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10:20 AM ET, March 27, 2014

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Doug Powers / Twitchy:
Hypocrisy overload: Tweets from gun control advocate Leland Yee, charged with arms trafficking … California Democrat state Sen. Leland Yee might be a worthy candidate for “hypocrite of the year,” if not decade.  —  First, the story from CBS News: … Before he was arrested on those charges …
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
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San Francisco magazine:
The Indictment Against Leland Yee Puts “The Wire's” Clay Davis to Shame  —  Sheeeeeeeeeit, partner.  —  If you thought the charges against Leland Yee would be bad, you had no idea.  As in, he offered to set up an arms deal with Islamic rebels for $2 million in cash.  As in, he has ties to a gangster named Shrimp Boy.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
New York Times:
Giving Up on 4-Year-Olds  —  A new report released by the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, examining the disciplinary practices of the country's 97,000 public schools, shows that excessively punitive policies are being used at every level of the public school system — even against 4-year-olds in preschool.
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Karen Matthews / Associated Press:
REPORT: NY SCHOOLS ARE MOST RACIALLY SEGREGATED
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Ed Driscoll
Wall Street Journal:
The Individual Mandate Goes Poof  —  The latest delays show that the supposed centerpiece of ObamaCare won't cause the uninsured to buy coverage.  —  One by one, the myths of the Affordable Care Act have been revealed.  When the curtain on open enrollment falls on March 31 …
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Politico
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Disapproval of Obama climbs to new high  —  Nearly six in 10 people disapprove of President Obama's job performance in a new poll by the Associated Press, the highest rating recorded by the newswire.  —  According to the AP-GFK survey released Wednesday, 59 percent disapprove of Obama's job performance while 41 percent approve.
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ABC News:
Ordinary Russians Impose Personal Sanctions on Obama
Discussion: VodkaPundit and Israel Matzav
Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Poll: Obama's disapproval rating hits a new high
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEightDataLab:
For Columnist, a Change of Tone  —  A New York Times columnist has expressed substantially more negative sentiments about FiveThirtyEight since it left The New York Times, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.  —  The columnist, Paul Krugman, who writes about economics and politics for The Times …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Data as Slogan, Data as Substance
Alejandra Cancino / Chicago Tribune:
Northwestern ruling could ‘rattle the universe of universities’  —  Northwestern football players win pivotal union case.  —  Northwestern University football players on scholarship are employees of the school and therefore entitled to hold an election to decide whether to unionize …
Discussion: Eduwonk and Outside the Beltway
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Numbers / Journalism.org:
Key Indicators in Media & News  —  Audience  —  Cable  —  In 2013, the cable news audience, by nearly all measures, declined.  The combined median prime-time viewership of the three major news channels—CNN, Fox News and MSNBC—dropped 11% to about 3 million, the smallest it has been since 2007.
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
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RGK / Hercules and the umpire:
On being a dirty old man and how young women lawyers dress  —  More than a decade ago, I freaked out when tall, statuesque, and beautiful daughter Lisa showed up at her older sister's (Marne's) wedding in a Catholic church (that we “borrowed” out of respect for the groom's religious preference) in a low-cut dress.
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Despite ‘wake-up call’ in Ukraine, Europe reluctant to bolster its militaries  —  LONDON — After years of watching as defense cuts sliced away at the army he once led, Richard Dannatt decided Russia's thrust into Ukraine marked the right moment to start rebuilding the British military.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Washington Post:
Full Transcript: President Obama gives speech addressing Europe, Russia on March 26
epa.gov:
Waters of the United States  —  Determining when the Clean Water Act protected streams and wetlands became confusing and complex following Supreme Court decisions in 2001 and 2006.  —  Specifically, the proposed rule clarifies that under the Clean Water Act:  — Saves businesses time and money
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Hot Air and Fox News
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
GOP Senate Candidate On Uninsured: “Less Sophisticated...Less Educated”  —  In audio obtained by BuzzFeed, Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy spoke at the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association's annual meeting last week about an alternative health care plan with catastrophic insurance and HSA plans for the uninsured.
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Baghdad Bob of Health Insurance  —  A core competency of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is issuing false assurances that all is well with Obamacare.  An administration about-face has left the Cabinet official looking like the Baghdad Bob of American health insurance.
Jon.Ralston / Ralston Reports:
Reid the Elder dismisses gifts controversy at presser; and Reid the Younger defends daughter/Dad  —  UPDATE, 7PM: Now there is $5,000 more from 2012.  Total now $31,000.  —  And now Reid is playing the aggrieved grandfather.  Chutzpah: … “Any role” in creating this situation?  Any role?
Gail Collins / New York Times:
The Season of the Twitch  —  Some of you appear to be very, very worried about which party is going to win control of the Senate in November.  Really, you should stop for a while.  Take a break.  No fretting about undecided voters until there's at least a minimal chance that the undecided voters know who's running.
Discussion: Althouse
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Bombshell In WaPo/Keystone Scandal: Did the Post Coordinate With Congressional Democrats?  —  A major development occurred today in the scandal surrounding the Washington Post's attempt to advance Democratic Party talking points by falsely linking Koch Industries to the Keystone Pipeline.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Hit & Run:
Economist Tyler Cowen Pepper Sprayed While Teaching Class at George Mason University  —  Economist, author, and George Mason University professor Tyler Cowen was pepper sprayed in his classroom today by a man trying to place him under citizen's arrest.  ArlNow.com reported on the incident …
Discussion: The Raw Story and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Mississippi Senate Race Boils Down to G.O.P. vs. Tea Party
Discussion: The Plum Line, Sun Herald and CNN
Barbara Starr / CNN:
U.S. intel assessment: greater likelihood Russia will enter eastern Ukraine
Richard Falkenrath / NY Daily News:
Obama fears NYC nuclear attack, but he again proposes to cut budget for city's protection
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Husna Haq / Christian Science Monitor:
Jimmy Carter's new book ‘A Call to Action’ receives positive reviews
Discussion: RT and Post Politics
Jordan Carleo-Evangelist / Albany Times Union:
Queens assemblyman denies travel voucher payment abuse as FBI seizes records
David Ferguson / The Raw Story:
TN Tea Partiers freak out on TV reporter for covering their effort to block Muslim cemetery
Discussion: Murfreesboro Post and Unfogged
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Putin's Latest Dirty Trick: Leaking Private Phone Calls