yesterday for his claim that a key provision of the Voting Rights Act is a “perpetuation of racial entitlement.”  If the justice were looking to confirm every suspicion …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Sotomayor, Kagan ready for battles
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Minnesota Republican Legislator: Homosexuality Is A ‘Sexual Addiction’ And An ‘Unscientific Lie’ … After a bipartisan group in Minnesota's state legislature introduced marriage equality legislation Wednesday, Republican State Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen is already on the warpath to prevent equality.
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Colin Campbell / Politicker:
Pete King Can't Believe Rubio Has the ‘Balls’ to Fundraise in New York  —  Congressman Pete King was not pleased with his fellow Republicans who opposed the federal Hurricane Sandy relief package.  Accordingly, Mr. King told us he was shocked to learn that Florida Senator Marco Rubio …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep Ducks Transvaginal Ultrasound Question With: 'I Haven't Had One'  —  Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) declined to take a position last week during a town hall meeting on whether transvaginal ultrasounds should be mandatory for women seeking abortions, saying he has never heard of the practice …
Raphael Ahren / The Times of Israel:
Erdogan calls Zionism a ‘crime against humanity’  —  Turkish PM slammed for juxtaposing Jewish self-determination with anti-Semitism, Islamophobia; UN chief called out for remaining silent  —  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday described Zionism as a “crime against humanity” on par with anti-Semitism and fascism.
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Jim Avila / ABCNEWS:
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Regrets Surprise Announcement of Immigrant Release  —  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano had no part in a decision by underlings to release low-risk illegal immigrant detainees as a way to save money before the sequestration …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Max Fisher / Washington Post:
China is happy with John Kerry because it thinks he'll drop the ‘pivot to Asia’  —  John Kerry's first weeks as secretary of state, and even the weeks before he took the job, certainly gave the impression that he would focus on the Middle East- on restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks …
Discussion: Via Meadia and thomaspmbarnett.com
Sam Masters / The Independent:
Green fatigue sets in: the world cools on global warming  —  Worldwide concerns about climate change have dropped dramatically since 2009  —  Public concern about environmental issues including climate change has slumped to a 20-year low since the financial crisis, a global study reveals.
Associated Press:
Dennis Rodman tells Kim Jong Un: ‘You have a friend for life’  —  SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman met North Korea's Kim Jong Un on Thursday on the third day of his improbable journey to Pyongyang, telling the leader “You have a friend for life,” a delegation spokesman said.
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Jean H. Lee / bigstory.ap.org:   Rodman tells Kim Jong Un he has ‘friend for life’
Gretchen Reynolds / Well:
What Housework Has to Do With Waistlines  —  One reason so many American women are overweight may be that we are vacuuming and doing laundry less often, according to a new study that, while scrupulously even-handed, is likely to stir controversy and emotions.
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Shakesville
 
 
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Jan Brewer: Immigrant detainee release ‘wrong’
Discussion: CNN and Crooks and Liars
Ivory A. Toldson / The Root:
More Black Men in Jail Than in College? Wrong
Discussion: American Prospect
Michael Thompson / KLTV-TV:
Van ISD employee shot at handgun training class
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Soldier Admits Providing Files to WikiLeaks
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Has Ted Cruz Hit The Tipping Point?
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Brian Beutler http / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Republicans Kill Sequestration Alternative
Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Republican leaders' sequester ‘meeting’ with Obama: Seven minutes
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Rasmussen Reports:
Only 6% Rate News Media As Very Trustworthy
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Kathryn Smith / Politico:
Arkansas legislature passes 12-week abortion ban
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
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