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James Hohmann / Politico:
2014 primary election results: Establishment, self-funders win big in primaries — Tuesday was a great night for incumbents, the GOP establishment and self-funders. — It was a bad night to be a Clinton in-law. — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defeated his GOP challenger …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Payback time: GOP incumbents learn how to win — In 2014, the tea party insurrection is starting to look more like the Boston massacre. — In state after state this primary season, entrenched politicians are proving that incumbency counts for something after all, leveraging the stature …
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The Huffington Post
CNN:
Boehner: Tea party and GOP aren't that different — (CNN) - House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday the tea party and conservative Republicans are basically one in the same. — As establishment Republican candidates try to fend off a series of tea party challengers in Tuesday's midterm primaries …
Peter Hamby / CNN:
How Mitch McConnell crushed the tea party
How Mitch McConnell crushed the tea party
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Washington Post and New Day
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
McConnell Win Leads Night of Victories for G.O.P. Establishment
McConnell Win Leads Night of Victories for G.O.P. Establishment
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Democratic Strategist, Politico, NewsBusters, PoliticusUSA, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice and The Week
Carl Willis / WSB-TV:
School district apologizes over yearbook quote incident — Sponsored Links — CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE: Paris Gray and her family met with the school's principal and the area superintendent on Tuesday. They apologized for the miscommunication and said they would not deny her giving a speech at graduation.
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James Hamblin / The Atlantic Online:
The Chemistry Joke That Got a Student Suspended — Paris Gray, upstanding vice president of her about-to-graduate high-school class in Jonesboro, Georgia, was suspended last Friday when administrators figured out what her yearbook quote meant. It read:
David Weigel / Slate:
Rick Santorum Endorsed the Judge Who Just Legalized Gay Marriage in Pennsylvania — Gay marriage is legal in Pennsylvania today, following a ruling by U.S. District Judge John Jones. Pennsylvania had gotten into the pre-emptive-ban game early in 1996, and that ban is now gone …
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New York Times, SCOTUSblog, Outside the Beltway and Hot Air
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Strikes Down Pennsylvania Same-Sex Marriage Ban — “We now join the twelve federal district courts across the country [that] ... have concluded that all couples deserve equal dignity in the realm of civil marriage.” — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett delivers an address …
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Hot Air, Freedom to Marry Blog, Hit & Run, Washington Post, NBC News and Patterico's Pontifications
Otto Kitsinger / Associated Press:
Federal Appeals Court Puts Same-Sex Marriage On Hold In Idaho — BOISE, Idaho (AP) — No same-sex marriages will be allowed or recognized in Idaho until an appeal is decided, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted request for a stay from Gov. C.L. …
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The Mahablog
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
The Sequel To Rand Paul's Epic Filibuster Is Happening Tomorrow — On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, will filibuster President Barack Obama's nomination of David Barron to fill a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Paul first threatened to filibuster Barron last week.
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Reid Hints at ‘Nuclear’ Summer Over Debate Time
Reid Hints at ‘Nuclear’ Summer Over Debate Time
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Daily Kos and Booman Tribune
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
CNN President: We Won't Be ‘Shamed’ Into Covering Benghazi — CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker on Monday said that the network probably won't be covering the House select committee to investigate Benghazi. — “We're not going to be shamed into it by others who have political beliefs …
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Watts Up With That? and Twitchy
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Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Jeff Zucker talks CNN's post-plane plans
Jeff Zucker talks CNN's post-plane plans
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PoliticusUSA, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Hot Air and The Daily Banter
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Ga., Ky. Primaries: Lots of Attention, Few Votes — A relatively small slice of the electorate will participate in Republican primaries in Georgia and Kentucky, despite international attention and eye-popping sums of money heaped on races that will help determine which party controls …
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ThinkProgress:
Biggest Loser: Thawing Greenland Competes With Collapsing Antarctic For Fastest Ice Loss — Several new studies underscore scientists' concerns we're headed toward a coastline at least this flooded (20 meters or 69 feet) over many hundreds of years: — The worst-case scenario for sea level rise …
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leeds.ac.uk, Balloon Juice and UCIrvine News
Associated Press:
Dinesh D'Souza pleads guilty — NEW YORK — A conservative scholar and filmmaker has pleaded guilty in New York federal court to making illegal campaign contributions. — Dinesh D'Souza, of San Diego, entered the plea Tuesday Manhattan. — He admitted getting two close associates to make $10,000 contributions to Wendy Long.
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Charles Levinson / Wall Street Journal:
Comey: FBI ‘Grappling’ With Hiring Policy Concerning Marijuana — Monday was a big day for the nation's cyber police. The Justice Department charged five Chinese military officials with hacking, and brought charges against the creators of powerful hacking software.
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Mediaite, Business Insider, Firedoglake, The Moderate Voice, The Verge and TalkLeft
David Undercoffler / Los Angeles Times:
GM issues more recalls, this time for 2.42 million vehicles — General Motors' recall saga continued Tuesday with the beleaguered automaker recalling another 2.42 million vehicles for four separate issues. The move also means GM will take a $400-million charge against second-quarter earnings.
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Firedoglake
Jennifer Robison / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Nevada will dump Xerox as health insurance exchange contractor — The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange board voted unanimously Tuesday to end its relationship with Xerox, the vendor contracted in 2012 to build the exchange's Nevada Health Link website.
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ACASignups.net, Hot Air and Twitchy
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
No prison time for Indiana man convicted of drugging, raping wife — Nation Now — The nation's news, events, people and culture
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Mashable, Shakesville, ThinkProgress, Mediaite, The Week and Feministing
Julieta Chiquillo / Dallas Morning News:
$60M Allen football stadium deemed ‘not safe,’ will close this season — ALLEN — Allen ISD officials said Monday that design flaws appear to have contributed to problems with cracking of concrete at the district's new $60 million stadium, prompting them to close the stadium for the next football season.
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David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:
‘House of Cards’ looking for NSA director, senators, reporters — Casting call makes return feel official, after stormy off-season — After a politically stormy off-season, the return of “House of Cards” to Maryland becomes a reality with casting call notices like this one going out.