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Guardian:
Yahoo webcam images from millions of users intercepted by GCHQ — • Optic Nerve program collected Yahoo webcam images in bulk — • 1.8m users targeted by UK agency in six-month period alone — • Yahoo: ‘A whole new level of violation of our users’ privacy'
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
Brewer's Foolish Veto — In addition to the federal government, 18 states have such statutes and about a dozen other states interpret their state constitutions as extending the same protections, according to the letter. The statutes, the scholars write, “say that before government can burden …
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The PJ Tatler, Hinterland Gazette and alicublog
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Jason LaVeris / ABC News:
Celebs, Politicians React to Veto of Controversial Arizona Bill
Celebs, Politicians React to Veto of Controversial Arizona Bill
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Yahoo! News and ABC News
Andrew Wolfson / Courier-Journal:
Gay marriages recognized in Kentucky for now — At least for now, Kentucky must recognize same-sex marrriages performed in states where it is legal. — U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn today made final a ruling issued earlier this month in which he found that Kentucky's marriage amendment …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Kentucky Ordered To Recognize Same-Sex Couples Marriages — The state has requested a stay of the order. — WASHINGTON — U.S. District Court Judge John Heyburn ordered Kentucky officials to recognize same-sex couples' marriages performed out of state, an order that followed his Feb. 12 opinion in the case.
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Freedom to Marry Blog
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner says Republicans will lead, but backs away from votes — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday defended the House GOP's go-slow approach on immigration, tax reform and replacing ObamaCare, saying the party wanted to avoid repeating mistakes Democrats made and had to face the “reality” of its limited power in Washington.
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Ted Cruz: GOP's 2014 on track to be 2010
NorthJersey.com:
GWB Scandal: Release of previously redacted messages reveals new information — The private messages that linked Governor Christie's office to lane closures at the George Washington Bridge also contain jokes about causing “traffic problems” at the home of a New Jersey rabbi associated …
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Politico, Firedoglake, Business Insider, New York Times, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
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Bradley A. Smith / Wall Street Journal:
Bradley A. Smith: Connecting the Dots in the IRS Scandal — The ‘smoking gun’ in the targeting of conservative groups has been hiding in plain sight. — The mainstream press has justified its lack of coverage over the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups because there's been no …
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Betsy's Page, Power Line, Center for Competitive …, Shot in the Dark and Jammie Wearing Fools
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
New F.D.A. Nutrition Labels Would Make ‘Serving Sizes’ Reflect Actual Servings — WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration for the first time in two decades will propose major changes to nutrition labels on food packages, putting calorie counts in large type and adjusting portion sizes to reflect how much Americans actually eat.
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Helena Bottemiller Evich / Politico:
FLOTUS goes big on food label changes
FLOTUS goes big on food label changes
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National Review
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Mississippi Anti-Gay Discrimination Bill Gutted By House Committee — A Mississippi “religious freedom” bill, similar to the one vetoed by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Wednesday, has had its most controversial provision stripped out by a legislative committee. — The Mississippi Business Journal reported …
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Mississippi Business Journal, Towleroad News #gay and Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire
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Nathaniel Rich / New York Times:
The Mammoth Cometh — The first time Ben Novak saw a passenger pigeon, he fell to his knees and remained in that position, speechless, for 20 minutes. He was 16. At 13, Novak vowed to devote his life to resurrecting extinct animals. At 14, he saw a photograph of a passenger pigeon in an Audubon Society book and “fell in love.”
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Marginal REVOLUTION and Althouse
Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Generic Ballot Model Shows Senate Control at Tipping Point — Look for more partisan conflict and polarization in new Senate — Crystal Ball Senior Columnist Alan Abramowitz's discussion of his Senate elections model not only confirms how close we expect the 2014 Senate campaign will be …
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Washington Monthly, Political Insider blog, The Plum Line and VodkaPundit
Greg Gilman / The Wrap:
Paula Deen Compares Her Struggles to ‘That Black’ Openly Gay NFL Prospect Michael Sam — The celebrity chef also expressed a newfound “empathy” for other controversial public figures such as “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson — Paula Deen's $100 million empire crumbled last year …
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Talking Points Memo, People.com, E! Online, The Raw Story, The Huffington Post, Gawker, Colorlines, Hinterland Gazette, Shakesville, Mediaite, ABC News and Joe. My. God.
Alessandra Prentice / Reuters:
Ukraine leader warns Russia after armed men seize government HQ in Crimea — (Reuters) - Armed men seized the regional government headquarters and parliament in Ukraine's Crimea on Thursday and raised the Russian flag, alarming Kiev's new rulers, who urged Moscow not to abuse its navy base rights …
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kyivpost.com, Hit & Run, BBC, The Gateway Pundit and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Marie-Louise Gumuchian / CNN:
Gunmen seize government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea, raise Russian flag
Gunmen seize government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea, raise Russian flag
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Gawker and kyivpost.com
Michael J. Feeney / NY Daily News:
Harlem pastor makes bizarre homophobic claim about president on church sign: ‘Obama has released the homo demons on the black man’ — Pastor James David Manning's homophobic sign was unveiled Sunday in front of the ATLAH World Missionary Church near the corner of W. 123rd St and Lenox Ave.
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Runnin' Scared, Talking Points Memo, Washington Times, Hinterland Gazette, Mediaite and Towleroad News #gay
Emily Cahn / Roll Call:
Ed Pastor to Retire in 2014 (Updated) (Video) — Rep. Ed Pastor, D-Ariz., will not seek a 12th term (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo) — Updated 2:38 p.m. | Rep. Ed Pastor, D-Ariz., announced Thursday he will not seek a 12th term in the 7th District.
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Talking Points Memo
Ana Marie Cox / Guardian:
How to fight the war on voting rights: truth, justice and not the Biden way — Don't tell the conservative believers of the ‘voter fraud’ myth they're racist or full of hate. Tell 'em they're afraid - and wrong — Biden, and the rest of us, shouldn't make ‘white boy’ jokes.
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NAACP LDF
Peter Suderman / Reason:
Obamacare's Failed State Exchanges — The federal government spent more than $1.2 billion on state-based online insurance portals that remain broken. — The federal government spent more on broken state-run exchanges than it did on its own troubled system.
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Hit & Run and Washington Post
Tami Luhby / CNNMoney.com:
Now on your restaurant bill: Obamacare fee — Several restaurants in a Florida chain are asking customers to help foot the bill for Obamacare. — Diners at eight Gator's Dockside casual eateries are finding a 1% Affordable Care Act surcharge on their tabs, which comes to 15 cents on a typical $15 lunch tab.
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The Gateway Pundit, Americans for Tax Reform …, The Heritage Foundation and Business Insider
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Keith Olbermann Says He Hasn't Watched MSNBC Since 2009 — Former MSNBC host and current ESPN sportscaster Keith Olbermann says he hasn't tuned into his old cable news channel since 2009 — more than a year before he left the network in 2011. — TPM reached out to Olbermann on Thursday …
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Mediaite, msnbc.com and The Huffington Post