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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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New York Magazine, Poynter, BuzzFeed, Post Politics, Business Insider, NewsBusters blogs and The Dirty
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Inside Edition:
EXCLUSIVE: Sydney Leathers Details Being At Center Of Anthony Weiner Sexting Scandal
EXCLUSIVE: Sydney Leathers Details Being At Center Of Anthony Weiner Sexting Scandal
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msnbc.com, Runnin' Scared, New York Post, ABC News, The Daily Caller, Taylor Marsh, American Spectator, Althouse, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Jezebel and Politico
Pat Buchanan / Townhall.com:
Weiner & Spitzer — Now More Than Ever!
Weiner & Spitzer — Now More Than Ever!
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Equality Matters and Right Wing Watch
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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Washington Monthly, National Review, A plain blog about politics and Politico
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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
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 and Campaign for America's Future
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Burr: Shutdown over defunding ObamaCare ‘dumbest idea’ ever
Burr: Shutdown over defunding ObamaCare ‘dumbest idea’ ever
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First Read, Politico, The Raw Story, SoundCloud, Taegan Goddard's …, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The World's Greatest …
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 and Hullabaloo
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
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
Ralph Z. Hallow / 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
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
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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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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CNN
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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Los Angeles Times, Most Recent, Gawker, Business Insider, The PJ Tatler, Jammie Wearing Fools and The Raw Story
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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New Republic, The New Republic, msnbc.com and The Volokh Conspiracy
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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, The Atlantic Wire, Election Law Blog, Law Blog and SSRN
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, Politicker, Jezebel, Yahoo! News, New York Magazine and ABC News
New York Times:
U.S. Assures Russia Snowden Will Not 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 …
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The Hinterland Gazette, Hot Air, TechCrunch, Mediaite, The Huffington Post and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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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Booman Tribune
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, New York Times and Illinois Review
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, Hot Air, National Review, No More Mister Nice Blog, TheBlaze.com, The Gateway Pundit and The PJ Tatler
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
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
Robert Costa / National Review:
Trump Heads to Iowa, Plots a 2016 Run — Donald Trump has long resisted calls for him to run for president. But now, at age 67, he tells me he's considering a bid. — “I'm looking,” Trump says. “I have a large following of people who are tired of seeing this country ripped off …
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Washington Monthly, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, PostPartisan and Post Politics
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
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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Salon, Taking Note, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ThinkProgress, Raleigh News & Observer, Taegan Goddard's …, Daily Kos and msnbc.com
CNN:
Scarlett Johansson, Lena Dunham to help out Spitzer's opponent — (CNN) - Some big Hollywood names are turning out to support Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer as he tries to regain lost ground after former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer jumped into the Democratic primary race for New York City comptroller.
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Politico