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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Georgia GOP Chair Warns That Straight People Will Enter Sham Gay Marriages For Benefits — A top Republican in Georgia has sounded an ominous warning that legalization of same-sex marriage may also lead to fraud. — Sue Everhart, chairwoman of the Georgia Republican Party …
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Jon Gillooly / mdjonline.com:
Cobb sounds off as Facebook goes red in support of gay marriage — MARIETTA — As the U.S. Supreme Court took up the issue of same-sex marriage earlier this week, Marietta Board of Education member Brett Bittner joined many in changing his Facebook profile picture to reflect his support for marriage equality.
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Colby Itkowitz / Morning Call:
Casey: I support gay marriage — Sen. Bob Casey has announced his support for gay marriage in an interview with The Morning Call. (AFP/GETTY IMAGES / April 1, 2013) — WASHINGTON - Sen. Bob Casey told The Morning Call on Monday he now supports same-sex marriage.
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Talking Points Memo:
Sen. Casey Backs Marriage Equality — Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), a conservative Democrat and one of the last holdouts in his party on the issue of gay marriage, on Monday announced his support for marriage equality. — “After much deliberation and after reviewing the legal …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans' Top Critique of GOP: “Unwilling to Compromise” — Democrats criticized for spending too much — PRINCETON, NJ — As Republican leaders openly scrutinize their party after a 2012 election that was disappointing for them, rank-and-file Republicans, independents …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Social conservatives fight back — The preferred plot line for many in the GOP establishment for revitalizing their party goes something like this; they move to a more libertarian stance on key social issues - particularly same-sex marriage - and the Bible-thumping, evangelical wing …
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Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Lawsuit over health care tax could kill ‘Obamacare’ — “Obamacare” looks increasingly inevitable, but one lawsuit making its way through the court system could pull the plug on the sweeping federal health care law. — A challenge filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation contends …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Ted Cruz: Obamacare Forces States To Release Violent Criminals Onto The Streets
Ted Cruz: Obamacare Forces States To Release Violent Criminals Onto The Streets
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
It Took Obama 15 Tries To Sink A Basket On White House Court Monday — “Oh man,” Obama said. — Image by Jason Reed / Reuters — WASHINGTON — President Obama did not have a great day on the White House basketball court Monday. — During the White House Easter Egg Roll …
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David Frum / CNN:
Hillary Clinton, a mistake for 2016 — Editor's note: David Frum, a CNN contributor, is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He is the author of eight books, including a new novel, “Patriots,” and a post-election e-book, “Why Romney Lost.”
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Tom Humphrey / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Bill tying student performance to welfare benefits advancing in Legislature — NASHVILLE — Legislation to cut welfare benefits of parents with children performing poorly in school has cleared committees of both the House and Senate after being revised to give the parents several ways to avoid the reductions.
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Tennessee Advances Legislation That Would Tie Welfare To Children's Grades
Tennessee Advances Legislation That Would Tie Welfare To Children's Grades
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Tony Paterson / The Independent:
The racist menace? Muslims declare victory in fight over ‘anti-Islamic’ Lego — Danish toy giant agrees to cease production of 'Jabba's Palace' building set in light of complaints — Austria's Turkish community claimed a victory in its fight against Danish toy giant Lego yesterday …
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Lady Gaga turned down $1 million to perform at RNC … Not even a million dollars could convince Lady Gaga to perform at last summer's Republican National Convention. — The snub by the pop star is included in a lawsuit filed by a powerful Republican nonprofit fundraising organization …
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Elisabetta Povoledo / New York Times:
Pope Calls for ‘Peace in All the World’ in First Easter Message — VATICAN CITY — In his first Easter Sunday message, Pope Francis passionately called for “peace in all the world,” urging Israelis and Palestinians to “resume negotiations to end a conflict that has lasted all too long,” …
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Jonathan Miller / The Daily Beast:
How Kentucky Democrats Duped the MSM and Helped Elbow Out Ashley Judd — Judd adviser Jonathan Miller on the small coterie of state Democrats who duped the national press and helped nudge her out of the Senate race. — “We'd like to have you join us this afternoon for a discussion …
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Twitter Blog:
Annncng: Twttr — Starting today, we are shifting to a two-tiered service: Everyone can use our basic service, Twttr, but you only get consonants. For five dollars a month, you can use our premium “Twitter” service which also includes vowels. — We're doing this because we believe …
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Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
Bill O'Reilly vs. Rush Limbaugh — As the gay-marriage fight has made clear, the two men are very different kinds of conservatives. Peter Beinart on what distinguishes them—and why O'Reilly's approach is the one that could help the GOP win again. — There are various ways to describe …
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Obama Proclaims April the Month to Teach Young People ‘How to Budget Responsibly’ — (CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama, who has increased the national debt by $53,377 per household, has proclaimed April “National Financial Capability Month,” during which his administration will do things …
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Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Caroline Kennedy to be ambassador to Japan — Looks like there will be a Camelot East — make that Far East: Caroline Kennedy is heading to Tokyo to be the U.S. ambassador. Kennedy, whose support for President Obama during his 2008 campaign was seen as crucial, had been widely talked …
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Bruce Golding / New York Post:
Ray Kelly admitted cops target blacks, Hispanics in ‘stop-frisk,’ state lawmaker testifies — NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly admitted that cops target blacks and Hispanics for the city's controversial “stop and frisk” program to keep guns off the street, a state lawmaker testified this morning.
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New York Times:
More Diagnoses of A.D.H.D. in New C.D.C. Data — Nearly one in five high school age boys in the United States and 11 percent of school-age children over all have received a medical diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to new data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dan Zimmerman / The Truth About Guns:
BREAKING: HiViz Says Adios to Colorado — HiViz has looked at the new anti-gun atmosphere in The Centennial State and decided that they don't want their tax dollars to support a state that infringes on its citzens' RKBA. As such, they've just announced that they'll be joining Magpul in finding a more hospitable place to do business.
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