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11:35 AM ET, March 28, 2013

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David von Drehle / Swampland:
How Gay Marriage Won  —  Eager to be eyewitnesses to history, people camped for days in the dismal cold, shivering in the slanting shadow of the Capitol dome, to claim tickets for the Supreme Court's historic oral arguments on same-sex marriage.  Some hoped that the Justices would extend marriage rights …
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David Weigel / Slate:
Flashback: When Democrats Swore They Would Never Back Gay Marriage  —  Jon Allen follows HuffPost's intriguing advocacy journalism by quoting the few Democrats who haven't endorsed gay marriage yet.  (HuffPost's been straight-up shaming them, naming the senators who have yet to flip and explaining that …
Discussion: Hot Air
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Conservatives wary of Chief Justice Roberts in same-sex marriage cases  —  Some social conservatives are ready to disown Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts if he votes in favor of same-sex marriage.  —  The conservatives were angered by Roberts's surprise backing of President Obama's healthcare law …
Discussion: Boston Herald and Reuters
Alexander Burns / Politico:
The SCOTUS ruling the GOP really wants  —  Conservatives watching this week's gay marriage arguments at the Supreme Court are wondering if it will happen again: Unelected justices ignoring the will of legislatures and high-handedly imposing their own wishes on one of society's most divisive moral issues.
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Sorry, Justice Scalia: There's no evidence that gay parents aren't great parents
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
Erick Erickson / RedState:
‘Gay Marriage’ and Religious Freedom Are Not Compatible
Discussion: Advocate
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: DOMA is in trouble (FINAL UPDATE)
David Brody / The Brody File:
Are Evangelicals Now More Scorned than Homosexuals?
Emily Bazelon / Slate:
Judging by Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing, the Defense of Marriage Act can't be defended.
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama hopes SCOTUS doesn't punt
Discussion: Althouse
Chris Frates / NationalJournal.com:
The Secret Republican Plan to Repeal ‘Obamacare’  —  And why the fight is far from over.  —  A few minutes after the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision upholding President Obama's health care law last summer, a senior adviser to Mitch McConnell walked into the Senate Republican leader's office to gauge his reaction.
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Mitch McConnell's scorched-earth strategy  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky is the Bluegrass State, but by the time Mitch McConnell is done with his reelection campaign, it may be better known for scorched earth.  —  The top Senate Republican is preparing to wage a ruthless campaign to hang on to his job.
Politico:
Charles Grassley writing alternative Senate gun bill
Chris Cillizza / Post Politics:
Ashley Judd is not running for Senate  —  Update: Ashley Judd has announced via Twitter that she will not run for Senate.  “After serious and thorough contemplation, I realize that my responsibilities & energy at this time need to be focused on my family,” she wrote.
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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Rand Paul endorses Mitch McConnell in 2014 Senate race, won't back tea party challenge
Discussion: Hot Air
Jenn Taylor / Twitchy:
‘Born to campaign’: Ashley Judd equates running against Mitch McConnell with rape
Reuters:
Exclusive: Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online buyers  —  (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com Inc.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and The Verge
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TODAY.com Blogs:
John Edwards' eldest daughter: I was mad, ‘devastated’ about affair  —  Cate Edwards, the eldest daughter of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and author and health-care activist Elizabeth Edwards, speaks to Savannah Guthrie in an exclusive interview that will air Friday on TODAY and …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cate Edwards ‘devastated’ by father's affair
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CNN
David Martosko / Daily Mail:
Alabama lawmaker sends shocking RACIST rant to gun-rights constituent, and copies every member of the state legislature  —  A black member of the Alabama legislature uncorked a racist tirade in an email this week to a constituent who urged him not to embrace new gun control laws …
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Michael A. Walsh / New York Post:
A nation suckered  —  Bilking billions from the government  —  No doubt you were shocked, shocked to learn that Jeffrey Hillman, the “barefoot beggar” who famously received a free pair of boots from a kindly NYPD cop, turned out to be a scam artist who preys on the kindness of strangers …
Discussion: Power Line
Stuart Stevens / The Daily Beast:
What the GOP Autopsy Proves  —  The RNC's report on the state of the Republican Party was resoundingly on point.  Stuart Stevens, Mitt Romney's chief 2012 strategist, on how to fix the phony debates and the troubling influence of corporate money.  —  The Republican National Committee's …
Discussion: Post Politics
Matt Cover / CNSNews:
Feds Spending $880,000 to Study Benefits of Snail Sex  —  (CNSNews.com) - The National Science Foundation awarded a grant for $876,752 to the University of Iowa to study whether there is any benefit to sex among New Zealand mud snails and whether that explains why any organism has sex.
Laurel Ramseyer / pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com:
Rhode Island's Catholic Bishop Attempts Another Delay Tactic  —  Forgetting that justice delayed is justice denied, Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence is trying to persuade the Rhode Island Senate to delay action on marriage-related legislation.  Here is the bishop's Hail Mary pass:
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
Jethro Mullen / CNN:
U.S. says it sent B-2 stealth bombers over South Korea  —  The United States said Thursday, March 28, that it flew stealth bombers over South Korea to participate in annual military exercises amid spiking tensions with North Korea.  Pictured, a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber flies over South Korea's western port city of Pyeongtaek.
Discussion: CBS News and Hot Air
Gallup:
Americans Want More Emphasis on Solar, Wind, Natural Gas  —  Oil, nuclear, and coal are more popular with Republicans and in the South  —  PRINCETON, NJ — No fewer than two in three Americans want the U.S. to put more emphasis on producing domestic energy using solar power (76%), wind (71%), and natural gas (65%).
Discussion: ThinkProgress and E2-Wire
 
 
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