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• A Little Night Music

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  Oh why the hell not.

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• Question of the Day

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  Write your congressperson.

  When was the last time you contacted an elected official?  What for?

  And if you did, did you hear back?

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• Assault Weapons

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  Yesterday was an emotional day at the Senate hearing on assault weapons.

  Via TPM:

  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sparred with Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn over prosecuting people who fail firearms background checks, a common line of attack from the gun rights side of things. The back-and-forth grew heated, requiring [...]

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• They’re Still Out There

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  Like that sitcom “Rules of Engagement” and acid reflux, birtherism is back for another little run.

  Michigan state Sen. Tom Casperson, a Republican who represents the state’s 38th District, went on a Lansing, Mich. radio program on Tuesday and was asked right of the bat whether he believes President Barack [...]

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• Scalia Said What?

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  Heard during the oral arguments on the Voting Rights Act at the Supreme Court:

  Justice Antonin Scalia said the law, once a civil rights landmark, now amounted to a “perpetuation of racial entitlement.”

  That remark created the sharpest exchange of the morning, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the other end. “Do [...]

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• Short Takes

  Oxfam says Syria’s humanitarian crisis is out of control.

  The Voting Rights Act has a tough go at the Supreme Court.

  Jack Lew is confirmed as the Treasury Secretary.

  Obama and Congressional leaders will meet tomorrow on the sequester.

  Gun rights hearing in the Senate got emotional.

  Big day at [...]

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• A Little Night Music

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  Rest in peace, Van Cliburn.

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• More Smaller Government

  Indiana backs away from going inside a woman twice.

  INDIANAPOLIS — A proposed requirement that doctors must try to perform a second ultrasound exam on women after they received abortion-inducing drugs was dropped Monday by the Indiana Senate.

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  Sen. Ron Alting, R-Lafayette, sponsored the move to drop the second ultrasound and [...]

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• Vatican Fashion

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  Here’s what the newest pope emeritus will be wearing this spring:

  Gone will be the red “Prada” loafers, replaced by brown shoes made in Leon, Mexico.

  A pair was given to the Pope on a recent trip there. After Thursday, the Pope’s “fisherman’s ring” will also be destroyed.

  You know how hard [...]

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• Your Hit Parade

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  Via Political Wire:

  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) tells TMZ that his favorite songs of all-time are NWA’s Straight Outta Compton, Eminem’s Lose Yourself, and Tupac’s Killuminati.

  He’s so groovy.

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