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Jon Swaine / Telegraph:
Mitt Romney would restore ‘Anglo-Saxon’ relations between Britain and America  —  Mitt Romney would restore “Anglo-Saxon” understanding to the special relationship between the US and Britain, and return Sir Winston Churchill's bust to the White House, according to advisers.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Obama has no patience for 'you didn't build that' attacks  —  SEATTLE - President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he's losing his patience over the Republican attacks aimed at his “you didn't build that” comment.  —  “I have to tell you, I generally have patience with what the other side says about me …
BuzzFeed:
Democrats Plan To Go Nuclear On Romney “You Didn't Build This” Attack  —  In a memo, DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse outlines aggressive response to “BS” Romney claim.  —  Image by JAMES GLOVER / Reuters  —  DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse outlined an all-out response …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Mogul's Latest Foray Courts Jews for the G.O.P.  —  WASHINGTON — A Republican group backed by the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is starting a new effort in battleground states to win over Jewish voters who could be persuaded to turn away from President Obama and support Mitt Romney.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Romney Adviser Says Obama Doesn't ‘Fully Appreciate’ Our ‘Anglo-Saxon Heritage’  —  An adviser to Mitt Romney told a London paper that Obama has not been an effective partner for Britain because he doesn't “fully appreciate” America's “Anglo-Saxon heritage.”
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Chicago, DNC plan coordinated national pushback on 'You didn't build that'
Tim Mak / Politico:   Scott Walker knocks Mitt Romney campaign
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Obama gets personal on Planned Parenthood
Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
SPIN METER: Obama's 'You didn't build that' echoes
Discussion: Daily Kos and US Politics
Alicia Mundy / Washington Wire:   Republicans Make Big Push for Jewish Voters
Kris Kitto / The Hill:
The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful People  —  Forget the Loaded Potato Skins.  Max Engling was surely the best thing to come out of an Indianapolis TGI Friday's, where he was waiting tables when a diner with ties to the modeling industry discovered him.  —  That's right — Engling …
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Kris Kitto / The Hill:
The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful People  —  In terms of style, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has come a long way.  For a 2008 story on congressional wardrobes, she told The Hill, “I'm a bottom-feeder when it comes to clothes shopping,” and described her strategy as going for “markdown, markdown …
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Keeps Lead as Voter Anxiety Rises  —  American voters are growing more polarized and locked in their views as they witness a presidential campaign that is boosting negative feelings about both candidates, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Tuesday shows.
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Nanny Mike's next target a real boozy  —  The next city health-care crackdown: alcohol abuse.  —  Having attacked smoking, trans fats and sugary drinks, the Bloomberg administration is ramping up its campaign against alcohol abuse, The Post has learned.  —  The city Health Department …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Democrats catch major typo in Republicans' deregulation bill  —  House Democrats on Tuesday caught an error in a GOP deregulation bill that is aimed at only allowing new regulations to be issued once the unemployment rate falls to 6 percent, but unwittingly refers to the employment rate.
Forrest Wilder / The Texas Observer:
Washington Post Reporter Allows College Officials to Alter Story on Controversial Test  —  Reporter breaks journalistic convention by sharing entire drafts with ‘customers’ in University of Texas press office.  —  In February, Daniel de Vise, a reporter for the Washington Post …
Washington Blade:
Who signed the Md. anti-gay marriage petition?  — Stumble upon something good?  Share it on StumbleUpon  — Send via Email  — Send this page to Print Friendly  —  The names of some 110,000 Maryland residents who signed a petition to force the state's new marriage equality law onto …
Discussion: The Daily Dish
CNBC:
Wall Street Legend Sandy Weill: Break Up the Big Banks  —  Former Citigroup Chairman & CEO Sanford I. Weill, the man who invented the financial supermarket, called for the breakup of big banks in an interview on CNBC Wednesday.  —  “What we should probably do is go and split up investment banking …
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Did President Reagan Neglect National Security?  —  The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Mitt Romney is recounting a Jim Baker anecdote in which President Reagan ordered Baker, as White House chief of staff, to hold no national security meetings over a hundred day period early …
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Justice Scalia Disputes Accuracy Of ‘Leak’ … Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spoke with NPR on Tuesday at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.  —  Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, influential conservative and pugilistic dissenter, is challenging everything from a recent leak …
Discussion: Washington Wire
Crystal Wiltshire / Ecorazzi:
WATCH: David Letterman 'We're Screwed' Due To Fracking  —  David Letterman held nothing back last week when he voiced his concerns over fracking, calling the oil companies greedy, he plainly explained to America, “we're screwed.”  —  The Late Show host went on to point out the issues …
Ed Carson / Investor's Business Daily:
Government Motors: GM Stock Hits New Low, Taxpayer Loss Hits $35 Billion  —  General Motors (GM) shares closed down 1.5% to 19.02 on Monday, hitting 18.85 intraday.  That's the lowest since the U.S. auto giant came public again in November 2010 at 33 a share.  Update: GM shares early Tuesday fell 1.4% to 18.76, hitting a new low.)
Lewis Hay III / Wall Street Journal:
Lewis Hay: The Tax Cliff Endangers Seniors  —  Now is not the time to raise tax rates on investment income.  —  Most people know that the U.S. government is rapidly approaching the edge of a fiscal cliff that will raise taxes for millions of Americans—at every income level and age.
Discussion: Off the Charts Blog
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Thanks ‘Gay-Porn Kingpin’  —  This evening in Portland, Oregon, President Barack Obama thanked a man named Terry Bean for organizing the reelection campaign fundraiser he was speaking at:  —  “I want to thank someone who put so much work into this event, Terry Bean,” President Obama said as the crowd began to cheer.
Quinnipiac University:
New Yorkers Like Cuomo As Gov, Clinton As President, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Obama, Gillibrand Bury GOP Challengers  —  New York State voters push Gov. Andrew Cuomo's approval rating to a new high 73 - 16 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
Discussion: City Room and Politico
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
'We're Not Going to Protect You'  —  New York's mayor calls for a police insurrection.  —  Last night New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg made an extraordinarily dangerous and radical pronouncement.  He was appearing on CNN's “Piers Morgan Tonight” when the host asked him …
Discussion: Instapundit and New York Magazine
Rebecca J. Rosen / The Atlantic Online:
Greenland's ‘Extreme Melt Event’  —  During a five-day period earlier this month, 97 percent of the surface of Greenland's ice sheet thawed.  —  When NASA scientist Son Nghiem was analyzing data from the Oceansat-2 satellite last week, he noticed that an unusual amount of Greenland's surface …
 
 
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Michelle Malkin:
Hey, Boston: Leave Chick-fil-A alone
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
To Move Polls, Romney Needs to Go Positive
Helen Carter / Guardian:
Boy, 11, flies to Italy without ticket
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Larry Elliott / Guardian:
Shock 0.7% fall in UK GDP deepens double-dip recession
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Terry Davidson / Canada's network for news …:
QMI AGENCY  —  TORONTO - Three liquor stores recently sold booze …
New York Sun:
Mayor Bloomberg and Ice-T
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David Siders / Capitol Alert:
VIDEO: Herman Cain adviser explains smoking ad while smoking
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Cantor: Obama administration ‘beats back into submission’ those who dissent
Discussion: Politico, Wake up America, Hot Air and CNN
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell floats plan to stop defense cuts
Discussion: Influence Alley
Washington Post:
N.Y. Fed quiet on Barclays' admission of rigging Libor
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
Why Advertisers Want Charlie Sheen As Their Spokesman—And Why Young Men Still Like Him
Discussion: The Raw Story and The Daily Beast
Martha Woodall / Philly.com:
Feds charge Philly charter school mogul in massive fraud
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
One More Time: CBO Thinks Obamacare *Reduces* Deficit
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
G/O Media sells The Onion to Global Tetrahedron, a new Chicago firm owned by former Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson; former NBC News senior reporter Ben Collins is CEO

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: CNN's Poppy Harlow is leaving the network; she joined in 2008 and most recently co-hosted CNN This Morning, which was effectively canceled earlier in 2024

Financial Times:
Sources: RedBird IMI prepares to withdraw its Telegraph bid as early as next week, triggering an auction expected to draw bids from Rupert Murdoch and others

 
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