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Michael Brendan Dougherty / Business Insider:
HOPE KILLS: Susan G Komen Foundation Would Rather Be Associated With A Handgun Than Planned Parenthood  —  Well, here's an interesting weapon!  —  The Susan G. Komen Foundation, which collects and distributes money for Breast Cancer research and prevention is in the news for withdrawing its …
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
After cutting ties with Planned Parenthood, Komen donations up 100 percent  —  In the wake of this week's announcement that Susan G. Komen for the Cure will no longer be awarding grants to Planned Parenthood, the breast cancer organization's donations have gone up 100 percent in the last two days.
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Komen speaks on Planned Parenthood  —  I just got off a call with Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure CEO Nancy Brinker and President Elizabeth Thompson, in which the two officials spoke at length about the group's new policies that would bar the funding of Planned Parenthood.  A few takeaways:
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Susan G. Komen Top Officials Resign As Backlash Gains Steam … Komen Planned Parenthood , Politics News  —  Dr. Kathy Plesser, a Manhattan radiologist on the medical advisory board of Susan G. Komen for the Cure's New York chapter, said she plans to resign from her position unless Komen reverses …
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Why Did Komen Stop?  Planned Parenthood Doesn't Do Mammograms  —  During a conference call with reporters this afternoon, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure CEO Nancy Brinker and President Elizabeth Thompson revealed the main reason why the Planned Parenthood abortion business lost its funding.
City Room:
Mayor to Give $250,000 to Planned Parenthood
JoNel Aleccia / msnbc.com:
Under fire, Komen CEO denies politics in Planned Parenthood cuts
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and Political Mojo
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Top Susan G. Komen Official Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Cave-In
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Is Israel preparing to attack Iran?  —  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has a lot on his mind these days, from cutting the defense budget to managing the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.  But his biggest worry is the growing possibility that Israel will attack Iran militarily over the next few months.
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Reuters:
Panetta believes Israel may strike Iran this spring: reports  —  (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a growing possibility Israel will attack Iran as early as April to stop Tehran from building a nuclear bomb, U.S. media reported on Thursday.
Discussion: Associated Press
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Israel Vice PM: Military strike can hit all of Iran's nuclear facilities
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
The Independent:
Israel's military leaders warn against Iran attack
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Ya'alon: Iran was working on US-range missile
Discussion: Washington Post and Israel Matzav
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 …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney playing with Trump-brand fire?
Discussion: Politics and BuzzFeed
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Rep. Shuler to retire, faced tough 2012 race  —  Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) will not run for reelection to the House, three sources with knowledge of his plans confirmed to The Hill.  —  One of the last remaining members of the Blue Dog Coalition, Shuler was hit by congressional redistricting …
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Alex Isenstadt / Reuters:
Minority Dems raised more in 2011
Discussion: The Page
Jake Shermanand John Bresnahan / The Politico:
John Boehner, Eric Cantor call ‘truce’
Discussion: ABCNEWS, msnbc.com and Washington Post
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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The White House:
Remarks by the President at the National Prayer Breakfast
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Romney gaffes alarm GOP  —  Congressional Republicans are worried Mitt Romney's propensity for verbal gaffes will hurt him in the fall.  —  The former Massachusetts governor has had a series of foot-in-mouth moments that have set off alarm bells for the GOP and brought on gleeful attacks from Democrats.
ABCNEWS:
Attorney General Eric Holder Disgusted by Personal Attacks at Fast and Furious Hearing  —  Attorney General Eric Holder faced attacks on his character and tenure as attorney general at a congressional committee hearing on the gun program known as “Fast and Furious,” which was run by the Bureau of Alcohol …
Dominique Browning / TIME Ideas:
How Soccer Moms Have Moved On  —  Our kids have grown up and our priorities have shifted.  Here's what politicians need to know about the large cohort of moms they need to win over  —  A mere 15 years ago, I was a soccer mom.  I lived in a suburb; my two sons attended public school …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Minor Senate bill transformed into broad reform package  —  In a sign of just how unpopular Congress has become, rank-and-file senators hijacked debate over a narrowly tailored ethics bill and won broad approval Thursday of a more sweeping reform package imposing new conflict-of-interest rules …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Romney Isn't Concerned  —  If you're an American down on your luck, Mitt Romney has a message for you: He doesn't feel your pain.  Earlier this week, Mr. Romney told a startled CNN interviewer, “I'm not concerned about the very poor.  We have a safety net there.”
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Balloon Juice
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Wall Street Journal:
What Mitt Really Meant  —  This may become a long-running interpretive series.
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Daily Kos
Joanna Molloy / NY Daily News:
Rapper Ja Rule, serving two years for gun possession, finds new posse behind bars  —  Jail pals include disgraced pol Alan Hevesi and former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski  —  Jeffrey Atkins, aka rapper Ja Rule, has made some powerful pals while serving two-year stint at Midstate Correctional Facility …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney: We Are The Only People Who Put Their Hand Over Our Hearts During The National Anthem He ran the Olympics, he should know better.
Discussion: Riehl World View and Politics
Byron Tau / Politico:
Michelle Obama: We're driven by family struggles  —  First lady Michelle Obama said Thursday that she and President Obama are driven every day by the memory of their own family struggles and their desire to give back to the country.  —  “We're here because our families worked hard to make sure …
Simon Jenkins / Guardian:
Still rattling sabres, we have not learned from Afghanistan  —  As we ‘withdraw’ from Afghanistan across the Taliban's golden bridge, we could be heading for catastrophe over Iran  —  The Afghan war, the longest in US history, is “scheduled to end” a year early, according to the Pentagon.
Discussion: normblog and Washington Post
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Michael Brune / Coming Clean:
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WH: People of faith need access to contraception
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