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Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Federal agency warns of radicals on right — 9-page report sent to police — The Department of Homeland Security is warning law enforcement officials about a rise in “rightwing extremist activity,” saying the economic recession, the election of America's first black president and the return …
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Michelle Malkin:
Confirmed: The Obama DHS hit job on conservatives is real — Last night, the Liberty Papers posted an unclassified DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis report titled: — Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.
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David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Conservatives indict themselves with shrieking over DHS report on right-wing terrorism — My my my. The right, led by Michelle Malkin, is up in arms over the Department of Homeland Security's internal intelligence report on right-wing extremism and its post-Obama resurgence. — Malkin's headline wails:
Xinhua News Agency:
Thousands of dolphins block Somali pirates — Thousands of dolphins blocked the suspected Somali pirate ships when they were trying to attack Chinese merchant ships passing the Gulf of Aden, the China Radio International reported on Monday. — The Chinese merchant ships escorted …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
The White Man's Protest — I've been trying to figure out when FOX News actually covered a bona-fide live protest that they didn't condemn or ridicule. Can you think of one? How many anti-war protests were held since the Iraq war began in which FOX proclaimed that they would give it wall …
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David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Tea Party Activists: Tax Day Events Will Attract ‘Silent Majority’
Tea Party Activists: Tax Day Events Will Attract ‘Silent Majority’
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Daily Kos, The Liberty Papers, Washington Monthly, Wonkette, Gawker, Politics and Critical Thinking and TPMDC
Andrea Shea King / Big Hollywood:
American Tea Party Anthem Singer Lloyd Marcus: “This whole thing …
American Tea Party Anthem Singer Lloyd Marcus: “This whole thing …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
THE GOP'S SILENCE ON MN IS DEAFENING — From NBC's Mark Murray — While the Democratic National Committee and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released statements last night congratulating Al Franken and ratcheting up the pressure for Norm Coleman to bow out, we haven't heard a peep from national Republicans.
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Guy-Uriel E. Charles / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Nice fight, Norm, but it's over
Nice fight, Norm, but it's over
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Is Norm Coleman Getting His Money's Worth?
Is Norm Coleman Getting His Money's Worth?
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Jeremy W. Peters / City Room:
Paterson Will Introduce Same-Sex Marriage Bill — Gov. David A. Paterson will announce on Thursday plans to introduce legislation to legalize same-sex marriage, according to people with knowledge of the governor's plans. — Mr. Paterson's move, which he first signaled last week …
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beliefnet:
Maggie Gallagher: Don't give up marriage fight! — [cross-posted at Dallas Morning News editorial board blog] — I heard from Maggie Gallagher the other day, who wrote to object to my view that the battle to stop same-sex marriage is lost was not only defeatist, but inaccurate.
Jim Treacher / The Greenroom:
Staged Military Photo Ops Suddenly Awesome — Back in 2003, the left was astonished and dismayed that George W. Bush got such a warm Thanksgiving welcome from ...
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Obama Meets Privately With the Dead — Musicians Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the band The Dead perform in NYC, March 30, 2009. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images ) — The surviving (and formerly feuding) members of the Grateful Dead had a secret impromptu meeting Monday evening with the man they credit with reuniting them: President Obama.
New York Post:
ELIOT SPITZER'S WANDERING EYE ON AG — BEHIND Eliot Spitzer's flaccid attempt at re-erecting his public persona is a plan to run for state attorney general in 2010, sources told Page Six. — After launching a column on Slate.com, and giving interviews to National Public Radio and the …
Leigh Hornbeck / Capitol Confidential:
Even Gillibrand's ballot challenged — This just in from Columbia County: when Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's absentee ballot came up in the queue, the poll watchers for Jim Tedisco objected to it, saying the senator was in the county on election day and should have voted in person.
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Megan McArdle:
Democracy and Capitalism — I've been thinking a lot lately about the political theory of an independent central bank. A lot of the libertarians I know have deep issues with the activities of the Fed, which have been largely unaccountable to elected officials. — That's a valid critique.
The White House:
“The House Upon a Rock” — The past three months have seem a storm of activity from the White House, with initiatives on housing, the markets, the auto industry, small businesses, international financial cooperation, and job creation through the Recovery Act.
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Not Larry Sabato:
Virginia Republicans are for [Lesbian] Lovers — Wow- at the official Republican Party of Virginia Youtube channel- look at what video they loaded as a “favorite” on Youtube. — WARNING: DO NOT WATCH VIDEO UNLESS YOU WANT TO SEE SOFT CORE PORN SPONSORED BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF VIRGINIA.
Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
Goldberg tells Hannity, “I'm sorry, Sean ... but we have to stop going out of our way to find fault with every single thing he [Obama] does.” — Wow that is about the 4 or 5 time in the last few days that an Fox commentator has voiced support for Pres Obams. Kirstin Powers , Mara Liasson, Bill O'Reilly, Bob Beckel and now Goldberg.
The Politico:
GOP scrambles to show it has ideas — House Republican Whip Eric Cantor — the man Democrats dubbed “Dr. No” — is taking great pains these days to prove he has a raft of ideas of his own. — Stung by the Democratic barbs, the House's No. 2 Republican is unveiling a “Solutions Center” …
Andrew Sullivan / The Huffington Post:
Palin's AG Pick Defended KKK Statue, Mocked Offended Student — Sarah Palin's choice for attorney general once wrote a column defending the statue of a KKK figure as an expression of free speech and mocked the psychology of a college student who protested the display.
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
CAN CONSUMER REPORTS SAVE HEALTH INSURANCE? — Ramesh Ponnuru, like many conservatives, would like to rid health care of state insurance mandates. These mandates demand that insurance plans do crazy things like cover maternity care and bone marrow transplants and prostate cancer screening (fuller list here).
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Poll: Obama earns nation's trust — Three months into his presidency, Barack Obama stands out as perhaps the most trusted figure in American politics. — In a new Public Strategies Inc./POLITICO national survey of 1,000 registered voters, Obama outdistances figures on both the left …
Paul Krugman:
Time for bottles in coal mines — President Obama hails the fact that stimulus projects are coming in “ahead of schedule and under budget.” Yay — but boo. — Ahead of schedule is good. Under budget — well, ordinarily that's a good thing. But the point of the stimulus is to increase spending!
Floyd Norris:
The Case of the Missing Month — I blogged the Goldman Sachs call this morning, starting at 7 a.m. The newest posts are at the top. — 7:50 a.m.| Call Over: The call ended quietly with little additional talk about December. — 7:45 a.m.| How Quickly We Forget …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
National Republicans Get Behind Specter — National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn released a letter today offering a full-throated endorsement of Sen. Arlen Specter in his coming primary against former congressman Pat Toomey, a decision driven by a concern …