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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Cheat Sheet - Neocons' Naughty Crush on Putin

Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

March 05, 2014
FRENEMIES
Conservatives like Sarah Palin and Rudy Giuliani respect Vladimir Putin more than President Obama, writes Michael Tomasky. They don't want to cheer Russia but they're more than happy to undermine the American commander in chief's character.
GOT YOUR BACK
On day three of Oscar Pistorius's murder trial, Kelly Berold reports that a friend testified he had taken the fall for the athlete during a public shooting incident a month before Reeva Steenkamp's death, in a surprise appearance on the witness stand.
PRESSURE'S ON
Two powerful female senators are taking the reins to combat sexual assault. The Gillibrand and McCaskill bills both would alter how the military approaches sex crimes. Eleanor Clift writes that as each faces a vote, the bigger question is how far the Senate is willing to go.
FRIENDS AGAIN?
The list of speakers at 2014's CPAC conference shows an increasingly fractured conservative movement, with Sarah Palin and Ted Cruz headlining while John Boehner is blackballed. Patricia Murphy reports that a divided conservative moment is doing some soul-searching.
BITTER

The Senate on Wednesday rejected President Obama's nominee to be assistant attorney general, Debo Adegbile, in a 52-47 vote. Seven Democrats joined Republicans voting against the nomination of Adegbile, who was opposed by police groups for his role in helping defend Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of killing a cop in Philadelphia in 1981. Adegbile was the director of litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund when it defended Abu-Jamal. Adegbile said he was only doing his job, and that everyone deserves a fair legal defense.


HISTORY LESSON
Hillary: Russia Acting Like Nazis
Putin calls the U.S. hypocrites.
MALL TRIP?
E.U. to Send Ukraine $15B
To strengthen fledgling government.
MEDICAL MIRACLE
HIV Disappears in Second Baby
Doctors gave drugs within hours.
LIKE
Facebook Defriends Gun Sellers
Announces new restrictions after pressure.
BAD JUDGMENT
Dirty Donor Got White House Meet
Then tried to give $100K to pro-Obama group.
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