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New York Times:
Trying to Revive Talks, Obama Goes Around G.O.P. Leaders — WASHINGTON — With Republican leaders in Congress forswearing budget negotiations over new revenues, President Obama has begun reaching around them to Republican lawmakers with a history of willingness to cut bipartisan deals.
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Jake Novak / CNBC:
Boehner Wants Budget Deals ‘Out in the Open’ — Supervising Producer for “The Kudlow Report” — House Speaker John Boehner told CNBC's Larry Kudlow on Wednesday that a long-term deal on entitlements is possible, and there's no good reason for the Obama team to have shut down the White House tour.
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Politico:
Now Dems worry: Did Obama cry wolf? — President Barack Obama hopes to spark a pitchfork revolt against Republicans over sequester-induced budget cuts — but many Democrats fret that he's undermined that effort with an early strategy marred by hype, poor planning and muddled messaging.
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CNN, Business Insider, Hot Air, blogs.telegraph.co.uk and The National Memo
Reuters:
Election bump over, Obama approval drops to 43 percent: Reuters/IPSOS poll — Reuters/Reuters - President Barack Obama departs the Oval Office of the White House in Washington before departing to visit wounded military personnel at the Walter Reed National Military Center in Bethesda, ...more
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NBCNews.com, Jammie Wearing Fools, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, The Moderate Voice, Scared Monkeys, The PJ Tatler and National Review
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Have Won a Budget Battle, But Not the War — As sequestration begins, Republicans have been overtaken with something close to giddiness, and Democrats seized with gloom. It appeared as recently as a few months ago that the threat of across-the-board cuts, disproportionately hurting defense …
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Washington Monthly, The Fix, The Plum Line, Talking Points Memo, The Reaction, Business Insider and Prairie Weather
Greg Holyk / ABCNEWS:
Most Back Cuts Overall - But Not to the Military
Most Back Cuts Overall - But Not to the Military
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Mother Jones, Weasel Zippers and Jammie Wearing Fools
William J. Dobson / Slate:
How his economically disastrous, politically effective ideology will haunt the country he ruined. — Even before Hugo Chávez died, he had become a ghost. A strange, unfamiliar quiet had fallen on Venezuela for weeks as people waited to hear the voice of the president who had been part of their daily lives for nearly 14 years.
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The Lede, NewsBusters and The Dish
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Rory Carroll / New York Times:
In the End, an Awful Manager — IN Caracas, Venezuela, you could tell a summit meeting mattered to Hugo Chávez when government workers touched up the city's rubble. Before dignitaries arrived, teams with buckets and brushes would paint bright yellow lines along the route from the airport …
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The Other McCain and National Review
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
What I learned about Hugo Chávez's mental health when I visited Venezuela with Sean Penn. — Less than a day after Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's communication minister appeared on television to announce that the socialist leader was in failing health, Chávez has died.
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Toronto Star, Hot Air and The Atlantic Online
Greg Grandin / The Nation:
On the Legacy of Hugo Chávez
On the Legacy of Hugo Chávez
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Hit & Run, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, Twitchy, Belmont Club and The Daily Caller
Rebecca Ford / Hollywood Reporter:
Sean Penn on Hugo Chavez's Death: ‘I Lost a Friend’
Sean Penn on Hugo Chavez's Death: ‘I Lost a Friend’
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Wall Street Journal:
Venezuela Takes Page From Cuban Playbook
Venezuela Takes Page From Cuban Playbook
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Power Line, Gawker and FP Passport
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Rand Paul launches talking filibuster against CIA nominee — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is staging a talking filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). — “I'm here to filibuster John Brennan's nomination to be director of CIA,” Paul said on the Senate floor Wednesday.
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Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Ted Cruz Goads Eric Holder Into Admitting That Killing Americans With Drones On U.S. Soil Is Unconstitutional
Ted Cruz Goads Eric Holder Into Admitting That Killing Americans With Drones On U.S. Soil Is Unconstitutional
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Mother Jones
Philip Ewing / Politico:
Rand Paul stops John Brennan action with filibuster
Rand Paul stops John Brennan action with filibuster
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The Week and Booman Tribune
Josh Voorhees / Slate:
Rand Paul Has Started What Could Be an Epic Mr. Smith-Style Filibuster on the Senate Floor
Rand Paul Has Started What Could Be an Epic Mr. Smith-Style Filibuster on the Senate Floor
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Hullabaloo
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Killing Americans on U.S. Soil: Eric Holder's Evasive, Manipulative Letter
Killing Americans on U.S. Soil: Eric Holder's Evasive, Manipulative Letter
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msnbc.com, Hit & Run, The Raw Story, CP Feed and emptywheel
Ed O'Keefe / Post Politics:
Rand Paul launches talking filibuster against John Brennan
Rand Paul launches talking filibuster against John Brennan
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American Prospect, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, The Fix, Right Turn, Taylor Marsh, Red Alert Politics and Mediaite
Zev Chafets / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive Excerpt: Roger Ailes Off Camera — Roger Ailes is one of the most powerful—and controversial—characters in television media, pilloried by critics and many in the mainstream media and lionized by conservative viewers who can't get enough of his posse of charismatic hosts.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Chief White House Calligrapher Gets Paid $96,725 Per Year — With the White House closing its doors to public tour groups in order to save money for the sequester, it's worth remembering some of the other costs the White House incurs annually. — Like the “Chief Calligrapher,” …
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James Joyner / Outside the Beltway:
Calligraphy-Gate — The Weekly Standard's Daniel Halper …
Calligraphy-Gate — The Weekly Standard's Daniel Halper …
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Balloon Juice, The Daily Caller and Weekly Standard
John Bachman / WSB-TV:
City looks to make gun ownership mandatory — Every homeowner in a local town could soon have to own a gun or break the law. It's a controversial new plan for the city of Nelson. — NELSON, Ga. — Every homeowner in a local town could soon have to own a gun or break the law.
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
City In Georgia Would Mandate That Everyone Own A Gun
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Capitol janitors making ‘ends meet’ with overtime? Nope — “You know, those Capitol janitors will not get as much overtime. I'm sure they think less pay, that they're taking home, does hurt.” — Gene Sperling, director of the White House economic council, on ABC News' “This Week,” March 3, 2013
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Weekly Standard, Fox News, The Fix, Hot Air, Patterico's Pontifications and Heritage Action for America
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Donovan Slack / Politico:
6 Obama administration sequester claims shot down by fact checkers
6 Obama administration sequester claims shot down by fact checkers
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The PJ Tatler
Guardian:
Revealed: Pentagon link to Iraq torture centres — Exclusive: General David Petraeus and ‘dirty wars’ veteran behind commando units implicated in detainee abuse — See the full-length documentary film of the 15-month investigation — The Pentagon sent a US veteran of the “dirty wars” …
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The Dish and susiemadrak.com
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David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Revealed: Pentagon's Link To Iraqi Torture Centers
Revealed: Pentagon's Link To Iraqi Torture Centers
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Guardian and Balloon Juice
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Mayor Bloomberg's new health crusade: too-loud earbuds — Now listen up, if you can. — Mayor Bloomberg — who has already cracked down on smoking, junk food, trans fats, salt and super-sized drinks — is embarking on a new crusade: preventing New Yorkers from going deaf.
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Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller, Gothamist, The PJ Tatler and Jammie Wearing Fools
Empire News:
Sam Mendes Won't Direct Bond 24 — Exclusive on ‘a very difficult decision’ — Bond may be back, but Empire can exclusively reveal that Sam Mendes won't be joining him. At the BAFTAs recently, basking in the glow of Skyfall's triumph for Outstanding British Film, it seemed that Mendes …
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