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Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
Man Charged With Stockpiling Weapons Was Tea Partier, Palin Fan — The Massachusetts man charged this week with stockpiling weapons after saying he feared an imminent “Armageddon” appears to have been active in the Tea Party movement, and saw Sarah Palin, who he said is on a …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: O'Donnell meltdown on Morning Joe — Anyone who recalls Lawrence O'Donnell's meltdown with John O'Neill over the latter's opposition to John Kerry in 2004 won't be surprised at O'Donnell's inability to behave himself with Marc Thiessen on today's Morning Joe.
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Associated Press:
Abbas aide sex tape scandal shakes Palestinians — RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian officials on Friday rallied around a top aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after a video surfaced showing him in the nude in an alleged attempt to trade his influence for sex.
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Brad Thor / Big Journalism:
Taliban Rape Tapes: A ‘Muslim Abu Ghraib’ — **Post updated with link to downloadable video. — With breaking news out of Palestine today that a top aide to President Mahmoud Abbas has been literally caught with his pants down, rape tapes seem to be popping up all over the pious Muslim world.
Joe / Joe. My. God.:
NH Rep. Nancy Elliott Doesn't Do Anal — New Hampshire state Rep. Nancy Elliott wants to repeal same-sex marriage because “we're talking about taking the penis of a man and putting it in the rectum of another man and wriggling it around in excrement. And you have to think, would I want that to be done to ME?”
Ezra Klein:
A deal on nominations that even a Republican could love — The administration scored a big victory last night, or at least it thinks it did. After President Obama finally threatened to make recess appointments if Senate Republicans didn't let some of its nominees through the confirmation process …
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Richard Trumka / The Huffington Post:
No Deal! — Senate Republican obstructionists are working overtime to block the interests of working people. Today we hear the White House and Senate have cut a deal with Republicans that will keep President Obama's nominees off the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for even longer.
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Jesse Lee / White House.gov Blog Feed:
A Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform: The Invites Are Out — On Tuesday the President discussed the upcoming bipartisan meeting on health reform, saying “Let's get the relevant parties together; let's put the best ideas on the table. My hope is that we can find enough overlap …
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John Cook / Gawker:
Harold Ford's Tennessee Tax Dodge — When it comes to his shadow run for Senate, Harold Ford is a New Yorker through and through. When it comes to paying taxes, though, he's still a Tennessean — he's never filed a New York return. — Ford claims to have moved to New York three years ago …
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New York Times:
Zuckerman Said to Mull Run for U.S. Senate — Could another media mogul be looking to make a splash in New York politics? — Mortimer B. Zuckerman, real estate tycoon and publisher of The Daily News, is considering a run for the Senate seat now held by Kirsten E. Gillibrand, according to two people told of the discussions.
Mark Warren / Esquire:
Tim Pawlenty: The Esquire Interview — The Minnesota governor, whom many expect to run for president in 2012, on bailouts, health care, whether Obama is a socialist, and where Republicans go from here — In his first major interview since launching his political-action committee …
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WAFF-TV:
Police: female faculty member kills three on UA-Huntsville campus — HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - Police said a female member of the UA-Huntsville faculty shot and killed three co-workers on campus. — Huntsville Police, Madison County Sheriff's department and HEMSI responded to a shooting at the UAH campus at 4:00 Friday afternoon.
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Washington Post:
Obama will help select location of Khalid Sheik Mohammed terrorism trial — President Obama is planning to insert himself into the debate about where to try the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, three administration officials said Thursday, signaling a recognition …
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Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
A RUTHLESS BILL MAHER RETURNS — They once said, if you lose Walter Cronkite, you lose the nation. — But what happens if you lose Bill Maher? — The liberal comedian has surprised friends and foes alike by adding President Barack Obama to his list of usual targets, such as conservatives and the religious right.
Jason Embry / Austin American-Statesman:
Is Medina a birther? — After ducking questions yesterday about whether the Bush administration aided in the Sept. 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, then saying she has never believed the government was involved, Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina gave a series of interviews late in the day.
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Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
Harvard Hometown Plans Coercive Taxes, Veganism to Stop Climate ‘Emergency’ — Congestion pricing to reduce car travel. Elimination of curbside parking. A carbon tax “of some kind,” not to mention taxes on plastic and paper bags. Advocating vegetarianism and veganism, complete with “Meatless or Vegan Mondays.”
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John Stossel
Ezra Klein:
Iron Man was right — Spencer Ackerman's adjudication of the dispute between Captain America and Iron Man is some of the most relevant punditry you'll read today. And, incidentally, I agree with Spencer entirely: Iron Man was unequivocally right in the argument over superhero registration.
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Mark Arsenault / rimonthly.com:
His Father's Son — As the youngest child of Ted Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy has become the heir apparent to a political dynasty. But six months after his father's death, he reveals what that watershed moment taught him and why he won't run for Congress again this November. — Patrick Kennedy talked for hours
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Eugene Kiely / USA Today:
Rep. Patrick Kennedy faced tough re-election
Rep. Patrick Kennedy faced tough re-election
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Ed Kilgore / The New Republic:
It's You, Not Me — Liberals and libertarians finally break up. — One mini-saga of the past decade in American politics has been the flirtation—with talk of a deeper partnership—between progressives and libertarians. These two groups were driven together, in the main …
David Brooks / New York Times:
What's Next, Mr. President? — By 2008, Americans were disgusted with their government. They were sick of partisan gridlock and general incompetence. Along came Barack Obama offering to usher in a new era. It was time, he said, to put away childish things. — There were actually two elements to the Obama campaign.
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Orlando Sentinel:
Sarah Palin to speak in Daytona Beach, at Orange County GOP event — but media glare isn't welcome — (ED REINKE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS / February 5, 2010) — Sarah Palin will make two high-profile, big-ticket appearances in Central Florida during the next month — but she doesn't want any media coverage.
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Ezra Klein:
The golden-ticket holders — Curious who's getting an invite to Blair House for the big health-care summit? Well, wonder no more. The White House has released the congressional guest list. … This seems like too many people to get anything done. And where are the good-faith folks …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dick Durbin Throws Weight Behind Effort To Reform Filibuster — Okay, this could be significant: Senator Dick Durbin is now throwing his weight behind a new effort to reform the filibuster, a move that could give it a boost, given Durbin's clout as a senior member of the Dem leadership.
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Nick Baumann / Mother Jones:
Subprime Goes Hollywood — The Wall Street wizards who gave you credit default swaps want to turn the movie industry into their next casino. — Post Comment — If you thought the mortgage-backed securities and other complex financial instruments that crashed the economy were risky …
The Politico:
Why the MSM loves Palin — Fox News has been making a serious charge about mainstream political reporters: They hate Sarah Palin. — This is not just wrong, it's absurd. The reality is exactly the opposite: We love Palin. — And if Palin does not exactly love us …