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10:30 AM ET, March 3, 2013

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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
McConnell slams liberal super-PAC for tweet about wife's ethnicity  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Saturday blasted a liberal super-PAC for a tweet targeting his wife's ethnicity.  —  “They will not get away with attacking my wife in this campaign,” …
Discussion: Post Politics
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
McConnell: GOP standing firm against using ‘taxes to turn off the sequester’  —  The Senate's top Republican said his party is still open to reconfiguring billions in automatic spending cuts but without raising taxes.  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Sunday …
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Sperling on Woodward: 'I think he's a legend'  —  (CNN) - Gene Sperling, a senior economic aide to the president, said he hopes he and veteran journalist Bob Woodward can look past their recent dustup, which made national headlines and divided the inside-the-Beltway crowd over the interpretation of one word: “regret.”
Discussion: Politico
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Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Why the ‘threat’ on Bob Woodward matters
Abdul Haq Omari / Afghanistan News-TOLOnews.com:
Pakistan Ulema Permits Suicide Attacks  —  The Chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council on Friday said that suicide attacks in Afghanistan are permitted as long as US forces are present in the country.  —  “Palestine is occupied by Israel, Kashmir by India, and Afghanistan by the US.
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Lisa Lundquist / The Long War Journal:
Pakistani clerics endorse suicide bombings, reject proposed peace conference
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Washington Post:
Stymied by a GOP House, Obama looks ahead to 2014 to cement his legacy  —  Video: President Barack Obama warned Friday that the pain of the sequester “will be real.”  He called the steep budget cuts “dumb” and “arbitrary” in a news conference following a meeting with Congressional leaders …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Prairie Weather
Nina Totenberg / Law:
In Voting Rights Arguments, Chief Justice Misconstrued Census Data  —  At the voting rights argument in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Chief Justice John Roberts tore into Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, grilling him on his knowledge of voting statistics.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:   The Voting Rights Act, stuck in the past
BREITBART.COM:
CPAC TURNS AWAY PAMELA GELLER  —  For the last four years, Pamela Geller of AtlasShrugs.com and the American Freedom Defense Initiative have held events at CPAC featuring guests she invites to discuss the influence of Islamism on America.  But this year, the American Conservative Union (ACU) has no room for Geller or her message.
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Joe. My. God.
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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
“CPAC Turns Away Pamela Geller”
Elise Viebeck / Ballot Box:
Ann Romney: GOP never approached me about Kerry's seat  —  Ann Romney denied rumors Sunday that the Republican Party had approached her about running for Secretary of State John Kerry's former Senate seat.  —  “No, they didn't approach me,” Romney said.  “I think there was a thought, 'Oh …
Discussion: Politico
The Atlantic Online:
100 Years Ago, The 1913 Women's Suffrage Parade  —  Less than a century ago, women in the United States were not guaranteed the right to vote.  Many courageous groups worked hard at state and local levels throughout the end of the 19th century, making some small gains toward women's suffrage.
Declan McCullagh / CNET:
DHS built domestic surveillance tech into Predator drones  —  Homeland Security's specifications say drones must be able to detect whether a civilian is armed.  Also specified: “signals interception” and “direction finding” for electronic surveillance.  —  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security …
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
This is why Obama can't make a deal with Republicans  —  File this under “Jonathan Chait is right.”  —  My column this weekend is about the almost comically poor lines of communication between the White House and the Hill.  The opening anecdote was drawn from a background briefing I attended …
Alyssa Newcomb / Yahoo! News:
Lawmaker Apologizes for Inviting Teen to ‘Snake’ Under His Desk  —  ABC OTUS News - Lawmaker Apologizes for Inviting Teen to ‘Snake’ Under His Desk (ABC News)  —  A five-time Connecticut state representative issued an apology and was stripped of his leadership post for what some people construed as a lewd remark to a teenage girl.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
‘Fight Club Dems’ Gotta Fight!
David Cameron / Telegraph:
Conservatives will battle for Britain's future
Discussion: Daily Mail, Guardian and BBC
James Lewis / American Thinker:
Dangerous Times: How Euro-socialism Set off a Fascist Bomb
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
Fox News:
Boy, 7, suspended for shaping pastry into gun, dad says
Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Will Smith among additions to Obama campaign bundlers
Discussion: Politico
Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Kansas Bill To Drug Test Welfare Recipients Passes Senate With Amendment To Test Lawmakers, Too
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Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: NBC Discussing Jay Leno Exit Plan
Discussion: Mediaite and KDVR.com
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking
Steven Harmon / Daily Democrat:
California GOP leader steps into rape pregnancy controversy
 

 
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Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:
The BBC cancels a planned Boris Johnson interview after presenter Laura Kuenssberg says she accidentally sent the former UK prime minister her briefing notes

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube unveils Shorts updates, including letting creators upload three-minute videos, updating the Shorts player, introducing templates, and a new trends page

CNN:
Melania Trump's book publisher asked CNN to sign an NDA and pay $250K to interview her, but then called the request a “miscommunication”

 
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