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3:30 AM ET, March 23, 2013

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Andrew Kohut / Washington Post:
The numbers prove it: The GOP is estranged from America  —  Andrew Kohut is the founding director and former president of the Pew Research Center.  He served as president of the Gallup Organization from 1979 to 1989.  —  In my decades of polling, I recall only one moment when a party …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Priebus slams ‘idiotic statements’ by Republicans as reason for losses
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
FAA: 149 control towers to close  —  Frederick, Maryland (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday told 149 regional airports across the country it would begin closing their air traffic control towers in April, but said it would spare another 40 towers that had been on the chopping block.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos
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Jayson Keyser / TIME:
FAA To Close 149 Air Traffic Towers Under Cuts
Discussion: The National Memo
Washington Post:
Dominican official links Daily Caller to alleged lies about Menendez  —  A top Dominican law enforcement official said Friday that a local lawyer has reported being paid by someone claiming to work for the conservative Web site the Daily Caller to find prostitutes who would lie and say they had sex …
Daily Mail:
Massachusetts lawmaker 'took pictures of his genitals and put them on a female coworker's computer'  —  A state representative in Massachussetts is being investigated after allegedly sending pictures of his genitals to a government computer.  —  The investigation is ongoing and the committee …
Ross Douthat:
Late Marriage and Its Consequences  —  On Wednesday I had the privilege of joining a Brookings Institution event organized around the new report “Knot Yet: The Benefits and Costs of Delayed Marriage,” which tries to tease out the social implications of the steadily rising age of first marriage …
Zack Colman / E2-Wire:
Senate endorses Keystone XL in budget amendment vote  —  The Senate on Friday voted 62-37 to approve the proposed Keystone XL oilsands pipeline in an amendment to Senate budget.  —  Sen. John Hoeven's (R-N.D.) amendment was largely symbolic, but served as a clear statement that the Senate backs the pipeline.
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Billionaire opens attack on Lynch in Mass. Senate race over Keystone XL
Discussion: Post Politics
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Donald Trump Trashes Michelle Malkin On Twitter: You're A ‘Dummy’ And ‘Were Born Stupid’  —  So... looks like Michelle Malkin and Donald Trump are having a good ol' Twitter spat.  —  Malkin's conservative Twitter aggregator site Twitchy took to calling the real estate mogul and recent CPAC speaker Trump a “conservafraud.”
Discussion: NewsHounds blog and Twitchy
Mark Landler / New York Times:
At Yad Vashem in Israel, Obama Urges Action Against Racism  —  AMMAN, Jordan — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Friday apologized in a personal phone call to Turkey's prime minister for a deadly commando raid on a Turkish ship in 2010, in a sudden reconciliation between …
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Sheldon Alberts / The Hill:
Obama offers Jordan $200 million more to help Syrian refugees
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Politico:
Obama promises Jordan $200 million in aid
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
Andy at Ace of Spades has made an interesting discovery.  Here's Matthew Yglesias last September: … Silly wingnuts.  You didn't build that, and you don't own that.  The government is just letting you borrow it.  —  Speaking of “property” that doesn't really exist, Washingtonian.com reports:
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Miss Israel: Obama ‘world-class hunk’  —  President Barack Obama has earned a new title: world-class hunk.  —  That was the assessment of Miss Israel, the 21-year-old Ethiopian immigrant Titi Aynaw who met Obama on Thursday.  —  “He's an exciting man, a world-class hunk …
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Genachowski Announces Resignation as F.C.C. Chairman  —  The resignation on Friday of Julius Genachowski after four years as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission again raises a thorny issue for President Obama: whether it will be possible to get the F.C.C. or Congress to help …
Discussion: The Week and Gizmodo
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Jenna Portnoy / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie says he does not believe in gay conversion therapy  —  Gov. Chris Christie speaks in Edison earlier this month.  Christie said today he doesn't believe in gay conversion therapy.  (Photo by Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger)  —  TRENTON — Under pressure from Democrats …
Discussion: Gay Star News and Yahoo! News
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
The New Republic Fires Timothy Noah  —  On Thursday, New Republic columnist Timothy Noah received an email from editor Frank Foer asking him to meet at 2:30 pm on Friday.  During the meeting, Foer told Noah that he was out of a job.  —  When Noah got to the New Republic's lobby …
Catholic News Agency :: CNA:
Pope calls Argentine kiosk owner to cancel paper delivery  —  Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mar 21, 2013 / 12:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis surprised the owner of a kiosk in Buenos Aires with a telephone call to send his greetings and explain that he will no longer need a morning paper delivered each day.
Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Bill Clinton Reaches Out to Ashley Judd and Her Rival  —  Kentucky Wildcats fan and actress Ashley Judd waves during the game against the Louisville Cardinals, Dec. 29, 2012 in Louisville, Ky. Alison Lundergan Grimes speaks at the 131th annual Fancy Farm Picnic, Aug, 6, 2011 in Fancy Farm, Ky. (Getty Images
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WXIX-TV:
Judd says mom can't wait to turn her garage into campaign HQ
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Yahoo! News and Roll Call
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Biden's One-Night Paris Hotel Tab: $585,000.50  —  As it turns out, Vice President Joe Biden's London stay in February was not the most expensive part of his trip.  A government document released on February 14, 2013 shows that the contract for the Hotel Intercontinental Paris Le Grand came in at $585,000.50.
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
New York City Cop Testifies That He Was Told To Target Young Black Men  —  As hearings are under way to investigate New York City's stop and frisk policy, one police officer is testifying that he was told by superiors to target young black men between the ages of 14 and 21.
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Senate on record opposing use of chained CPI  —  The Senate voted Friday night to oppose cutting entitlement benefits for veterans using a new method of calculating inflation.  —  President Obama has put the new method, known as chained consumer price index, on the table in deficit talks with Republicans.
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
North Dakota Republican Pols To Protest Anti-Abortion Laws: ‘We Have Stepped Over The Line’  —  A group of GOP state lawmakers in North Dakota will protest new abortion restrictions on Monday at a Stand Up for Women rally in Bismarck, N.D., because they believe their fellow Republicans have gone too far.
Donovan Slack / Politico:
White House withdraws Halligan nomination  —  The White House is withdrawing President Obama's judicial nominee Caitlin Halligan from consideration after multiple failed confirmation attempts.  —  “I am deeply disappointed that even after nearly two and a half years, a minority of Senators continued …
 
 
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The Scrapbook / Weekly Standard:
How Now Chairman Mao?  —  The Scrapbook doesn't spend a lot …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Fox News:
Exclusive: Syrian with ties to 9/11 hijackers still in US, virtually immune from deportation
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Los Angeles Times:
The 1% aren't like the rest of us  —  The ultra-rich share few …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Daily Kos
Quentin Hardy / New York Times:
Lockheed Martin Harnesses Quantum Technology
Discussion: GigaOM and American Spectator
Joe Palazzolo / Wall Street Journal:
Deaf, Blind Sue Over Web Shopping
Discussion: VentureBeat, Law Blog and The Verge
Chris Mooney / Mother Jones:
Do Conservatives or Liberals Have Better Gaydar?
Discussion: Advocate and The Raw Story
Patterico's Pontifications:
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Former Gov. Granholm declines run for Senate in Michigan
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Department Of Education Website Quotes Mao Zedong
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Mitt Romney invites donors to $5K trip
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Most Senate Dems Join GOP Push To Repeal Obamacare Tax
Discussion: The Plum Line
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Good news for people who like bad news about inequality
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