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Adam Winkler / The Daily Beast:
Did the Assault-Weapons Ban Kill Gun Control?  —  The Democrats' likely failure to reinstate the assault-weapons ban is a blow to gun-control efforts, writes Adam Winkler.  And that's not because the ban was effective or necessary.  —  Sen. Harry Reid announced Tuesday that he would not be including …
Discussion: NewsBusters
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid to bring gun bill to floor with expanded background checks  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will bring gun control legislation to the floor that includes a controversial expansion of background checks for private firearm sales.  —  Reid said he would on Thursday evening begin …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid To Introduce Gun Control Bill With Universal Background Checks  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will introduce gun control legislation Thursday night that includes a proposal for universal background checks.  —  “Later tonight, I will start the process …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
In Israel, Obama draws race parallel  —  JERUSALEM—On his stops in the Holy Land Thursday, President Barack Obama turned again and again to a subject not obviously connected to the current troubles in the mideast: the struggles of African Americans in the United States.
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Weasel Zippers
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Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Obama Lays Out Case for Israel to Revive Peace Talks  —  Laying out his case for a future Israel at peace with the Palestinians, President Obama delivered an enthusiastically welcomed speech on Thursday before an audience of youthful Israelis in Jerusalem, assuring them of America's strong support …
Justin Sink / The Hill:   Obama awarded Israel's Presidential Medal of Distinction
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Banks Are Too Big to Fail Say ... Conservatives?  —  Members of the Federal Reserve don't usually make the rounds at partisan gatherings.  But amid the tri-cornered hats and “#StandWithRand” buttons of last week's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)—the largest annual gathering …
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
What Problem Does Breaking Up The Banks Fix?
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Simple Plan  —  Of all the vast literature on the current plight of the Republican Party, this fairly simple statement from Rich Lowry makes the most sense to me: … Now to be sure, Jack Kemp's reputation as an idea man is being considerably inflated by Lowry.  But it's the right idea.
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Rich Lowry / Reuters:
Where is today's Jack Kemp?
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Ohio's Republican Governor Endorses Civil Unions, Then Takes It Back  —  John Kasich's office says he was using the term “loosely” when he said he supported civil unions.  —  Image by Rick Osentoski / AP  —  Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich said he favored civil unions …
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Brandon Blackwell / Plain Dealer:
Kasich recants his support of civil unions
Discussion: Post Politics
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Behold the Hatred, Resentment, and Mockery Aimed at Anti-Iraq War Protesters  —  Reflecting on the apologetic Iraq War retrospectives many writers have published in recent days, Freddie deBoer observes that “one of the most obvious and salient aspects of the run up to the war” is being ignored …
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
What Needless, Xenophobic Panic Looks Like
Discussion: Eschaton
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.
Discussion: naked capitalism
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Nicholas Blanford / Christian Science Monitor:
All signs point to no lethal chemical weapons attack in Syria  —  As the Syrian regime and rebels trade accusations of an alleged lethal chemical weapons attack yesterday, chemical weapons experts say there is no evidence that attack occurred.  —  BEIRUT  —  An alleged chemical weapons …
Discussion: Guardian, Outside the Beltway and CNN
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Dan Murphy / Christian Science Monitor:
The real warning in Syrian chemical weapons claims
Joshua Green / Businessweek:
The Secret Gingrich-Santorum ‘Unity Ticket’ That Nearly Toppled Romney  —  It's one of the great untold stories of the 2012 presidential campaign, a tale of ego and intrigue that nearly upended the Republican primary contest and might even have produced a different nominee …
David S. Bernstein / thephoenix.com:
Mrs. Warren goes to Washington  —  Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren's credentials, support, and savvy make her almost untouchable — and she knows it.  —  Elizabeth Warren was the only senator on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, aside from the chair and ranking minority …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
The progressive triumvirate: Guns, gays, minimum wage
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
House Passes Plan to Avert Federal Shutdown  —  WASHINGTON - The House gave final approval Thursday to legislation to avert a federal shutdown and keep the government funded through September, and passed a Republican budget blueprint that enshrined the party's vision of a balanced budget …
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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
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Battle Brews Over Labor Demands As Immigration Talks Enter Home Stretch  —  “Every time you make progress... the unions come in the next day and throw something else on the table.  They keep moving the goal posts,” says a lobbyist.  —  WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 21: Members of the group Casa …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Alisa Wiersema / ABCNEWS:
Yoko Ono Tweets John Lennon's Bloody Glasses  —  Yoko Ono joined the U.S. gun debate when she tweeted a picture of the blood-stained glasses her husband, John Lennon, was wearing when he died.  Lennon, one of the Beatles, died in 1980 after being shot in the back four times at the couple's New York City apartment by a crazed stalker.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Other McCain and Shakesville
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.”
Sapna Maheshwari / Bloomberg:
Lululemon Sheer Yoga Pants Undetected Until Bend-Over Test  —  Wall Street analysts from Robert W. Baird & Co. to Sterne Agee & Leach Inc. peppered Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU) executives today with questions about how the yoga-wear retailer is handling a recall of women's pants for being too transparent.
 
 
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US Department of State:
Terrorist Designations of Ansar al-Dine
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Tom Whitehead / Telegraph:
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Pentagon delays civilian furloughs
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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