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The Constitution Is Very Important — Thank you for your interest in the Washington Post's Young Pundit Essay Contest. As the leading newspaper in our nation's capital, we are always looking for budding journalistic talent to bring a fresh point of view our editorial pages …
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protein wisdom, Hot Air, NewsBusters.org, Liberty Pundits Blog, Pajamas Media and Sister Toldjah
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Ezra Klein:
What the tea party wants from the Constitution — I'm very curious to know what the GOP — or the tea partyers they're presumably pandering to — think will happen when every piece of legislation requires “a statement from its sponsor outlining where in the Constitution Congress is empowered to enact such legislation.”
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Stephen Gutowski / The Blast:
Ezra Klein: the Constitution is Impossible to Understand Because its Over 100 Years Old — I actually think the dumbest part of this segment is where the host calls Ezra “the Nazis had some good ideas” Klein a wonk. I mean... good lord. — Make sure you watch that again to get what hes arguing here.
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The Right Scoop, Moe Lane, Michelle Malkin and The Gateway Pundit
Ezra Klein:
Yes, the Constitution is binding — This morning, I gave a quick interview to MSNBC where I made, I thought, some fairly banal points on the GOP's plan to honor the Constitution by having it read aloud on the House floor. Asked if it was a gimmick, I replied that it was, because, well, it is.
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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Liberal Star Blogger Ezra Klein: Constitution 'Has No Binding Power …
Liberal Star Blogger Ezra Klein: Constitution 'Has No Binding Power …
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Big Journalism, theblogprof, Mediaite and AmSpecBlog
New York Post:
Topics — When PUBLIC UNION workers decide to “screw” those that are actually paying their salaries it's time for a change. — BOMBASTIC — People died. The union officials should all be charged with manslaughter. — Either that. Or the citizenry needs to take their own retaliation against the “workers”.
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Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
So much for bipartisanship — a slew of recess appointments — On Wednesday, Obama shed any pretense of bipartisanship in making six recess appointments. As were his previous recess appointments, this batch included two individuals whose records are so controversial that they could not obtain confirmation …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE PREDICTABLE RECESS-APPOINTMENT COMPLAINTS.... With the White …
THE PREDICTABLE RECESS-APPOINTMENT COMPLAINTS.... With the White …
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New York Times, Washington Post and Zandar Versus The Stupid
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Rep. King: Obama recess appointment at Justice Dept. ‘absolutely shocking’
Rep. King: Obama recess appointment at Justice Dept. ‘absolutely shocking’
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Firedoglake, Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers and Daily Kos
Colman McCarthy / Washington Post:
'Don't ask, don't tell' has been repealed. ROTC still shouldn't be on campus. — Now that asking and telling has ceased to be problematic in military circles, ROTC has resurfaced as a national issue: Will universities such as Harvard, Yale and other Ivy League schools be opened …
Justin Elliott / Salon:
Mosque foes launch Bieber boycott — The unlikely story of how the teen pop sensation became ensnared in the “ground zero mosque” fight — Andy Sullivan, a construction worker and Brooklyn native, has been one of the loudest opponents of Park51, the planned mosque and community center near ground zero.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Good Grief... Leading RNC Candidate's Law Firm Supports Obamacare - Says It's Constitutional — This will go over well with the conservative base... If you thought the fact that RNC Chair candidate, Maria Cino, was an Obamacare lobbyist was outrageous wait until you hear the latest...
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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
RNC Candidate Priebus's Law Firm Says Health Reform Is Constitutional …
RNC Candidate Priebus's Law Firm Says Health Reform Is Constitutional …
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Daily Kos
Alex Pareene / Salon:
Judith Miller: From the Times to the nuts — Judith Miller used to be a superstar. She was a major reporter at the New York Times for decades — at the DC bureau, in Cairo, in Paris, special correspondent to the Persian Gulf, embedded with a special unit in Iraq. She had the best sources.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Paging Mr. Smith! How The Senate May Return To The Old-School Filibuster — On January 5, 2011 — the first day of the 112th Congress — Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) will touch off a long debate, which he hopes will result in a majority-rules vote on a package of meaningful changes to the Senate rules.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
How Harry Reid And Mitch McConnell Could Upend Filibuster Reform
How Harry Reid And Mitch McConnell Could Upend Filibuster Reform
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David Browne / PARADE Magazine:
Joe Scarborough: ‘I May Feel the Need to Run for Office Again’ … Sign up for our free online newsletter!
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Krissah Thompson / Washington Post:
Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour to free sisters sentenced to life in prison for robbery — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) announced late Wednesday that he will grant an early release from prison to two sisters serving unusually long sentences for armed robbery. — Gladys and Jamie Scott have each served 16 years of a life sentence.
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Maxim Lott / Fox News:
Eight Botched Environmental Forecasts — The Statue of Liberty, depicted frozen solid in the movie “The Day After Tomorrow.” Many weather forecasters and scientists wonder whether a coming period of “global cooling” may be on the way. — A new year is around the corner …
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Hit & Run, Clayton Cramer's Blog and AmSpecBlog
T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
Geraldine Doyle, 86, dies; one-time factory worker inspired Rosie the Riveter and ‘We Can Do It!’ poster — Geraldine Doyle, 86, who as a 17-year-old factory worker became the inspiration for a popular World War II recruitment poster that evoked female power and independence under the slogan …
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Bachmann: ‘Snotty’ Gore Vidal Novel Turned Me Republican! (VIDEO) — Gore Vidal, what have you done? — At a speech to Michigan Republicans on Tuesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) — the darling of the Tea Party right — told an amazing story about how she shed her youthful Democratic roots and became a Republican.
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Harry's Place, Wonkette and First Draft
Eric Kleefeld / TPMMuckraker:
Steve King Digs In: Congress Will Investigate ‘Reparations’ Settlement For Black Farmers — Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is continuing to blast the government's recent discrimination settlement with African-American farmers as “reparations” — and even predicting that the new Republican-led House will investigate it.
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The Local:
Man's penis amputated following misdiagnosis — Double click on a word to get a translation — A Swedish man was forced to have his penis amputated after waiting more than a year to learn he had cancer. — The man, who is in his sixties, first visited a local clinic in Blekinge …
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Scared Monkeys, The Good Men Project Magazine, International Liberty and Left Coast Rebel
Ben Smith / The Politico:
The book that defined modern campaign reporting — CHESTERTOWN, Md. — Before Richard Ben Cramer bought his old white farmhouse here in 1993, he called in “the best real estate guy that I know,” and then-Delaware Sen. Joe Biden and his brother Jimmy drove down from Wilmington to have a look.
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Is Palin-mania A Liberal Plot? — A Gallup poll finds that the only contemporary Republican political leader who makes the Republicans' list of “most admired people” is Sarah Palin (who is cited as “most admired woman” by 26% of Republicans — no other current politician cracks 3% among Republicans.)
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Oliver Willis and A plain blog about politics
A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas — PARSONS, Kan. — An unlikely pilgrimage is under way to Dwayne's Photo, a small family business that has through luck and persistence become the last processor in the world of Kodachrome, the first successful and still the most beloved color film.
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
‘King of the Birthers’ Launches Bid for Presidency — Andy Martin Says Birther Candidacy Will Drive GOP Message in 2012 — Andy Martin has worn a lot of hats in his life: lawyer, talk-radio host and professor. But now the self-crowned “king of the birthers” says he wants to be president of the United States.
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Oliver Willis and Weigel
Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
Murkowski certified Senate election winner — JUNEAU — Sen. Lisa Murkowski was officially named the winner of Alaska's U.S. Senate race Thursday, following a legal battle that lasted longer than the write-in campaign she waged to keep her job. — Gov. Sean Parnell and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell …
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The Fix, The Hill, Politics Daily, Anchorage Daily News, Hot Air, Weigel, Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway and Joe Miller for Senate
Mike / Rortybomb:
Biggest Surprise of Last Two Years: Bad at Losing. — A few weeks ago Jonathan Bernstein asked liberals “As the 111th Congress winds down, what's your biggest disappointment of the things you expected to happen?” — Bad at Losing — I expected Obama to be a better loser, specifically to be better at losing.
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