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Robert Draper / New York Times:
The Palin Network — On the night of the midterm elections earlier this month, Sarah Palin stayed up until 3 in the morning. From her hotel bedroom in Manhattan, she and her husband, Todd, followed the returns while she wrote e-mails on her iPad — congratulating winners, consoling losers …
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Bristol Palin's dancing prompts man to shoot his TV — By Sharif Durhams of the Journal Sentinel — A rural Dane County man believes Bristol Palin should not be on “Dancing With The Stars.” — He demanded his wife get his pistols to emphasize his point.
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Weasel Zippers and Another Black Conservative
The Smoking Gun:
Man Shoots TV Over Bristol Palin Dancing — Suspect surrendered after 15-hour standoff with Wisconsin cops … Like most Americans, Steven Cowan has been perplexed by Bristol Palin's curious ability to keep advancing in TV's “Dancing with the Stars” competition.
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Cubachi, The Jawa Report, Indecision Forever, Big Hollywood, Mediaite, Liberty Pundits Blog and Hot Air
Jezebel:
How Palin Conservatives Are Cheating The DWTS Voting System — It's been alleged that the Tea Party's “Operation Bristol” is keeping the teen mom in the competition. However, the real conspiracy is that her conservative supporters have figured out a way to exploit ABC.com's email-voting feature, allowing infinite votes.
Ed Treleven / host.madison.com:
Bristol Palin's dancing on TV set off man in standoff, complaint says
Bristol Palin's dancing on TV set off man in standoff, complaint says
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Show Tracker and Instapundit
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Palin: ‘I am’ thinking about 2012 bid
Palin: ‘I am’ thinking about 2012 bid
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Guardian, Indecision Forever and New York Times
The Politico:
Nancy Pelosi survives Democratic revolt — Democrats elected Nancy Pelosi as their minority leader on Wednesday, but only after a brutal two days of arguing behind closed doors and a 150-43 vote that revealed a bloc of disgruntled Democrats to be firmly in the anti-Pelosi camp.
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The Nation, Weigel, Weasel Zippers, Gawker and ProfessorBainbridge.com
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Pelosi Elected House Democratic Leader — WASHINGTON—Democrats in the House of Representatives voted 150-43 Wednesday to keep House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as their leader in the new Congress, a number of lawmakers said as they emerged from the caucus meeting.
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The Gateway Pundit, Patterico's Pontifications and Pajamas Media
The Hill:
House Dems elect Pelosi as leader
House Dems elect Pelosi as leader
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CBS News, Michelle Malkin, msnbc.com, Hot Air, Associated Press, Wake up America, Washington Wire, HotAirPundit and AMERICAblog News
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Leader of TSA offers pat-downs to senators — The head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) offered on Wednesday to have airport screeners come to Capitol Hill to give senators a pat-down so they could fully understand the mechanics of the newly deployed, controversial technique.
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Liberty Pundits Blog and AmSpecBlog
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Noah Shachtman / Wall Street Journal:
Has Airport Security Gone Too Far? — Pilots and travelers are rebelling against scanners that douse them with X-rays and reveal their private parts. There must be a better way. — In May, Transportation Security Administration screener Rolando Negrin pummeled a co-worker with his government-issued baton.
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CBS News, Danger Room, Left Coast Rebel, Israel Matzav, Prairie Weather, TigerHawk and American Power
Joshua Norman / CBS News:
Senators and TSA Defend “Love Pats” at Airports
Senators and TSA Defend “Love Pats” at Airports
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Washington Post, Swampland, The Gateway Pundit, LewRockwell.com Blog and Raw Story
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: Full-body scanners violate Fourth Amendment
GOP lawmaker: Full-body scanners violate Fourth Amendment
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AMERICAblog News and The Gateway Pundit
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Behind delayed summit: Republican distrust of President Obama — The roots of the partisan standoff that led to the postponement of the bipartisan White House summit scheduled for Thursday date back to January, when President Barack Obama crashed a GOP meeting in Baltimore to deliver a humiliating rebuke of House Republicans.
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Crooks and Liars, CNN, The Note, The Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Pajamas Media, Washington Post, Politics Daily, Daily Kos, The Moderate Voice, Associated Press, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Washington Independent, TPMDC, ChattahBox News Blog, ABCNEWS, The Caucus, Washington Monthly, Gold-Plated Witch on Wheels and Taylor Marsh
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
That's the Story? (#GalacticFail Edition) — The Politico has a story up tonight about how and why the bipartisan, everybody-get-along summit between President Obama and congressional Republicans ended up getting postponed. And a key part of it, according to Hill Republicans …
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JustOneMinute, The Impolitic, The Plum Line, TPMDC, CNN, The Politico, Balloon Juice, Gawker, Politics Daily, Wonkette, No More Mister Nice Blog and Daily Kos
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Murkowski's lead more than 10,000 votes — Today's review of write-in ballots ended with Sen. Lisa Murkowski enjoying an apparently insurmountable 10,420-vote lead over Joe Miller. — Murkowski also now has collected more votes that went unchallenged by Miller ballot observers than Miller's total vote count.
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Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Lisa Murkowski Makes History, Wins Alaska Senate Race
Lisa Murkowski Makes History, Wins Alaska Senate Race
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Little Green Footballs and Joe. My. God.
Fhardingj / CNN:
BREAKING: GOP Sen. Murkowski to declare victory in Alaska Senate race
BREAKING: GOP Sen. Murkowski to declare victory in Alaska Senate race
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The Politico
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
One Way to Trim Deficit: Cultivate Growth — We look back on the late 1990s as a rare time when the federal government ran budget surpluses. We tend to forget that those surpluses came as a surprise to almost everybody. — As late as 1998, the Congressional Budget Office was predicting a deficit for 1999.
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Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Roger Ailes Lets Rip — In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast, the Fox News chief says Obama thinks differently from most Americans, defends Murdoch's GOP donations, and admits Beck sometimes goes too far. — In the media world, as in politics, having a high-profile target can be a very good thing.
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner favored as 61st House Speaker on his 61st birthday — House Republicans unanimously elected Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) to be the Speaker-designate of the House of Representatives. — As expected, members of the House GOP conference voted for the Ohio Republican as their choice …
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Weasel Zippers
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Drew Armstrong / Bloomberg:
Insurers Gave U.S. Chamber $86 Million Used to Oppose Obama's Health Law — Health insurers last year gave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce $86.2 million that was used to oppose the health-care overhaul law, according to tax records and people familiar with the donation.
Warren E. Buffett / New York Times:
Pretty Good for Government Work — My mother told me to send thank-you notes promptly. I've been remiss. — Let me remind you why I'm writing. Just over two years ago, in September 2008, our country faced an economic meltdown. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the pillars that supported …
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The Big Picture, Mediaite, Felix Salmon, Ezra Klein and ChattahBox News Blog
Aaron Wiener / The Washington Independent:
The Washington Independent, signing off — Nearly three years ago, The Washington Independent was launched as a bold experiment in online journalism. The idea was to combine hard-nosed investigative reporting with all the web had to offer: the nimbleness of real-time coverage …
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ThinkProgress:
Senate Republicans Vote Unanimously Against Bill To Help Guarantee Fair Pay For Women — Our guest blogger is Rebecca Lefton, a Researcher with Progressive Media. — Today, Senate Republicans voted unanimously against legislation to close the pay gap between women and men.
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The Huffington Post, nwlc.org, Lez Get Real, Taylor Marsh, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ECHIDNE of the snakes and Shakesville
The Huffington Post:
Michael Bloomberg & Joe Scarborough: The Independent Odd Couple — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … WASHINGTON — There's no campaign yet, and there may never be, but New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and MSNBC's morning talk-show host Joe Scarborough have begun trying to figure out whether …
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Philly.com, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Weigel, No More Mister Nice Blog, City Room, New York Magazine, Front Row Washington, Weasel Zippers, Guardian, Wonkette and Gawker
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Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post:
GOP to jobless: Drop dead — More than a century ago, a former congressman from Nebraska electrified delegates gathered in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention with a stirring denunciation of Wall Street and the monied interests that would put an over-indebted country through …
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news.firedoglake.com, New York Times, Washington Monthly, National Review and Daily Kos
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Fighting the Fed — Sarah Palin is leading conservatives' most sinister campaign to date.
Fighting the Fed — Sarah Palin is leading conservatives' most sinister campaign to date.
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TPMDC, Oliver Willis, National Review, Swampland, Weigel and naked capitalism
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Reid's new chief of staff is also his top donor — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) new chief of staff is a heavy-hitting Democratic donor, who's contributed at least $35,000 to Reid himself. — David Krone, a former Comcast executive and telecommunications lobbyist whom Reid tapped …
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