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Kathleen Hennessey / Los Angeles Times:
Justice's wife launches ‘tea party’ group — The nonprofit run by Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is likely to test notions of political impartiality for the court. — Reporting from Washington — As Virginia Thomas tells it in her soft-spoken …
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:
The Legacy Media's War on Conservatives — By: Andy McCarthy — So let me make sure I have this straight. If you're a “progressive” lawyer who volunteers to represent America's enemies for free in offensive lawsuits brought against the American people during wartime, and then you are placed …
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Hot Air, Left Coast Rebel, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Lonely Conservative, AmSpecBlog and Pajamas Media
Mark Perry / Foreign Policy:
The Petraeus briefing: Biden's embarrassment is not the whole story — On January 16, two days after a killer earthquake hit Haiti, a team of senior military officers from the U.S. Central Command (responsible for overseeing American security interests in the Middle East) …
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Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Rove Falsely Claims Bush Administration Never Said Iraqi Oil Revenue Would Help Pay For War — In his new book and in recent media appearances promoting it, former top Bush aide Karl Rove has been revising the history of the Iraq war, particularly regarding the issue of Saddam Hussien's alleged weapons of mass destruction.
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Howard Fineman / Newsweek:
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do — The press finally falls out of love with Obama. — From the magazine issue dated Mar 22, 2010 — Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, was 50 minutes late for his briefing, apparently a record for tardiness, but few reporters in the White House press room bothered …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
As Health Vote Awaits, Future of a Presidency Waits, Too
As Health Vote Awaits, Future of a Presidency Waits, Too
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Hot Air, Doug Ross, Another Black Conservative, Gateway Pundit, American Power and JammieWearingFool
Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Gibbs: By next Sunday, healthcare reform will be the ‘law of the land’ — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the healthcare bill will pass by next weekend. — “We'll have the votes when the House votes, I think, within the next week,” Gibbs said on “Fox News Sunday.”
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Bruce Drake / Politics Daily:
Democrats Still Short of Votes But Predict Health Bill Will Pass
Democrats Still Short of Votes But Predict Health Bill Will Pass
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:
Re: The Gitmo Bar & Krauthammer — By: Andy McCarthy — Jonah, there will be more evidence, and it is shocking. — Until then, I think you are misstating my argument — as is the excellent Paul Mirengoff, who also has a very thoughtful post at Powerline.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress:
Graham: ‘No Way In The World’ Is Massachusetts' Health Care Plan Similar To The Democratic Proposal — Giving this week's GOP address, Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) bashed Democratic efforts to reform health care as a “bitter, destructive, and endless drive to completely transform America's healthcare system.”
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Silla Brush / The Hill:
Senate Republicans urge more time on financial overhaul — Senate Banking Committee Republicans are unanimously pleading with panel Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) for more time to consider financial regulatory overhaul legislation. — All 10 Republicans on the panel argued in a letter …
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Sewell Chan / New York Times:
Dodd to Unveil a Comprehensive Financial Overhaul Bill
Dodd to Unveil a Comprehensive Financial Overhaul Bill
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Axelrod: Israel Settlement Approval an ‘Affront’; ‘Insult’ — The President's top adviser David Axelrod told me that approval of new housing units by Israel in the Arab section of Jerusalem during Vice President Biden's trip there last week was an “affront” and an “insult”.
Fox News:
American Linked to Terror Plot Brainwashed 6-Year-Old Son, Family Says — He was being turned into a baby bomber. — The 6-year-old son of a Colorado nursing student who ran off to Europe to join a terrorist murder cell was brainwashed into a hate-filled Islamic fundamentalist zombie …