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Politico:
Right blasts RNC ‘autopsy’ as power grab — For all the talk before Monday's unveiling of the much-anticipated RNC autopsy report about more robust GOP efforts to appeal to minorities and narrow the deficit with Democrats on technology and data, it's the party's move to take control …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
RNC: Voters see GOP as ‘scary’ and ‘out of touch’ — The Republican National Committee concedes in a sprawling report Monday that the GOP is seen as the party of “stuffy old men” and needs to change its ways. — Among the RNC's proposed fixes: enacting comprehensive immigration reform …
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Talking Points Memo, Little Green Footballs, BuzzFeed, Daily Kos, CNN and americanthinker.com
Michael O'Brien / First Read:
GOP report calls for sweeping reforms to compete in 2016 — The Republican National Committee released an audacious set of recommendations on Monday aimed at revitalizing the party following the drubbing suffered by GOP candidates last November, calling for sweeping changes to the party's infrastructure …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
RNC: ‘Drastic changes’ needed if party hopes to remain competitive — The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Monday issued a blistering critique of the party's recent electoral failures, determining that “drastic changes to almost every major element of the modern Republican Party” …
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Washington Monthly, Post Politics and Hullabaloo
Daniel Politi / Slate:
GOP Chair: “We've Done a Really Lousy Job of Branding and Marketing Who We Are”
GOP Chair: “We've Done a Really Lousy Job of Branding and Marketing Who We Are”
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msnbc.com, PolicyMic, Hot Air and Booman Tribune
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
RNC: Voters see GOP as ‘scary’ and ‘out of touch’
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Taps Tech Allies to Narrow Digital Gap
GOP Taps Tech Allies to Narrow Digital Gap
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Hillary Clinton announces her support for gay marriage — In a move that could have implications for a 2016 White House campaign, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed gay marriage on Monday, saying she supports it “personally, and as a matter of policy and law.”
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Poll Tracks Dramatic Rise In Support for Gay Marriage — Support for gay marriage reached a new high in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, marking a dramatic change in public attitudes on the subject across the past decade. Fifty-eight percent of Americans now say it should be legal for gay and lesbian couples to wed.
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Business Insider and LGBTQ Nation
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
David Plouffe: Hillary Clinton ‘strongest’ for 2016
David Plouffe: Hillary Clinton ‘strongest’ for 2016
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Taylor Marsh and BuzzFeed
Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire:
Hillary Clinton Supports Gay Marriage
Hillary Clinton Supports Gay Marriage
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Politico, PostPartisan, Althouse and The Raw Story
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
History Channel's Satan Looks A Lot Like Barack Obama — The character is part of The Bible a ten-hour television series airing on the History Channel. — Via: @adamsbaldwin
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
History channel: Resemblance of Obama, satanic character not intentional
History channel: Resemblance of Obama, satanic character not intentional
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Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
On 10th Anniversary, 53% in U.S. See Iraq War as Mistake — Republicans most likely to say conflict was not a mistake — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ten years have passed since the United States and its allies invaded Iraq, and it appears the majority of Americans consider this a regrettable anniversary.
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David Frum / The Daily Beast:
The Speechwriter: David Frum on the Rhetoric of Iraq — When Bush decided to go to war in 2003, you'd think he would have been gripped by self-questioning and hot debate. That never really happened. Bush's speechwriter David Frum looks back at the daunting messaging effort …
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Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
David Frum, the Iraq war and oil
David Frum, the Iraq war and oil
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Pema Levy / Talking Points Memo:
Conservative Website Aims To Combat The Influence Of Liberal Colleges — Conservatives often complain that liberal college professors give Democrats a leg up when it comes to winning over young Americans. But worried right-wing parents who attended the annual Conservative Political Action Conference …
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Robert Stacy McCain / American Spectator:
The Liberal Media Lie About CPAC — NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — The liberal media covered the 40th Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) pretty much like they cover everything else — deceitfully, with a partisan bias that is transparent to every honest and intelligent person who actually pays attention.
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The Other McCain
Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Hill Poll: Voters prefer Republican budget ideas, but dislike GOP — More voters trust the Democratic Party than the Republican Party on budgetary issues, according to the results of a new poll for The Hill — even though a strong majority actually prefer Republican fiscal policies.
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The Daily Caller, Wonkblog, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler and Prairie Weather
ThinkProgress:
Why Single Mothers Are In Economic Crisis And What Can Be Done About It — The new report from Pew on modern parenthood is filled with important data about how Americans are handling a variety of work and family issues. Reading through the report, the most glaring conclusion for progressives …
Associated Press:
Colo. sheriff refuses to enforce gun-control bills — GREELEY, Colo. - A Colorado sheriff says he won't enforce two aggressive gun-control measures waiting to be signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper. — Weld County Sheriff John Cooke told The Greeley Tribune that Democratic lawmakers …
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USA Today:
Lawmakers add relatives to campaign payrolls — WASHINGTON — Thirty-two members of Congress dispensed more than $2 million in campaign funds to pay relatives' salaries during the 2012 election cycle, a USA TODAY analysis of the most recent campaign records shows.
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The Impolitic
Jason Hanna / CNN:
Body, explosive devices found in dorm — (CNN) — A body with a self-inflicted gunshot wound was found along with a bag of bombs in a dormitory room at the University of Central Florida early Monday, prompting officials to cancel classes at the main Orlando campus until at least noon, a school spokesman said.
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Michael Luo / New York Times:
Ruled a Threat to Family, but Allowed to Keep Guns — Early last year, after a series of frightening encounters with her former husband, Stephanie Holten went to court in Spokane, Wash., to obtain a temporary order for protection. — Her former husband, Corey Holten …
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Wonkette and American Power
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
House GOP Budget Would Give Millionaires A $200,000 Tax Cut — The latest House Republican budget would grant taxpayers with incomes above $1 million at least $200,000 in tax cuts even if the GOP closes tax loopholes to help pay for the plan, according to an analysis from Citizens for Tax Justice.
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Business Insider and Daily Kos
The Official Google Blog:
Explore Everest, Kilimanjaro and more with Google Maps — Most of us have a bucket list of the places we want to visit in our lifetime. If you're like me, the list is pretty long—to be honest I'd be lucky to get to all of mine. Google Maps has a bucket list too, and today we're checking off …
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