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10:30 AM ET, February 13, 2012

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Tucker Carlson / The Daily Caller:
Inside Media Matters: Sources, memos reveal erratic behavior, close coordination with White House and news organizations  —  This is the first in a Daily Caller investigative series on Media Matters For America.  Daily Caller reporters Alex Pappas and Will Rahn contributed to this report.
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
WH Chief of Staff Errs on Senate Budget Rules  —  As President Obama prepares to unveil his FY2013 budget Monday, White House chief of staff Jack Lew this morning was asked by CNN to defend the Senate's refusal to pass a budget in more than 1,000 days.  —  “You can't pass a budget in the Senate …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Jack Lew's misleading claim about the Senate's failure to pass a budget resolution  —  “But we also need to be honest.  You can't pass a budget in the Senate of the United States without 60 votes and you can't get 60 votes without bipartisan support.  So unless Republicans are willing to work …
Sahil Kapur / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC  —  McConnell: GOP Will Fight To Let ANY Employer Deny Birth Control Coverage  —  Not satisfied with President Obama's new religious accommodation, Republicans will move forward with legislation by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) that permits any employer to deny birth control coverage …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
McConnell: Birth-control debate will continue until Obama ‘backs down’
CNN:   Colorado GOP Chair tells CNN: Santorum wins
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:   Now the GOP Wants to Permit Any Employer to Deny Contraception Coverage
ABCNEWS:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Jack Lew, Paul Ryan and Rick Santorum
Discussion: Althouse and Washington Post
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Severe Conservative Syndrome  —  Mitt Romney has a gift for words — self-destructive words.  On Friday he did it again, telling the Conservative Political Action Conference that he was a “severely conservative governor.”  —  As Molly Ball of The Atlantic pointed out, Mr. Romney “described conservatism as if it were a disease.”
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Gingrich Money Hunt Faces Obstacles  —  Newt Gingrich recently joined Gov. Rick Perry of Texas on a conference call with more than 50 “bundlers” who had powered Mr. Perry's formidable campaign-cash machine.  —  Mr. Perry asked his top financial rainmakers to raise money for Mr. Gingrich …
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National Review:
Santorum's Turn  —  At the moment Rick Santorum appears …
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Momentum Is Michigan's Prize
New York Times:
Greek Parliament Passes Austerity Plan as Riots Rage  —  ATHENS — After violent protests left dozens of buildings aflame in Athens, the Greek Parliament voted early on Monday to approve a package of harsh austerity measures demanded by the country's foreign lenders in exchange for new loans to keep Greece from defaulting on its debt.
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Reuters:
Greek lawmakers pass austerity bill as Athens burns
Guardian:
Greece approves austerity cuts to secure eurozone bailout and avoid debt default
Discussion: Via Meadia
Dan Williams / Reuters:
Israel says bombs target embassies in India, Georgia  —  (Reuters) - Bombers targeted staff at Israel's embassies in India and Georgia on Monday, wounding four people, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of involvement.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and National Review
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Associated Press:
Israeli missions in India, Georgia targeted
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Attacks target Israeli embassies in Georgia, India
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Contraception and the cost of culture wars  —  Politicized culture wars are debilitating because they almost always require partisans to denigrate the moral legitimacy of their opponents, and sometimes to deny their very humanity.  It's often not enough to defeat a foe.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Cronyism 101  —  I wrote about my participation in the Koch brothers' semi-annual seminar in Palm Springs two weekends ago here.  Along with Peter Schweizer, I did a presentation on cronyism.  My speech focused on corporate cronyism, while Peter's centered on the sort of political cronyism …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Didn't we almost have it all?  —  Romney survives over the weekend by winning Maine caucuses and CPAC straw poll... His struggle so far: an “excitement deficit”... Breaking down the 18 different contests over a 15-day period... Paul campaign disputes Romney's Maine victory …
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
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David Kravets / Wired.com:
Congress Left in Dark on DOJ Wiretaps  —  A Senate staffer was tasked two years ago with compiling reports for a subcommittee about the number of times annually the Justice Department employed a covert internet and telephone surveillance method known as pen register and trap-and-trace capturing.
Discussion: The Raw Story and emptywheel
New Jersey Online:
Gay marriage bill to be voted on by N.J. Senate  —  TRENTON — New Jersey's state Senate is set to vote on a bill to recognize gay marriage.  —  The measure is expected to pass there today and also in the Assembly on Thursday.  —  But that will be far from the end of the story.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
Fox News Commenters Respond to Whitney Houston's Death With Deluge of Hatred and Racism  —  I don't even know what to say about this any more.  There's a real sickness running rampant in the right wing; the Fox News comment thread on Whitney Houston's death is yet another disgusting deluge …
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Fox News:
Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48
Discussion: HyperVocal and The Other McCain
 
 
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Romney, Birth Control: A Shift
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Trevor Kavanagh / The Sun:
The Sun's Trevor Kavanagh: Witch-hunt puts us behind ex-Soviet states on Press freedom
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Discussion: nation.foxnews.com