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Washington Post:
Holder limits seized-asset sharing process that split billions with local, state police — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday barred local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without evidence that a crime occurred.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court will rule on same-sex marriage (UPDATED) — UPDATE 7:51 p.m. The Obama administration will file a brief in the same-sex marriage cases, supporting equal access to marital rights in all of the states, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement. — Taking on a historic …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Will Hear Four Cases Challenging Same-Sex Marriage Bans — A decision in the Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee cases, expected by late June, could lead to the end of such bans across the country. [Update: The Obama administration will “urge the Supreme Court to make marriage equality a reality for all Americans."]
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Daily Kos, Towleroad News #gay, Hit & Run, Advocate and New York Magazine
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Decide Marriage Rights for Gay Couples Nationwide — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether all 50 states must allow gay and lesbian couples to marry, positioning it to resolve one of the great civil rights questions in a generation before its current term ends in June.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Administration Will Ask SCOTUS To Rule For Marriage Equality
Obama Administration Will Ask SCOTUS To Rule For Marriage Equality
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Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Supreme Court Will Take Up Gay Marriage
Supreme Court Will Take Up Gay Marriage
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Speaker.gov:
12 Taylor Swift GIFs for you — 1. Last week, President Obama announced his latest idea to provide “free” community college to millions of Americans. It sounded exciting at first... 2. But then, we got to thinking... 3. Free?! Is he using magic money? Nothing is free. So we did a little math.
Politico:
Sam Brownback reverses course, proposes new taxes — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, whose massive tax cuts became a cause célèbre for conservatives but threw his state's budget into disarray, announced Friday that he would pursue tax increases. — In a stark turnaround …
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Bryan Lowryeagle Topeka / Wichita Eagle:
Steep tax hikes on liquor, tobacco part of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's proposed budget fix
Luke Brinker / Salon:
Defiant Sam Brownback vows to move toward zero income tax — and make Kansas even more unequal
Defiant Sam Brownback vows to move toward zero income tax — and make Kansas even more unequal
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Progress Pond
Jonathan Shorman / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Brownback promises income taxes will continue to fall
Politico:
RNC rolls out 2016 debate schedule — The committee plans to partner mainstream organizations with conservative commentators and outlets. — CORONADO, Calif. — The Republican National Committee will announce Friday that it has sanctioned nine presidential primary debates …
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NASA:
NASA, NOAA Find 2014 Warmest Year in Modern Record — The year 2014 ranks as Earth's warmest since 1880, according to two separate analyses by NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists. — The 10 warmest years in the instrumental record, with the exception of 1998, have now occurred since 2000.
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Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
It's official: 2014 was the hottest year in recorded history
It's official: 2014 was the hottest year in recorded history
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Theda Skocpol / Scholars Strategy Network:
WHY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE REPORTS ARE THE BEST EVIDENCE OF CONGRESSIONAL INTENT ABOUT HEALTH SUBSIDIES — Days after the November 2014 elections, the Supreme Court granted expedited review of a legal challenge to subsidies that are now helping millions of Americans afford private health insurance.
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Paul Singer / USA Today:
Jindal doubles down on Muslim ‘no-go zones’ in Europe — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a potential candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, will give a speech Monday in London and reiterate the disputed claim that Muslim immigrants have created “no-go zones” in Europe where non-Muslims are not welcome.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News to correct guest's misstatements on Birmingham, ‘no-go zones’ — Tomorrow night's edition of “Justice with Judge Jeanine” will feature an on-air correction of its segment from last Saturday, in which the host, Jeanine Pirro, discussed with terrorism analyst Steve Emerson so-called European …
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Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty — For the first time in at least 50 years, a majority of U.S. public school students come from low-income families, according to a new analysis of 2013 federal data, a statistic that has profound implications for the nation.
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Daily Kos, Shakesville and Vox Popoli
Reuters:
Pope says ‘ideological colonization’ threatens traditional family — (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Friday warned against an “ideological colonization of the family,” a reference to gay marriage around the world and to a heated debate in the Philippines about a government population control plan.
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Joe. My. God.
Tim Worstall / Forbes:
Trying To Understand Why Marc Andreessen And Larry Summers Disagree Using Facebook — I was a little puzzled to see that Larry Summers and Marc Andreessen were disagreeing. Not over something as trivial as politics or anything, they can disagree all they like on that, of course.
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Alex Wall / White House.gov Blog:
Big Block of Cheese Day Is Back, and It's Feta Than Ever — Here at the White House, we're dedicated to making President Obama's administration the most open and accessible in history. That's why, for the second year in a row, we thought it'd be a gouda idea to brie-unite a certain cast …
Derek Hunter / The Daily Caller:
Apology Tour: John Kerry Brings James Taylor To Paris To Play 'You've Got A Friend' [VIDEO] — Under fire for being a no-show at the Paris March Against Terrorism, the Obama administration sent Secretary of State John Kerry to Paris today to give a “big hug” to the French.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
That time John Kerry got James Taylor to sing 'You've got a friend' to France
That time John Kerry got James Taylor to sing 'You've got a friend' to France
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KFOR-TV:
Oklahoma inmate said his ‘body was on fire’ prior to being executed for 1997 murder and rape — McALESTER, Okla.- The state of Oklahoma completed its first execution, Thursday night, since the botched lethal injection of a death row inmate last April. — Charles Frederick Warner was pronounced dead at 7:28 p.m.
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