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Manu Raju / Politico:
Saxby Chambliss: 'I'm not gay. So I'm not going to marry one' — Support for gay marriage is picking up steam all over the country — except on Capitol Hill. — Take Sen. Saxby Chambliss. When asked if his views had changed on gay marriage, the Georgia Republican quipped: “I'm not gay.
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Starbucks CEO: If You Don't Like Marriage Equality, Feel Free To Sell Your Starbucks Stock — Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz continued to defend his company's support for marriage equality at a shareholders meeting Wednesday, pointing out that “not every decision is an economic decision.”
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Appears to Move Closer to Israeli Position on Peace Talks — RAMALLAH, West Bank — President Obama, visiting the Israeli-occupied West Bank, appeared to move closer to the Israeli position on Thursday regarding resumption of long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians …
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Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
Analysis: Obama, he had us at ‘Shalom’ — We so want to be accepted, so want to be understood. — He had us at the word “Shalom,” did President Barack Obama, on the tarmac at Ben-Gurion Airport. — Or if not at “Shalom,” then 33 words later when he said in Hebrew, “Tov lihiyot shuv ba'aretz” (It's good to be back in Israel).
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Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Obama Lays Out Case for Israel to Revive Peace Talks
Obama Lays Out Case for Israel to Revive Peace Talks
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James S. Robbins / Associated Press:
Obama's Middle East policy in tatters: Column
Obama's Middle East policy in tatters: Column
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Romney campaign chief to lead new GOP research group — (CNN) - Post-mortems written after the 2012 campaign focused on a variety of Republican shortcomings: underwhelming television ads, an outdated voter contact model, and a message that was out-of-step with the changing face of America.
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Nancy Cook / NationalJournal.com:
The GOP Disconnect on Economic Policy
The GOP Disconnect on Economic Policy
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Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
The GOP: A Party Increasingly at Odds With Itself
The GOP: A Party Increasingly at Odds With Itself
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Thomas B. Edsall / Opinionator:
The Republican Autopsy Report
The Republican Autopsy Report
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
What Needless, Xenophobic Panic Looks Like — While researching another item, I came across a Townhall column written by Michelle Malkin in 2002, a couple years before she published her book, In Defense of Internment: The Case for Racial Profiling in World War II and the War on Terror.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Iraq War made Obamacare possible
Iraq War made Obamacare possible
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Behold the Hatred, Resentment, and Mockery Aimed at Anti-Iraq War Protesters
Behold the Hatred, Resentment, and Mockery Aimed at Anti-Iraq War Protesters
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
West Virginia paper's anti-LGBT column wants death for ‘n*ggers, spics, kikes and wops’ — A newspaper in West Virginia is defending its decision to publish a reader's racist and homophobic comments, which called for “queers” to be put to death along with “n*ggers, spics, kikes and wops.”
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Dave Benton / Associated Press:
Published Rant Causes Controversy In Lincoln County — Hamlin , Lincoln County , West Virginia — When readers opened the latest edition of the Lincoln Journal, many of them said they were shocked and disgusted to see what was printed in an opinion column.
Paul Krugman:
Cyprus: The Sum of All FUBAR — At this point the Cyprus situation is pretty clear — and clarity does not bring reassurance. In fact, it looks as if Cyprus has managed to combine in one place everything that has gone wrong elsewhere. — 1. Runaway banking.
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Brandon Blackwell / Plain Dealer:
Kasich recants his support of civil unions — COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. John Kasich revealed on Wednesday that he supports civil unions for same-sex couples. But don't quote him on that. — A spokesman for the Republican governor said Thursday that Kasich misspoke when he expressed support for the legal partnerships.
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The Atlantic Online:
How the Secret Service Almost Shot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — The intelligence brief on the apparent accident was three sentences long, and it scared the hell out of White House officials. — One morning in September 2006, during the United Nations General Assembly, President George W. Bush's …
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Native American Lawmaker To Anti-Immigrant Kansas Official: ‘When You Mention Illegal Immigrant, I Think Of All Of You’ — Left: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R). Right: State Rep. Ponka-We Victors (D). — A Native American state representative in Kansas rebuked Secretary of State Kris Kobach …
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Andy Marso / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Emotions flow during immigrant tuition hearing
Emotions flow during immigrant tuition hearing
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Kristina Peterson / Washington Wire:
Democrats Plot Strategy for Budget ‘Vote-a-Rama’ — Political warfare over the budget in Congress took a new twist Thursday as Senate Democrats openly schemed ahead of the blizzard of votes expected this week. — Hours after House Republicans passed the budget blueprint championed …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
House approves resolution to keep government running; bill heads to White House
House approves resolution to keep government running; bill heads to White House
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Cuomo Seeks to Ease a Newly Passed Gun Restriction — ALBANY — In the wake of the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York pushed through the State Legislature gun control measures that included not only a tougher assault weapons ban but also a tighter restriction …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
The progressive triumvirate: Guns, gays, minimum wage
The progressive triumvirate: Guns, gays, minimum wage
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Why I was hoping for a government shutdown — I'll be honest. I was sort of hoping for a government shutdown. — Congress, you're terrible at your job. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomber) — It's not that I like government shutdowns. I'm as big a fan of national parks as the next guy.
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Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
John Boehner Sets Up Debt Ceiling Battle With Demand For Major Cuts
John Boehner Sets Up Debt Ceiling Battle With Demand For Major Cuts
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Rachel Simmons / CNN:
Girls complicit in Steubenville — Editor's note: Rachel Simmons is the co-founder of Girls Leadership Institute and the author of “Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls.” Follow her on Twitter @racheljsimmons — (CNN) — Is anyone else wondering why the Steubenville …
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Obama Job Approval Slips as Economic Pessimism Rises — Positive Signs on Stocks, Housing Have Little Impact — OVERVIEW — Barack Obama's job approval rating has tumbled since shortly after his re-election, as the public's economic expectations for the coming year have soured.
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NPR:
Interview With Vice President Joe Biden … The Obama administration is still fighting for a ban on assault weapons to be included in a larger bill in Congress, Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview with NPR. — After the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., last December …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Vulnerable senators face lose-lose scenario on assault weapon vote
Vulnerable senators face lose-lose scenario on assault weapon vote
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Rich Lowry / Reuters:
Where is today's Jack Kemp? — The important question isn't so much establishment or grass roots as who and where? Mike Lee isn't Christine O'Donnell and Utah isn't Delaware, and that makes all the difference. — Consider Ted Cruz, whose smarts and fearlessness are quickly making him the most dangerous man in the U.S. Senate.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Michele Bachmann: Obamacare Will ‘Literally’ Kill People — As the country prepares to celebrate the third anniversary of health care reform, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) insisted on Thursday that the Affordable Care Act will “kill” vulnerable women and children during a speech on the floor of the House.
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Dan Murphy / Christian Science Monitor:
The real warning in Syrian chemical weapons claims — The speed with which some US politicians and reporters are buying in to claims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria is a reminder to take a hard look at intelligence claims before rushing into another war.
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Elvina Nawaguna / Reuters:
Congress to force Postal Service to keep Saturday delivery — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress foiled the financially beleaguered U.S. Postal Service's plan to end Saturday delivery of first-class mail on Thursday when it passed legislation requiring six-day delivery.
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