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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
With No Jobs, Time for Tea Party — SOUTH BEND, Ind. — When Tom Grimes lost his job as a financial consultant 15 months ago, he called his congressman, a Democrat, for help getting government health care. — Enlarge This Image — Tea Party supporters relaxed on Friday in Searchlight, Nev., as they waited for a Saturday rally.
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Colbert I. King / Washington Post:
In the faces of Tea Party shouters, images of hate and history — The angry faces at Tea Party rallies are eerily familiar. They resemble faces of protesters lining the street at the University of Alabama in 1956 as Autherine Lucy, the school's first black student, bravely tried to walk to class.
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Palin: Media ‘lies’ about links between tea parties, violence — SEARCHLIGHT, NEV. - Firing back at critics who say that she and other conservatives had encouraged harassment of House Democrats who supported the healthcare overhaul, Sarah Palin Saturday ripped the media for casting her and tea party activists as violent.
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Harry Reid Supporters Egg Tea Party Express Buses in Route — Supporters of Senator Harry Reid have just thrown eggs at the Tea Party Express bus caravan - striking at least one of the three buses (the red Tea Party Express bus) with multiple eggs. — About 35 Reid supporters had lined Highway 95 …
Jon Cohen / Behind the Numbers:
Sarah Palin and the tea party movement — Sarah Palin continues to be a political lightning rod - drawing intensely negative reviews from liberal Democrats and far more positive assessments from conservative Republicans, according to a new Washington Post poll.
J. Patrick Coolican / Las Vegas Sun:
Sarah Palin to Tea Party rally: Don't sit down, shut up — 10,000 possible for rally in protest of Democrats, health care overhaul — Tea party supporters gather at the “Showdown in Searchlight” tea party rally in Searchlight, Saturday, March 27, 2010. — SEARCHLIGHT …
Dr. James / Founding Bloggers:
Harry Reid Supporters Threaten Violence Against Breitbart at Tea Party Protest — Supporters of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid staged a counter-protest today in Searchlight, Nevada, the Senator's hometown. Reid supporters gathered just down the road from the launching point …
The White House:
Fifteen Appointees Have Waited an Average of 214 Days for Senate Confirmation — WASHINGTON -After facing months of Republican obstruction to administration nominees, President Obama announced his intent to recess appoint fifteen nominees to fill critical administration posts that have been left vacant …
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
WHY HAS BARACK OBAMA TREATED NETANYAHU SO RUDELY? “Obama would never treat the president of Equatorial Guinea that way.” — Possibly Obama just hates Israel and hates Jews. That's plausible — certainly nothing in his actions suggests otherwise, really.
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Outside The Beltway, Israel Matzav, Salon, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Metablog, The Moderate Voice, INSTAPUTZ, RedState and The Other McCain
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John / Power Line:
The Empire Strikes Back — We wrote here about the consequences of Obamacare that are beginning to be felt, even before its provisions are implemented: Caterpillar said Obamacare will cost it an additional $100 million in the first year; Medtronic warned that the new tax on its products …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Matt Taibbi / Taibblog:
The Catholic Church is a Criminal Enterprise … Anyone who's interested in losing his lunch should read the above-mentioned blog entry by New York archbishop Timothy Dolan in defense of Pope Benedict; the archbishop's incredibly pompous and self-pitying rant is some of the most depraved …
Andy Barr / The Politico:
RNC rejects joint ‘civility’ statement — The Republican National Committee has rejected a proposal from its Democratic counterpart to sign a joint “civility” statement, POLITICO has learned. — Various members of the DNC — including Chairman Tim Kaine, Executive Director Jen O'Malley Dillon …
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Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
A New Tradition at the White House: the Seder — WASHINGTON — One evening in April 2008, three low-level staff members from the Obama presidential campaign — a baggage handler, a videographer and an advance man — gathered in the windowless basement of a Pennsylvania hotel for an improvised Passover Seder.