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Republicans Seize Control of State Senate — ALBANY - Republicans seized control of the New York State Senate on Monday, in a stunning and sudden reversal of fortunes for the Democratic Party, which controlled the chamber for barely five months. — A raucous leadership fight erupted …
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New York Times:
Republicans Regain Control of New York State Senate — ALBANY — The Democrats' tenuous control of the New York State Senate abruptly collapsed on Monday, throwing the Legislature into chaos with just two weeks remaining in its session. — Two dissident Democrats, who had been secretly strategizing …
Robert Harding / the albany project:
Senate Coup: Smith Says Its Illegal, Republicans Say Its Historic
Senate Coup: Smith Says Its Illegal, Republicans Say Its Historic
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
U.S. says TARP issue out of Court's reach — The Obama Administration argued Monday that no court, including the Supreme Court, has the authority to hear a challenge by Indiana benefit plans to the role the U.S. Treasury played in the Chrysler rescue, including the use of “bailout” (TARP) funds.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Ginsburg temporarily blocks Chrysler deal — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg put a temporary hold Monday on the deal to sell Chrysler to save it from collapse. Her order, however, simply gives her or the full Court more time to ponder whether to postpone the sale further, or allow it to go forward.
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Dick Cheney / Associated Press:
Court rejects challenge to 'don't ask, don't tell'
Court rejects challenge to 'don't ask, don't tell'
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Once Upon a Time, The Confluence, NY Daily News, ACS Blog, American Power, GayPatriot and Bloomberg
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Turns Down 'Don't Ask' Challenge
Supreme Court Turns Down 'Don't Ask' Challenge
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Ed Whelan / Bench Memos:
My Apologies to Publius — On reflection, I now realize that, completely apart from any debate over our respective rights and completely apart from our competing views on the merits of pseudonymous blogging, I have been uncharitable in my conduct towards the blogger who has used the pseudonym Publius.
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Paul / Power Line:
Leveling the playing field — On Saturday, our friend Ed Whelan provided the identity of a previously anonymous blogger who has been attacking his work in rather nasty fashion. That blogger, who went by the unoriginal and pretentious name “publius,” turned out to be a law professor at South Texas College of Law named John Blevins.
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Palin makes little splash at dinner — Ending weeks of she-said, they-said drama, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin turned in a cameo appearance at the gala fundraising dinner for her party's House and Senate candidates in Washington Monday night. — But in spite of all the back-and-forth between …
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Tom Schaller / FiveThirtyEight:
Obama's Top Targeter Bullish on Montana and Worried About Gingrich …
Obama's Top Targeter Bullish on Montana and Worried About Gingrich …
Courtney Schlisserman / Bloomberg:
Nobel Winner Krugman Sees U.S. Recession Ending Soon — The U.S. economy probably will emerge from the recession by September, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman said. — “I would not be surprised if the official end of the U.S. recession ends up being, in retrospect …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Breaking: Lieberman-Graham Dropped From Supplemental — According to sources on the Hill, the Lieberman-Graham detainee photo suppression amendment is out of the conference report of the supplemental. — For everyone who made phone calls — pat yourself on the back.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Trust on Issues — Voters Now Trust Republicans More than Democrats on Economic Issues — Voters now trust Republicans more than Democrats on six out of 10 key issues, including the top issue of the economy. — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 45% …
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The Huffington Post:
Blue Dogs Backsliding On Health Care — Conservative House Democrats agreed to a set of health care principles late last week that angered advocates of a overhaul of the health care system. — The Blue Dog Coalition issued a statement that said it would only support the public health care option …
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Ezra Klein:
Health Care Reform for Beginners: The Many Flavors of the Public Plan — For most of you, this is the big one. The inclusion of a strong public insurance option has become, for most observers I know, the single most recognizable marker for victory. If the public plan exists, liberals have won.
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Boston Globe Union Rejects Deal on Pay Cuts — BOSTON — After weeks of labor tension and 12 hours of suspenseful voting, members of the Newspaper Guild at The Boston Globe narrowly rejected a proposed package of wage and compensation cuts. As a result, the newspaper's owner …
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Paul / Power Line:
Putting words in Obama's mouth — President Obama's Cairo speech has drawn lots of criticism, some of it quite harsh. Anne Bayefsky's post today on The Corner is among the harshest I've seen. — Obama deserves some of the criticism he has received. However, some of it is, I think, wide of the mark.
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Kate Thayer / The Chronicle:
Hastert's son announces run for Congress, wants to be part of ‘next generation of leadership’ — ELBURN - Ethan Hastert has announced he'll run for his father's old seat in Congress. — Hastert, 31, said Monday that he's forming a committee to begin his campaign and fundraising for the 14th District Congressional seat.
Elise Labott / CNN:
Clinton orders review of State Department security — CNN State Department Producer — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday she has ordered a review of security and vetting procedures that let a State Department employee suspected of spying for Cuba slip through the cracks.
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The Foundry
David Brooks / New York Times:
Cautious at Heart — Sonia Sotomayor had bad timing. If she'd entered college in the late-1950s or early-1960s, she would have been surrounded by an ethos that encouraged smart young ethnic kids to assimilate. If she'd entered Princeton and Yale in the 1980s, her ethnicity and gender …
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Charles Bremner / Times of London:
Sarkozy entertains Michelle and the girls after Obama heads home — Blog: Obama keeps his distance in France — He failed to persuade Barack Obama to socialise with him, but Nicolas Sarkozy enjoyed a consolation prize yesterday: lunch with the President's wife Michelle and their children.
Farnaz Fassihi / Wall Street Journal:
Iranians Voice Discontent in Massive Street Rally — TEHRAN — Tens of thousands of demonstrators formed a 12-mile human chain across Iran's capital city Monday, chanting for change, in scenes reminiscent of the 1979 revolution. — The crowd had come out in support of Mir Hossein Mousavi …
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James Osborne / Fox News:
Clinton Invites Controversial Muslim Leader on Conference Call — A Virginia legislature candidate who once praised “the jihad way” was invited by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to participate in a conference call of Muslim leaders last week. — FOXNews.com
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RedState
The Anchoress:
One of THOSE round-ups — Yes, this is going to be one of THOSE round-ups, where I clear off all my open tabs of things I just read, and pass them off to you; covering everything from my personal stuff to a video recommendation or two. — Fluff: Ann Althouse is running the inevitable captioning thread on this picture.