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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Axelrod: Obama Misled Nation When He Opposed Gay Marriage In 2008 — A striking admission of political dishonesty from the keeper of the Obama flame — Barack Obama misled Americans for his own political benefit when he claimed in the 2008 election to oppose same sex marriage for religious reasons …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Jindal won't ‘evolve’ on same-sex marriage — Gov. Jindal: Marriage is between a man and woman 02:03 — (CNN)Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal won't join the ranks of politicians who have “so called evolved” on same-sex marriage, he said Tuesday. — Jindal, a Republican who is considering a presidential run …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Jindal on gay marriage: 'We're a nation of laws'
Jindal on gay marriage: 'We're a nation of laws'
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
David Axelrod: Obama Was ‘Bullshitting’ Opposition To Gay Marriage In 2008
David Axelrod: Obama Was ‘Bullshitting’ Opposition To Gay Marriage In 2008
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T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
Jeb Bush dumps emails, home addresses, and social security numbers of Florida residents online — Jeb Bush, a rumored 2016 Republican presidential candidate, just decided to publish hundreds of thousands of emails sent to him during his time as governor of Florida.
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush Email Dump Contains Sensitive Personal Information Of Florida Residents
Jeb Bush Email Dump Contains Sensitive Personal Information Of Florida Residents
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NBC News:
American ISIS Hostage Is Dead, Family Says — American ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller has been confirmed dead, the 26-year-old's family confirmed in a statement.
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Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
Death of Kayla Mueller, ISIS Hostage, Confirmed by Family and White House
Death of Kayla Mueller, ISIS Hostage, Confirmed by Family and White House
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Mitch McConnell to House: Send us a Plan B on DHS — “I think it's clearly stuck in the Senate,” he said. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has a message for House Republicans in the continuing standoff over the Department of Homeland Security: The ball's in your court.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Patrick Leahy to skip Benjamin Netanyahu's speech
Patrick Leahy to skip Benjamin Netanyahu's speech
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Fox News:
School worksheet tells kids GOP thinks helping poor ‘waste of money,’ parent claims — A Wisconsin mother claims this quiz was administered to her 16-year-old son and his classmates in their 11th-grade U.S. government and politics class at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc.
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Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Key Premise Of Obamacare Lawsuit Contradicted By Email Senate Aide Sent In 2010 — The premise of the latest legal attack on Obamacare has always been shaky. An email that a key Senate staffer wrote in January 2010 would appear to make it even shakier. — Next month, the Supreme Court …
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Lisa Zyga / Phys.org:
No Big Bang? Quantum equation predicts universe has no beginning — (Phys.org) —The universe may have existed forever, according to a new model that applies quantum correction terms to complement Einstein's theory of general relativity. The model may also account for dark matter and dark energy …
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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Feds won't release IRS targeting documents — The Obama administration is refusing to publicly release more than 500 documents on the IRS's targeting of Tea Party groups. — Twenty months after the IRS scandal broke, there are still many unanswered questions about who was spearheading …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Axelrod: ‘Patronizing and Disrespectful’ Obama Chewed Out Maureen Dowd — When David Axelrod published his memoir he hoped it would be seen as a respectable political memoir. Naturally, everyone just wants the bitchiest dish. — President Obama despises Maureen Dowd …
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Marty Roney / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Woman held after trying to perform same-sex marriage — (Marty Roney, Montgomery Advertiser) — PRATTVILLE - — An Autauga County woman was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct Tuesday morning after offering to perform a same sex marriage inside the probate judge's office.
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Joseph Marks / Politico:
Lawmakers not briefed on White House cyber center — Members of the House Intelligence Committee were not briefed on the plans the White House announced today for a new cyber integration center modeled on the National Counterterrorism Center, a source with knowledge of the discussions told POLITICO.
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
CDC Director Shuts Down GOP Senator's Immigrant Measles Theory — Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) did his best on Tuesday to link the recent measles outbreak to undocumented immigrants, but he didn't get much help from the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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John Marzulli / NY Daily News:
Cop involved in fatal shooting of Akai Gurley has been indicted on manslaughter charges: source — Rookie cop Peter Liang was indicted Tuesday by a Brooklyn grand jury for the deadly shooting last November in an unlit stairwell in the Pink Houses, the Daily News has learned.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
The Guardian hires Chelsea Manning — Chelsea Manning is joining The Guardian U.S. as a contributing opinion writer, the site's editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, announced on Tuesday. — Manning, previously known as Bradley Manning, was an Army private who was convicted in 2013 and is serving …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Hillary Clinton fundraising off to slow start — The main super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton is struggling in its early efforts to line up cash towards a fundraising goal of as much as $500 million, according to sources with knowledge of its fundraising. — The group, Priorities USA Action …
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Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Obama's War Authorization Limits Ground Forces — President Barack Obama will soon give Congress his proposal for a new authorization for the use of military force against Islamic State fighters, and it will place strict limits on the types of U.S. ground forces that can be deployed.
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