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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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Associated Press, BBC, Towleroad News #gay, Mediaite, NBCNews.com, emptywheel, AMERICAblog, ACS Blog and Joe. My. God.
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New York Times:
The White House Joins the Fight — President Obama made good on the promise of his second Inaugural Address on Thursday by joining the fight to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. Having declared that marriage equality is part of the road “through Seneca Fall and Selma and Stonewall …
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The Maddow Blog and The Week
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.
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USA Today, Daily Kos, The Week and The Plum Line
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Obama Administration Urges Supreme Court To Strike Down California Anti-Gay Marriage Ban
Obama Administration Urges Supreme Court To Strike Down California Anti-Gay Marriage Ban
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Washington Blade, CNN, Equality On Trial, Hot Air, Firedoglake and Politico
Miranda Leitsinger / NBCNews.com:
Clint Eastwood to Supreme Court: Drop California's ban on same-sex marriage
Clint Eastwood to Supreme Court: Drop California's ban on same-sex marriage
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ABCNEWS, First Read, L.A. NOW, Equality On Trial, Towleroad News #gay, The Raw Story, PinkNews.co.uk, Advocate and Addicting Info
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Minnesota Republican Legislator: Homosexuality Is A ‘Sexual Addiction’ And An ‘Unscientific Lie’
Minnesota Republican Legislator: Homosexuality Is A ‘Sexual Addiction’ And An ‘Unscientific Lie’
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Towleroad News #gay, Bluestem Prairie and PinkNews.co.uk
Baird Helgeson / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Gay marriage fight begins in Minnesota Legislature
Gay marriage fight begins in Minnesota Legislature
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Gawker, Advocate, The Raw Story and Hot Dish Politics
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
House Republicans Cheer Boehner's Refusal to Negotiate on Cuts — WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner, the man who spent significant portions of the last Congress shuttling to and from the White House for fiscal talks with President Obama that ultimately failed twice to produce a grand bargain …
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First Read, Taylor Marsh, msnbc.com, The Maddow Blog, Gawker and Prairie Weather
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Sequester begins, with no end in sight for across-the-board cuts
Sequester begins, with no end in sight for across-the-board cuts
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Washington Post:
Competing sequestration bills fail in Senate
Competing sequestration bills fail in Senate
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thomaspmbarnett.com, Weasel Zippers, The Plum Line, Reuters, Post Politics, The Agonist and Hot Air
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate rejects rival bills to prevent $85B sequester spending cuts
Senate rejects rival bills to prevent $85B sequester spending cuts
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msnbc.com, Wall Street Journal, Politico and Ballot Box
Kate Nocera / Politico:
House passes Violence Against Women Act
House passes Violence Against Women Act
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Brian Beutler http / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Republicans Kill Sequestration Alternative
Senate Republicans Kill Sequestration Alternative
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The Maddow Blog, Politico, Wonkblog and Washington Monthly
Darlene Superville / Talking Points Memo:
Michelle Obama Not Surprised By Reaction To Oscars Appearance — CHICAGO (AP) — Michelle Obama says it was “absolutely not surprising” to her that her satellite appearance at the Academy Awards ceremony provoked a national conversation about whether it was appropriate …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Press corps to Woodward: Really?
Press corps to Woodward: Really?
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Washington Post, The Raw Story, BuzzFeed, Hot Air, Power Line, No More Mister Nice Blog, Democracy in America, News Desk and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
John Cook / Gawker:
Goodbye, Bob — Bob Woodward is not a reliable reporter.
Goodbye, Bob — Bob Woodward is not a reliable reporter.
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Balloon Juice, Taylor Marsh, Politico, Philly.com, New York Times, Daily Kos, Prairie Weather, Slate and Liberal Values
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama adviser didn't threaten Woodward, says White House
Obama adviser didn't threaten Woodward, says White House
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Politico, Weasel Zippers and Doug Ross
Mike Riggs / Hit & Run:
The Most Openly and Transparently Thin-Skinned Administration in History
The Most Openly and Transparently Thin-Skinned Administration in History
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Twitchy, Doug Ross, Vodkapundit, Hot Air, Ed Driscoll, The PJ Tatler and The Daily Caller
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
A BusinessWeek cover crosses a line
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Wonkblog, The Week, Addicting Info, Outside the Beltway, The Raw Story and Media Decoder, more at Mediagazer »
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Irked lawmakers say Kerry left them in the dark on Syria aid — Lawmakers on Thursday said the State Department left Congress in the dark about the administration's decision to aid rebel forces in Syria. — The leaders of the panels that cover foreign policy told The Hill they weren't briefed ahead …
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Fox News:
Romney likens 2012 race to ‘roller coaster,’ in exclusive ‘Fox News Sunday’ interview — Mitt Romney, in an exclusive interview with “Fox News Sunday,” said the end of the 2012 presidential race was like getting off a roller coaster. — “We were on a roller coaster, exciting and thrilling, ups and downs.
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Politico, The Fix and NBCNews.com
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Ben Bernanke, Hippie — We're just a few weeks away from a milestone I suspect most of Washington would like to forget: the start of the Iraq war. What I remember from that time is the utter impenetrability of the elite prowar consensus. If you tried to point out that the Bush administration …
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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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Connecting.the.Dots, Mother Jones, Lawyers, Guns & Money, News Desk and Washington Post
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Has Ted Cruz Hit The Tipping Point? — Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images — ABC's Michael Falcone reports: — The Ted Cruz headlines just won't stop. — “Sen. Ted Cruz says Obama wants immigration bill to fail to hurt GOP,” wrote the Dallas Morning News last week.
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The PJ Tatler, National Review, FishbowlDC and The Reaction
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 …
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Politico, The Daily Caller and nation.foxnews.com
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Hail Armageddon — “The worst-case scenario for us,” a leading anti-budget-cuts lobbyist told The Post, “is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens.” — Think about that. Worst case? That a government drowning in debt should cut back by 2.2 percent — and the country survives.
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Wall Street Journal, Hot Air and Betsy's Page
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Many Steps to Be Taken When ‘Sequester’ Is Law — WASHINGTON — At some point on Friday (no one will say precisely when), President Obama will formally notify government agencies that an obscure process known as sequestration is in effect, triggering deep, across-the-board budget cuts that will force federal spending to shrink.