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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
GEORGE WILL EMBRACES PALIN-ISM. — There needs to be some sort of Godwin's Law variant for conservatives who try to argue against global warming because they remember that Newsweek dipped into pop-science in the mid-70s and touted “global cooling.” Call it Will's Law, after George Will …
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Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
Where There's a (George) Will There's A Way ... To Deny Global Warming
Where There's a (George) Will There's A Way ... To Deny Global Warming
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The RBC, The League of Ordinary …, Left in the West, FiveThirtyEight.com, Grasping Reality … and Ta-Nehisi Coates
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias: Cato's David Boaz Joins George Will in Peddling Bogus “Global Cooling” Stories
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
BAD WILL HUNTING.... George Will, who has always presented himself …
BAD WILL HUNTING.... George Will, who has always presented himself …
The New Majority:
THE PARTY THAT LOST ITS MIND — Have you heard about the marsh mouse? The little swamp critter that got $30 million of stimulus bill spending thanks to Nancy Pelosi? Of course you have! The mouse was highlighted on Drudge and chortled over by Glenn Beck. One Republican congressman actually dandled a toy mouse in debate.
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The Huffington Post:
“The House GOP Is Back”: Republicans Promote Stimulus Opposition With Aerosmith — Usually, in war and politics, the victor writes the history. In the case of the soon-to-be-signed stimulus package, however, neither side is admitting defeat. — Republicans in the House of Representatives …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Think Progress, The Huffington Post, Balloon Juice and Washington Monthly
Ross Douthat:
Is The GOP Hopeless? — David Frum, pulling no punches: … I spent a lot of time during the election just past issuing complaints roughly like this one about the McCain campaign, and the GOP more generally. I've issued fewer over the last few weeks - partially out of exhaustion with the topic …
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The Moderate Voice, MyDD, The Huffington Post, About.com US Liberal Politics, Riehl World View and The Corner
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
STUDY HARDER — I'm not sure what other ways he's going to follow …
STUDY HARDER — I'm not sure what other ways he's going to follow …
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Eunomia, Wizbang, PoliticalBase.com Blog, The Washington Independent, TalkLeft and The Plum Line
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
California Struggles to Close a Projected $41 Billion Deficit — LOS ANGELES — The state of California — its deficits ballooning, its lawmakers intransigent and its governor apparently free of allies or influence — appears headed off the fiscal rails. — Since the fall …
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Los Angeles Times:
Governor prepares to send out 20,000 pink slips — In addition to shutting down public-works projects, Schwarzenegger administration moves toward massive state layoffs as legislators continue to seek the one GOP vote needed to pass a budget. — Reporting from Sacramento …
John Byrne / The Raw Story:
Exclusive: Lawyer says Rove won't take Fifth — Representatives of the Bush White House are no longer advising former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove that he is protected by executive privilege as regards testimony about the alleged political prosecution of an Alabama governor.
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Justice Dept. to Critique Interrogation Methods Backed by Bush Team — The Justice Department's ethics office is in the final stages of a report that sharply criticizes Bush administration lawyers who wrote legal opinions justifying waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods …
James Rowley / Bloomberg:
Democrats May Be Headed to Showdown With Obama Over Bush Probes
Democrats May Be Headed to Showdown With Obama Over Bush Probes
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Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Pope Benedict to meet Pelosi — In a move likely to stoke more controversy about whether Catholic politicians who support abortion rights are in line with the church, Pope Benedict XVI has granted an audience to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. — The Catholic News Agency confirmed Monday that Pelosi …
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CNN:
Historians rate Lincoln best president, Bush 36th — (CNN) — It's been 145 years since Abraham Lincoln appeared on a ballot, but admiration for the man who saved the union and sparked the end of slavery is as strong as ever, according to a new survey. — Lincoln finished first in a ranking …
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Eric Posner / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Bush: Lincoln's heir? Such is the surprising albeit unintended message …
Bush: Lincoln's heir? Such is the surprising albeit unintended message …
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Moe Lane
Razib / Gene Expression:
Right & wrong is not about religion — At least according to most Americans. The full report of the Pew Religious Landscape Survey has some data not available on the website. There is a question of the form: When it comes to questions of right and wrong, which of the following do you look to most for guidance?
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Roberts Sets Off Debate on Judicial Experience — For the first time in its history, every member of the United States Supreme Court is a former federal appeals court judge. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., in a lively and surprising talk a couple of weeks ago, said that development may be a good thing.
Times of London:
Hotshot greens caught wasting home heat — A survey of the homes of top environmentalists has found they leak energy — THEY may shout their green credentials from the rooftops, but some of Britain's most prominent environmental champions are living in homes that produce up to half a ton of excess carbon dioxide a year.
Michelle Malkin:
From the Boston Tea Party to your neighborhood pork protest — In Schmucky Schumer's world, these American taxpayers don't exist. A big crowd of them gathered in Seattle this afternoon to raise their voices in opposition to the trillion-dollar, pork-filled Generational Theft Act of 2009 …
Rasmussen Reports:
38% Say Stimulus Plan Will Help Economy — Thirty-eight percent (38%) of voters nationwide believe the $787-billion stimulus plan passed by Congress will help the economy. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 29% believe the plan will hurt and 24% believe it will have little impact.
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Philly.com:
The economy writ Short, Tall, Grande — To forecast the U.S. economy, look to the rises and falls of Starbucks. Why? If you think about what the coffee chain sells, it starts to make sense. — In the middle of 2006, Starbucks' stock price peaked at $39.63 a share.
Tom Brune / Newsday:
Gillibrand removes guns from under bed — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has moved the two rifles that she kept under the bed to protect her upstate New York home, her spokesman said Monday. — “Given that the location of the guns has been disclosed, they have been moved for security reasons …
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Aron Heller / Associated Press:
Livni: Give up parts of ‘Land of Israel’ — JERUSALEM - Tzipi Livni, who hopes to be appointed Israel's prime minister-designate, said Monday Israel must give up considerable territory in exchange for peace with the Palestinians, drawing a clear distinction with her rival, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Washington Times:
Did blabbermouth Feinstein spill secrets? — When reporters asked President Franklin Roosevelt where Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle's raiders launched their daring 1942 raid on the Japanese mainland, he puckishly answered, “from our new secret base at Shangri-La.”
Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
Israel launches covert war against Iran — Israel has launched a covert war against Iran as an alternative to direct military strikes against Tehran's nuclear programme, US intelligence sources have revealed. — It is using hitmen, sabotage, front companies and double agents to disrupt …
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