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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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Off the Kuff, msnbc.com, The Raw Story and Washington Monthly
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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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Talking Points Memo and Election Law Blog
NBCNews.com:
No ruling yet, but justices skeptical of Arizona voter law
No ruling yet, but justices skeptical of Arizona voter law
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Talking Points Memo, The Maddow Blog and NBCNews.com
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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ThinkProgress, National Review, Rush Limbaugh, Hot Air, Wonkette, msnbc.com, Business Insider and NBCNews.com
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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ThinkProgress, GLAAD, msnbc.com, Advocate, Reuters, Politico, Business Insider, ABCNEWS, Joe. My. God., LGBTQ Nation, The Dish, The Impolitic and The Reaction
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Jon Cohen / The Fix:
Gay marriage support hits new high in Post-ABC poll
Gay marriage support hits new high in Post-ABC poll
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Donklephant, Hot Air, The Week, Firedoglake, msnbc.com, The Political Carnival, BuzzFeed, Outside the Beltway, National Review, Daily Kos and Washington Post
Chris Good / ABCNEWS:
‘Different Instead of Somebody Being Wrong,’ Gay Marriage Gains Support in ABC/Wash-Post Poll
‘Different Instead of Somebody Being Wrong,’ Gay Marriage Gains Support in ABC/Wash-Post Poll
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Politico, msnbc.com and Business Insider
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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Weasel Zippers and Small Dead Animals
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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Firedoglake, IHT Rendezvous and DealBook
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Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece:
Gazprom Offers Cyprus Restructuring Deal to Avoid EU Bailout
Gazprom Offers Cyprus Restructuring Deal to Avoid EU Bailout
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World News, Guardian, Open Europe blog, NBCNews.com, Belmont Club and Telegraph
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, FP Passport, Wall Street Journal, The Impolitic and BBC
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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E! Online, Firedoglake, Mediaite, American Power, Joe. My. God., Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Wonkette and Towleroad News #gay
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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Hot Air, Ed Driscoll, The Spectacle Blog, The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit, Rush Limbaugh, Althouse, americanthinker.com and The Greenroom
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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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Weasel Zippers, ABCNEWS and Hollywood Reporter
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: GOP underwater; Obama approval down — Washington (CNN) - A new national survey confirms what a months long, top-to-bottom Republican Party review finds as well: That the GOP “is out of touch” and seen as the party of “stuffy old men.” — A CNN/ORC International poll also indicates …
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Weasel Zippers, Politico, The Daily Caller, National Review, Wonkblog and Prairie Weather
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Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Issues Scathing Self-Analysis
GOP Issues Scathing Self-Analysis
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Yahoo! News, USA Today, New York Times, Slate, Hot Air, Politico, Washington Wire, BuzzFeed, Hit & Run, The Week, Daily Kos and The Hinterland Gazette
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
At CPAC, The Marriage Fight Is Over
At CPAC, The Marriage Fight Is Over
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LGBTQ Nation, AMERICAblog and Washington Blade
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Bush Speechwriter: I Met Ahmed Chalabi At Christopher Hitchens's Apartment — In a piece published Monday, David Frum, former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush, recounted meeting Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi for the first time at the apartment of late polemicist Christopher Hitchens.
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Firedoglake
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David Frum / The Daily Beast:
The Speechwriter: David Frum on the Rhetoric of Iraq
The Speechwriter: David Frum on the Rhetoric of Iraq
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Guardian, Washington Monthly, Crooks and Liars, Mother Jones and Eschaton, more at Mediagazer »
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.).
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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Israel Matzav, The Times of Israel and New York Times
University of Wisconsin System:
Blank recommended as UW-Madison chancellor — MADISON, Wis. - Dr. Rebecca M. Blank, Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce, has been recommended as the next Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. — UW System President Kevin P. Reilly and a special committee of the UW System Board …
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The Hill and Inside Higher Ed
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Acting commerce secretary to leave
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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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, DCist, Capital New York, Washington Monthly, Outside the Beltway, Balloon Juice and Deadline.com, more at Mediagazer »
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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The Moderate Voice and Taegan Goddard's …
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, ThinkProgress, Gawker, Mediaite, Ed Driscoll and The Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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 …
Talking Points Memo:
AP: Colorado Gov. To Sign Gun Control Laws — DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will sign gun control measures Wednesday that pose limits on ammunition magazines and expand background checks for firearms. — A state government employee with knowledge of the situation confirmed …
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Weasel Zippers
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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