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Reid: Roberts 'didn't tell us the truth' — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that John Roberts misled the Senate during his confirmation hearings by pretending to be a moderate - and that the United States is now “stuck” with him as chief justice.
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Power Line, Neptunus Lex, Sister Toldjah, The Corner, The Sundries Shack, Fox News and Sweetness & Light
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Reid: Nuclear Option for Me But Not for Thee — At a briefing with reporters this morning, Harry Reid said that Republicans attempted to “ruin our country” when some tried to change Senate rules so that only a simple majority would be needed to confirm judges, a legislative maneuver dubbed the “nuclear option.”
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Harry Reid just called Chief Justice John Roberts a liar. — “Roberts didn't tell us the truth. At least Alito told us who he was. But we're stuck with those two young men, and we'll try to change by having some moderates in the federal courts system as time goes on — I think that will happen.”
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Reid to liberals: Back off
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Whiskey Fire, Salon, Washington Monthly, The Note, Think Progress, Taylor Marsh and Pennsylvania Ave.
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Pro-Life Democrat Harry Reid Says He Could Support Abortion Provision …
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Senators Get Nasty: “You're Good” ... “Your Wife Said The Same Thing” (VIDEO) — Marking up budget legislation can be a brutal affair, often beginning early and lasting long into the night. — But buried within the hours of debate in the Senate on Thursday is an exchange you'd be more likely …
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Grassley: ‘Your Wife Said the Same Thing’
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Touting Her Currency Conspiracy, Bachmann Insists: ‘This Is Not Michele Bachmann Being A Kook’ — Earlier this week, right-wing fanatic Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) started peddling false conspiracy theories that the world was moving toward a unified global currency — and that the U.S. might join …
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Bachmann and Beck Double-Down on Currency Conspiracy Theory
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ShamWow Guy In Slap, Chop Bust — TV pitchman battered hooker in South Beach hotel room brawl — Meet Vince Shlomi. He's probably better known to you as the ShamWow Guy, the ubiquitous television pitchman who has been phenomenally successful peddling absorbent towels and food choppers.
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WalletPop Blog, The Huffington Post, The Other McCain, Gawker, TMZ.com, Gateway Pundit and Pat Dollard
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Holbrooke Calls for “Complete Rethink” of Drugs in Afghanistan — This morning, after President Barack Obama unveiled his new Afghanistan policy, three senior administration officials held an on-the-record (but no cameras) briefing for White House reporters.
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BREAKING: UPS Announces It Will Stop Advertising On Bill O'Reilly's Show — In response to our Stop Supporting The O'Reilly Harassment Machine campaign, UPS told us yesterday that it was investigating whether to continue supporting O'Reilly's show. “We are sensitive to the type …
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Learning the hard way — Barack Obama may at last be getting a grip. But he still needs to show more leadership, at home and abroad — HILLARY CLINTON'S most effective quip, in her long struggle with Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination last year, was that the Oval Office is no place for on-the-job training.
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Kansas doctor acquitted in late-term abortion case — Dr. George Tiller was charged with violating a Kansas law that requires an independent second opinion on late-term abortions. A six-person jury found Tiller not guilty on all 19 counts. — Reporting from Wichita …
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Transcript of Interview With White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs — Welcome to Voices Of Power, we are here at the White House with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. Thank you for joining us Robert. — MR. GIBBS: How are you? — MS. ROMANO: I'm good. And we are delighted that you can join our series Voice of Power.
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PoliBlog, Sister Toldjah, The Swamp, Washington Monthly, Alex Conant, Balloon Juice and TIME.com
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Campaign Statement — The decision of the Board of Election to remove my name from the ballot proves once again that the political system in New York is rigged by professionals to make sure that average citizens are excluded from the process. While the two major parties could choose …
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‘FAST’ FLARE-UP RATTLES CNBC — THERE was high drama at CNBC yesterday as “Fast Money” anchor Dylan Ratigan quit — sources say today will be his last day on-air — and an insider is blaming his battles with network big Susan Krakower. — Krakower — the VP for strategic programming …
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Women more attracted to men in expensive cars — Men who drive expensive cars really are more attractive to women, according to a study by university researchers. — Psychologists proved what car-dealers have boasted for generations the car one drives is key when it comes to turning a woman's head.
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God Bless Bill Maher — And now, the award for best critical thinking by a television news commentator. The nominees are (Drumroll): Bill Maher . . . and that's the only nominee. He wins. — I watched Mr. Maher this weekend (March 20) on HBO's “Real Time with Bill Maher.”
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Missouri Highway Patrol retracts controversial report on militia activity — The Missouri Highway Patrol this week retracted a controversial report on militia activity and will change how such reports are reviewed before being distributed to law enforcement agencies.
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Obama on Pot: Har Har Har, The Joke's On You! — At yesterday's super-excellent online intertubes Town Hall meeting, admitted pot user President Barack Obama drew his biggest laugh with his comments about legalizing marijuana: … Ha ha ha. Very funny. Not. Especially given two recent developments.
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The Other McCain
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Conservatives embrace the Snuggie — “Never let it be said that conservatives and libertarians have no sense of humor,” says Americans for Tax Reform's Derek Hunter, who's been doing his best to photograph fellow conservatives sporting the trend of the moment: the Snuggie.
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On Spending and the Deficit, McCain Was Right — Barack Obama used to get very upset about federal budget deficits. Denouncing an “orgy of spending and enormous deficits,” he turned to John McCain during their presidential debates last fall and said, “We have had, over the last eight years …
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“How do you spell hypocrisy? S.E.I.U.” — “How do you spell hypocrisy? SEIU!” — That was the chant today in front of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). The SEIU “broke their union contract,” and laid off 75 unionized staff members. Those workers picketed the union today …
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The ‘Freedom Tower’ Name Roars Back — For more than a year, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey had been quietly backing away from the name “Freedom Tower” for 1 World Trade Center, not so much eliminating the coinage (by Gov. George E. Pataki) as lowering its profile.
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