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Levi Johnston's mother hit with drug charges — Arrested: her son was in the spotlight as father of bristol palin's baby. — zhollander@adn.com — WASILLA — A 42-year-old Wasilla woman was arrested Thursday at her home by Alaska State Troopers with a search warrant in an undercover drug investigation.
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The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Fox News, Gawker, The Politico, Pam's House Blend, Runnin' Scared, TalkLeft and The Note
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Bad News for Trig Troofers — Crackpot conspiracy theorists and assorted nutcases such as Andrew Sullivan for months have insisted that Trig Palin was not born to his mother, Sarah, but rather to her daughter Bristol. Sullivan as recently as two weeks ago clung to this insanity.
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Daimnation!
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Taking Yes For An Answer — Dish readers will know my own conflicted feelings about the selection of Rick Warren for the Inaugural Invocation. But feelings must at some point cede to reason. And I sense an understandable but, the more I think about it, misjudged response on the part of my fellow gays and lesbians.
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Rick Warren explicitly bans “unrepentant” gays from membership in his church
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How new is Obama's New Politics?
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Hullabaloo, THE TOOT, The Bilerico Project, Buck Naked Politics, Daily Kos, Open Left and Marc Ambinder
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Auto Makers to Get $17.4 Billion — The White House announced a $17.4 billion rescue package for the troubled Detroit auto makers that allows them to avoid bankruptcy and leaves many of the big decisions for the incoming Obama administration. — Speaking from the White House …
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A $17.4 Billion, 3-Month Lifeline for Automakers — WASHINGTON — President Bush tossed General Motors and Chrysler a temporary lifeline from the taxpayers on Friday, announcing $13.4 billion in emergency loans to prevent the collapse of the companies, with another $4 billion to become available in February.
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Caroline Kennedy Is No Sarah Palin — WASHINGTON — It is a legitimate question: Why is the resume-thin Caroline Kennedy being treated seriously as a prospective appointee to the U.S. Senate when the comparatively more-qualified Gov. Sarah Palin received such a harsh review?
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The U.S. House Of Lords?
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Rasmussen Reports, New York Times, Runnin' Scared, TPMCafe, NY Daily News and Commentary
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Franken pushes his lead over Coleman past 150 — The state Canvassing Board's first rush of ballot rulings in the U.S. Senate race has unofficially put challenger Al Franken in the lead by more than 150. — The intense scrutiny of “voter intent” resumed this morning by the five-member board charged …
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The Fix, Buck Naked Politics, The Politico, Wilshire & Washington, Gawker, The Note, AmSpecBlog and Washington Post
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Franken Appears Likely to Lead After Challenge Phase — UPDATE (1 PM CST): As of 1 PM, I'm now projecting a Franken lead of more like 70 votes, which would bring my numbers closely in line with the Star Tribune's estimate. — This is fuzzy, fuzzy math, but with Norm Coleman again converting …
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Blago: I am not a crook — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich struck a defiant tone in a Chicago press conference today, pledging to fight federal corruption charges in court and to stay in office despite calls for his resignation and talk of impeachment. — “I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing,” Blaojevich said.
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Faith on the Hill: The Religious Affiliations of Members of Congress — Members of Congress are often accused of being out of touch with average citizens, but an examination of the religious affiliations of U.S. senators and representatives shows that, on one very basic level, Congress looks much like the rest of the country.
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CNN Meteorologist: Manmade Global Warming Theory ‘Arrogant’ — Network's second meteorologist to challenge notion man can alter climate. — Business & Media Institute — Unprecedented snow in Las Vegas has some scratching their heads - how can there be global warming with this unusual cold and snowy weather?
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Pajamas Media, THE TOOT, Liberty Street, Matthew Yglesias, LewRockwell.com Blog and Andrew Bolt
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Music Industry to Abandon Mass Suits — After years of suing thousands of people for allegedly stealing music via the Internet, the recording industry is set to drop its legal assault as it searches for more effective ways to combat online music piracy. — The decision represents …
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Bush Has Made Us Vulnerable — Two incompetently prosecuted wars have undermined our deterrent power. — In his great Civil War history, “Decision in the West,” Albert Castel describes the last Confederate hope of victory. If in 1864 the Confederate armies continue to exact a steep cost from the North …
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GOP slams Bush over bailout — Republican leaders across the board have let loose on President Bush's auto industry bailout in what may be some of the toughest GOP criticism of the Bush presidency. — John McCain is leading the way, saying it is “unacceptable that we would leave …
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What's Obama hiding about Blagojevich? — Probably nothing. But by mishandling the scandal, his team has allowed questions to be raised where there were none. — Top to bottom: Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, President-elect Barack Obama, and Rahm Emanuel.
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The Employee Free Choice Act Is Unconstitutional — Free speech and the takings clause are at stake. — A top priority of the incoming Democratic Congress and Obama administration is the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act. The EFCA, as is well known, introduces a card-check procedure …
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32 days to inauguration — Bailout for GM, Chrysler requires profitability ‘soon’ — CBS and Fox embeds land Sarah Palin book contract — N.Y. Post: “Bubba of Arabia” — Guest “Sports Blink” from Ari Fleischer — Dessert: New reason to take piano lessons — Good Friday morning.
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No Jews — It seems Barack Obama is giving us a cabinet with no Jewish members. Plenty of Jews in non-cabinet top spots (Axelrod, Summers, Orszag) so I guess we'll have to just run things from behind the scenes. I think that was also the case at the beginning of the Dubya administration, though now we have Chertoff.
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COPS EYE QUEENS REP FOR GAL BEATING — POLICE: SLASHED GIRLFRIEND'S FACE WITH BOTTLE — City Councilman and State State-senator-elect Hiram Monserrate, who touted himself as a staunch advocate of victims of domestic violence, was arrested early this morning for allegedly attacking and cutting …