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10:15 AM ET, March 19, 2013

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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.
Paul C. Broun Jr / New York Times:
Paul Ryan's Ax Isn't Sharp Enough  —  THE latest budget proposal by Representative Paul D. Ryan, called “The Path to Prosperity,” is anything but.  It fails to seriously address runaway government spending, the most pressing problem facing our nation.  I cannot vote for something that would trick …
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
House conservatives' budget balances in 4 years, raises retirement age to 70
Discussion: ThinkProgress and National Review
Associated Press:
Immigration: Rand Paul to back path to citizenship  —  Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is endorsing a pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants.  —  In a speech to be delivered Tuesday morning to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the potential 2016 …
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
This Is the Scariest Statistic About the Newspaper Business Today  —  Here it is: In 2012, newspapers lost $16 in print ads for every $1 earned in digital ads.  And it's getting worse, according to a new report by Pew.  In 2011, the ratio was just 10-to-1.
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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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NBCNews.com:
No ruling yet, but justices skeptical of Arizona voter law
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: Does “may only” mean “shall only”?
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Second Thoughts in Europe as Anxiety Rises in Cyprus  —  NICOSIA, Cyprus — The lights were dimmed and the doors were locked.  But inside a branch of Laiki Bank, one of Cyprus's two dominant banks, a few silhouettes glided about Monday, filling cash machines to calm a wave of anxiety …
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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.’”
Juliet Eilperin / Post Politics:
Could a government shutdown doom the White House Easter Egg Roll?  —  For more than a century, the White House Easter Egg Roll has been insulated from the sort of partisan sniping that now dominates Washington politics.  —  That tradition ended Monday, when Republicans started complaining …
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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
Politico:
Assault weapons ban loses steam  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said on Monday that a controversial assault weapons ban will not be part of a Democratic gun bill that was expected to reach the Senate floor next month.  —  After a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) …
Politico:
Right blasts RNC ‘autopsy’ as power grab  —  John Brabender, Santorum's chief adviser, said the reforms would favor the moneyed candidates.  —  “While I commend Chairman Priebus for taking important steps to remedy Republicans' recent election failures, I am troubled by the possibility …
Discussion: Hot Air
Lisa Miller / New York Magazine:
The Retro Wife  —  Feminists who say they're having it all—by choosing to stay home.  —  When Kelly Makino was a little girl, she loved to go orienteering—to explore the wilderness near her rural Pennsylvania home, finding her way back with a compass and a map—and the future she imagined for herself was equally adventuresome.
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Monarch in the Middle  —  As the Arab Spring swirls around him, can King Abdullah II, the most pro-American Arab leader in the Middle East, liberalize Jordan and modernize its economy, without losing his kingdom to Islamic fundamentalists?  The stressful life of a king amidst chaos.
David Kravets / Wired:
Feds: No Warrant Needed to Track Your Car With a GPS Device  —  The President Barack Obama administration is claiming that authorities do not need court warrants to affix GPS devices to vehicles to monitor their every move.  —  The administration maintains that position despite …
Discussion: Gizmodo
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
House Dem budget includes $1.2T in taxes, $200B new spending  —  House Democrats on Monday unveiled a 2014 budget proposal that includes $1.2 trillion in new taxes and $200 billion in stimulus spending.  —  That's about twice the level of stimulus spening that what was in the Senate Democratic budget …
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.
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Stephen Colbert drops the act to help his sister  —  Comedian Stephen Colbert is dropping his right-wing pundit act to help his sister's House campaign.  —  Colbert has been helping Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D) fundraise for her campaign to fill the seat formerly held by Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.).
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Politico
Perry Chiaramonte / Fox News:
Oregon professor fired for bizarre tirade, allegedly threatening student protesters  —  A law teacher with the University of Oregon got a life lesson from the school of hard knocks when he was fired from his position after he got irate with student protesters, seen in an eyewitness video eventually shoving …
Alice Chaosurawong / The Hill:
CEOs set tax reform goal: 25 percent corporate rate  —  A prominent lobby group for chief executives is launching a campaign to build public support for reducing the corporate rate to 25 percent and limiting the taxation of offshore income.  —  John Engler, the president of Business Roundtable …
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 …
University of Wisconsin System:
Blank recommended as UW-Madison chancellor  —  MADISON, Wis. - Dr. Rebecca M. Blank, Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce, has been recommended as the next Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  —  UW System President Kevin P. Reilly and a special committee of the UW System Board …
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and Inside Higher Ed
 
 
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