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3:50 PM ET, March 24, 2013

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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Bloomberg's TV Blitz on Guns Puts Swing Senators on the Spot  —  The commercial is an unambiguous appeal to gun owners: a middle-aged hunter, rifle in hand, vows that he will fight to protect the Second Amendment.  But in a sensible, father-of-the-house tone, he also urges voters …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
NRA gains upper hand on Obama  —  After a series of missteps that gave President Obama the early advantage in this year's gun-violence debate, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has struck back.  —  The powerful gun lobbying group had stumbled in the immediate wake of December's Newtown …
Discussion: Politico and The Moderate Voice
Andy Kroll / Mother Jones:
Mayor Mike Bloomberg Will Spend $12 Million to Push Gun Control Through Congress
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Bloomberg hasn't given up on assault weapons ban
Discussion: Politico
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
NRA Robocalls In Newtown Spark Outrage From Local Gun Control Group
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Crooks and Liars
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
WATCH: The Most Compelling Case For Marriage Equality In Under A Minute  —  California Attorney General Kemala Harris gave an impassioned, pithy defense of marriage equality during an appearance on CNN's State of the Union Sunday morning in anticipation of the Supreme Court's hearing …
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Evangelical Leader And GOP Strategist Battle Over Same-Sex Marriage's ‘Radical Agenda’ On Fox News Sunday  —  On Fox News Sunday this morning, evangelical leader Gary Bauer and Republican strategist Nicole Wallace went head-to-head over the upcoming Supreme Court hearings on overturning Proposition 8 …
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Paul Says Obama, Bush Could Have Been Jailed for Drug Use  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Fox News that President Obama and former President George W. Bush could have “conceivably been put in jail” for using drugs.  —  Said Paul: “Look, the last two presidents could have conceivably been put …
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Rand Paul: I don't promote marijuana  —  Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday that President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush could have “conceivably been put in jail” for their drug use, ruining their lives and impacting their getting elected to office.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Obama Era, Brought to You by the Iraq War  —  WHEN prominent people in Washington spend an anniversary apologizing for being catastrophically, unforgivably wrong about a decade-old decision, you might expect that the decision in question had delivered their party to disaster or defeat.
Reuters:
Israel fires into Syria after Golan attack on troops  —  (Reuters) - Israel said it fired into Syria on Sunday and destroyed a machinegun position in the Golan Heights from where shots had been fired at Israeli soldiers in a further spillover of the Syrian civil war along a tense front.
Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:
Disruptions: F.A.A. May Loosen Curbs on Fliers' Use of Electronics  —  If you're sitting on a plane at the gate and reading this column on an electronic gadget, you're about to hear eight dreaded words: “Please power down your electronic devices for takeoff.”
Discussion: VentureBeat and Mashable
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Rep. Rogers: Syria ‘red line has been crossed’  —  The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee on Sunday warned there was “mounting evidence” Syrian President Bashir al-Assad has used chemical weapons and said the red line calling for a U.S. response “has been crossed.”
Discussion: Politico and Washington Monthly
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Associated Press:
John Kerry scolds Iraq about Iran
Discussion: CNN and Guardian
Michael Kranish / Boston Globe:
The story of Washington gridlock seen through the eyes of Bob Dole  —  WASHINGTON — It had been 16 years since Bob Dole stepped down as Senate Republican leader, ending a legislative career in which he earned a reputation as a master of bipartisanship.  Yet there he was at the end of 2012, trying to close a deal.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Juana Summers / Politico:
Navarro: Genie out of bottle  —  Ana Navarro, a former adviser to past Republican presidential hopefuls John McCain and Jon Huntsman, said Sunday the Republican Party is shifting on gay marriage.  —  “There's no putting this genie back in the bottle.  This is now undeniable.  The shift is here.
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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David Goodhart / Daily Mail:
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Veterans Affairs boss: ‘No veteran should have to wait for claims’
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Edward Cody / Washington Post:
French mother on trial for son Jihad's T-shirt
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Micah Cohen / FiveThirtyEight:
Obama Has Lost Advantage Over G.O.P. on Economy
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Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Senate votes 53-46 to stop US from joining UN Arms Trade Treaty
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Stars of a Violent Rap Video Are Found Guilty of Violent Crimes in Real Life
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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