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5:10 PM ET, March 25, 2013

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Will Portman / Yale Daily News:
Coming out  —  I came to Yale as a freshman in the fall of 2010 with two big uncertainties hanging over my head: whether my dad would get elected to the Senate in November, and whether I'd ever work up the courage to come out of the closet.  —  I made some good friends that first semester …
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Senator Claire McCaskill:
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.  I Corinthians 13  —  The question of marriage equality is a great American debate.  Many people, some with strong religious faith, believe that marriage can only exist between a man and a woman.
Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Poll: Ohio marriage views shift  —  Jen Tyrrell of Bridgeport, a lesbian with four children, is part of a committee trying to bring gay marriage to a vote in Ohio this fall.  —  Ohioans' sentiments have shifted dramatically since voters overwhelmingly supported the 2004 ban on same-sex marriage.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Portman's son explains coming out
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Congressional Ethics Probe Adds to Michele Bachmann's Political Woes  —  Add the Office of Congressional Ethics to the long list of probes and lawsuits that may be the only enduring legacy of Bachmann's presidential face-plant.  John Avlon exclusively reports. … Michele Bachmann.
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Rachel Weiner / Post Politics:
Michele Bachmann faces congressional ethics probe
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Chief justice's lesbian cousin will attend Prop. 8 hearing  —  The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait in 2010.  Seated from left are Associate Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Wall Street Journal:
Marriage and the Supreme Court
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Pew: Republicans Don't Think Supreme Court Is Conservative
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Guardian:
Cyprus bailout deal with EU closes bank and seizes large deposits
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Clarion-Ledger:
Rep. Jessica Upshaw's death apparent suicide  —  Coast lawmaker's body found in former legislator's Mendenhall home  —  Mississippi Bureau of Investigation officials are looking into the death of state Rep. Jessica Upshaw, who was found at a residence in Simpson County on Sunday.
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Associated Press:   Mississippi politician and grandmother, 53, ‘kills herself’ at home of former lawmaker
Gallup:
In U.S., 65% Support Drone Attacks on Terrorists Abroad  —  Less than half of Americans are closely following news on drones  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) think the U.S. government should use drones to launch airstrikes in other countries against suspected terrorists.
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David Weigel / Slate:
A 50-Point Swing Against Targeted Drone Killings of U.S. Citizens
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hit & Run
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Obama takes heat as Syrian rebel quits  —  The Obama administration struggled Monday to defend the president's Syria policy after a key rebel leader resigned, citing a lack of Western support.  —  Moaz al-Khatib's decision to step down as president of the U.S.-backed Syrian National Coalition …
Discussion: Reuters
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Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Syrian opposition in disarray as its leader resigns
Discussion: Hot Air and The Other McCain
New York Post:
Bondage pol was hard-ly working  —  Jersey Dem's kinky office e-mails to spank-me stalker  —  A powerful New Jersey Democrat who's being touted as the party's next state chairman has an insatiable lust for bondage, oral sex and spanking, secret e-mails obtained by The Post reveal.
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Paul Ryan's disappearing act  —  He seems to have fallen entirely off the radar of early state Republicans.  Democrats bring up his name with more zeal than his own party.  And his footprint at CPAC was so faint that his being an afterthought was itself an afterthought.  —  What the heck has happened to Paul Ryan?
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: SASHA, MALIA OBAMA VACATION AT BAHAMAS' ‘ATLANTIS’ RESORT  —  Sasha and Malia Obama are quietly vacationing at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, Breitbart News has learned.  —  A source tipped Breitbart News off to the First Daughters' spring vacation, which was not publicly announced or reported.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Anthony Lewis, Who Transformed Coverage of the Supreme Court, Dies at 85  —  Anthony Lewis, a former New York Times reporter and columnist whose work won two Pulitzer Prizes and transformed American legal journalism, died on Monday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 85.
Joe Hagan / New York Magazine:
Long Night at Today  —  And for this he wakes up at 4 a.m.?  —  T  —  he knife springs open with a satisfying snap.  —  Matt Lauer, the co-host of the Today show, turns it over in his hand, marveling at the blade.  —  “Come to papa!” he says.  —  Sitting at his glass-topped desk …
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
George Zimmerman's Brother: ‘Black Teens’ Are Killers  —  Since he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last year, George Zimmerman has been trying to convince the public that he was not acting simply out of racist aggression but because Martin attacked him.
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Rebecca Dana / New Republic:
Slyer Than Fox  —  To MSNBC president Phil Griffi, news is war.  And not one of those fancy modern wars fought by drones and computer hackers, either.  “We are in a knife fight for every viewer,” he says often, and: “We are on the battleground.”  So, this winter, as Blizzard Nemo was bearing …
Cheryl K. Chumley / Washington Times:
NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Government has right to ‘infringe on your freedom’  —  New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Sunday: Sometimes government does know best.  And in those cases, Americans should just cede their rights.  —  “I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom …
Facebook:
Mark Warner  · 19,844 like this  —  I support marriage equality because it is the fair and right thing to do.  Like many Virginians and Americans, my views on gay marriage have evolved, and this is the inevitable extension of my efforts to promote equality and opportunity for everyone.
Discussion: BuzzFeed and ThinkProgress
The Week:
Do conservatives even want to win?  —  Karl Rove and Reince Priebus clearly do.  And then there's Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin...  I  —  s it time to remake the old movie Death Wish — this time starring conservative Republicans who seem to think polls are wrong and that America really loves them and hates Barack Obama?
 
 
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Paul Joseph Watson / Infowars:
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Sarah Conly / New York Times:
Three Cheers for the Nanny State
Bloomberg:
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Discussion: The Reaction and GigaOM
BBC:
China pulls 1,000 dead ducks from Sichuan river
Discussion: National Review
The Week:
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Murdoch's Appetite for Los Angeles Times May Depend on F.C.C. Changes
Oliver Burkeman / Guardian:
Kelsey Grammer: starting over
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
As Obama signs sequestration cuts, his economic goals are at risk