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5:10 PM ET, February 2, 2012

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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Top Susan G. Komen Official Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Cave-In  —  An entirely avoidable, and deeply regrettable, controversy has been raging this week over the decision by the (formerly highly-esteemed) Susan G. Komen For the Cure foundation, the world's leading breast-cancer research advocacy group …
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City Room:
Mayor to Give $250,000 to Planned Parenthood  —  Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, responding to the controversy over a breast cancer advocacy group that cut off most of its grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screening, said Thursday that he would make up a large part of the missing money.
Discussion: Mediaite, Guardian and Jezebel
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Why Did Susan G. Komen Pull the Plug on Planned Parenthood?  —  My colleague Jeffrey Goldberg has done some reporting on the Susan G. Komen Foundation's decision to cut off Planned Parenthood because the organization was under congressional investigation.  According to his sources …
David Nather / Politico:
Susan G. Komen founder: We won't ‘bow down’  —  Susan G. Komen for the Cure is speaking out about its controversial decision to stop giving grants to Planned Parenthood, with its founder claiming the decision has been “mischaracterized” and vowing to resist “political pressure.”
Discussion: CNN, Weasel Zippers and The Hill
Bri Taylor / Gather:
Susan G. Komen Hacked: Website Displayed Political Message Briefly  —  Was breast cancer research and fundraising giant Susan G. Komen hacked?  It appeared that way when Wednesday night, when those who logged into the sight were greeted with an unorthodox message, likely a result of their changing policies involving Planned Parenthood.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Breaking: Two dozen Senators call on Komen to reverse Planned Parenthood decision  —  The pressure on the Susan G. Komen For The Cure Foundation to reverse its decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings for poor people — a decision which has caused …
New York Times:
Uproar as Komen Foundation Cuts Money to Planned Parenthood
Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Romney poised to roll, poll shows  —  A new poll shows Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney headed for a blowout victory Saturday in Nevada's GOP caucuses.  —  Romney wins support from 45 percent of Nevada Republicans who said they plan to participate in the caucuses …
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CNN:
BREAKING: Trump to back Romney  —  Washington (CNN) - Donald Trump will endorse Mitt Romney for president, sources with knowledge of the endorsement tell CNN.  —  Trump will make the announcement Thursday in Las Vegas, two days before the Nevada caucuses.  —  Read more here.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Trump guarantees an endorsement circus, likely backing Romney  —  We reported, along with the New York Times and the Associated Press among others, last night that Donald Trump is expected to endorse Newt Gingrich, according to sources around his campaign.  The Times went first with the news in terms of national outlets.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Trump trap  —  Donald Trump will be endorsing Mitt Romney later today, not Newt Gingrich as the entire political world believed up until a few hours ago.  This raises a single question: What in the world is the Romney camp thinking?  —  Well, I spoke with two Romney supporters outside …
Rosie Gray / Politics:   Donald Trump Wasn't Always Such A Big Fan Of “Small Business Guy” Mitt Romney
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Sources: Trump to endorse Newt
Zeke Miller / Politics:
Obama: I Pushed Dodd-Frank And Health Care Reform Because Of Christ  —  At National Prayer Breakfast, Obama grounds his controversial policies in the Bible.  Tax hikes for rich “[coincide] with Jesus's teaching.”  —  Source: cache.daylife.com  —  President Barack Obama has been taking lumps …
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama: Jesus would tax the rich  —  President Barack Obama on Thursday tied his proposal to raise taxes on wealthy Americans to his faith, telling leaders gathered for the National Prayer Breakfast that Jesus's teachings have shaped that conclusion.  —  The rich should pay more not only because …
The White House:
Remarks by the President at the National Prayer Breakfast
Discussion: USCatholic.org
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Have Democrats Succeeded in Pre-Destroying Romney?  —  Inside the left's little-noticed, relentless, brutally effective campaign to tear down the Republican front-runner in advance of the general election.  —  Tuesday's installment of the left's crusade to destroy Mitt Romney began like this …
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Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Romney tries to explain remark about “very poor”
Discussion: The Reaction
Jim Vandehei / Politico:
Why Obama should be worried  —  To hear Democrats (and much of the media) tell it, President Barack Obama is a man on the rebound.  The president turned in a strong State of the Union speech, picked a smart political fight over taxing the rich and authorized another heroic Navy SEAL mission in terrorist territory.
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Bribery, compromised officials leave indicted financial-crime suspects free from prosecution under Holder's DOJ  —  A U.S. Justice Department source has told The Daily Caller that at least two DOJ prosecutors accepted cash bribes from allegedly corrupt finance executives who were indicted …
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New York Post:   A failed ‘Fast and Furious’ whitewash
Jeremy Pelofsky / Reuters:
U.S. Republicans, attorney general fight over gun sting
Discussion: TalkLeft and Business Insider
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider  —  RENO, NEV. — The remaining candidates in the winnowed Republican presidential field are attacking one another with abandon, each day bringing fresh headlines of accusations and outrage.
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Charlie Spiering / Campaign 2012:
Ron Paul declines CPAC invitation
Discussion: FishbowlDC and HotAirPundit
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Groundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, 6 more weeks of winter  —  At 7:25 a.m. this morning, amidst mostly cloudy skies, and temperatures in the low 30s, Groundhog Phil saw his shadow in the little town of Punxsutawney, Pa.  —  According to folklore, Phil's sighting …
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Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
What does Obama do all day?  —  What does he do all day?  Are you impressed with the impression of President Obama left by Ryan Lizza's “Obama Memos” piece in the New Yorker?  His decision-making method-at least as described in the piece-seems to consist mainly of checking boxes on memos his aides have written for him. ...
Charles Hoskinson / Politico:
Military cuts would be spared under GOP senators' pitch  —  Senate Republicans on Thursday offered a plan to delay for a year more than $1 trillion in mandatory cuts - half of which would come from the Pentagon — by trimming the federal workforce and extending a pay freeze for federal employees imposed by the Obama administration.
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Indiana Smites Unions  —  Yesterday, with Gov. Mitch Daniels' signature, Indiana became the 23d state, and the very first (other than Indiana itself during a brief period ending in 1965) in the industrial northeast and midwest, to enact “right-to-work” legislation—or as folk in the labor movement call it …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
RNC not supporting Gingrich's quest for Florida delegates  —  The Republican National Committee will not support Newt Gingrich in his quest to add some Florida delegates to his count.  —  The former speaker's campaign argued it deserves some delegates out of Florida despite the state party's position …
Discussion: CNN, Fox News and Saint Petersblog
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP highway spending bill ‘the worst,’ Ray LaHood says  —  Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday the House GOP's highway spending plan is “the worst transportation bill” he's seen in decades.  —  “This is the most partisan transportation bill that I have ever seen,” LaHood said in an exclusive interview with POLITICO.
 
 
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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Gay marriage trial video will remain sealed, appeals court rules
Discussion: The Huffington Post and NOM Blog
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Is Israel preparing to attack Iran?
Discussion: Israel Matzav, CFR.org and emptywheel
Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC  —  The GOP's Plan To Avoid Defense Cuts Without Raising Taxes
Drosenfeld / Drug Policy Alliance:
New Data Released: NYPD Made More Marijuana Possession Arrests in 2011 than in 2010 …
ABCNEWS:
Rick Santorum Tells Sick Kid Market Should Should Set Drug Prices
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Jake Shermanand John Bresnahan / The Politico:
John Boehner, Eric Cantor call ‘truce’
Discussion: ABCNEWS, msnbc.com and Washington Post
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Arizona GOP Primary: Romney 48%, Gingrich 24%, Santorum 13%, Paul 6%
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
5.6 Million Americans Have Switched Their Banks In The Last 90 Days
Steven Rattner / Politico:
Mitt Romney pushes the envelope on his taxes
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Volt sales fall in January
 

 
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