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Same-Sex Marriages Proceed in Alabama as State Judge's Order Is Defied — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Amid conflicting signals from federal courts and the chief justice of Alabama's Supreme Court, some Alabama counties began granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday in a legal showdown …
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Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Roy Moore orders ban on same-sex marriage licenses — Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore Sunday evening ordered the state's probate judges to not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. — The outspoken social conservative told judges in a six-page letter that a federal judge's decision striking …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Gay Marriage Cleared by U.S. High Court to Start in Alabama — (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex weddings to start in Alabama, letting the number of gay-marriage states climb in advance of a constitutional showdown that may mean legalization nationwide.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Same-Sex Couples Begin Marrying In Alabama After U.S. Supreme Court Action — Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas would have granted the stay denied by the Supreme Court on Monday morning. Montgomery, Jefferson, and Madison counties are issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Alabama Judge Defies Gay Marriage Law — TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — In a dramatic show of defiance toward the federal judiciary, Chief Justice Roy S. Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court on Sunday night ordered the state's probate judges not to issue marriage licenses to gay couples on Monday …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Future Of Voter Suppression Is Before The Supreme Court
The Future Of Voter Suppression Is Before The Supreme Court
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justice Thomas Objects: Court Shows Support for Gay Marriage
Justice Thomas Objects: Court Shows Support for Gay Marriage
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Mike Allen / Politico:
BROKAW IS NBC FORCE amid Williams woes — OBAMA courts GOP on Air Force One - POLITICO's new gossip columnist — MARC CAPUTO debuts - BRENDAN DALY's new job — B'DAY: Manu Raju, Terry McAuliffe — By Mike Allen (mallen@politico.com; @mikeallen), with Daniel Lippman (dlippman@politico.com; @dlippman)
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NBC's Brian Williams told varying versions of rocket fire in Israel-Hezbollah war — NBC News anchor Brian Williams certainly has placed himself in dangerous situations in covering wars and natural disasters over the years. But how much danger? With Williams, the answer varies.
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Brian Williams / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
NBC anchor Brian Williams' Katrina account challenged by ex-French Quarter hotel manager
NBC anchor Brian Williams' Katrina account challenged by ex-French Quarter hotel manager
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David Carr / New York Times:
Brian Williams, Retreading Memories From a Perch Too Public
Brian Williams, Retreading Memories From a Perch Too Public
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Vox:
Obama on American politics and economy: the Vox conversation — In his 2007 book The Audacity of Hope, then-Sen. Barack Obama laid out his theory of America's political and policy problems as it stood on the eve of his first presidential campaign. He worried, he said, about …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: News outlets hype terror threat — The news media “absolutely” overstates the risks of terrorism because stories about things like climate change aren't “sexy” and don't drive ratings, President Obama said in an interview published Monday. — “What's the famous saying about local newscasts, right?
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Louisiana Congressman: Obama Defended ISIS With “Unpresidential” Prayer Breakfast Speech — “Not only did he vilify Christianity, but he actually made a case to defend radical Islam, that's killing people around the world.” — w.soundcloud.com — Louisiana Republican Rep. John Fleming …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Host: Christians Have Killed ‘Zero’ People In The Name Of Religion
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Huckabee Tears into Obama's Prayer Speech: His High Horse Is the TelePrompTer
Huckabee Tears into Obama's Prayer Speech: His High Horse Is the TelePrompTer
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee: Muslims Are The Only Group To Have Obama's ‘Undying’ Support
Huckabee: Muslims Are The Only Group To Have Obama's ‘Undying’ Support
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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush Plans a Website on His Tenure as Florida Governor — Jeb Bush is planning to launch a website Tuesday that includes emails from his two terms as governor of Florida and the first chapter of his book about his administration. — Mr. Bush, who is expected to make a 2016 presidential run …
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush In Iowa: Still A Long Way To Go
Jeb Bush In Iowa: Still A Long Way To Go
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Benjy Sarlin / msnbc.com:
The Rand Paul Debate Society
The Rand Paul Debate Society
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Professor Marco Rubio — Inside the classroom, the Florida Republican gives clues about his political future. — MIAMI — Without notes and seemingly without taking a breath, Marco Rubio tears through a data-heavy speech about the “fault lines” in America's politics and what he calls “the middle-class trap.”
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Axelrod: Hillary has to ‘run like an insurgent’
Axelrod: Hillary has to ‘run like an insurgent’
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Washington Free Beacon
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
TV host asks Holder to quack like a duck — Attorney General Eric Holder on Sunday refused an unusual request during an interview, declining to quack like a duck. — At the end of an interview that touched on the Voting Rights Act and use of force by police, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry asked …
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CNN:
ISIS recruiter, once freed from Gitmo by U.S., killed in drone strike in Afghanistan — Story highlights — (CNN)He was a Taliban commander captured by the United States and held at Guantanamo Bay. But he was let go and returned to Afghanistan. Mullah Abdul Rauf went on to become a recruiter for ISIS in Afghanistan.
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Mohammad Stanekzai / Reuters:
Senior Afghan militant with suspected IS links “killed in drone attack”
Senior Afghan militant with suspected IS links “killed in drone attack”
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Obama prepares for divisive veto — President Obama is just days away from issuing the biggest veto of his tenure, with Republicans poised to send him legislation that would authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. — Obama's veto — just the third of his presidency and the first since 2010 …
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Federal Appeals Judge Compares People Who Say Bush Lied To Rise Of Nazis — A federal appeals judge wrote in a column published on Sunday that people who accuse former President George W. Bush of lying about the Iraq War are peddling myths like those that led to the rise of Hitler.
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