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Andrew Solomon / New Yorker:
The father of the Sandy Hook killer searches for answers. — In Peter Lanza's new house, on a secluded private road in Fairfield County, Connecticut, is an attic room overflowing with shipping crates of what he calls “the stuff.” Since the day in December, 2012, when his son Adam killed his own mother …
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Talking Points Memo, ABC News, Althouse and CNN
Dylan Byers / Politico:
John Kerry's brutal CNN joke — Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a knife to the heart of CNN during Saturday night's address at the annual Gridiron Club dinner, the white-tie-and-tails event hosted by Washington's most prestigious press group. — During a humorous and well-received speech …
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Senate Democrats' donor-friendly global warming show — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL SENATE GLOBAL WARMING — On Monday night into Tuesday morning, two dozen Senate Democrats — members of the party's newly-formed Climate Action Task Force — plan to hold a all-night, filibuster-like talkathon on the issue of global warming.
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Susan Davis / USA Today:
Democrats plan all-night ‘talkathon’ on climate change — WASHINGTON—Just don't call it a filibuster. — A majority of Senate Democrats on Monday will launch an overnight “talkathon” until approximately 9:00 a.m. Tuesday to draw attention to climate change.
John Tierney / The Atlantic Online:
The True Detective Finale: That's It? — Should we feel bad for Nic Pizzolatto? Our roundtable discusses “Form and Void,” the eighth installment in HBO's series. — Spencer Kornhaber, Christopher Orr, and Amy Sullivan discuss the latest episode of True Detective. — Sullivan: Did Rust Cohle just get religion?
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
CPAC BONUS SATURDAY — THE PRINCESS IN EXCELSIS … WASHINGTON, D.C. — By now, and by god, it should have settled permanently in the consciousness of the nation what a huge and untoward gamble with the country John McCain and his campaign took in 2008 when they elevated Sarah Palin …
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Balloon Juice
ThinkProgress:
Meet America's Most Hated Doctors — You received years of specialized training in a field that you're passionate about. You've decided to work in an area of the country where you feel you can make a difference. You have a family, and you're primarily concerned about helping other families thrive.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Liberty, Equality, Efficiency — Most people, if pressed on the subject, would probably agree that extreme income inequality is a bad thing, although a fair number of conservatives believe that the whole subject of income distribution should be banned from public discourse.
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Daily Kos
Jenna Levy / Gallup:
U.S. Uninsured Rate Continues to Fall — Uninsured rate drops most among lower-income and black Americans — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of Americans without health insurance continues to fall, measuring 15.9% so far in 2014 compared with 17.1% in the fourth quarter of 2013.
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ThinkProgress and The Plum Line
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Camp to Obama: Let's talk — The House's top tax writer is pointing to areas where he thinks he can work with President Obama, just days after releasing a comprehensive plan for overhauling the code. — “My takeaway is there are some common issues that we can address,” …
CNN:
CNN Poll: 59% approve of sanctions against Russia — Washington (CNN) - Slightly more Americans approve than disapprove of how President Barack Obama has so far handled the crisis in Ukraine, but that has not affected the President's overall job approval rating, according to a new national poll.
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Mediaite
Siva Govindasamy / Reuters:
Exclusive: Malaysia plane probe narrows on mid-air disintegration - source — (Reuters) - Officials investigating the disappearance of a Malaysian airliner with 239 people on board are narrowing the focus of their inquiries on the possibility that it disintegrated mid-flight, a senior source said on Sunday.
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National Review
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Associated Press:
No militia means more intrusive law enforcement: Column — Our Framers didn't envision a free state with the current level of government control. — The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution reads, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State …
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