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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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Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
The 58 Percent: Rob Portman, Hillary Clinton and the Future of Marriage Equality — Are GOP leaders secretly hoping that the Supreme Court, after it hears arguments on marriage equality next week, rules in favor of equality? That's certainly what a few were saying at the Conservative …
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Support for same-sex marriage reaches all-time high, poll finds
Support for same-sex marriage reaches all-time high, poll finds
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Poll Tracks Dramatic Rise In Support for Gay Marriage
Poll Tracks Dramatic Rise In Support for Gay Marriage
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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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Russell Berman / The Hill:
House conservatives' budget balances in 4 years, raises retirement age to 70
House conservatives' budget balances in 4 years, raises retirement age to 70
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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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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Stephen Colbert drops the act to help his sister
Stephen Colbert drops the act to help his sister
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MEOW:
Michelle Shocked Shocks in Anti-Gay Show Tirade — Michelle Shocked, known for living up to her surname, cleared out San Francisco club Yoshi's last night, and shut down the venue, after she went on an anti-gay tirade, which she summed up by saying, “You can go on Twitter and say ‘Michelle Shocked says God hates fags.’”
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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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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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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
The Washington Post to charge frequent users of its Web site
The Washington Post to charge frequent users of its Web site
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New York Times:
Second Thoughts in Europe as Anxiety Rises in Cyprus — NICOSIA, Cyprus — The lights were dimmed and the doors were locked. But inside a branch of Laiki Bank, one of Cyprus's two dominant banks, a few silhouettes glided about Monday, filling cash machines to calm a wave of anxiety …
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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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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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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Monarch in the Middle — As the Arab Spring swirls around him, can King Abdullah II, the most pro-American Arab leader in the Middle East, liberalize Jordan and modernize its economy, without losing his kingdom to Islamic fundamentalists? The stressful life of a king amidst chaos.
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Juliet Eilperin / Post Politics:
Could a government shutdown doom the White House Easter Egg Roll? — For more than a century, the White House Easter Egg Roll has been insulated from the sort of partisan sniping that now dominates Washington politics. — That tradition ended Monday, when Republicans started complaining …
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Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Another sequestration casualty?
Another sequestration casualty?
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Sarah Parnass / ABCNEWS:
Sequester Slashes Scholarships for Military Familes — On the 10-year anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, and scholarships for children of troops who died fighting in that conflict are being cut by thousands of dollars, thanks to sequestration. — The awards, called the Iraq …
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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Lisa Miller / New York Magazine:
The Retro Wife — Feminists who say they're having it all—by choosing to stay home. — When Kelly Makino was a little girl, she loved to go orienteering—to explore the wilderness near her rural Pennsylvania home, finding her way back with a compass and a map—and the future she imagined for herself was equally adventuresome.
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Politico:
Right blasts RNC ‘autopsy’ as power grab — John Brabender, Santorum's chief adviser, said the reforms would favor the moneyed candidates. — “While I commend Chairman Priebus for taking important steps to remedy Republicans' recent election failures, I am troubled by the possibility …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
House Dem budget includes $1.2T in taxes, $200B new spending — House Democrats on Monday unveiled a 2014 budget proposal that includes $1.2 trillion in new taxes and $200 billion in stimulus spending. — That's about twice the level of stimulus spening that what was in the Senate Democratic budget …
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Reuters:
Pope sets tone for humbler papacy, calls for defense of the weak — (Reuters) - Pope Francis set the tone for a new, humbler papacy on Tuesday with a call for the defense of the weak and the environment, saying this was the way to prevent the triumph of death and destruction.
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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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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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