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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Daily Beast drops Howard Kurtz — The Daily Beast is dropping Howard Kurtz, the veteran media critic who made headlines this week for his erroneous report about NBA star Jason Collins. — “The Daily Beast and Howard Kurtz have parted company,” Tina Brown, the site's editor in chief, said in a statement sent to POLITICO.
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The Daily Beast:
The Daily Beast Retracts Jason Collins Blog Post — The Daily Beast has retracted a May 2, 2013, blog post by Howard Kurtz titled “Jason Collins' Other Secret.” The piece contained several errors, resulting in a misleading characterization of NBA player Collins and the story he co-wrote …
Politico:
Unreliable source: The Howie Kurtz saga — At the height of his influence, Howard Kurtz was widely regarded as the most influential media reporter and critic in the country. But in recent years, erroneous reporting and careless errors reduced him to fodder for the media reporters and critics who followed in his footsteps.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Howard Kurtz leaves Daily Beast following Jason Collins column mistake
Howard Kurtz leaves Daily Beast following Jason Collins column mistake
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New York Times, Althouse and Roger Ailes
Lincoln Chafee / New York Times:
Why I Am Signing Marriage Equality Into Law — PROVIDENCE, R.I. — ON Thursday, the Rhode Island House of Representatives is expected to approve legislation to extend the right to marry to all Rhode Islanders, regardless of sexual orientation. I plan to sign the Marriage Equality Act …
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The New Civil Rights Movement, msnbc.com, ThinkProgress, Advocate, Joe. My. God., Daily Kos, AL.com and The Raw Story
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence:
Letter to Catholics on the Approval of “Same-Sex Marriage” in RI — 05, 02, 2013 - / Category Uncategorized - / Posted By admin - / No Comments. … My dear Brothers and Sisters, — Since the legislative approval of “same-sex marriage” in Rhode Island, a number of people …
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WPRI-TV, ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
David Klepper / ABCNEWS:
RI to Become 10th State Allowing Gay Marriage
RI to Become 10th State Allowing Gay Marriage
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Addicting Info and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Gavin Aronsen / Mother Jones:
Friend Who Had “Fling” With Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the 3 Additional Suspects: “They All Idolized Jahar” — In an interview with Mother Jones, a woman who says she hooked up with Tsarnaev sheds light on him and his friends now in custody. — Azamat Tazhayakov, Dias Kadyrbayev, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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The Week, Hot Air, Business Insider, The Lede, New York Times and AMERICAblog
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New York Times:
Boston Plot Said to Initially Target July 4 — WASHINGTON — The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings told F.B.I. interrogators that he and his brother considered suicide attacks and striking on the Fourth of July as they plotted their deadly assault, according to two law enforcement officials.
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Little Green Footballs, Guardian and Telegraph
Steve Almasy / CNN:
Sources: Boston bombs built in older Tsarnaev's home, first target was July 4
Sources: Boston bombs built in older Tsarnaev's home, first target was July 4
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The Moderate Voice, New York Post, TalkLeft, ABCNEWS, Weasel Zippers and Boston Globe
Fox News:
Hagel: US rethinking resistance to arming Syrian opposition — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday that the Obama administration is re-thinking its opposition to arming the Syrian rebels, as officials weigh a range of options in the wake of findings that chemical weapons were likely used in the country's civil war.
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“The Lid” and The Gateway Pundit
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Where Are Syria's Chemical Weapons?
Where Are Syria's Chemical Weapons?
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Hot Air, Reuters, Wired, The Dish and Taylor Marsh
Spencer Ackerman / Wired:
Even With U.S. Guns, Syria's Rebels Still Might Lose
Even With U.S. Guns, Syria's Rebels Still Might Lose
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Wall Street Journal, Outside the Beltway, CNN, The Dish and The Week
JohnE / Ace of Spades HQ:
Yet Again, Anarchists Highjack Peaceful Left Wing Protest — I am just sick to death of these peaceful socialist and communist gatherings being highjacked by politically unaffiliated anarchists who have no political affiliation and no relation at all to the organized American political left.
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Jammie Wearing Fools and The Gateway Pundit
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Adam Housley / Fox News:
Special ops called for military backup during Libya attack, sources say — On the night of the Benghazi terror attack, special operations put out multiple calls for all available military and other assets to be moved into position to help — but the State Department and White House never gave …
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Sister Toldjah, Bob Owens and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Michelle Homer / KHOU-TV:
HPD: Bush IAH gunman left suicide note saying he had ‘monster within’ — HOUSTON — A gunman walked into Bush Intercontinental Airport with an AR-15 and a handgun Thursday and fired at least two shots before shooting himself. It happened in the ticket area inside Terminal B around 1:35 p.m.
National Review:
The Rand Machine Ramps Up — Rand Paul's chief strategist is leaving his Senate post to run the Kentucky Republican's political shop. — Doug Stafford, who is widely seen as Paul's closest adviser, will soon resign as chief of staff to manage Paul's national political operation.
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Ballot Box, Little Green Footballs, Post Politics and Hit & Run
The Daily Currant:
Bloomberg Refused Second Slice of Pizza at Local Restaurant — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was denied a second slice of pizza today at an Italian eatery in Brooklyn. — The owners of Collegno's Pizzeria say they refused to serve him more than one piece to protest Bloomberg's proposed soda ban …
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The Jawa Report, LewRockwell.com Blog, This ain't Hell … and Sister Toldjah
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama ‘very comfortable’ with lowered age for ‘morning-after pill’ — President Obama on Thursday said he is “very comfortable” with a new rule issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that would allow women ages 15 and older to buy the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B without a prescription.
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Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
The New Study that Republicans Who Reject Medicaid Must Read — A major new study on Medicaid just became public. I know—nothing excites readers more than the phrase “major new study on Medicaid.” Bear with me. This study is already getting a lot of attention: Conservatives and libertarians …
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Commerce Appointment Opens A New White House Rift — Room enough for Valerie Jarrett and Penny Pritzker both to reach out to business, the White House says. But Jarrett tried to kill the appointment. — Via: Larry Downing / Reuters — WASHINGTON — The nomination of billionaire Penny Pritzker …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator: I Voted Against Equal Pay For Women Because We Have Enough Laws — WARREN, NH — Women in full-time year-round jobs earned 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man. Yet, at a town hall earlier this week, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) claimed that Congress has done enough to ensure that women receive equal pay for equal work.
Discussion:
Daily Kos and Addicting Info
CNN:
Attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya — (CNN) — Several Yemeni men belonging to al Qaeda took part in the terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi last September, according to several sources who have spoken with CNN. — One senior U.S. law enforcement official told CNN that …
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Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
Adam Weinstein / Gawker:
The New NRA President Fantasizes About “Whipping” Anti-Gun Opponents — Just in time for its wingnut-filled annual meeting tomorrow, the National Rifle Association is set to install a new president: an Alabama lawyer who laments “the war of Northern Aggression,” calls Barack Obama …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Gregory Gwyn-Williams, Jr / CNSNews:
Poll: 29% of Registered Voters Believe Armed Revolution Might Be Necessary in Next Few Years — Twenty-nine percent of registered voters think that an armed revolution might be necessary in the next few years in order to protect liberties, according to a Public Mind poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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UPI, Firedoglake, msnbc.com, Addicting Info and Talking Points Memo
The Daily Nightly:
Principal fires security guards to hire art teachers — and transforms elementary school — Orchard Gardens, a school in Roxbury, Mass., had been plagued by bad test scores and violence — but one principal's idea to fire the security guards and hire art teachers is helping turn it around.
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Crooks and Liars
Brenda Cronin / Real Time Economics:
Internet Strengthens Institution of Marriage — Does broadband lead to a wedding band? — New research that says thanks to the Internet, marriage rates among young people, which have been declining for years, are 15% to 30% higher than they would be without the Web.
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Wonkblog and Mother Jones
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
In Mexico, Obama says that now is the right time for immigration reform — Mexico's booming economy and its growing ties with the United States make this the right time to pass immigration reform, President Obama said Thursday during his fourth trip south of the border.
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Politico
Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Colorado Legislature Passes Major Voting Rights Expansion Bill — Both houses of the Colorado legislature passed a major overhaul of state election law that would implement same-day registration and voting, automatically send mail-in ballots to every voter, and create a real-time statewide voter database to prevent fraud.
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Denver Post, Washington Free Beacon and Booman Tribune