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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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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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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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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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Althouse, The Spectacle Blog, The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler, americanthinker.com, Ed Driscoll and NewsBusters
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
AJ Delgado / Mediaite:
Obama As The Devil? The History Channel's The Bible's Stunning Look-alike (UPDATED)
Obama As The Devil? The History Channel's The Bible's Stunning Look-alike (UPDATED)
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NY Daily News, Towleroad News #gay, msnbc.com and Weasel Zippers
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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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: GOP underwater; Obama approval down
CNN Poll: GOP underwater; Obama approval down
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Politico, Weasel Zippers and The Huffington Post
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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Daily Kos, National Review, Wonkblog, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler and Prairie Weather
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
At CPAC, The Marriage Fight Is Over
At CPAC, The Marriage Fight Is Over
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Washington Blade, LGBTQ Nation, AMERICAblog and Joe. My. God.
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Issues Scathing Self-Analysis
GOP Issues Scathing Self-Analysis
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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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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
How Three Top Republicans Are Already Blowing Up The RNC's Minority Outreach Strategy — Well, that didn't take long. — This morning, the biggest political story in Washington was a Republican National Committee “autopsy” of the GOP's 2012 election loss.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Attacks on Thomas Perez will do wonders for GOP Latino outreach — This morning the Republican National Committee released a report that purports to examine everything that's wrong with the GOP, one that has a heavy emphasis on repairing relations with Latinos.
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David Vitter / U.S. Senator David Vitter of Louisana:
Vitter Will Block Perez Labor Nomination
Vitter Will Block Perez Labor Nomination
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Hot Air, msnbc.com, Business Insider, Wonkette and NBCNews.com
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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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: Does “may only” mean “shall only”?
Argument recap: Does “may only” mean “shall only”?
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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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A Tiny Revolution and Eschaton, more at Mediagazer »
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
On 10th Anniversary, 53% in U.S. See Iraq War as Mistake
On 10th Anniversary, 53% in U.S. See Iraq War as Mistake
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Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
CNN, Fox News, MSNBC Air Name Of Steubenville Rape Victim — CNN, Fox News and MSNBC recently aired the name of the underage victim in the Steubenville rape trial during reports about the case. — Two high school football players were found guilty of raping a 16-year old girl in a controversial case in Steubenville, Ohio.
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The Daily Caller and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Fox News airs name of 16-year-old Steubenville rape victim
Fox News airs name of 16-year-old Steubenville rape victim
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Mediaite, Gawker, No More Mister Nice Blog, Guardian, The Mahablog, Scared Monkeys, Feministing and The Daily Caller
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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Washington Monthly, TechCrunch, Outside the Beltway, DCist, VentureBeat, Capital New York and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »
CBS News:
Police: Fla. college drop-out found dead had planned campus attack — A University of Central Florida drop-out planned an attack on campus but committed suicide in a dorm before carrying it out, authorities said Monday. — Materials found in his dorm room made it appear …
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Jason Hanna / CNN:
Body, explosive devices found in dorm
Body, explosive devices found in dorm
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Dylan Matthews / Wonkblog:
Everything you need to know about the Cyprus bailout, in one FAQ — This weekend, a group including the European Central Bank (ECB), the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the government of Cyprus announced that the small island nation was on the brink of crisis, and needed to be bailed out.
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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 …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Leader in GOP's reboot calls Obama a ‘socialist’ — Leading Republicans called on their party to adopt a more inclusive tone Monday — but in doing so one used some controversial rhetoric to describe President Obama, calling him a “socialist.” — Republican National Committeeman Henry Barbour …
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Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:
MI6 and CIA heard Iraq had no active WMD capability ahead of invasion — BBC's Panorama reveals fresh evidence that agencies dismissed intelligence from Iraqi foreign minister and spy chief — Fresh evidence is revealed today about how MI6 and the CIA were told through secret channels …
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Crooks and Liars, Taegan Goddard's …, Hullabaloo, The Agonist and emptywheel
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Stephen Colbert drops the act to help his sister — Comedian Stephen Colbert is dropping his right-wing pundit act to help his sister's House campaign. — Colbert has been helping Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D) fundraise for her campaign to fill the seat formerly held by Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.).