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Liz Alderman / New York Times:
Cyprus Set to Reject Bailout, Citing Tax on Bank Deposits — NICOSIA — Cyprus's Parliament is likely to reject an international bailout package that involves taxing ordinary depositors to pay part of the bill, President Nicos Anastasiades said Tuesday, despite a revision that would remove …
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Felix Salmon:
A much better alternative for Cyprus — Andrew Ross Sorkin defends the Cyprus deal today, on the grounds that (a) Cyprus is “tiny”, and “largely irrelevant to the global economy”; (b) Cyprus is a genuinely unique case; (c) it would be grossly unfair not to bail in Russian depositors …
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Mother Jones, Reuters, Open Europe blog, DealBook, naked capitalism and Wonkblog
Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:
A Bank Levy in Cyprus, and Why Not to Worry
A Bank Levy in Cyprus, and Why Not to Worry
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New York Times, Reuters, Ed Driscoll and Daniel W. Drezner
Paul C. Broun Jr / New York Times:
Paul Ryan's Ax Isn't Sharp Enough — THE latest budget proposal by Representative Paul D. Ryan, called “The Path to Prosperity,” is anything but. It fails to seriously address runaway government spending, the most pressing problem facing our nation. I cannot vote for something that would trick …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
New Republican message: Balanced budgets
New Republican message: Balanced budgets
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Hullabaloo and AEIdeas
Politico:
Assault weapons ban loses steam — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said on Monday that a controversial assault weapons ban will not be part of a Democratic gun bill that was expected to reach the Senate floor next month. — After a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) …
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Wall Street Journal:
Larry Sabato and Kyle Kondik: The Early Line on the 2014 Midterms
Larry Sabato and Kyle Kondik: The Early Line on the 2014 Midterms
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Politico, Betsy's Page and msnbc.com
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Is the House in Play? A District-by-District Assessment
Is the House in Play? A District-by-District Assessment
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The PJ Tatler
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
NEWS/Singer Michelle Shocked Goes on Anti-Gay Rant During San Francisco Show, Cancellations Follow — Michelle Shocked stunned last night in San Francisco—and not at all in a good way. — “I live in fear that the world will be destroyed if gays are allowed to marry,” …
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Jay Barmann / SFist:
Michelle Shocked Launches Into Anti-Gay Rant On Stage at Yoshi's
Michelle Shocked Launches Into Anti-Gay Rant On Stage at Yoshi's
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Crooks and Liars, MEOW, Gay Star News and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Chipotle Cancels Sponsorship of Utah Boy Scouts Event — A day after admitting that its sponsorship of the Utah Scout-A-Rama violated its corporate non-discrimination policies, Chipotle told ThinkProgress Tuesday that it has cancelled its support. — In an email, company spokesman Chris Arnold wrote:
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Chipotle Violates Its Nondiscrimination Policy To Sponsor Utah Boy Scout Event
Chipotle Violates Its Nondiscrimination Policy To Sponsor Utah Boy Scout Event
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Towleroad News #gay
Reuters:
Dozens Killed in Baghdad on Anniversary of Iraq War — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A dozen car bombs and suicide blasts tore into Shi'ite Muslim districts across Baghdad and south of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing more than 50 people on the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.
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Associated Press:
Immigration: Rand Paul to back path to citizenship — Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is endorsing a pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants. — In a speech to be delivered Tuesday morning to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the potential 2016 …
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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul Will Support Path To Citizenship
Rand Paul Will Support Path To Citizenship
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Progressive Shift — There is a statue outside the Department of Labor of a powerful, rambunctious horse being reined in by an extremely muscular man. This used to be a metaphor for liberalism. The horse was capitalism. The man was government, which was needed sometimes to restrain capitalism's excesses.
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Angry Bear, Campaign for America's Future, Yahoo! News, New Republic, Right Turn and American Power
The Atlantic Online:
What ‘Lean In’ Misunderstands About Gender Differences — There is much to admire in Sheryl Sandberg's book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. It is full of funny stories about her brilliant career and helpful advice for workplace success. As former chief of staff …
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Hacker Begins Distributing Confidential Memos Sent To Hillary Clinton On Libya, Benghazi Attack — In e-mail blasts this weekend, “Guccifer” sent documents stolen from the e-mail account of a former White House aide to congressional aides, political figures, and journalists.
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Tea Partier On Lead Up To Iraq War: ‘We Have To Trust Our Leaders’ (VIDEO) — Months after suggesting that President Barack Obama “doesn't love America the way we do,” a prominent tea party leader on Tuesday made a case for placing trust in the commander-in-chief during a discussion …
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Magpul Industries Corp. · 207,979 like this — Apparently Gov Hickenlooper has announced that he will sign HB 1224 on Wednesday. We were asked for our reaction, and here is what we said: — We have said all along that based on the legal problems and uncertainties in the bill …
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Twitchy, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and The PJ Tatler
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
This Is the Scariest Statistic About the Newspaper Business Today — Here it is: In 2012, newspapers lost $16 in print ads for every $1 earned in digital ads. And it's getting worse, according to a new report by Pew. In 2011, the ratio was just 10-to-1.
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Fox News:
7 Marines killed during explosion at Nevada's Hawthorne Army Depot — An explosion at a military ammunition storage facility in Nevada during a Marine Corps training exercise killed seven U.S. Marines and wounded several others, military officials said. — The North Carolina-based soldiers …
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The Jawa Report and Weasel Zippers
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Primary day in South Carolina 1st —Priebus aims to rebrand GOP, himself with RNC autopsy—PPP finds Scott trailing Democrats in Fla. matchups—Booker campaigning for Buono in N.J — eschultheis@politico.com; Twitter: @emilyrs — PRIMARY DAY IN THE PALMETTO STATE: Voters …
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Ballot Box and CNN
Perry Chiaramonte / Fox News:
Oregon professor fired for bizarre tirade, allegedly threatening student protesters — A law teacher with the University of Oregon got a life lesson from the school of hard knocks when he was fired from his position after he got irate with student protesters, seen in an eyewitness video eventually shoving …
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The Daily Caller, Gawker and Inside Higher Ed
David Kravets / Wired:
Feds: No Warrant Needed to Track Your Car With a GPS Device — The President Barack Obama administration is claiming that authorities do not need court warrants to affix GPS devices to vehicles to monitor their every move. — The administration maintains that position despite …
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