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3:20 AM ET, March 19, 2013

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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Poll Tracks Dramatic Rise In Support for Gay Marriage  —  Support for gay marriage reached a new high in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, marking a dramatic change in public attitudes on the subject across the past decade.  Fifty-eight percent of Americans now say it should be legal for gay and lesbian couples to wed.
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Jon Cohen / The Fix:
Gay marriage support hits new high in Post-ABC poll  —  Public support for gay marriage has hit a new high as Americans increasingly see homosexuality not as a choice but as a way some people are, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.  —  The poll shows that 58 percent of Americans …
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Hillary Clinton announces her support for gay marriage
Chris Good / ABCNEWS:
‘Different Instead of Somebody Being Wrong,’ Gay Marriage Gains Support in ABC/Wash-Post Poll
Discussion: Politico and msnbc.com
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Scalia And Sotomayor Clash In Proof-Of-Citizenship Voting Case  —  Justices Antonin Scalia and Sonia Sotomayor clashed Monday during Supreme Court oral arguments about whether states may require residents to submit proof of citizenship in order to register to vote.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: Does “may only” mean “shall only”?  —  Analysis  —  Anyone entering the Supreme Court's chamber Monday morning expecting constitutional drama over the right to vote had to come away quite disappointed.  It took all of fifty minutes of a one-hour argument to get to any constitutional issue …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
NBCNews.com:
No ruling yet, but justices skeptical of Arizona voter law
James Nye / Daily Mail:
Why does the devil in ‘The Bible’ look exactly like President Obama?  —  Sunday evening's episode of the History Channel's hit series ‘The Bible’ threw up an awkward coincidence when viewers noticed that Satan bore a remarkable resemblance to President Obama.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
History Channel's Satan Looks A Lot Like Barack Obama
Kia Makarechi / The Huffington Post:
‘The Bible’: Satan Actor Looks Like Obama In History Channel Miniseries
Justin Sink / The Hill:
History channel: Resemblance of Obama, satanic character not intentional
Discussion: Politico
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Bush Speechwriter: I Met Ahmed Chalabi At Christopher Hitchens's Apartment  —  In a piece published Monday, David Frum, former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush, recounted meeting Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi for the first time at the apartment of late polemicist Christopher Hitchens.
Discussion: Firedoglake and A Tiny Revolution
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David Frum / The Daily Beast:
The Speechwriter: David Frum on the Rhetoric of Iraq
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: GOP underwater; Obama approval down  —  Washington (CNN) - A new national survey confirms what a months long, top-to-bottom Republican Party review finds as well: That the GOP “is out of touch” and seen as the party of “stuffy old men.”  —  A CNN/ORC International poll also indicates …
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MEOW:
Michelle Shocked Shocks in Anti-Gay Show Tirade  —  Michelle Shocked, known for living up to her surname, cleared out San Francisco club Yoshi's last night, and shut down the venue, after she went on an anti-gay tirade, which she summed up by saying, “You can go on Twitter and say ‘Michelle Shocked says God hates fags.’”
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Hacker Begins Distributing Confidential Memos Sent To Hillary Clinton On Libya, Benghazi Attack  —  In e-mail blasts this weekend, “Guccifer” sent documents stolen from the e-mail account of a former White House aide to congressional aides, political figures, and journalists.
Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece:
Gazprom Offers Cyprus Restructuring Deal to Avoid EU Bailout  —  Russian energy giant Gazprom has offered the Republic of Cyprus a plan in which the company will undertake the restructuring of the country's banks in exchange for exploration rights for natural gas in Cyprus'Â' exclusive economic zone, local media reported.
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Dylan Matthews / Wonkblog:
Everything you need to know about the Cyprus bailout, in one FAQ
Wall Street Journal:
Cyprus Postpones Debate on Deposit-Tax Proposal
Discussion: The Reaction and Open Europe blog
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
The Washington Post to charge frequent users of its Web site  —  Jonathan Ernst / Reuters - This summer, The Washington Post will start charging frequent users of its Web site  —  This summer, The Washington Post will start charging frequent users of its Web site, asking those who look …
Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
CNN, Fox News, MSNBC Air Name Of Steubenville Rape Victim  —  CNN, Fox News and MSNBC recently aired the name of the underage victim in the Steubenville rape trial during reports about the case.  —  Two high school football players were found guilty of raping a 16-year old girl in a controversial case in Steubenville, Ohio.
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Mallory Ortberg / Gawker:
CNN Reports On The ‘Promising Future’ of the Steubenville Rapists, Who Are ‘Very Good Students’
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Leader in GOP's reboot calls Obama a ‘socialist’  —  Leading Republicans called on their party to adopt a more inclusive tone Monday — but in doing so one used some controversial rhetoric to describe President Obama, calling him a “socialist.”  —  Republican National Committeeman Henry Barbour …
Talking Points Memo:
AP: Colorado Gov. To Sign Gun Control Laws  —  DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will sign gun control measures Wednesday that pose limits on ammunition magazines and expand background checks for firearms.  —  A state government employee with knowledge of the situation confirmed …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Attacks on Thomas Perez will do wonders for GOP Latino outreach  —  This morning the Republican National Committee released a report that purports to examine everything that's wrong with the GOP, one that has a heavy emphasis on repairing relations with Latinos.
CBS News:
Police: Fla. college drop-out found dead had planned campus attack  —  A University of Central Florida drop-out planned an attack on campus but committed suicide in a dorm before carrying it out, authorities said Monday.  —  Materials found in his dorm room made it appear …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Immigration: Rand Paul to back path to citizenship
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Messaging Service WhatsApp To Extend Subscription Model To iOS This Year, But Don't Hold Your Breath For A Desktop App
Discussion: The Verge and Lifehacker
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Bethlehem rioters set fire to pictures of Obama
Discussion: Power Line and Israel Matzav
Wall Street Journal:
For Malone, a Possible Cable Reprise
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Stephen Colbert drops the act to help his sister
Betsy Woodruff / National Review:
Back in the Saddle  —  We've just stepped onto the elevator …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Acting commerce secretary to leave
Fox News:
Ohio high school football players found guilty of raping 16-year-old girl
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Gil Aegerter / Open Channel:
Cyberattack on Florida election is first known case in US, experts say