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Pat Robertson: Democrats have 'death wish' for backing marriage equality

Televangelist Pat Robertson on Tuesday warned that same sex marriage would eventually destroy the Democratic Party.

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Romney aide to reporters: 'Kiss my *ss; this is a holy site'

A Romney aide frustrated by questions about a series of gaffes the former Massachusetts governor made while Britain, Israel and Poland exploded on Monday and told reporters to "shove it."

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Jon Stewart picks apart Romney's Olympic gaffe

Dubbing it "London Galling," Jon Stewart reviewed Mitt Romney's awkward weekend in London on The Daily Show Monday, starting with Romney's infamous interview with NBC's Brian Williams where he said some things were "disconcerting" about the city's preparations for the Olympic Games.

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Richard Muller: Get rid of coal power to halt global warming

Richard Muller, a physics professor at University of California-Berkeley, said Monday that the only way to prevent global warming was to stop using coal for power.

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U.S. drug czar: It is a mistake to call drug policies a 'war'

Gil Kerlikowske, head the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said Monday that it was a mistake to refer to anti-drug policies as a "war on drugs."

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Limbaugh: Don't tell 'people on welfare when the election is'

Rush Limbaugh is calling on his listeners to keep the election date a secret from the poorest Americans.

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Romney: I paid 'substantial' taxes 'so far as I can recall'

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Sunday said he wasn't sure if he had ever paid an effective tax rate lower than 13.9 percent, and insisted that he wouldn't even be qualified to be president if he paid "more than are legally due."

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Researchers trace Obama's family back to first U.S. slave

Researchers at Ancestry.com say President Barack Obama is the 11th great-grandson of the first African man to be declared a slave in America, according to CBS News.

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McCain defends Palin pick: Cheney was wrong on torture too

Sen. John McCain on Monday linked former Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion that picking former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for vice president was a "mistake" to his support for torture.

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Robert Gibbs: Romney's London trip was 'embarrassing for our country'

A senior adviser to President Barack Obama's reelection campaign on Sunday lamented that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had "embarrassed" the U.S. by insulting Britain as they kicked off the Olympic games last week.

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Republican strategist to Fox News: Romney 'aloof and not understanding'

A Republican strategist who managed former Gov. Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign says that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney's recent gaffes during a trip to London reinforced the appearance that he is "aloof and not always understanding the situation."

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Scalia suggests women have no right to contraception

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says that the pivotal decision which reversed a law that prohibited women from using contraception is not supported under his interpretation of the Constitution.

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Cheney: It was a 'mistake' to pick Palin for VP

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is warning presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to choose his vice presidential nominee wisely because Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) made a "mistake" by picking former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R).

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