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Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Margaret Thatcher and misapplied death etiquette — The dictate that one ‘not speak ill of the dead’ is (at best) appropriate for private individuals, not influential public figures — News of Margaret Thatcher's death this morning instantly and predictably gave rise to righteous sermons on the evils of speaking ill of her.
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Daily Mail:
‘Tramp the dirt down’: George Galloway's extraordinarily crass tweet leads the Left's sickening ‘celebration’ just minutes after Baroness Thatcher's death — George Galloway has provoked criticism after writing a ‘distasteful’ comment following the death of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
MARGARET THATCHER, RIP — Margaret Thatcher in 1987. — I am going to leave the encomiums to the late Margaret Thatcher to the people who loved her best, of whom I am decidedly not one. What I remember best about her is that she pretty much invented the modern concept …
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Guardian, National Review, Washington Monthly, WorldViews and Ed Driscoll
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Why The Modern Republican Party Would Reject Margaret Thatcher — Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom, died on Monday, leaving behind her a legacy of conservative values that American politicians still cite to this day. Upon learning of her death …
Hugo Young / Guardian:
Margaret Thatcher left a dark legacy that has still not disappeared
Margaret Thatcher left a dark legacy that has still not disappeared
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Telegraph, Taegan Goddard's …, Balloon Juice, The Hinterland Gazette and Taylor Marsh
Business Insider:
Margaret Thatcher Was Freakishly Correct About Why The Euro Would Be Such A Big Disaster
Margaret Thatcher Was Freakishly Correct About Why The Euro Would Be Such A Big Disaster
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WorldViews, Wonkblog, BBC and Twitchy
Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:
Thatcher, Liberator — I remember reading an article …
Thatcher, Liberator — I remember reading an article …
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Informed Comment, Daniel W. Drezner, Guardian, AEIdeas and No More Mister Nice Blog
Megan Garber / The Atlantic Online:
Margaret Thatcher May Have Helped Invent Soft-Serve Ice Cream
Margaret Thatcher May Have Helped Invent Soft-Serve Ice Cream
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The Week
New York Times:
News Analysis: Thatcher Policies Still Resisted by Europe
News Analysis: Thatcher Policies Still Resisted by Europe
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DownWithTyranny!, News Desk and New York Magazine
BBC:
Margaret Thatcher dies
Margaret Thatcher dies
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David Frum / david-frum:
Margaret Thatcher Sounded the Alarm on Climate Change
Margaret Thatcher Sounded the Alarm on Climate Change
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Mother Jones, Taylor Marsh and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Reid Threatens Filibuster Reform With Nuclear Option — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) threatened in his most explicit terms yet to use the so-called nuclear option to weaken the filibuster if Republicans keep blocking judicial and other nominees from coming to a vote.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Gun Control Package Gets Some Rare Good News
Gun Control Package Gets Some Rare Good News
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Politico, Daily Kos and Yahoo! News
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Bobby Jindal's Political Collapse Is Dangerous News For The National GOP — Sure the GOP may need a little outreach here and a little fine tuning there, but Republicans in Washington say they're confident that a principled message of low taxes and cuts to social services will eventually propel them back to victory.
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Little Green Footballs and Hullabaloo
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Sen. Tim Johnson Endorses Gay Marriage — Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD), one of the last remaining Democratic holdouts to oppose same-sex marriage, announced Monday that he now supports gay nuptials. — “After lengthy consideration, my views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation,” Johnson said in a statement.
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Weasel Zippers, The National Memo, Taylor Marsh, Joe. My. God. and Outside the Beltway
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Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson backs gay marriage
Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson backs gay marriage
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Yahoo! News, Taylor Marsh and Liberal Values
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Sen. Tim Johnson becomes latest Dem to endorse same-sex marriage
Douglas Martin / New York Times:
Annette Funicello, Mouseketeer and Beach Movie Actress, Dies at 70 — Annette Funicello, who won America's heart as a 12-year-old in Mickey Mouse ears, captivated adolescent baby boomers in slightly spicy beach movies and later championed people with multiple sclerosis, a disease from which she suffered …
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She The People, The Impolitic, PopWatch and Balloon Juice
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
A Republican website without “Republicans” — The buzzy new website from House Republicans doesn't mention its party affiliation. The brand has seen better days — The new website for the National Republican Congressional Committee, the campaign arm of House Republicans …
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The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos
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Andrew Rice / New York Magazine:
Does BuzzFeed Know the Secret? — Jonah Peretti's viral-content machine purports to have solved the problems of both journalism and advertising at once, all with the help of a simple algorithm. — Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the website BuzzFeed—though this is increasingly unlikely, as it's currently enjoying a viral moment.
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GigaOM and Gawker, more at Mediagazer »
DAYLIGHT DISINFECTANT:
COMMUNISM SURVIVOR BLASTS SALEM GUN GRABBERS: “YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT FREEDOM IS!” — “You don't know what freedom is because you never lost it!” With a pointed finger Manuel Martinez called out Anti-Gun Committee Leader Floyd Prozansky during heated testimony on Friday. You can bet Prozansky got the message.
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protein wisdom, Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, BizPac Review and Weasel Zippers
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Republican Congressman's Gay Son Says CNN, MSNBC Cancelled Interviews When He Wouldn't Bash His Father — The networks dispute Matt R. Salmon's story. Via KPNX — View Video › — Image by — Rep. Matt Salmon's (R-Ariz.) gay son told local news channel KPNX Sunday that CNN …
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Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, NewsBusters and National Review
Detroit Free Press:
Detroit-area Catholic leaders urge gay marriage supporters to skip Communion — A Detroit professor and legal adviser to the Vatican says Catholics who promote gay marriage should not try to receive holy Communion, a key part of Catholic identity. — And the archbishop of Detroit …
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Daily Kos, AMERICAblog, The Raw Story, Advocate, Towleroad News #gay and Good As You
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Rand Paul's Same-Sex Marriage Plan: Continue The Debate ‘For Another Couple Of Decades’ — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) opposes same-sex marriage, but his tactics for doing so are unique. For example, last month he offered a completely unfeasible suggestion to simply erase any mention of marriage …
Fox News:
Colorado judge defers ruling on whether Fox News reporter must testify on sources — The Colorado judge who will decide whether a Fox News reporter must reveal news sources or face possible jail time has deferred that decision to a later date. — District Court Judge Carlos Samour Jr. ruled …
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Politico, Denver Post, Daily Kos and CNN
Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
Crabs, supersized by carbon pollution, may upset Chesapeake's balance — It is the dawn of the super crab. — Crabs are bulking up on carbon pollution that pours out of power plants, factories and vehicles and settles in the oceans, turning the tough crustaceans into even more fearsome predators.
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PostPartisan and Watts Up With That?
Micah Cohen / FiveThirtyEight:
A lot can change before Election Day 2014, when 36 states will hold elections for governor. But at this early stage — when decisions on whether to run or retire are considered and made — 10 of the 32 governors who are eligible to run for re-election have net negative approval ratings in their states.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Bangor Daily News
Wall Street Journal:
Workers Stuck in Disability Stunt Economic Recovery — Former truck driver James Ottesen, of Mason, Ohio, said being on disability “kind of reminds me of welfare.' — The unexpectedly large number of American workers who piled into the Social Security Administration's disability program during …
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Washington Monthly, Firedoglake, White House Dossier, Mother Jones and AEIdeas