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Charlottesville Daily Progress / Daily Progress:
Severed gas line found at home of Perriello brother — Updated: 4:55 p.m. U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello's brother received a threatening letter in the mail on the same day that someone apparently severed a gas line at the home in Ivy. — Two conservative Tea Party activists posted the address …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
FBI investigates Virginia incident — Law enforcement authorities are investigating the discovery of a cut propane gas line at the Virginia home of Rep. Tom Perriello's (D-Va.) brother, whose address was targeted by tea party activists angry at the congressman's vote for the health care bill.
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Bart Stupak Received Threatening Messages for Health Care Vote (Listen)
Bart Stupak Received Threatening Messages for Health Care Vote (Listen)
The Huffington Post:
Wyden: Health Care Lawsuits Moot, States Can Opt Out Of Mandate — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has a message for all the attorneys general and Republican lawmakers who are threatening lawsuits and claiming that an individual mandate for insurance coverage is unconstitutional …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh, by the way, O-Care lets states opt out of the individual mandate — Alternate headline: “Confirmed: No one read the bill.” … I went looking on Google to find out how Ed and I could have missed this, and it turns out we didn't. Everyone missed it. There were precisely two pages of results for …
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Hoyer: Members are at risk — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is warning that some of his Democratic colleagues are being threatened with violence when they go back to their districts — and he wants Republicans to stand up and condemn the threats. — The Maryland Democrat …
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Boston Herald:
Republicans feeling blue as Scott Brown win backfires — Republican folk hero Sen. Scott Brown is being taunted by triumphant Democrats - and slammed by irked conservatives - after the historic health-care bill he was elected to kill was signed into law by President Obama yesterday.
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
A Tea Party Without Nuts
A Tea Party Without Nuts
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: Most Want GOP to Keep Fighting on Health Bill — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — A CBS News poll released Wednesday finds that nearly two in three Americans want Republicans in Congress …
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Coffin placed on Carnahan's lawn — A coffin was placed on a Missouri Democrat's lawn, another in a string of incidents against lawmakers after their vote Sunday on a health care overhaul. — Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) had a coffin placed “near his home,” a spokesman said Wednesday evening.
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
GOP Lawmaker Darrell Issa Poised to Call for Special Prosecutor to Investigate White House — Rep. Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House Oversight committee, told CBS News Wednesday that he will call for a special prosecutor to investigate the White House if it does not address …
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Bush wipes his hand on Clinton's shirt after shaking hands with Haitian residents. — After the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in January, President Obama asked former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to lead the U.S. relief effort in that country.
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Jackson Diehl / PostPartisan:
Obama and Netanyahu: pointless poison — So it's now been two weeks since President Obama chose to seize on a poorly-timed Israeli announcement about new Jewish housing in Jerusalem to launch another public confrontation with the government of Binyamin Netanyahu. The results, so far, are these:
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Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner on National …:
Israel: One of Many — By: Victor Davis Hanson
Israel: One of Many — By: Victor Davis Hanson
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Senate kicks off vote-a-rama — The Senate Wednesday evening begun the so-called “vote-a-rama” on the package of fixes to the new healthcare law, setting in motion the final step before a vote on the measure. — Senate leaders are considering the fix-it bill under the budget reconciliation rules …
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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Harkin: Public option backers eyeing second reconciliation bill
Harkin: Public option backers eyeing second reconciliation bill
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SEK / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
What do you do in the wake of a crushing political defeat? — If you're Jeff Goldstein, you declare yourself to be way cooler than everyone else; if you're Darleen Click, you draw a cartoon in which the President rapes a woman, then tells her that he and friends will be back to rape her again later.
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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Gap in health care law's protection for children — WASHINGTON — Hours after President Barack Obama signed historic health care legislation, a potential problem emerged. Administration officials are now scrambling to fix a gap in highly touted benefits for children.
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Kos / Daily Kos:
The “repeal” trap — Who knew Roger Ebert was a budding political consultant? — Ebert Twitter Kirk — In just those few characters, we see the difficulties Republicans will have — especially in Blue districts and states — in running on that repeal platform the teabagger base is demanding.
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Paul Thompson / Breitbart.tv:
SHOCKING AUDIO: REP. DINGELL SAYS OBAMACARE WILL EVENTUALLY ‘CONTROL THE PEOPLE’ — “It takes a long time to do the necessary administrative steps.”
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Grassley: Look How Great This Health Care Bill Is — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has long been a vocal critic of the Democrat's health reform efforts, but today he started taking credit for some provisions of the bill, and talking up his own role in crafting the legislation.
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Joel Provano / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Coulter speech canceled amid fears of violence — A speech by conservative pundit Ann Coulter was canceled at the University of Ottawa late Tuesday amid concerns that protesters would become violent. — The speech was called off moments before it began by organizers of the event …
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storyballoon.org:
Another Anti-Obama Jimmy Carter Billboard. Carter: Miss Me Yet? — And yet ANOTHER billboard has popped up. And it's our ol' buddy Jimmy Carter from my last billboard post. — I have to thank a reader/commenter for pointing me to this. — The picture is labeled: Ennis, TX. I-45 and 287.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
After Health Vote, Democrats Are Threatened — WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers have received death threats and been the victims of vandalism because of their votes in favor of the health care bill, lawmakers and law enforcement officials said Wednesday, as the Congressional debate …
Forbes:
Resisting ObamaCare, Gandhi Style — Americans will lose control over basic decisions if this law stands. — President Barack Obama came into office promising hope and change. But he might get more change than he hoped for. By foisting ObamaCare on a deeply unwilling country he might …
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Sewell Chan / New York Times:
China Says It Will Not Adjust Exchange Rate — WASHINGTON — Despite mounting pressure in Congress for the Obama administration to declare China a currency manipulator, the Chinese government is giving no indication that it will change its exchange rate policy.
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Warned About Abuse, Vatican Failed to Defrock Priest — Top Vatican officials — including the future Pope Benedict XVI — did not defrock a priest who molested as many as 200 deaf boys, even though several American bishops repeatedly warned them that failure to act on the matter could embarrass the church …
Alex Ben Block / Hollywood Reporter:
James Cameron trashes Glenn Beck — ‘Avatar’ director wants to debate Fox News host — “Avatar” director James Cameron lashed out at Glenn Beck at a news conference Tuesday, offering to debate the Fox News personality on environmental and political issues.
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