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Anne Bartlett / Post Politics:
Baucus to retire rather than seek re-election in 2014, strategists say — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is retiring rather than seek re-election in 2014, according to two senior Democratic strategists familiar with his plans. — First elected in 1978 …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Max Baucus retiring — Montana Sen. Max Baucus will not seek reelection in 2014, becoming the latest senior red-state Democrat to bail out of a potentially difficult reelection campaign, a senior Democratic official confirmed to POLITICO. — Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee …
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Andrew Kitzenberg / getonhand.com:
Boston Bombing Suspect Shootout Pictures — On Thursday night [Friday morning] at 12:45am EST. I was in my living room working on my computer when I heard multiple “pops” coming from outside. At that point, I had no idea that I was about to become an eye witness to the biggest news story in the country.
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Emily Bazelon / Slate:
John McCain and Lindsey Graham's ludicrous, harmful campaign to get him declared one. — Sen. Lindsey Graham pushed for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be declared an enemy combatant. — A group of Republican senators, led by Lindsey Graham and John McCain …
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Jake Tapper / The Lead with Jake Tapper:
Boston bombing suspect tells officials older brother was driving force behind attack — A U.S. government source tells CNN that in preliminary interviews with the Boston Marathon terrorist attack bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told law enforcement that no foreign terrorist groups …
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
The 11 Most Mystifying Things the Tsarnaev Brothers Did
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Ken White / Popehat:
Thoughts On The Tsarnaev Complaint
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Spencer Ackerman / Wired:
Here's Why Tsarnaev Was Charged With Using a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’
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New York Times:
In Gun Bill Defeat, a President Who Hesitates to Twist Arms — WASHINGTON — Senator Mark Begich, Democrat of Alaska, asked President Obama's administration for a little favor last month. Send your new interior secretary this spring to discuss a long-simmering dispute over construction …
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Susan Page / Associated Press:
USA TODAY Poll: Public support for gun control ebbs — WASHINGTON — Four months after the shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a USA TODAY Poll finds support for a new gun-control law ebbing as prospects for passage on Capitol Hill seem to fade.
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UN Watch:
UN Official Justifies Boston Bombings as ‘Retribution’, Blames America & ‘Tel Aviv’ — Richard Falk warns of “worse blowbacks,” says “Those to whom evil is done, do evil in return” — In a letter sent today to UN chief Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice (see below) …
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Richard Falk / Foreign Policy Journal:
A Commentary on the Marathon Murders
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Laurel Ramseyer / Firedoglake:
Unanimous Support For Marriage Equality By Rhode Island State Senate Republican Caucus — The timing couldn't be better. Just hours before the Judiciary Committee of the Rhode Island state Senate is scheduled to vote on the marriage equality bill (S38), the Senate Republic Caucus has announced …
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USA Today:
Rep. Rangel sues Boehner to overturn House censure — WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel is suing Speaker John Boehner and six other lawmakers, alleging problems with the House ethics investigation that led to his censure in 2010. — In a complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Charles Rangel sues to overturn censure
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Nevada Senate Votes To Repeal Ban On Same-Sex Couples' Marriages — During the course of the debate, Nevada Sen. Kelvin Atkinson told his colleagues — and the world — that he is gay. Monday's vote was the first step in a long process. — WASHINGTON — Late Monday …
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Anjeanette Damon / Las Vegas Sun News:
In split vote, Nevada Senate passes measure to begin repeal of gay marriage ban
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Injury Toll From Boston Marathon Bombings Rises To Nearly 300 People — In the immediate aftermath of last week's attacks at the Boston Marathon, estimates calculated that about 170 people suffered injuries from the bombings. But according to the Boston Public Health Commission …
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Deborah Kotz / The Boston Globe:
Injury toll from Marathon bombings rises to 282
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As Bush library opening puts his presidency back in the spotlight, his approval rating is up — George W. Bush will return to the spotlight this week for the dedication of his presidential library, an event likely to trigger fresh public debate about his eight fateful years in office.
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
‘This Is CNN?’ Stewart Destroys His Favorite Target After A Chaotic End To A Terrible Week In Boston — Another week of The Daily Show brought another round of Jon Stewart eviscerating CNN for its Boston Marathon bombing coverage Monday night. The host picked up where he left off last week …
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Gawker, Ed Driscoll and The Raw Story
Washington Times:
West Virginia teen returns to school with NRA shirt, classmates' support — A West Virginia teen who was arrested and suspended for wearing a National Rifle Association T-shirt to school returned to class Monday wearing the same shirt that got him into trouble.
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The Volokh Conspiracy and The PJ Tatler
Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
Marco Rubio's Immigration Plan Sparks Conservative Civil War — “It's a circular firing squad that Republicans are famous for, we're eating our young,” Gabriel says. Rubio versus the Breitbartians. — Rubio, flanked by Sen. Charles Schumer, left, and Sen. John McCain, right.
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Immigration reform could be bonanza for Dems — The immigration proposal pending in Congress would transform the nation's political landscape for a generation or more — pumping as many as 11 million new Hispanic voters into the electorate a decade from now in ways that, if current trends hold …
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New Republic, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Maddow Blog and Weasel Zippers
Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Rand Paul Tries to Transform a Moment Into a Movement — Sen. Rand Paul's big moment lasted nearly 13 hours. — To many, that's how long it took the Republican lawmaker to transform from fringe politician to overnight sensation, in an old-fashioned Senate floor filibuster …
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Washington Examiner:
Examiner Editorial: Obama's crony capitalism posts more pitiful results — It's more than a little disheartening when the chief executive officer of one of America's most storied Fortune 500 corporations is “comfortable” with the fact that his company created a mere 10 jobs …
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