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Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
Caller criticizes Limbaugh, Hannity, etal, on torture: “It's like you're all brainwashed” — LIMBAUGH: We're going to go to Chicago. This is Charles. Charles, thank you for waiting and for calling. Great to have you here. Hello. — CALLER: Thanks, Rush.
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Dr. Slammy / Scholars and Rogues:
Caller clowns Rush, Rush clowns Republicans — In the immortal words of Catbert, I just laughed myself fuzzy. First, you really must listen to this: — (Transcript here, courtesy of Media Matters.) — Rush starts, I think, to suggest that the caller isn't really who he says he is …
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Little Green Footballs:
About Glenn Beck's Extremist Rhetoric — Michael A. Cohen has a piece in Politico today about the over-the-top irresponsible extremism and conspiracy theories promulgated by weeping Glenn Beck: Extremist rhetoric won't rebuild GOP. … He's right. This turn toward the extreme right …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Gay marriage: Iowans weigh pros and cons of altering Iowa Constitution — If Iowans choose to open the hood on the Iowa Constitution, it could invite all sorts of tinkering, law professors and state lawmakers said today. — Voters soon have a once-a-decade chance to step around lawmakers and update the Constitution on their own.
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Harvard Student Takes On Barney Frank Over Economy — WFXT-TV: It all started with a question: “How much responsibility, if any, do you have for the financial crisis?” Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and a conservative Harvard law student debated over how Frank should have handled his role …
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Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Pentagon Chief: Why I Tore Up the Army's ‘Future’ — Of all the hard choices Defense Secretary Robert Gates had to make in his radical overhaul of the Pentagon's arsenal, the toughest, he tells Danger Room, was the decision to gut Future Combat Systems, the Army's $200 billion effort to design …
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John McCormick / Clout St:
Quigley claims victory in race to replace Rahm Emanuel — Democratic Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley claimed victory tonight in the 5th District race to replace Rahm Emanuel in Congress. — With 94 percent of the Chicago and suburban Cook precincts reporting totals …
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
CBC members praise Castro — Key members of the Congressional Black Caucus are calling for an end to U.S. prohibition on travel to Cuba, just hours after a meeting with former Cuban president Fidel Castro in Havana. — “The fifty-year embargo just hasn't worked,” CBC Chairwoman Barbara Lee …
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Chad Pergram / Fox News:
U.S. Lawmakers Meet With Castros, Push for New Policy on Cuba
U.S. Lawmakers Meet With Castros, Push for New Policy on Cuba
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Albert Lea Tribune:
Time for Senate fight to end — This newspaper endorsed Republican Norm Coleman for senator, but now it is time for him to step out of the race and let Minnesota have two senators again. — Coleman could learn a lesson from Washington state politician Dino Rossi.
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Kevin Duchschere / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Franken extends lead over Coleman
Franken extends lead over Coleman
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The White House:
The President Speaks to the Troops — Viewing this video requires Adobe Flash Player 8 or higher. Download the free player. — On February 27th, President Obama announced his plan to bring the War in Iraq to a responsible end. Today he addressed the troops in Iraq in a surprise visit before coming home from Europe.
Siobhan Gorman / Associated Press:
Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies — Robert Moran monitors an electric grid in Dallas. Such infrastructure grids across the country are vulnerable to cyberattacks. — WASHINGTON — Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs …
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Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:
Ethics board launches probe into Rep Jesse Jackson Jr. — A congressional ethics board has launched a preliminary inquiry into U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill), related to President Obama's vacant Senate seat and the corruption investigation of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
Paul Lewis / Guardian:
Video reveals G20 police assault on man who died — Exclusive footage obtained by the Guardian shows Ian Tomlinson, who died during G20 protests in London, was attacked from behind by baton-wielding police officer — Dramatic footage obtained by the Guardian shows that the man who died …
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David Roberts / Grist:
Washington Post reporters call out George Will for lying in Washington Post 2 — TWITTER - NEWSVINE - GOOGLE BOOKMARKS - STUMBLEUPON — [SEE UPDATE BELOW] — Today, Washington Post reporters Juliet Eilperin and Mary Beth Sheridan have a piece on the alarming decline of Arctic sea ice.
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Reuters:
Source: Bank ‘stress test’ results delayed — Treasury will wait until after first-quarter earnings season to release results in order to soften impact on stocks. — WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Treasury Department is planning to delay the release of any completed bank “stress test” …
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Hugh Son / Bloomberg:
AIG's Bank Payments Probed by TARP Inspector General — The Treasury's chief watchdog for the U.S. financial rescue program is probing whether American International Group Inc. paid more than necessary to banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. after the insurer's bailout.
Amie Parnes / The Politico:
Obama's TV: sports and a few surprises — President Barack Obama can't stand to be without his “Entourage.” — Call it a guilty pleasure, or maybe it just rings familiar to him. The HBO series about an aspiring actor features a fast-talking agent named Ari, based on the real-life brother of Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel.
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M. Eric Eversole / Weekly Standard:
Minnesota's Shame — The wholesale disenfranchisement of absentee military voters. — In its recent order, the three-judge election contest court in Minnesota reiterated a common theme during the Coleman versus Franken Senate recount—notwithstanding the numerous questions raised regarding …
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Globe and Mail:
Taliban militants shelve plans to kill Canadian hostage — Abductors still holding out for ransom, but locals say release could come at any time — REHMAT MEHSUD — PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN — Taliban militants in Pakistan's tribal region have decided to shelve plans to kill Canadian hostage …
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