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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Head Lock — The inside story of how Goldman and the banks are getting clobbered on financial reform. — Some two dozen executives from large corporations will be descending on Capitol Hill today to make the case against over-regulating derivatives. The “fly-in” is being organized in part …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Lincoln says she won't return Goldman contributions — Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) said Tuesday she won't return contributions she's received from Goldman Sachs employees. — Lincoln, who's authoring a section of the Wall Street reform bill that regulates derivatives markets …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
GOP seeks SEC records on Goldman — Rep. Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House Oversight committee, is demanding a slew of documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission, asserting that the timing of civil charges against Goldman Sachs raises “serious questions about the commission's independence and impartiality.”
The Note:
Crist's Passions: Listening for Answers the GOP May Not Want
Crist's Passions: Listening for Answers the GOP May Not Want
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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Goldman Donations Spurned in Illinois Campaign for Obama Seat
Goldman Donations Spurned in Illinois Campaign for Obama Seat
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Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
FDA plans to limit amount of salt allowed in processed foods for health reasons — The Food and Drug Administration is planning an unprecedented effort to gradually reduce the salt consumed each day by Americans, saying that less sodium in everything from soup to nuts would prevent thousands …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Great news: FDA to regulate salt in processed foods
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
McCain: I won't support Crist if he runs as an Independent candidate — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Tuesday he will not support Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) in his Senate race if he runs as an Independent. — Crist, who helped McCain win Florida in the 2008 presidential GOP primary …
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Naftali Bendavid / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Split Over How to Win in Fall — WASHINGTON—Sen. John Cornyn, who is spearheading the Republicans' campaign to take back the Senate, is on a roll. The GOP snatched a seat in Massachusetts and polls favor Republicans in many key states. — But the genial Texas lawyer is facing an unusual challenge …
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog Gay:
6 military vets handcuff selves to White House gates to protest Obama inaction on DADT — The President is no longer helping get Don't Ask Don't Tell repealed this year, even though he promised to do so in his State of the Union. So the gays are finally fighting back.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Halperin Takes A Stand — It isn't every day that a consumate inside-game reporter/pundit type like Mark Halperin aggressively calls out one party for lying, but that's exactly what Halperin did early this morning on MSNBC, talking about the GOP claim that the Dem financial reg reform bill will lead to a permanent bailout.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
EVEN HALPERIN WON'T DEFEND GOP TACTICS.... It was a lively discussion on …
EVEN HALPERIN WON'T DEFEND GOP TACTICS.... It was a lively discussion on …
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Do Dems Have A Unified Message To Counter GOP Filibuster Of Fin Reform?
Do Dems Have A Unified Message To Counter GOP Filibuster Of Fin Reform?
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New York Times:
For Apple, Lost iPhone Is a Big Deal — For anyone who has ever lost a cellphone, remember this: it could be worse. You could be the person who left his phone in a bar in California. And it wasn't just any phone; it was a supersecret version of the next iPhone.
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
How Apple Lost the Next iPhone
How Apple Lost the Next iPhone
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John Meroney / The Atlantic Online:
Ronald Reagan and James Dean: Rare Video From 1954 — Today, it's an astonishing, even eerie, scene: the icon of modern American conservatism, whose rise to political prominence was galvanized by the cultural rebellion of the 1960s, fighting off an attack-at-gunpoint by the quintessential modern American rebel.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court voids law aimed at banning animal cruelty videos — The Supreme Court struck down a federal law Tuesday aimed at banning videos depicting graphic violence against animals, saying that it violates the constitutional right to free speech. — Chief Justice John J. Roberts Jr. …
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Kenneth Anderson / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Waco — Bill Clinton's invocation of Timothy McVeigh in connection with the Tea Party movement caused me to recall my review of a book on the Waco massacre that was a motivation for McVeigh. The book under review was Reavis, The Ashes of Waco, and it appeared in the Times Literary Supplement in 1995.
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The Hill:
Dem to Obama: Push immigration or I'll tell Latino voters to stay home — A congressman from the president's home state is threatening that he will urge Latino voters to stay home this November if the Democratic Party does not make a concerted effort to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
kausforcalifornia.com:
Obama to Save Boxer Like He Saved Corzine! — Do Obama and Boxer realize they are on the wrong side of a tsunami of voter discontent with a government run by and for the public employee unions? — President Obama is “swooping” into Los Angeles today to try to save Senator Barbara Boxer …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
California senator complains of harassment from Palin fans — California State Senator Leland Yee, who has been battling a state university over disclosing Sarah Palin's speaking contract, complains in a press release today that he's been getting nasty emails and faxes.
Bart Barnes / Washington Post:
Dorothy I. Height, founding matriarch of civil rights movement, dies at 98 — Dorothy I. Height, 98, a founding matriarch of the American civil rights movement whose crusade for racial justice and gender equality spanned more than six decades, died early Tuesday morning of natural causes …
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
McConnell softens tone on finance regulation bill — A Democratic Wall Street overhaul bill may be gaining an unlikely champion: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). — After a week of attacking the pending legislation as a ticket to new taxpayer “bailouts,” McConnell is striking a different tone.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McCaskill presses GOP to reveal holds
McCaskill presses GOP to reveal holds
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Burns leads Critz 44-41 — Buoyed by an electorate that is exceptionally sour on national Democrats, Republican Tim Burns has a 44-41 lead over Democrat Mark Critz in the special election to replace John Murtha in the House. — It's a rare election these days where both candidates are viewed pretty favorably in the district.
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ag.ny.gov:
ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO CHARGES PEDRO ESPADA JR. AND 19 EXECUTIVES WITH LOOTING HIS BRONX NOT-FOR-PROFIT — Espada and His Family Siphoned More Than $14 Million Over 5 Years — Espada Packed Board with Family Members and Senate Employees to Rubber Stamp Expenditures
The Official Google Blog:
Greater transparency around government requests — Article 19 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights states that “everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information …
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Hoyer says House won't vote on D.C. voting rights bill — The House will not vote on a bill granting the District of Columbia a voting member of Congress, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday. — “The price was too high,” said Hoyer (D-Md.), who cited extraneous measures …
Washington Examiner:
Miss America's a fan of the Palin clan — You betcha Caressa Cameron's not picking political sides, but Miss America 2010 is willing to say she's a fan of the Palins. — “She's someone who cares about the world around her, and she comes from a pageantry background,” Cameron said of Sarah Palin …
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Laura Rozen / Laura Rozen's Blog:
Unpacking the Gates' Iran memo leak — The weekend New York Times report on a three-page classified January memo by Defense Secretary Robert Gates on U.S. Iran policy has kicked up considerable debate and outcry for a memo that presumably very few people, not even the Times, have actually seen.
Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Bernard Goldberg Admits Jon Stewart is Right About His Generalizations and Then Attacks Him — I said last week that Bernard Goldberg wasn't going to be happy after Jon Stewart ended his segment Fox News Pundits Don't Agree With Demonizing an Entire Group Unless it's the Liberals by telling Bernard Goldberg to go f**k himself.