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8:00 AM ET, March 26, 2014

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ThinkProgress:
Justice Kennedy Thinks Hobby Lobby Is An Abortion Case — That's Bad News For Birth Control  —  WASHINGTON, DC — Justice Anthony Kennedy thinks gay people are fabulous.  All three of the Supreme Court's most important gay rights decisions were written by Justice Kennedy.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Argument recap: One hearing, two dramas  —  The Supreme Court, in a one-hour, twenty-eight-minute session Tuesday, staged something like a two-act play on a revolving stage: first the liberals had their chance and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy gave them some help, and then the scene shifted entirely …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Slippery slopes before the court
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Peace in the culture wars — if the Left wants it
Discussion: National Review
Penny Starr / CNSNews:
Sotomayor, Kagan: Hobby Lobby Should Drop Insurance, Pay Penalty and Let Employees Use Exchange
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Obama administration will allow more time to enroll in health care on federal marketplace  —  The Obama administration has decided to give extra time to Americans who say that they are unable to enroll in health-care plans through the federal insurance marketplace by the March 31 deadline.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
U.S. to Extend Sign-Up Period For Insurance  —  WASHINGTON — With less than a week left for people to sign up for health insurance, the Obama administration said Tuesday that it would allow more time for those who had tried to apply but were blocked by technical problems with the federal exchange.
Discussion: The Week and JustOneMinute
Glenn Kessler / The Fact Checker:
New anti-Obamacare ad makes misleading claims (video)
Brian Beutler / Salon:
Republicans losing it over new Obamacare data: Why their position is collapsing
Washington Post:
Secret Service agents on Obama detail sent home from Netherlands after night of drinking  —  Three Secret Service agents responsible for protecting President Obama in Amsterdam this week were sent home and put on administrative leave Sunday after going out for a night of drinking, according to three people familiar with the incident.
James Gherardi / WSET-TV:
Little Girl Taken Out Of Christian School After Told She's Too Much Like A Boy  —  Timberlake, VA - Sports, sneakers, and short hair; it's what makes eight year old Sunnie Kahle unique.  It's also what had her removed from Timberlake Christian School.  Her grandparents pulled the plug …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Christian School Tells Eight-Year-Old Girl She Looks Too Much Like A Boy
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Video captures Braley criticizing Grassley as ‘a farmer from Iowa’  —  Video shot at a private fundraiser for Bruce Braley caught the Iowa Democrat warning that “a farmer from Iowa who never went to law school” might become the next judiciary committee chairman.
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Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Bruce Braley on Chuck Grassley: A ‘farmer’ with no law degree
Discussion: CNN and ABC News
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Dem Braley Apologizes For Warning ‘Farmer’ Could Run Judiciary Committee
Discussion: Mediaite
Office of Media Relations:
GW Battleground Poll  —  Americans continue to hold pessimistic views about the health of the economy and the overall direction of the nation, shows a new George Washington University Battleground Poll of likely voters.  Read the full press release.  —  Previous Polls  —  Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Poll Results
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Democratic pollster predicts ‘huge turnout disadvantage’ in 2014
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Is Nate Silver Biting the Hoof That Feeds?  —  After a rocky rollout of the new FiveThirtyEight site, producing considerable criticism of specific posts and of the general claims being made for “data journalism,” Nate Silver's getting a new round of criticism, this time specifically from Democrats …
Discussion: Booman Tribune, Slate and The Dish
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Split Appeals Court Rules No More Michigan Same-Sex Marriages During Appeal  —  “We GRANT Michigan's motion to stay the district court's order pending final disposition of Michigan's appeal by this court.”  —  Mary Black, left, and her wife Sarah Weinstein hug after being married …
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
It's time for the White House to start sweating over legal challenge to Obamacare subsidies  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL OBAMACARE APPEALS COURTS KATHLEEN SEBELIUS SUBSIDIES HEALTH CARE EXCHANGES HHS  —  As the U.S. Supreme Court weighed the constitutionality of a contraception coverage mandate Tuesday morning …
Amy Mitchell / Journalism.org:
State of the News Media 2014  —  Overview  —  In many ways, 2013 and early 2014 brought a level of energy to the news industry not seen for a long time.  Even as challenges of the past several years continue and new ones emerge, the activities this year have created a new sense of optimism …
Steve Erickson / American Prospect:
After the Midterms: Impeachment?  —  As analysts and strategists and politicos keep reminding us, Barack Obama isn't on the ballot this coming midterm election, except for the way in which he is.  It's now clear to anyone who doesn't need it spelled out—and if you do, increasingly …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and rubber hose
Jon.Ralston / Ralston Reports:
Reid paid granddaughter for “holiday gifts” to give donors, supporters  —  Update, 2:30PM: Reid will reimburse campaign: “I thought it would be nice to give supporters and staff thank-you gifts that had a personal connection and a Searchlight connection, but I have decided to reimburse the campaign for the amount of the expenditure.”
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Michelle: ‘There Were Actually Laws in America that Allowed Discrimination Against Black People Like Me’  —  First Lady Michelle Obama talked about America as she visited a school today in China.  She talked about the American dream: … But warned that not everything is perfect.
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Fox News:
Death toll in Washington mudslide rises to 24
Discussion: Mashable
The Express Tribune:
Polio worker kidnapped from Chamkani found dead
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Gateway Pundit
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Martinez, Udall lead for reelection
Discussion: Daily Kos and Taegan Goddard's …
Bob Cesca / The Daily Banter:
Obama to Propose the Privatization of NSA's Metadata Collection Program
Josh Harkinson / Mother Jones:
Citing Ukraine, Hawks Push for New Spending on Nukes
Discussion: Daily Kos and Liberaland
Katie Glueck / Politico:
David Brock blasts ‘political smutmongers,’ Rand Paul
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
GOP Congressman Defends Russian Actions In Crimea: “Not One Person Was Killed”
CNN:
Sailor, civilian killed in shooting at Virginia naval station
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Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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