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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Obama blames Republicans for failing to stop sequester — In his weekly address on Saturday, Obama said the $85 billion sequester went into effect late Friday because congressional Republicans refused to compromise. — “These cuts are not smart,” Obama said. — “They will hurt our economy and cost us jobs.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Republicans warn Obama has ‘poisoned’ relations with campaign-style attacks
Republicans warn Obama has ‘poisoned’ relations with campaign-style attacks
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Brian Beutler http / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Tips His Hand In Sequestration Fight
Obama Tips His Hand In Sequestration Fight
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Our deeply unbalanced fiscal debate
Our deeply unbalanced fiscal debate
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American Power, Hullabaloo, CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, Balloon Juice and driftglass
John M. Broder / New York Times:
A 2,000-Page Lubricant for Keystone XL — WASHINGTON — The State Department issued a revised environmental impact statement for the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline on Friday that makes no recommendation about whether the project should be built but presents no conclusive environmental reason it should not be.
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Jim Clyburn: Antonin Scalia Rejects Voting Rights Act Because He's ‘White And Proud’ — WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Friday that he was “absolutely shocked” to hear Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia describe a key piece of the Voting Rights Act, one of the most significant achievements …
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
A Divide on Voting Rights in a Town Where Blood Spilled — McCOMB, Miss. — In the refined air of the United States Supreme Court, the questions posed by justices on Wednesday seemed so big as to be unanswerable: Are parts of the Voting Rights Act an unfair infringement on state sovereignty?
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No More Mister Nice Blog and RH Reality Check
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
CPAC's Exclusion Of Conservative Gay Group Sparks A Schism On The Right — Conservative speakers and organizers will flock to Washington, DC next week for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). But GOProud, an extreme right-wing gay organization, won't be invited this year …
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CPAC's Empty Chairs
CPAC's Empty Chairs
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Mediaite, Power Line, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler and TheBlaze.com
Icwhatudo / freerepublic.com:
Rachel Maddow Busted Using Multiple Fake Twitter Accounts To Boost Mentions Of Her Show — A poster on Twitter, upon seeing what he thought were very similar posts referencing MSNBC host Rachel Maddow's show, did some searching and found out that Maddow has been using phony twitter accounts to boost her …
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Steve Neavling / Reuters:
Michigan governor clears way for state takeover of Detroit — (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder cleared the way for a state takeover of Detroit, declaring that the birthplace of the U.S. automotive industry faces a fiscal emergency and that he has identified a top candidate to assume its management.
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Michigan to Appoint Emergency Fiscal Manager for Detroit
Michigan to Appoint Emergency Fiscal Manager for Detroit
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Mark Oppenheimer / New York Times:
Church, State and Bible Class in Texas — It may be a little late for the holiday of Purim, but on Tuesday, in Eastland, Tex., Gay Hart will be baking hamantaschen — the traditional doughy, triangle-shaped pastries accented with dollops of prune, Nutella or some other delectable paste …
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Chris Greenwood / Daily Mail:
Four Islamic terrorists planned attack on British soil with guns and home-made bombs — Four Islamic extremists admitted plotting a terrorist attack on British soil armed with guns and home-made bombs. — The men were caught after in a massive multi-million pound surveillance operation by police and the security services.
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The Jawa Report and Jihad Watch
Arshad Mohammed / Reuters:
Kerry to stress need for Egypt consensus for IMF deal — (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry will stress the importance Egypt achieves political consensus for painful economic reforms needed to secure an IMF loan, a senior U.S. official said on Saturday.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Bob Woodward Agrees With Hannity: Journalists Should Ask Obama About Bill Ayers — The Washington Post's Bob Woodward appeared on Fox News' Hannity on Thursday evening to complain about National Economic Council director Gene Sperling's email disputing his characterization of the White House's role …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
White House has some flexibility in choosing $85B spending cuts — The White House says its hands are tied by the $85 billion sequester, but budget experts counter that it will have some flexibility to choose what to cut and what to save. — The wiggle-room is inviting accusations …
David Seifman / New York Post:
Mayor Bloomberg says to lose weight you have to eat less — Meet Mayor Bloomberg, diet guru. — Only you're probably not going to like his advice for losing weight — just eat less. — “If you eat less than 2,000 calories you'll lose weight,” the mayor said on his weekly WOR radio show today.
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Patrick O'Shea / Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times:
Schools locked down over “ambiguous message” taken as threat — AMBRIDGE — Beaver County schools had their lives “flipped, turned upside down” Thursday morning when a phone greeting involving the theme song from the 1990s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” was taken as a threat.
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americanthinker.com, Gothamist, The Daily Caller and Neatorama
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Mass illegal immigrant release could be headache for Obama, tricky for GOP — The release of hundreds of illegal immigrants into a federal monitoring system this week may be an ongoing headache for the Obama administration, as Republicans focus their scrutiny on uncovering potential missteps.
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Jammie Wearing Fools
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Al Qaeda Hits Obama for Supporting Marriage Equality — Al Qaeda says the United States has another crime to add to its litany of atrocities: support for same-sex marriage. — In the latest issue of Inspire, the Al Qaeda-produced English-language magazine that teaches readers …
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Advocate, Outside the Beltway, Good As You and SCOTUSblog
Jill Serjeant / Reuters:
Schwarzenegger flexes muscles again in bodybuilding world — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is going back to his bodybuilding roots. — The action movie star turned politician will become group executive editor for the magazines Flex, and Muscle & Fitness …