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12:05 PM ET, March 1, 2013

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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
A Cheer or Two for Sequestration  —  From left, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, and House Speaker John Boehner speak at a news conference on Tuesday in Washington.  —  A lot of liberals I read are very hot to trot with the idea that Congress should just repeal sequestration tout court.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Ross Douthat
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
212 Members Of Congress Ask Court To Strike Down DOMA  —  “DOMA imposes a sweeping and unjustifiable federal disability on married same-sex couples,” the Democratic members of Congress write.  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, left, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Discussion: Good As You
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Sequester begins, with no end in sight for across-the-board cuts
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Week and CNN
CNN:
Deadline day: The latest on the forced spending cuts
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate rejects rival bills to prevent $85B sequester spending cuts
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
House Republicans Cheer Boehner's Refusal to Negotiate on Cuts  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner, the man who spent significant portions of the last Congress shuttling to and from the White House for fiscal talks with President Obama that ultimately failed twice to produce a grand bargain …
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First Read:
First Thoughts: Sequester Day caps off an absurd week  —  It's Sequester Day, and what an absurd week it's been... The GOP's mixed message: Some in the party are denouncing the cuts, while others are cheering them on... What happens next?  Folks, Bill Bolling WANTS to run in Virginia's gubernatorial contest …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Press corps to Woodward: Really?  —  Bob Woodward has suggested that the White House threatened him.  Many of his colleagues in the press corps aren't buying it.  —  By the standards of this White House, a statement like the one senior White House official Gene Sperling wrote to Woodward last week …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Woodward vs. White House: Washington at its weirdest  —  Only in Washington does a tempest turn on the meaning of the word “regret.”  —  Only in Washington does the back and forth between a legendary journalist and a White House wonk turn into an epic talking-head fest and trending Twitter topic.
John Cook / Gawker:
Goodbye, Bob  —  Bob Woodward is not a reliable reporter.
Harvard News:
If you might want to insult Harvard down the line, go elsewhere  —  If you think Harvard is a revolutionary communist hotbed, don't apply.  If you think Harvard is full of “pinheaded” professors, don't enroll.  And if you think Harvard pollutes the minds of its students …
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Has Ted Cruz Hit The Tipping Point?
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
U.S. endorses limited gay marriage right  —  The Obama administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to rule in the case of California's Proposition 8 that same-sex marriage should be required in eight more states, beyond the nine that already permit it, although it stopped short …
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New York Times:
The White House Joins the Fight
Discussion: The Maddow Blog and The Week
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Ben Bernanke, Hippie  —  We're just a few weeks away from a milestone I suspect most of Washington would like to forget: the start of the Iraq war.  What I remember from that time is the utter impenetrability of the elite prowar consensus.  If you tried to point out that the Bush administration …
Discussion: msnbc.com
BBC:
Horsemeat scandal: Four new products test positive  —  Nearly 2,000 tests for horsemeat have been carried out by British retailers  —  Four beef products sold by Bird's Eye, Taco Bell and catering supplier Brakes have been found to contain horse DNA, the Food Standards Agency says.
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
An Economic Tragedy That Everyone Saw Coming Is Now Unfolding In Europe...  The European economy has been a trainwreck for a long time, but there have been varying stages of it.  —  From 2007 through 2010 or so, the European economy basically went through the same trajectory as the US.
Discussion: Paul Krugman and Hullabaloo
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Why Scalia's ‘Racial Entitlement’ Quote Is Even Scarier Than You Think  —  Justice Antonin Scalia quite deservedly came under fire yesterday for his claim that a key provision of the Voting Rights Act is a “perpetuation of racial entitlement.”  If the justice were looking to confirm every suspicion …
Fox News:
Romney likens 2012 race to ‘roller coaster,’ in exclusive ‘Fox News Sunday’ interview  —  Mitt Romney, in an exclusive interview with “Fox News Sunday,” said the end of the 2012 presidential race was like getting off a roller coaster.  —  “We were on a roller coaster, exciting and thrilling, ups and downs.
Katie Glueck / Politico:
10 best ‘sequestration’ anagrams  —  Any way you dice it, sequestration is roiling Washington as the Friday deadline for a deal looms — and it turns out you can dice it about 15,000 ways.  The website wordsmith.org turned up 15,080 results for a search of “sequestration” anagrams.
Discussion: msnbc.com
Bruce Henderson / The Charlotte Observer:
Duke Energy won't be repaid $10 million from DNC  —  Duke Energy won't be repaid the $10 million line of credit it guaranteed for Charlotte to host last year's Democratic National Convention, the company confirmed Thursday.  —  As the credit line came due, Duke made official what it had signaled …
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Post Politics
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Hail Armageddon  —  “The worst-case scenario for us,” a leading anti-budget-cuts lobbyist told The Post, “is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens.”  —  Think about that.  Worst case?  That a government drowning in debt should cut back by 2.2 percent — and the country survives.
Darlene Superville / Talking Points Memo:
Michelle Obama Not Surprised By Reaction To Oscars Appearance  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Michelle Obama says it was “absolutely not surprising” to her that her satellite appearance at the Academy Awards ceremony provoked a national conversation about whether it was appropriate …
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Liberals See A Trap After The Sequester  —  What really scares progressives isn't the automatic spending cuts; it's the grand compromise that may replace them.  “Entitlements may get ensnared when we go to an alternate fix,” says Rep. Nadler.  —  Image by AP
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Week
Colin Campbell / Politicker:
Mayor Bloomberg: Don't Panic About the Sequester  —  Mayor Bloomberg in Washington earlier this week.  (Photo: Getty)  —  At midnight tonight, a bevy of steep spending cuts will hit the federal government unless Congress and the White House agree to an alternative deficit-cutting proposal.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Irked lawmakers say Kerry left them in the dark on Syria aid  —  Lawmakers on Thursday said the State Department left Congress in the dark about the administration's decision to aid rebel forces in Syria.  —  The leaders of the panels that cover foreign policy told The Hill they weren't briefed ahead …
Discussion: Hot Air and DownWithTyranny!
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Oscar-Nominated Doc ‘How to Survive a Plague’ to Become ABC Miniseries (Exclusive)  —  Filmmaker David France is prepping a dramatic adaptation, which will delve into more of the personal stories characters in the film.  —  “How to Survive a Plague”  —  The Oscar-nominated documentary feature …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Many Steps to Be Taken When ‘Sequester’ Is Law  —  WASHINGTON — At some point on Friday (no one will say precisely when), President Obama will formally notify government agencies that an obscure process known as sequestration is in effect, triggering deep, across-the-board budget cuts that will force federal spending to shrink.
Discussion: Guardian
 
 
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David Weigel / Slate:
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