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David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Mark Sanford: Stephen Colbert Isn't On The Ticket — Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R), fresh off a GOP primary runoff victory in the campaign for an open House seat in the state, said on Wednesday that the only thing voters know about his opponent, Elizabeth Colbert Busch …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Appalachian Trail to Comeback Trail? — So one of the most thoroughly disgraced and humiliated pols of our era (at least among those who have not worn the orange jumpsuit), Mark Sanford, has won the Republican nomination to return to his old gig representing South Carolina's 1st district in Congress.
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Associated Press, FITSNews and Bloomberg
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP frets Mark Sanford could blow it
GOP frets Mark Sanford could blow it
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The Post and Courier, Talking Points Memo, The Rothenberg Political …, msnbc.com and First Read
Stuart Rothenberg / Rothenblog:
South Carolina 1st District Poll: It's All About Context
South Carolina 1st District Poll: It's All About Context
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Yahoo! News, Roll Call and The Atlantic Online
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Mark Sanford wins South Carolina House GOP primary runoff
Mark Sanford wins South Carolina House GOP primary runoff
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Politico, American Spectator and CNN
Laura Leslie / @NCCapitol:
Proposal would allow state religion in North Carolina — A bill filed by Republican lawmakers would allow the state to declare an official religion, in violation of the Establishment Clause of the US Bill of Rights, and seeks to nullify any federal ruling against Christian prayer by public bodies in North Carolina.
Rolling Stone:
Same-Sex Marriage Makes David Brooks Crazy — This morning's David Brooks column on same-sex marriage was one of the weirdest, most mean-spirited things I've ever seen in The New York Times. — Entitled “Freedom Loses One,” the article is a sarcastic broadside against . . . well …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Freedom Loses One — I don't think we've paused sufficiently to celebrate the wonderful recent defeat for the cause of personal freedom. After all, these sorts of defeats don't happen every day. — Over the past 40 years, personal freedom has been on a nearly uninterrupted winning streak.
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Unfogged, Shakesville, The Reaction and rubber hose
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Obama administration pushes banks to make home loans to people with weaker credit — The Obama administration is engaged in a broad push to make more home loans available to people with weaker credit, an effort that officials say will help power the economic recovery but that skeptics …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Bill O'Reilly Blows Up At Laura Ingraham In Epic Segment Over His ‘Thump The Bible’ Comments — Bill O'Reilly tonight responded to criticisms from the right over his commentary last week that gay marriage opponents need to do more than just “thump the Bible” if they want to win the argument.
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Taylor Marsh, Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit, TBogg and NewsHounds blog
Jim Williams / Public Policy Polling:
Conspiracy Theory Poll Results — On our national poll this week we took the opportunity to poll 20 widespread and/or infamous conspiracy theories. Many of these theories are well known to the public, others perhaps to just the darker corners of the internet. Here's what we found:
Jim Carrey / The Huffington Post:
I Never Wanted to Take Your Guns Away — I disagree wholeheartedly with those who say that there are just too many guns out there to control and that more gun laws won't make a difference. Change must start someplace. I'm pretty sure that no worthwhile endeavor has ever been accomplished without …
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
Paul Colford / THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE:
‘Illegal immigrant’ no more — The AP Stylebook today is making some changes in how we describe people living in a country illegally. — Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll explains the thinking behind the decision: — The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term …
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Michelle Malkin, The Public Editor's Journal, Taylor Marsh, The Raw Story, Poynter, Patterico's Pontifications, Post Politics, Twitchy, TheBlaze.com, The Week, Politico, Hot Air, NBC Latino, The Impolitic, The PJ Tatler, American Prospect, National Review, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, msnbc.com, Power Line, NewsTaco, The Moderate Voice, The Daily Caller, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and ImmigrationProf Blog, more at Mediagazer »
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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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Politico, The Week, Gothamist, Towleroad News #gay, BuzzFeed, Pop2it, Taylor Marsh, Outsports and CBS Chicago
BBC:
The Great British class calculator — Traditional British social divisions of upper, middle and working class seem out of date in the 21st Century, no longer reflecting modern occupations or lifestyles. — The BBC teamed up with sociologists from leading universities to analyse the modern British class system.
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Daily Mail and Telegraph
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Obama, Both Bushes, Clinton and Carter, the 'World's Most Exclusive Club,' to Reunite — President George W. Bush invited the entire Presidents Club membership to lunch at the White House to meet Obama before his Inauguration in January 2009 — On April 25, President Barack Obama …
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Los Angeles Times, The Caucus and Trail Blazers Blog
Jay Weaver / MiamiHerald.com:
Two Dominican maids complain about FBI's questions regarding Sen. Robert Menendez — Two maids allege that FBI agents from Miami tried to brow-beat them into making incriminating statements against U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, during questioning about alleged sex parties at the Dominican Republic resort home …
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Politico
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Ben Carson blasts ‘vicious,’ white liberal critics as ‘the most racist out there’ — Dr. Ben Carson on Tuesday blasted his critics for heat he's taken recently over controversial remarks on gay marriage, calling his white liberal detractors “the most racist out there.”
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Ben Carson To Levin: White Liberals Are ‘The Most Racist People,’ They Don't Want Me To Leave ‘Plantation’
Ben Carson To Levin: White Liberals Are ‘The Most Racist People,’ They Don't Want Me To Leave ‘Plantation’
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his vorpal sword and The Raw Story
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Prosecutor Cited Security As Reason For Withdrawing From Aryan Brotherhood Of Texas Case — Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Hileman, who has withdrawn from a large federal racketeering case against alleged members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas prison gang, cited “security reasons” …
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Crooks and Liars
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Brian Brown: ‘Ours Is Actually a Libertarian Argument’ To Ban Gay Marriage — Like Rep. Louie Gohmert, Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage also participated in pastor Rick Scarborough's Tea Party Unity conference calls back in March, where he made the “libertarian” argument against legalizing same-sex marriage.
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ThinkProgress and The New Civil Rights Movement
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
Colo. Gun Laws Offer Inspiration, Cautionary Tale For Obama … President Obama is trying to regain some traction for federal gun control measures by visiting states that are moving forward on their own. — On Wednesday, the president speaks in Colorado, where lawmakers recently passed …
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ThinkProgress and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:
Michelle Obama interviewer: How does it feel to have a husband who is a sex symbol? … During an interview with Michelle Obama, the host of Entertainment Tonight asked her how she felt having a husband who was a “sex symbol” similar to former Presidents JFK and Bill Clinton.
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Crosswalks in New York Are Not Havens, Study Finds — Pedestrians struck by cars are most often hit while in the crosswalk, with the signal on their side. — Taxicabs pose a disproportionate threat to cyclists, who often compete for the same sliver of curbside roadway.
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The Daily Caller and Eschaton
Larry Lazo / CNN:
Jackie Robinson comes to the White House as First Lady hosts talk on ‘42’ — (CNN) - “We think that everybody in this country needs to watch this movie,” gushed Michelle Obama, as scores of students from across the country joined her in the State Dining Room of the White House Tuesday.
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Taylor Marsh and Politico
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