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11:50 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
Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Lisa Murkowski Says Gay Marriage Views Are ‘Evolving’  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said Wednesday that her views on gay marriage are “evolving,” but stopped short of endorsing it.  —  “The term ‘evolving view’ has been perhaps overused, but I think it is an appropriate term for me to use …
Ellen Lockyer / Alaska Public Media:
Senator Murkowski Speaks On DOMA  —  Senator Lisa Murkowski.  Photo by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA - Anchorage  —  Senator Lisa Murkowski says her opinion on gay marriage is still evolving.  Murkowski addressed the topic today at a chamber of commerce luncheon in the Anchorage suburb of Eagle River.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Sorry, Justice Scalia: There's no evidence that gay parents aren't great parents
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Have Most Successful Online Campaign Ever Thanks To Marriage Equality
Discussion: The Fix
Erick Erickson / RedState:
‘Gay Marriage’ and Religious Freedom Are Not Compatible
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.
Chris Cillizza / Post Politics:
Ashley Judd is not running for Senate
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Rand Paul endorses Mitch McConnell in 2014 Senate race, won't back tea party challenge
Discussion: Hot Air
Open Channel:
Newtown gunman Adam Lanza fired 155 bullets in less than five minutes, prosecutor says  —  Adam Lanza fired 155 bullets in less than five minutes on the day he killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, investigators said Thursday in the first detailed account …
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Politico:
Charles Grassley writing alternative Senate gun bill
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:   Newtown parents press for gun control in Bloomberg group's ad
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
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Associated Press:   US sends nuclear-capable B-2 bombers to SKorea
Edward Jay Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
How Iran Could Get the Bomb Overnight
Discussion: Power Line
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
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
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: The Hill and Post Politics
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
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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Ben Goad / The Hill:
Obama finding ways to wield power without executive orders  —  President Obama could wind up issuing fewer executive orders than any two-term president in a century, records show.  —  Obama has often exerted the power of his office in pursuit of his agenda, drawing charges from Republicans …
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.
 
 
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Gallup:
Americans Want More Emphasis on Solar, Wind, Natural Gas
Discussion: ThinkProgress and E2-Wire
Pvictorwins / CBS New York:
Booker Mulls Mandating Armed Guards, Curfews For Newark Businesses After Recent Violence
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Rhode Island's Catholic Bishop Attempts Another Delay Tactic
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What to Cut: Excess federal property costing taxpayers billions
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Hillary Clinton coming to Grand Rapids this summer for Economic Club event
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Andrew Ryan / The Boston Globe:
Mayor Menino won't seek sixth term
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
McClellan: One last call to service - end military funeral honors
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Idaho teacher investigated for saying ‘vagina’ during biology lesson
 

 
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