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6:15 PM ET, March 21, 2013

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Manu Raju / Politico:
Saxby Chambliss: 'I'm not gay.  So I'm not going to marry one'  —  Support for gay marriage is picking up steam all over the country — except on Capitol Hill.  —  Take Sen. Saxby Chambliss.  When asked if his views had changed on gay marriage, the Georgia Republican quipped: “I'm not gay.
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Starbucks CEO: If You Don't Like Marriage Equality, Feel Free To Sell Your Starbucks Stock  —  Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz continued to defend his company's support for marriage equality at a shareholders meeting Wednesday, pointing out that “not every decision is an economic decision.”
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Appears to Move Closer to Israeli Position on Peace Talks  —  RAMALLAH, West Bank — President Obama, visiting the Israeli-occupied West Bank, appeared to move closer to the Israeli position on Thursday regarding resumption of long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians …
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Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
Analysis: Obama, he had us at ‘Shalom’  —  We so want to be accepted, so want to be understood.  —  He had us at the word “Shalom,” did President Barack Obama, on the tarmac at Ben-Gurion Airport.  —  Or if not at “Shalom,” then 33 words later when he said in Hebrew, “Tov lihiyot shuv ba'aretz” (It's good to be back in Israel).
Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Obama Lays Out Case for Israel to Revive Peace Talks  —  Laying out his case for a future Israel at peace with the Palestinians, President Obama delivered an enthusiastically welcomed speech on Thursday before an audience of youthful Israelis in Jerusalem, assuring them of America's strong support …
James S. Robbins / Associated Press:
Obama's Middle East policy in tatters: Column
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Romney campaign chief to lead new GOP research group  —  (CNN) - Post-mortems written after the 2012 campaign focused on a variety of Republican shortcomings: underwhelming television ads, an outdated voter contact model, and a message that was out-of-step with the changing face of America.
Discussion: Politico, BuzzFeed and Post Politics
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Nancy Cook / NationalJournal.com:
The GOP Disconnect on Economic Policy
Discussion: The Plum Line, First Read and Reuters
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
The GOP: A Party Increasingly at Odds With Itself
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
What Needless, Xenophobic Panic Looks Like  —  While researching another item, I came across a Townhall column written by Michelle Malkin in 2002, a couple years before she published her book, In Defense of Internment: The Case for Racial Profiling in World War II and the War on Terror.
Discussion: Eschaton
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Iraq War made Obamacare possible
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hit & Run
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Behold the Hatred, Resentment, and Mockery Aimed at Anti-Iraq War Protesters
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
West Virginia paper's anti-LGBT column wants death for ‘n*ggers, spics, kikes and wops’  —  A newspaper in West Virginia is defending its decision to publish a reader's racist and homophobic comments, which called for “queers” to be put to death along with “n*ggers, spics, kikes and wops.”
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Dave Benton / Associated Press:
Published Rant Causes Controversy In Lincoln County  —  Hamlin , Lincoln County , West Virginia  —  When readers opened the latest edition of the Lincoln Journal, many of them said they were shocked and disgusted to see what was printed in an opinion column.
Paul Krugman:
Cyprus: The Sum of All FUBAR  —  At this point the Cyprus situation is pretty clear — and clarity does not bring reassurance.  In fact, it looks as if Cyprus has managed to combine in one place everything that has gone wrong elsewhere.  —  1. Runaway banking.
Discussion: naked capitalism
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Brandon Blackwell / Plain Dealer:
Kasich recants his support of civil unions  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. John Kasich revealed on Wednesday that he supports civil unions for same-sex couples.  But don't quote him on that.  —  A spokesman for the Republican governor said Thursday that Kasich misspoke when he expressed support for the legal partnerships.
Discussion: Post Politics and The Week
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Kentucky Post:
Ohio Gov. John Kasich supports Rob Portman and civil unions, but won't support same sex marriage
Discussion: BuzzFeed and ThinkProgress
The Atlantic Online:
How the Secret Service Almost Shot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  —  The intelligence brief on the apparent accident was three sentences long, and it scared the hell out of White House officials.  —  One morning in September 2006, during the United Nations General Assembly, President George W. Bush's …
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Native American Lawmaker To Anti-Immigrant Kansas Official: ‘When You Mention Illegal Immigrant, I Think Of All Of You’  —  Left: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R).  Right: State Rep. Ponka-We Victors (D).  —  A Native American state representative in Kansas rebuked Secretary of State Kris Kobach …
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Andy Marso / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Emotions flow during immigrant tuition hearing
Kristina Peterson / Washington Wire:
Democrats Plot Strategy for Budget ‘Vote-a-Rama’  —  Political warfare over the budget in Congress took a new twist Thursday as Senate Democrats openly schemed ahead of the blizzard of votes expected this week.  —  Hours after House Republicans passed the budget blueprint championed …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
House approves resolution to keep government running; bill heads to White House
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Cuomo Seeks to Ease a Newly Passed Gun Restriction  —  ALBANY — In the wake of the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York pushed through the State Legislature gun control measures that included not only a tougher assault weapons ban but also a tighter restriction …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
The progressive triumvirate: Guns, gays, minimum wage
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Why I was hoping for a government shutdown  —  I'll be honest.  I was sort of hoping for a government shutdown.  —  Congress, you're terrible at your job.  (Andrew Harrer/Bloomber)  —  It's not that I like government shutdowns.  I'm as big a fan of national parks as the next guy.
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Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
John Boehner Sets Up Debt Ceiling Battle With Demand For Major Cuts
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Plum Line
Rachel Simmons / CNN:
Girls complicit in Steubenville  —  Editor's note: Rachel Simmons is the co-founder of Girls Leadership Institute and the author of “Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls.”  Follow her on Twitter @racheljsimmons  —  (CNN) — Is anyone else wondering why the Steubenville …
Discussion: Shakesville
NPR:
Interview With Vice President Joe Biden … The Obama administration is still fighting for a ban on assault weapons to be included in a larger bill in Congress, Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview with NPR.  —  After the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., last December …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Vulnerable senators face lose-lose scenario on assault weapon vote
Discussion: The Plum Line
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Obama Job Approval Slips as Economic Pessimism Rises  —  Positive Signs on Stocks, Housing Have Little Impact  —  OVERVIEW  —  Barack Obama's job approval rating has tumbled since shortly after his re-election, as the public's economic expectations for the coming year have soured.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Michele Bachmann: Obamacare Will ‘Literally’ Kill People  —  As the country prepares to celebrate the third anniversary of health care reform, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) insisted on Thursday that the Affordable Care Act will “kill” vulnerable women and children during a speech on the floor of the House.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA, msnbc.com and Mediaite
Rich Lowry / Reuters:
Where is today's Jack Kemp?  —  The important question isn't so much establishment or grass roots as who and where?  Mike Lee isn't Christine O'Donnell and Utah isn't Delaware, and that makes all the difference.  —  Consider Ted Cruz, whose smarts and fearlessness are quickly making him the most dangerous man in the U.S. Senate.
Elvina Nawaguna / Reuters:
Congress to force Postal Service to keep Saturday delivery  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress foiled the financially beleaguered U.S. Postal Service's plan to end Saturday delivery of first-class mail on Thursday when it passed legislation requiring six-day delivery.
 
 
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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Do Libertarians Really “Want a World Without Moral Judgments”?
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Griego v. Oliver (NM)
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Pentagon delays civilian furloughs
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David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Heckler Interrupts Obama Speech In Jerusalem (VIDEO)
Discussion: The Week and The Raw Story
David Rogers / Politico:
Congress averts shutdown
Andy Kroll / Mother Jones:
EXCLUSIVE: State Dept. Hid Contractor's Ties to Keystone XL Pipeline Company
Discussion: DeSmogBlog and Firedoglake