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Amanda Lee Myers / Associated Press:
Illegal immigrants plan to leave over Ariz. law — PHOENIX (AP) — Many of the cars that once stopped in the Home Depot parking lot to pick up day laborers to hang drywall or do landscaping now just drive on by. — Arizona's sweeping immigration bill allows police to arrest illegal immigrant …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Wrong Hot Button Response? Hispanics and Democrats Energized Due to Arizona Immigration Law — Did Arizona conservative Republicans, cheered on by many in the Republican party's talk radio political culture, push the wrong hot button? It seems like it has energized voters but perhaps …
Anill / Wonk Room:
REPORT: Following Passage Of Arizona Law, At Least Seven States Contemplate Anti-Immigrant Legislation — When President Obama condemned Arizona's draconian and potentially unconstitutional immigration law last Friday, he predicted that “if we continue to fail to act [on immigration] …
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Reuters:
Arizona immigrant law energizes Hispanics, Democrats — (Reuters) - U.S. Hispanics and Democratic lawmakers furious over Arizona's harsh crackdown on illegal immigrants expect huge weekend rallies across the United States, piling pressure on President Barack Obama to overhaul immigration laws in this election year.
Fox News:
Some ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Fight Arizona's New Immigration Law Without Offering Sanctuary — As San Francisco and other “sanctuary cities” declare war on Arizona over its new law cracking down on illegal immigrants, most state and local governments that provide a safe haven to undocumented workers refused …
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
OBAMA & BIG SIS Call In Riot Police on Quincy Tea Party Patriots (Video) — TEAM OBAMA CALLS IN SWAT TEAM ON TEA PARTY PATRIOTS! — The SWAT Team was called in today at the Quincy Tea Party Rally. Obama was speaking at the Oakley-Lindsey/Quincy Community Center this afternoon. — Unreal.
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Rodney Hart / Quincy Herald Whig:
About 200 tea party members make their feelings known during president's Quincy visit — Quincy Tea Party members wanted President Barack Obama to know they were present Wednesday afternoon during his appearance in Quincy. — About 200 people protesting Obama's policies loudly chanted …
Jim Hoft / Big Government:
Team Obama Calls Out Swat Team on Tea Party Patriots! — The SWAT Team was called in today at the Quincy Tea Party Rally. Obama was speaking at the convention center this afternoon. — Unreal. — They didn't want any violence from these threatening protesters. — In Full Riot Gear!!
Dana Loesch / thedanashow.wordpress.com:
Illinois Sends Riot Police to Peaceful Protest in Quincy, Illinois
Illinois Sends Riot Police to Peaceful Protest in Quincy, Illinois
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Kimberly Schwandt / Liveshots:
Crist to Run as Independent in FL Sen Race — Republican Florida Governor Charlie Crist has decided he will run as an independent in the race to fill the Florida U.S. Senate seat, Crist allies tell Fox News. The official announcement is scheduled for Thursday at 5pm ET in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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ABCNEWS:
Source: Crist to Bolt GOP, Run for Senate as Independent — Independent Senate Run Would Roil Florida Senate Race — Florida's Republican Gov. Charlie Crist is preparing to bolt the GOP and run for the United States Senate as an independent, a Republican source tells ABC News.
New York Times:
Republicans Agree to Debate on Financial Overhaul — WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans ended three days of resistance on Wednesday and signalled that they are ready to allow debate of legislation to overhaul regulation of the nation's financial system. — The Republicans …
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Ezra Klein:
Will the Kentucky Derby end the Republican filibuster of FinReg? — Word is that the Democrats might make the Republicans actually filibuster FinReg tonight. That is to say, stand on the floor and talk and talk and talk. And if the Democrats are serious about forcing the Republicans …
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Aaron Blake / The Hill:
DNC chairman fights race-baiting charges — Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine said Wednesday that GOP accusations of Democratic race-baiting are dishonest. — He said Republicans have injected race into the election. — “They're just grasping at a whole lot of different stuff …
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Rosa Prince / Telegraph:
General election 2010: Gordon Brown's brush with ordinary voters goes horribly wrong — It had all been going fairly well for Gordon Brown as he tentatively tried out a new strategy of meeting ordinary people. — Stung by criticism that the Prime Minister was dodging ordinary voters …
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WCBS-TV:
NY Senator: ‘You Racist People In Here’ — Sen. Kevin Parker Hurls Racism Accusations At Colleagues In Albany, Calls Republicans ‘White Supremacists’ — ALBANY (CBS) ― It looks like the circus and childish antics are rearing their ugly head once again in Albany.
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Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Palin Accidentally Slams Fox News as ‘Lamestream Media’ — Hats off to our friends at Media Matters for catching this one. By “lamestream media,” did Palin mean Fox News?: … As they noted, unfortunately that “lamestream media” program she was talking about is Fox & Friends.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices' Ruling Blocks Cross Removal — WASHINGTON — A badly fractured Supreme Court, with six justices writing opinions, reopened the possibility on Wednesday that a large cross serving as a war memorial in a remote part of the Mojave Desert may be permitted to remain there.
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cyber.law.harvard.edu:
A Tale of Two Blogospheres: Discursive Practices on the Left and Right — Authored by Yochai Benkler, Aaron Shaw, Victoria Stodden — Abstract — Discussions of the political effects of the Internet and networked discourse tend to presume consistent patterns of technological adoption and use within a given society.
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Ben Frumin / TPM LiveWire:
GOPer: I Support Deporting American Citizens Whose Parents Are Illegal Immigrants (VIDEO) — Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) wants to start deporting American citizens. — Not all American citizens, mind you. Just the natural-born American citizens that are the children of illegal immigrants.
Jim Galloway / Political Insider:
Your morning jolt: The woman who beat Sarah Palin in Alaska takes aim at the Georgia House — The woman who beat Sarah Palin for the beauty queen title of Miss Alaska in 1984 is aiming for the Legislature. — Singer and actress Maryline Blackburn of Smyrna, now a 24-year resident of the state …
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Richard Teitelbaum / Bloomberg:
Barofsky Says Criminal Charges Possible in Alleged AIG Coverup — Neil Barofsky was unpacking boxes in December 2008 when the stench of sewage wafted through the hallways at the 168-year-old Main Treasury Building. The space assigned to him as head of the Office of the Special Inspector General …
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Pew Research Center:
Survey Reports — Pessimistic Public Doubts Effectiveness of Stimulus, TARP — As the debate in Washington heats up over new regulations on financial markets, the public is divided evenly over whether the Republican Party or Democratic Party (36% each) can do a better job of dealing with banks and financial institutions.
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Two Republicans co-sponsor campaign finance bill — Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who has championed the legislative effort to minimize the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United campaign finance case, has lined up two Republican co-sponsors for the legislation …
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The Huffington Post:
Pima County Sheriff Calls Arizona Law “Stupid,” Will Not Enforce It (VIDEO) — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Columnist George Will is of the opinion that Arizona's police officers are capable of handling the task that the state's draconian new anti-immigration law drops into their laps.
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
The Night Beat: Sorry Charlie — What matters tomorrow...tonight. Subscribe to @marcambinder — 1. Gaggling on AF1 tonight, Obama sounds skeptical he'll see immigration bill this year; says there “may not be an appetite” in Congress ... praises Lindsey Graham by name... gives hints of new federal border protection measures. ...
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Big Wind Farm Off Cape Cod Gets Approval — BOSTON — After nine years of regulatory review, the federal government gave the green light on Wednesday to the nation's first offshore wind farm, a fiercely contested project off the coast of Cape Cod. — Opponents said they would continue …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Boycott Arizona: “Not One More Dime” — MLB should move AZ Cactus-League training to another state — Outrage is pouring out all across America over SB 1070. There's a ton of facebook groups popping up to help organize. The push is on to put pressure on MLB to stop supporting Arizona …
Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Ryan Grim: Texas May Follow in Arizona's Shoes on Immigration Law — Ryan Grim points out the hypocritical game the Republicans have been playing on immigration reform with blaming the federal government even though it was the Republicans caving into the right wing of their base that stopped anything …
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