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7:40 PM ET, February 9, 2012

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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Fierce White House Debate Over Contraception Mandate  —  “What are we doing here?” asked Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, stepping outside his wheelhouse to ask about a rising storm involving the Obama administration and the Catholic Church.  “What's the point?”
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Will Dems Shoot Themselves In The Foot On Contraception?  —  The intense media debate over the White House push to require all insurance plans to cover contraception is barely 48 hours old.  And already some Democrats are bailing on President Obama.
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Catholic Bishops Demand All Businesses Be Given The Right To Deny Women Contraception Coverage  —  Catholic bishops and their GOP allies have been in an uproar ever since the Obama administration announced new rules that require employers, including most religiously-affiliated institutions …
Amy Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
The Contraception Coverage Debate Isn't Just About the Bishops
Discussion: Swampland and The New Republic
USA Today:
Obama mandate on birth control coverage stirs controversy
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama administration struggles to contain uproar over birth-control rule
Discussion: blogs.telegraph.co.uk and Politico
Jonathan Martinand Manu Raju / Reuters:
Mitt Romney's message from GOP: Step it up  —  Mitt Romney's poor performance Tuesday is prompting congressional Republicans to go public with a bracing message to the front-runner: time to step it up, Mitt.  —  A day after Romney was convincingly defeated by Rick Santorum in non-binding contests …
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Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum takes on ‘environmental terror’  —  Oklahoma City (CNN) - Speaking in one of the top energy-producing states in the country, Rick Santorum tailored his stump speech here on Thursday to appeal to a raucous crowd of domestic energy-loving Okies.  —  Reaffirming his support …
Keith Coffman / Reuters:
Colorado student charged in “glitter bomb” of Romney
Debra Erdley / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Pa. GOP voters quit Gingrich for Santorum
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Eye doctor warns of dangers of political protest on gay marriage
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum rebuts Romney attacks
Discussion: GOP 12 and The Hill
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
DeMint: Brokered convention a possibility
Discussion: CNN, Campaign 2012, Slate and The Impolitic
Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
The Top Twelve Reasons Why You Should Hate the Mortgage Settlement  —  As readers may know by now, 49 of 50 states have agreed to join the so-called mortgage settlement, with Oklahoma the lone refusenik.  Although the fine points are still being hammered out, various news outlets (New York Times …
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
The Five Things You Need To Know About Today's Foreclosure Settlement  —  LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 14: Attorney General of California Kamala Harris speaks onstage at the Cinema For Peace event benefitting J/P Haitian Relief Organization in Los Angeles held at Montage Hotel on January 14, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
New York Times:
States Negotiate $26 Billion Agreement for Homeowners
New York Times:
Mortgage Plan Gives Homeowners Bulk of the Benefits
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Fox Pundit Tells CPAC Crowd That Rachel Maddow Is ‘The Best Argument In Favor Of Her Parents Using Contraception’  —  In the “closed circuit world on the right,” MSNBC's Rachel Maddow is often the subject of ugly denigrations.  Whether it's being mocked for her sexual orientation, her name …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Santorum: Obama Has Put America On ‘The Path’ Of Executing Religious People By Decapitation  —  Rick Santorum continued to rail against President Obama's so-called war against religion during a town hall in Plano, Texas Wednesday night.  The former Pennsylvania senator …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Doubles Down: ‘ObamaCare’ Is The First Step To The ‘Guillotine’
Discussion: ECHIDNE of the snakes
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
UPDATED: Mississippi Rep. Wants ‘Gulf Of Mexico’ Changed To ‘Gulf Of America’  —  Mississippi State Rep. Steve Holland, a Democrat, introduced a bill in the state's lower chamber calling for the part of the Gulf of Mexico that borders his state to be renamed the “Gulf of America.”
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Elizabeth Llorente / Fox News:
Mississippi Bill Changes Name of ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’
Discussion: Riptide 2.0
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Pelosi: ‘Colbert used to be my friend’  —  Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) mocked comedian Stephen Colbert as part of her campaign against super-PACs.  —  The House minority leader released a web video on Thursday that jokingly attacks Colbert for launching a super-PAC.
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Matt Stopera / BuzzFeed:
The Best Testimony From Washington State's Gay Marriage Hearing  —  Try not to cry.  Watch Representative Maureen Walsh's moving testimony from yesterday's gay marriage vote in Washington.  Rep. Walsh was one of two Republicans to vote for the bill.
Constance Johnson / Guardian:
About my ‘spilled semen’ amendment to Oklahoma's Personhood bill |  Constance Johnson  —  I took this stand because I'm sick of the hypocrisy of Republican lawmakers who want to police women's reproductive health  —  As a woman and a 31-year veteran of the legislative process in Oklahoma …
American Prospect:
Wall Street's Third Party  —  This November, when Barack Obama faces off against his Republican opponent, there will be a third candidate in the race, too.  This candidate has already qualified for the ballot in 14 states, including California.  The campaign to ensure the candidate's ballot access …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
Obama: 10 states to receive No Child Left Behind waivers  —  The Obama administration will free 10 states from the requirements of No Child Left Behind, responding to complaints from teachers and school administrators across the country that the nation's main education law is outdated and punitive.
Discussion: Fox News and Guardian
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msnbc.com:
Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News  —  A car that was bombed by two assailants on a motorcycle in Tehran on Jan. 11, killing Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahamdi Roshan, is removed by a mobile crane.
CBS Los Angeles:
LA County OKs $1,000 Fine For Throwing Football, Frisbee On Beaches  —  LOS ANGELES (CBS) — When you head down to the beach for a little fun this summer, county officials want you to leave the pigskin at home.  —  The Board of Supervisors this week agreed to raise fines to up to $1,000 …
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Aide injured in Giffords shooting will run to replace her in House  —  Ron Barber, an aide to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) who was wounded in the shooting spree that also injured Giffords, will run to replace her in the House.  —  Barber announced Thursday he would run …
 
 
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Paul Krugman:
A Strange Form of Social Collapse
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Schneiderman: Settlement deal a ‘small’ but ‘significant’ step towards real accountability
Discussion: emptywheel and Truthdig
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why I'm So Mean  —  People often ask, “Why is Jonathan Chait so mean?”
Rebecca Wind / New from the Guttmacher Institute:
U.S. Teen Pregnancy Rate At Lowest Level In Nearly 40 Years
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
Agence France Presse:
Islamists in Egypt halt filming of TV series
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
States line up to challenge stringent Section 5 voting rights provision
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