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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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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
A viewer's guide to Clinton Fever — Will she run or won't she? — The obsessive speculation about Hillary Clinton's plans for 2016 promises to be the longest and most intense parlor game in the history of American politics. It is a consuming fixation already, not just among the operatives …
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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
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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Greg Campbell / The Daily Caller:
Gun bill sponsor apparently doesn't understand how guns work
Gun bill sponsor apparently doesn't understand how guns work
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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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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Remembering the Affair to Remember — It's kind of nice to have Mark Sanford back. — Perhaps not if you're from South Carolina. It is my strong impression that many South Carolinians are tired of their former governor, who so famously snuck off to Argentina for some extramarital recreation …
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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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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
RNC Chair Priebus Suggests Democrats Support Infanticide
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Hartford Courant:
State Legislature Approves Historic Gun Bill; Governor To Sign It Thursday At Noon — After more than 13 hours of debate that was at moments impassioned and agonized, the General Assembly early Thursday approved an historic and far-reaching gun-control bill that proponents said was their toughest …
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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.
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Politico:
Anti-Keystone billionaire rattles Democrats
Anti-Keystone billionaire rattles Democrats
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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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CANNONFIRE, Joe. My. God. and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Schools push a curriculum of propaganda — The real vocation of some people entrusted with delivering primary and secondary education is to validate this proposition: The three R's — formerly reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic — now are racism, reproduction and recycling. Especially racism.
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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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American Power
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Roger Ebert / Roger Ebert's Journal:
A Leave of Presence — Thank you. Forty-six years ago on April 3, 1967, I became the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. Some of you have read my reviews and columns and even written to me since that time. Others were introduced to my film criticism through the television show …
David Cameron / Telegraph:
We need a nuclear deterrent more than ever — As Britain marks the 100th Vanguard patrol, Prime Minister David Cameron explains why he believes it is vital to renew Trident — HMS Victorious, the Royal Navy's Trident submarine, sailing up Gareloch, on the West Coast of Scotland
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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Michael K. Lavers / Washington Blade:
Ariz. congressman's gay son defends father
Ariz. congressman's gay son defends father
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AMERICAblog, Towleroad News #gay, Advocate and Politico
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 …