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Chairman Reince Priebus / RedState:
Media Covers up Democrat-Backed Planned Parenthood's Support for Infanticide — For almost as long as there have been two parties, there have been accusations of mainstream media bias. Conservatives know it's real. Liberals insist it's imagined. Bias is evident not only in how events …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Chair Priebus Suggests Democrats Support Infanticide — In an article published Wednesday on the conservative website RedState, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus blasted Democrats for supporting Planned Parenthood, while floating the damning suggestion that the likes …
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LifeNews.com and Little Green Footballs
Jung Ha-Won / Agence France Presse:
N. Korea approves nuclear strike on United States — SEOUL — North Korea dramatically escalated its warlike rhetoric on Thursday, warning that it had authorised plans for nuclear strikes on targets in the United States. — “The moment of explosion is approaching fast,” the North Korean military said …
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New York Times:
In a Budget Gesture, Obama Will Return 5% of His Salary — President Obama plans to return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in solidarity with federal workers who are going to be furloughed as part of the budget cutting process known as sequester, an administration official said Wednesday.
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Hagel: No budget cuts off-limits
Hagel: No budget cuts off-limits
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Politico, The Atlantic Online, Yahoo! News and CNN
Alex Pareene / Salon:
One thing we don't know about Hillary — Did she learn any lessons from 2008? — Hillary Clinton made her first public speech since leaving the State Department last night, addressing the Vital Global Leadership Awards at the Kennedy Center. She did not say she is running for president in 2016.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Paul on the rise, Hillary at new high
Paul on the rise, Hillary at new high
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Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
Lou Chibbaro Jr / Washington Blade:
Cuccinelli challenges Va. sodomy ruling — Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon — Send via Email — Send this page to Print Friendly — Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli is challenging a ruling that overturned the state's sodomy law.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Ken Cuccinelli Fights To Keep Sodomy Law On The Books
Ken Cuccinelli Fights To Keep Sodomy Law On The Books
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Joe. My. God., CANNONFIRE and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Allison Sherry / The Spot:
As lead sponsor in House on gun legislation, Rep. Diana DeGette appears to not understand how they work — Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette didn't appear to understand how guns work Tuesday at a forum on gun control. In two different Congresses, she has been the lead sponsor on legislation to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines.
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Denver Post, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Hit & Run, No Lawyers, Weasel Zippers, Power Line, Post Politics, National Review and Washington Free Beacon
John Celock / The Huffington Post:
North Carolina May Declare Official State Religion Under New Bill — Republican North Carolina state legislators have proposed allowing an official state religion in a measure that would declare the state exempt from the Constitution and court rulings. — The bill, filed Monday …
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Laura Leslie / @NCCapitol:
Proposal would allow state religion in North Carolina
Proposal would allow state religion in North Carolina
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Eleven North Carolina Republicans Sponsor Resolution Saying Their State Can Ignore The Constitution
Eleven North Carolina Republicans Sponsor Resolution Saying Their State Can Ignore The Constitution
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@NCCapitol
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
STUDY: States With Loose Gun Laws Have Higher Rates Of Gun Violence — The National Rifle Association (NRA) and its allies in Congress frequently claim that gun violence is highest in places with the toughest crime laws. But a new study from the Center for American Progress (CAP) …
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CNN:
Sanford says fiancée surprised him at victory event — (CNN) - Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who resigned because of an extramarital affair with Maria Belen Chapur, told CNN in an interview Wednesday he was “completely” surprised when Chapur - now his fiancée …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama: ‘No conflict’ between gun control and gun rights — President Obama on Wednesday will argue there is “no conflict” between tougher gun control measures and protecting the right to bear arms. — In a speech just miles from the Aurora, Colo. movie theater where 12 people were killed …
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Allison Sherry / Denver Post:
President Obama in Colorado on Wednesday to push national gun-control
President Obama in Colorado on Wednesday to push national gun-control
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The Atlantic Online, msnbc.com and The Hill
Don Van Natta Jr / ESPN:
Video shows Mike Rice's ire — NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — In several dozen hours of video of Rutgers men's basketball practices obtained by “Outside the Lines,” coach Mike Rice is seen hurling basketballs from close range at his players' heads, legs and feet; shoving and grabbing his players …
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ESPN:
Rutgers fires coach Mike Rice
Rutgers fires coach Mike Rice
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New York Times, Crooks and Liars, GLAAD, Deadline.com and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
If Election Were Held Today, Democrats Would Win House In A Landslide — And Only Win A 5 Seat Majority — According to a Quinnipiac poll released today, if the election were held today 43 percent of the electorate would support a Democratic U.S. House candidate, as opposed to just 35 percent who would back a Republican.
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The Impolitic and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Joe Klein / TIME:
Obamacare Incompetence — Let me try to understand this: The key incentive for small businesses to support Obamacare was that they would be able to shop for the best deals in health care super-stores—called exchanges. The Administration has had 3 years to set up these exchanges. It has failed to do so.
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americanthinker.com, Hot Air, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Rush Limbaugh and ThinkProgress
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama in California for Congressional Fund-Raisers — WASHINGTON — As he battles to advance legislative priorities on gun control and taxes, President Obama opened a multimillion-dollar fund-raising drive Wednesday in the hope of winning a friendlier Congress for his final two years in office.
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
You Don't Want to Balance the Budget for the Sake of Balancing the Budget — A remarkable series of tweets Obviously, Dan Pfeiffer is correct about this. — If you want to see why, just consider that there is some level of government spending that you consider appropriate.
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Washington Monthly and Angry Bear
Carlos Maza / Equality Matters:
Are The Chicago Bears Supporting NOM's Anti-Gay Student Conference? — The Chicago Bears provided autographed memorabilia to support an anti-gay student conference that depicts LGBT people as sinners, pedophiles, and sexual deviants, according to conference organizers.
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Joe. My. God., Outsports and Good As You
Laura Leslie / @NCCapitol:
Senate bill seeks to curb college vote — A bill filed in the state Senate Tuesday would carry a tax penalty for parents whose children register to vote at their college address. — Senate Bill 667, “Equalize Voter Rights,” would remove the tax exemption for dependents who register to vote …
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Daily Kos and southernstudies.org
Adam Mann / Wired:
Scientists Find Signal in Space That Could Be Dark Matter — A search for the collision of matter and antimatter in our galaxy has turned up a signal that might be the best direct evidence of dark matter to date. — These are the first findings to come from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment …
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The Week
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Gay son of Rep. Salmon defends father — Rep. Matt Salmon's son defended his father a few days after the Arizona Republican said he did not support same-sex marriage even though his son is gay. — Over the weekend Rep. Salmon said he opposed same-sex marriage despite his son's sexuality.
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Politico
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
House Group's Immigration Bill Takes Shape — WASHINGTON — In the shadow of a bipartisan Senate group preparing to roll out broad immigration legislation next week, shortly after Congress returns from its holiday break, a bipartisan group of eight House members is readying its own bill.
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Damien Cave / New York Times:
New Wave of Mexican Immigrants Seems Unlikely
New Wave of Mexican Immigrants Seems Unlikely
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