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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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Jon Cohen / The Fix:
Gay marriage support hits new high in Post-ABC poll — Public support for gay marriage has hit a new high as Americans increasingly see homosexuality not as a choice but as a way some people are, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. — The poll shows that 58 percent of Americans …
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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 …
Michael O'Brien / First Read:
GOP report calls for sweeping reforms to compete in 2016
GOP report calls for sweeping reforms to compete in 2016
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Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Hill Poll: Voters prefer Republican budget ideas, but dislike GOP
Hill Poll: Voters prefer Republican budget ideas, but dislike GOP
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Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Issues Scathing Self-Analysis
GOP Issues Scathing Self-Analysis
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Rachel Weiner / Post Politics:
Reince Priebus gives GOP prescription for future
Reince Priebus gives GOP prescription for future
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
RNC: ‘Drastic changes’ needed if party hopes to remain competitive
RNC: ‘Drastic changes’ needed if party hopes to remain competitive
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Politico, Hullabaloo and Washington Monthly
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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James Nye / Daily Mail:
Why does the devil in ‘The Bible’ look exactly like President Obama? — Sunday evening's episode of the History Channel's hit series ‘The Bible’ threw up an awkward coincidence when viewers noticed that Satan bore a remarkable resemblance to President Obama.
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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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Kia Makarechi / The Huffington Post:
‘The Bible’: Satan Actor Looks Like Obama In History Channel Miniseries
‘The Bible’: Satan Actor Looks Like Obama In History Channel Miniseries
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ABCNEWS, Weasel Zippers and Guardian
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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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Scalia And Sotomayor Clash In Proof-Of-Citizenship Voting Case — Justices Antonin Scalia and Sonia Sotomayor clashed Monday during Supreme Court oral arguments about whether states may require residents to submit proof of citizenship in order to register to vote.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Voting Rights Advocates Sound Alarm As Supreme Court Hears Proof-Of-Citizenship Case
Voting Rights Advocates Sound Alarm As Supreme Court Hears Proof-Of-Citizenship Case
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Guardian, The BRAD BLOG, PR Watch and ABCNEWS
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: Does “may only” mean “shall only”?
Argument recap: Does “may only” mean “shall only”?
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Election Law Blog
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
The Washington Post to charge frequent users of its Web site — Jonathan Ernst / Reuters - This summer, The Washington Post will start charging frequent users of its Web site — This summer, The Washington Post will start charging frequent users of its Web site, asking those who look …
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New Jersey Online:
3 women were paid to falsely claim they had sex with Menendez, Dominican police say — U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez in his office on Capitol Hill earlier this month. (Photo by Barbara L. Salisbury/For the Star-Ledge) — SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Police in the Dominican Republic …
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Wall Street Journal:
Cyprus Postpones Debate on Deposit-Tax Proposal — NICOSIA, Cyprus—Cyprus on Monday put off for another day a debate on a bank-deposit levy in the Parliament—a precondition to receiving a €10 billion ($13.07 billion) bailout—and said its banks would remain closed until Thursday …
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Dylan Matthews / Wonkblog:
Everything you need to know about the Cyprus bailout, in one FAQ
Everything you need to know about the Cyprus bailout, in one FAQ
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Reuters and FP Passport
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Fox News airs name of 16-year-old Steubenville rape victim — Fox News on Monday aired the name of a underage victim of a disturbing rape in Steubenville, Ohio. — During correspondent Mike Tobin's report about the guilty verdicts in the Steubenville rape case on Fox News' America's Newsroom …
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Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Another sequestration casualty? — The next casualty of sequestration could be the Easter Bunny - at least according to a White House e-mail that recently landed in Capitol Hill inboxes. — The White House warned Congress that budget uncertainties could nix the annual Easter Egg Roll for kids, which is planned for April 1.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Marches of Folly — Ten years ago, America invaded Iraq; somehow, our political class decided that we should respond to a terrorist attack by making war on a regime that, however vile, had nothing to do with that attack. — Some voices warned that we were making a terrible mistake …
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Hullabaloo, Truthdig and Prairie Weather
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Acting commerce secretary to leave — Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank plans to depart the Obama administration to become chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she told the department's staff Monday after being tapped for the new job. — President Obama expressed …
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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