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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Drop the Disastrous Plan to Defund Obamacare — Conservatives on Capitol Hill think they have a chance to strike a mortal blow against President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul this fall. If their plan goes forward, however, it will backfire. — The plan is to oppose any bill to fund …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Tom Coburn: Campaign to defund Obamacare ‘dishonest,’ ‘hype’ — ANALYSIS CONGRESS BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Tensions inside the Republican Party about a proposal to defund Obamacare reached a new level Friday when Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a lawmaker with unsurpassed credibility in the field …
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Post Politics, Daily Kos, Politico, Business Insider and The Stranger …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Fiscal Armageddon could remake Hill in 2014 elections
Fiscal Armageddon could remake Hill in 2014 elections
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American Prospect, Outside the Beltway and Campaign for America's Future
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Chris Christie: Rand Paul ‘dangerous’ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is ripping libertarians - including Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). - for challenging government surveillance programs and failing to understand the dangers of terrorism. — “This strain of libertarianism that's …
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Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
What the Chris Christie-Rand Paul Ruckus Really Means — The political press is abuzz over what sure looks like one of the first clashes of the Republican Party's 2016 primary season. At a Republican governors forum in Aspen, Colo., New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took …
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Washington Monthly, Hullabaloo and Mediaite
Washington Times:
Rand Paul to Chris Christie: You need to talk to more real Americans
Rand Paul to Chris Christie: You need to talk to more real Americans
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Conservatives4Palin, TheBlaze.com and National Review
Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Christie goes after libertarians — hard
Christie goes after libertarians — hard
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Washington Free Beacon, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Hit & Run
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Republican Health Care Panic
Republican Health Care Panic
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National Review, Prairie Weather, The Huffington Post and Washington Post
Culture Desk:
Cover Story: John Cuneo's “Carlos Danger” — “With a topic like Anthony Weiner, how can you find anything broad or funny that he hasn't already personally breached?” says John Cuneo, the artist who painted next week's cover. He continues: “Free association made me think of the Empire State Building …
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Althouse, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Poynter, BuzzFeed, Post Politics, NewsBusters blogs, Business Insider and The Dirty
Joey Fishkin / Balkinization:
And the Shenanigans Begin — After Shelby County v. Holder, the big question was how different things would really be. After all, plenty of places, including states with highly contentious fights about election procedures and redistricting such as Ohio and Pennsylvania, have never been covered anyway.
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Wayne Slater / Trail Blazers Blog:
Greg Abbott's pledge to fight Obama on voting rights a political win with Texas GOP primary voters
Greg Abbott's pledge to fight Obama on voting rights a political win with Texas GOP primary voters
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New Republic and New York Times
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
GINSBURG SAYS PUSH FOR VOTER ID LAWS PREDICTABLE
GINSBURG SAYS PUSH FOR VOTER ID LAWS PREDICTABLE
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ThinkProgress, Trail Blazers Blog, Yahoo! News, Election Law Blog, Law Blog, The Atlantic Wire and SSRN
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Rep. Sensenbrenner: DOJ is legally justified in going after Texas
Rep. Sensenbrenner: DOJ is legally justified in going after Texas
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ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, Trail Blazers Blog and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
KPBS San Diego:
Four More Women Accuse Filner … Four prominent San Diego women came forth today accusing Mayor Bob Filner of unwanted sexual advances. They related specific incidents in an exclusive interview with KPBS News. — The latest accusers —a retired Navy rear-admiral, a dean at San Diego State University …
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Mitch Blacher / KGTV-TV:
Team 10 sources: Mayor Bob Filner may take time off for therapy
Team 10 sources: Mayor Bob Filner may take time off for therapy
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Tony Perry / Los Angeles Times:
Democratic Party officials ask San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to quit
Democratic Party officials ask San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to quit
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ThinkProgress and Post Politics
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
San Diego mayor to seek therapy for ‘inexcusable’ behavior
San Diego mayor to seek therapy for ‘inexcusable’ behavior
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Jeane MacIntosh / New York Post:
Weiner girl confidant: Pol's brother grilled sext partner ‘to see if she was going to be a problem’ 2 days after comeback interview published — Anthony Weiner's chef brother turned up the heat on the mayoral wannabe's secret online paramour just weeks before the sexting pol announced his mayoral bid …
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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
Bank Reposseses Wrong House, Refuses To Compensate Victim — Katie Barnett, a resident of MacArthur, OH, claims that a bank she doesn't belong to — Barnett says she has since presented the president of the bank with an $18,000 estimate to compensate her for the loss, but he has refused to pay her.
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Balloon Juice and Booman Tribune
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
EXCLUSIVE: Fed-up Silda Spitzer plans to divorce Eliot after election — Silda Spitzer is privately telling friends she plans to divorce her hooker-loving husband, Eliot Spitzer, Page Six can exclusively reveal. — Multiple sources tell us long-suffering Silda — who, he last night admitted …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Jezebel, Yahoo! News, Politicker and New York Magazine
New York Times:
U.S. Letter Says Leaker Won't Face Death Penalty — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a letter sent to the Russian minister of justice this week that the United States would not seek the death penalty against Edward J. Snowden, and would issue him a passport immediately …
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
Uh Ho: Obama Says Vietnamese Dictator Inspired by Founding Fathers — “...we discussed the fact that Ho Chi Minh was actually inspired by the U.S. Declaration of Independence and Constitution, and the words of Thomas Jefferson.” — It may come as some unwelcome news to the families …
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Power Line, Rush Limbaugh, Capitol Report, National Review, Hot Air, No More Mister Nice Blog and The PJ Tatler
Politico:
House ethics panel investigating four members — The House Ethics Committee is reviewing cases against four members of Congress, including Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and one member of GOP leadership, the panel announced Friday. — The Ethics Committee is probing Rep. John Tierney …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Taiwan trip center of Peter Roskam investigation
Taiwan trip center of Peter Roskam investigation
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Washington Monthly, The Hill, Illinois Review and New York Times
Bill Glauber / JSOnline:
Paul Ryan lays out immigration proposals in Racine town hall meeting — By Bill Glauber of the Journal Sentinel — Racine — Coming face-to-face with activists, immigrants and the children of undocumented immigrants, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan on Friday laid out his proposals to achieve a consensus …
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Politico, The PJ Tatler and Goppers
Associated Press:
Cop Who Pepper-Sprayed Students At Occupy Protest Wants Worker's Compensation For ‘Psychiatric Injury’ — DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — The former police officer who pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at the University of California, Davis is appealing for worker's compensation …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Raw Story
WITN:
McCrory Signs State Budget, Says He Will Sign Abortion Bill & Voter ID Law — Governor Pat McCrory on Friday signed the new state budget, two days after state lawmakers approved the $20.6 billion spending plan. — Lawmakers finished their session this morning, passing a flurry of bills.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Slain Teenager's Mother Says ‘Use My Tragedy’ to Fight ‘Stand Your Ground’ — PHILADELPHIA — The mother of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed Florida teenager whose fatal shooting by a neighborhood watch volunteer has provoked a national debate over racial profiling and gun laws …
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Pat Buchanan / Townhall.com:
Weiner & Spitzer — Now More Than Ever! — “Progressivism leads inevitably to utter irrationality and eventually political, as well as moral, chaos.” — So writes editor R.V. Young in the summer issue of Modern Age, the journal of which Russell Kirk was founding editor.
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Equality Matters and Right Wing Watch
Washington Post:
Lincoln Memorial vandalized with splashes of green paint — The Lincoln Memorial was shut down Friday morning after vandals splashed the statue of the nation's 16th president and the marble floor around it with green paint, U.S. Park Police said. — Police are reviewing surveillance footage …
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Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway, The Hill and Associated Press
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Steve King Says He Has Personally Caught Undocumented Drug Mules With Cantaloupe Calves — Rep. Steve King (R-IA) defended his claim that undocumented youths are drug mules with cantaloupe-sized calves on Friday, telling The Laura Ingraham Show that he would not apologize for the remarks.
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National Review, Crooks and Liars, Yahoo! News, ABC News and Right Wing Watch