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Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Live Blog: Contraception Cases at Supreme Court — On Tuesday, Hobby Lobby, a 600-store chain based in Oklahoma City, and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., an East Earl, Pa., cabinet maker, will argue for an exemption from federal regulations requiring health insurance policies …
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ThinkProgress:
Justice Kennedy Thinks Hobby Lobby Is An Abortion Case — That's Bad News For Birth Control — WASHINGTON, DC — Justice Anthony Kennedy thinks gay people are fabulous. All three of the Supreme Court's most important gay rights decisions were written by Justice Kennedy.
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Americans Against the …, Hullabaloo and New York Times
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Justices sound ready to reject contraceptives mandate under Obamacare — Young visitors to Washington, D.C., walk past the Supreme Court building on March 17. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press / March 16, 2014) — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's conservative justices sharply criticized part …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: One hearing, two dramas — The Supreme Court, in a one-hour, twenty-eight-minute session Tuesday, staged something like a two-act play on a revolving stage: first the liberals had their chance and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy gave them some help, and then the scene shifted entirely …
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Gene Robinson / USA Today:
Hobby Lobby case fuels bigotry: Column — Christ sought to protect and comfort the weak, not control them. — In 2003, I prepared for my consecration as a bishop by donning a bulletproof vest beneath my religious robes because of death threats from “good, religious people” …
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Politico:
Hobby Lobby case: Justices skeptical of White House position
Hobby Lobby case: Justices skeptical of White House position
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ABC News and The Heritage Foundation
Sarah Desprat / Twitchy:
Pathological ignorance: Sen. Boxer's Hobby Lobby strawmen ‘need Viagra to stand up’ [video]
Pathological ignorance: Sen. Boxer's Hobby Lobby strawmen ‘need Viagra to stand up’ [video]
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James Gherardi / WSET-TV:
Little Girl Taken Out Of Christian School After Told She's Too Much Like A Boy — Timberlake, VA - Sports, sneakers, and short hair; it's what makes eight year old Sunnie Kahle unique. It's also what had her removed from Timberlake Christian School. Her grandparents pulled the plug …
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
Republicans losing it over new Obamacare data: Why their position is collapsing — Obamacare enrollment could hit 7 million before the midterms; meanwhile, GOP still has no answer for beneficiaries — It's a complete accident of legislative and administrative history that the fourth anniversary …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Study: States refusing Medicaid expansion would benefit the most
Study: States refusing Medicaid expansion would benefit the most
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Washington Post and Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire
Glenn Kessler / The Fact Checker:
New anti-Obamacare ad makes misleading claims (video)
New anti-Obamacare ad makes misleading claims (video)
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
GOP finds unwinding Obamacare vexing now that it's taken root
GOP finds unwinding Obamacare vexing now that it's taken root
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The Other McCain
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Video captures Braley criticizing Grassley as ‘a farmer from Iowa’ — Video shot at a private fundraiser for Bruce Braley caught the Iowa Democrat warning that “a farmer from Iowa who never went to law school” might become the next judiciary committee chairman.
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Dem Braley Apologizes For Warning ‘Farmer’ Could Run Judiciary Committee
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senate Candidate Reminds Washington She Castrated Hogs, Will Make Them ‘Squeal’
GOP Senate Candidate Reminds Washington She Castrated Hogs, Will Make Them ‘Squeal’
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Maya Rodriguez / KUSA-TV:
Act of compassion violates school dress code policy — Act of compassion violates school dress code policy. 9NEWS at 9 p.m. 03/24/14. — What started out as a kind gesture is turning into a battle over whether hair, or the lack of it, should matter in school. — CONNECT
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Politico:
Harry Reid to drop IMF from Ukraine bill — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will drop a provision to reform the International Monetary Fund from a bill to help Ukraine — a move that could clear the way to send an aid and sanctions package to the president's desk.
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John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
House Democrats Criticize White House for Slowing Down Ukraine Rescue Package
House Democrats Criticize White House for Slowing Down Ukraine Rescue Package
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Post Politics, Daily Kos, Business Insider and Speaker.gov
Rocco Parascandola / NY Daily News:
Helmet camera shows skydiver's remarkable jump from World Trade Center — WARNING GRAPHIC LANGUAGE IN VIDEO: The three daredevils, along with their lookout, pulled off a breathtaking jump from the Freedom Tower. But the price they paid was surrendering to cops Monday to face charges such as burglary.
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Democratic pollster predicts ‘huge turnout disadvantage’ in 2014 — Washington (CNN) - A leading Democratic pollster predicted a “sobering” turnout disadvantage for her party in this year's midterm elections and called on Democrats to articulate “a bigger economic agenda” this fall.
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Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed:
Poll Shows Democrats' Big Push Against The Kochs Might Not Make Any Sense
Poll Shows Democrats' Big Push Against The Kochs Might Not Make Any Sense
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Zach Baron / GQ Magazine Online:
Pharrell Williams on Advanced Style Moves and That Oscar Snub: My Song Will “Be Here For 10 Years” — For GQ's April cover, the G I R L artist and producer talks to Zach Baron about politics (he's calling 2016 for Hillary), the Tea Party, the hat-collection clamoring, and losing the Best Song Oscar
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Donald Rumsfeld: ‘It does not take a genius’ — Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is blasting the Obama administration's handling of Afghanistan, saying a “trained ape” could have done a better job in diplomatic relations with the country. — “We have status of forces agreements probably …
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Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Neo-Confederate Ties Haunt South Carolina Lt. Gov.'s New College Job — The College of Charleston received more than 100 applications from people interested in being the 22nd president of the 13th oldest educational institution in the United States. The applicants included current university presidents …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Obama to Call for End to N.S.A.'s Bulk Data Collection — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is preparing to unveil a legislative proposal for a far-reaching overhaul of the National Security Agency's once-secret bulk phone records program in a way that — if approved by Congress …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEightDataLab:
The DSCC Can't Have It Both Ways — There was a lot of discussion Monday about the rebuttal by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) to FiveThirtyEight's latest Senate forecast. That forecast identified the Republicans as more likely than not to take over the Senate.
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Rand Paul on what Obama should tell Pope Francis — With President Barack Obama set to meet Pope Francis this week, Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday the president has some explaining to do. — “He ought to explain to the Pope why he is telling businesses in America they can't remain true …
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Risen: Obama administration is this generation's ‘greatest enemy of press freedom’ — “It won't take me long to alienate everyone in the room,” Jeffrey Toobin told an audience in New York Friday. “For better or worse, it has been clear there is no journalistic privilege under the First Amendment.”