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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Sarah Palin gets in dustup with teacher — Sarah Palin was involved in a short argument over the weekend with an Alaska teacher over her decision to leave her post as governor of Alaska. AP — Sarah Palin was involved in a brief argument over the weekend with an Alaska teacher …
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Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
Did Sarah Palin Roll Her Eyes at Teaching? — Sarah Palin was up in Homer, Alaska, recently, fishing with her Discovery Channel crew in tow, when she was met with an unpleasant protest: a giant banner reading “Worst Governor Ever,” unfurled nearby by local Kathleen Gustafson.
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There you go again, LSM — While filming the Alaska documentary in Homer, I had a brief discussion with a local lady who, in typical Alaska style, decided to give me her two cents worth about my political leanings, American politics in general, and much else besides.
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Patterico's Pontifications, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, American Power, Gawker and Swampland
Shannyn Moore / The Huffington Post:
Palin's Homer Moment: Celebrity Sarah Confronted by Citizen (WATCH) — I'm really proud of my home town. When I say, “I'm just a girl from Homer” on my blog, radio or television show, I like to think it's not so much self-deprecation as it is a friendly warning.
Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
Palin laughs and rolls her eyes when demonstrator says she's a teacher.
Palin laughs and rolls her eyes when demonstrator says she's a teacher.
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Huckabee backs Palin's Senate pick
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Marriage Ideal — Here are some commonplace arguments against gay marriage: Marriage is an ancient institution that has always been defined as the union of one man and one woman, and we meddle with that definition at our peril. Lifelong heterosexual monogamy is natural; gay relationships are not.
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Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
Judge Vaughn Walker Gets Smeared By the Media
Judge Vaughn Walker Gets Smeared By the Media
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Steve Chapman / Reason:
Overreaching on Gay Marriage
Overreaching on Gay Marriage
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protein wisdom, GayPatriot, Balloon Juice and Hit & Run
David Frum / CNN:
Frum: Bristol-Levi more significant that Prop 8 ruling
Frum: Bristol-Levi more significant that Prop 8 ruling
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Box Turtle Bulletin and FrumForum
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Marriage and the role of the state
Marriage and the role of the state
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GQ:
GQ Exclusive: Rand Paul's Kooky College Days (Hint: There's a Secret Society Involved) — When the Lexington Herald-Leader reported last week that Rand Paul was, in effect, a college dropout, it looked like the 2010 midterms might feature yet another fabulist.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Charge: Rand Paul tied up teammate, tried to ‘force her to take bong hits’
Charge: Rand Paul tied up teammate, tried to ‘force her to take bong hits’
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City Room:
JetBlue Flight Attendant Uses Emergency Slide to Escape Dispute — A photo from Steven Slater's MySpace page. “Would you like to buy an E190?” the caption asks, referring to the type of plane that Mr. Slater is said to have fled on Monday down the escape hatch.
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Sean Gardiner / Metropolis:
Flight Attendant Pops Emergency Chute, Escapes Plane at JFK
Flight Attendant Pops Emergency Chute, Escapes Plane at JFK
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Hot Air, Gothamist and Clusterstock
Maureen O'Connor / Gawker:
Flight Attendant Uses Inflatable Slide for Dramatic Job Walk-Out (Updated)
Flight Attendant Uses Inflatable Slide for Dramatic Job Walk-Out (Updated)
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Lez Get Real and Clusterstock
Michael P. Fleischer / Wall Street Journal:
Why I'm Not Hiring — When you add it all up, it costs $74,000 to put $44,000 in Sally's pocket and to give her $12,000 in benefits. — With unemployment just under 10% and companies sitting on their cash, you would think that sooner or later job growth would take off. I think it's going to be later—much later.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Greg Gutfeld: I'm raising money to build a Muslim gay bar next to the Ground Zero mosque — Andy Levy assures me that he's quite serious. Media narrative on the GZ mosque: Shining beacon of liberal values bursting through the overcast skies of American intolerance.
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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Ground Zero Mosque (Actually, Two-Blocks-from-Ground-Zero Mosque)
Ground Zero Mosque (Actually, Two-Blocks-from-Ground-Zero Mosque)
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National Review, Weasel Zippers, Da Techguy's Blog, New York Post and Hot Air
Lynn Sweet / Politics Daily:
Why Michelle Obama Vacationed in Spain: To Be With Grieving Friend — Michelle Obama returned to Washington on Sunday from five days on Spain's Mediterranean coast, taking a mother-daughter trip with Sasha, 9, that stirred controversy. A White House source told me, however …
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Inside story of Michelle's trip
Inside story of Michelle's trip
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Ed Rendell: Many Republicans ‘are nuts’ — Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell on Monday said that Republican desires to repeal the 14th Amendment are “cuckoo” and prove that many in the GOP “are nuts.” — Asked during an MSNBC interview about many Republicans' calls to repeal the portion …
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Rmcneely / Matthew Yglesias:
GOP Fantasy Agenda Leaves Public in the Dark
GOP Fantasy Agenda Leaves Public in the Dark
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Washington Monthly, Gawker, The Hill and Ezra Klein
CNN:
Obama to GOP: I'm pretty good at politicking, remember? — (CNN) — President Barack Obama warned Republicans on Monday that he is back in campaign mode. — In a fundraising speech in Austin, Texas, Obama complained that while his administration has been governing the country since January 2009 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Are Americans Bigots? — Attacking the motives of those who disagree with elite opinion has become all too common. — When in 1983 Ronald Reagan characterized the Soviet Union as an “evil empire,” the reaction from his betters was swift. Writing in the New York Times, Anthony Lewis called it …
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Townhall.com and The Future of Capitalism
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Ryan Rips Krugman: ‘Intellectually Lazy’ and ‘Bizarre’ Attack — Talking late this afternoon with THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Republican congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin blasted New York Times columnist Paul Krugman for his “intellectualy lazy” attack on Ryan's fiscal “Roadmap.”
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Power Line, Hot Air, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and The Huffington Post
Jim Newell / Gawker:
Horrible Obama-Smashing Carnival Game Wows Jersey Shore Patrons — Last week, a fair near Allentown, Pennsylvania grabbed some attention for its “Alien Attack” shooting-gallery game, where one could shoot at Barack Obama's likeness. The game was pulled. But there's still a similar game on the Jersey Shore boardwalk!
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Left Coast Rebel, Crooks and Liars, Doug Ross and American Power
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Pentagon Plans Steps to Reduce Budget and Jobs — WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Monday that he would close a military command, restrict the use of outside contractors and reduce the number of generals and admirals across the armed forces as part of a broad effort to rein in Pentagon spending.
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Gates announces major job cuts as Pentagon looks to cut spending
Gates announces major job cuts as Pentagon looks to cut spending
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The Politico
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Levi Johnston for mayor. . . really — Reality show follows Palin player's bid for office — Levi Johnston is setting his sights on the dysfunctional family business. — Johnston will run for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska — yes, the same job that propelled Sarah Palin to governor of that state …
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Dylan Matthews / Ezra Klein:
Where does the Laffer curve bend? — With the Bush tax cuts due to expire soon and debates about raising top rates further to cut the budget deficit soon to follow, the Laffer curve is bound to come up again. The idea, popularized by economist Arthur Laffer and writer Jude Wanninski in the 1970s and '80s, is simple.
Google Public Policy Blog:
A joint policy proposal for an open Internet — Posted by Alan Davidson, Google director of public policy and Tom Tauke, Verizon executive vice president of public affairs, policy, and communications — The original architects of the Internet got the big things right.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
A deep bench of substitute justices goes unused — Justice John Paul Stevens has been retired from the Supreme Court for more than a month. Maybe it's time to bring him back. — Or perhaps Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Since she left in 2006, she's been crisscrossing the nation denouncing …
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TPMDC, Law Blog, Election Law and The BLT