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Matt Viser / Boston Globe:
Romney keeps away from Tea Party — Possible presidential contender isn't courting activists — Tea Party activists in New Hampshire say the former Massachusetts governor has been largely inaccessible to them. (Mary Schwalm/Associated Press) — WASHINGTON — New Hampshire Tea Party …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
New Hampshire GOP faces Tea Party takeover
New Hampshire GOP faces Tea Party takeover
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Huckabee ahead nationally
Huckabee ahead nationally
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Republican Presidential Contenders for 2012
Republican Presidential Contenders for 2012
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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
Glenn Beck in June 2010: 'You're Gonna Have to Shoot Them in the Head' — But, of course, “both sides do it!”... sigh... [via Stephen Webster at RAW STORY]... The video above was from June 10, 2010. — “You need to go back to June — June of this year, 2010,” …
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No, Charles Johnson, Glenn Beck Did Not Tell His Viewers to Shoot Anyone in the Head — On Twitter, Charles Johnson excitedly says: — He links to a post, evidently written by an LGF user, which provides no context for the clip, but simply embeds it. Here is a screenshot of the entire post:
ccrjustice.org:
CCR Appeals to Fox News President for Help in Silencing Glenn Beck Misinformation Campaign Against Progressive Professor — Repeated Branding of 78-Year-Old Professor Frances Fox Piven as “Enemy of the Constitution” Incites Death Threats — Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights …
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Stephen C. Webster / Raw Story:
'You're going to have to shoot them in the head,' Beck said of Democratic leaders
'You're going to have to shoot them in the head,' Beck said of Democratic leaders
Abby Phillip / The Politico:
White House reboots on economic advice — Signaling a shift to a new phase of the administration's response to the nation's economic woes, President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Friday establishing a new Council on Jobs and Competitiveness that will be lead by General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt.
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Jeffrey R. Immelt / Washington Post:
A blueprint for keeping America competitive — President Obama has asked me to chair his new President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. I have served for the past two years on the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, and I look forward to leading the next phase of this effort …
Political Correction RSS:
Rep. Broun: Mixed Seating At SOTU Is “A Trap” To “Silence Republicans” When “Barack Obama Spews Out All His Venom” — 1 hour and 16 minutes ago — Matt Finkelstein — The tragic shootings in Tucson prompted calls for civility from politicians on both sides of the aisle, including Sen. Mark Udall's …
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Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times:
A Path Is Sought for States to Escape Their Debt Burdens — Policy makers are working behind the scenes to come up with a way to let states declare bankruptcy and get out from under crushing debts, including the pensions they have promised to retired public workers.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Everything starts with repeal — Suppose someone - say, the president of United States - proposed the following: We are drowning in debt. More than $14 trillion right now. I've got a great idea for deficit reduction. It will yield a savings of $230 billion over the next 10 years …
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CNN:
Giffords arrives in Houston — Tucson, Arizona (CNN) — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Friday left the Tucson hospital where she has been treated since a January 8 gunshot wound, traveling under police escort down streets lined with well-wishers. — Laying on a gurney, she then boarded …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
At Houston hospital, Giffords faces arduous rehabilitation
At Houston hospital, Giffords faces arduous rehabilitation
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Lbentzterp / CNN:
President Obama is taking your questions — Washington (CNN) - If you have lingering questions after hearing President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, you may get the chance to ask them. — The president will participate in a live streamed YouTube interview on Thursday January 27th …
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
‘Mr. President, Say This on Tuesday Night’
‘Mr. President, Say This on Tuesday Night’
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Tim Pawlenty / Washington Post:
Don't raise the debt limit - reform entitlement spending — Five years ago, a freshman senator made a case against allowing the federal government to go deeper into debt. — “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure,” he said.
Telegraph:
Brother of Harry Potter star jailed for attacking her — The brother of a Harry Potter star has been jailed for six months for a “prolonged and nasty” attack in which she was beaten and branded a “slag” for dating a non-Muslim. — Afshan Azad, 21, who played Padma Patil …
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New York Times:
Poll Finds Wariness About Cutting Entitlements — As President Obama and Congress brace to battle over how to reduce chronic annual budget deficits, Americans overwhelmingly say that in general they prefer cutting government spending to paying higher taxes, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
I'm declaring February a Palin-free month. Join me! — Though it is embarrassing to admit this in public, I can no longer hide the truth. I have a Sarah Palin problem. — I have written about her in 42 columns since Sen. John McCain picked her as his presidential running mate in 2008.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Sen. Murkowski questions approach to health repeal — Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Thursday cast doubt on the manner in which Republicans have attempted to repeal the healthcare law. — Murkowski (Alaska) said that she would vote to repeal the law if a vote was held in the Senate …
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Jason Brudereck / Reading Eagle:
Woman who fell into fountain faces theft charges, has criminal record — The Reading woman who became an Internet sensation by falling into a fountain while sending a text on her cell phone was in Berks County Court on Thursday for a status hearing on theft-by-deception and related charges.
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Obama Mispronounces Name Of ‘Great Friend’ Gillibrand — Can you pronounce your friends' names? Hold on, let's narrow that down. Can you pronounce the names of your “great friends”? Pres. Obama can't—at least when it comes to Sen. Gillibrand of New York.
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PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
I get email — Lately I've been receiving a flood of messages from the anti-choice zealots. They've got one thing in common: they all contain lots of images of aborted fetuses, a common tactic used by these creatures to intimidate with horrible images. I'm not impressed.
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msnbc.com:
Mass bird die-off: Feds poisoned them — South Dakota birds were eating from cattle feed lots, leaving waste on equipment — Below: — NBC News and msnbc.com — YANKTON, S.D. — When birds started falling dead in Yankton on Monday, there was understandable alarm.
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Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Outspoken Tucson sheriff faces recall bid — Tea party group wants Dupnik out — Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has never lost an election, but that was before his remarks assigning blame for the deadly Tucson, Ariz., shooting to political “vitriol” and calling Arizona “a mecca for prejudice and bigotry.”
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BBC:
Tony Blair ‘deeply and profoundly regrets’ Iraq dead — Blair told the inquiry he discussed regime change with President Bush — Tony Blair has said he “regrets deeply and profoundly the loss of life” in Iraq since the 2003 invasion. — The former prime minister said his apparent refusal …
Mike Riggs / The Daily Caller:
Lost in the madhouse: Three stories of involuntary confinement — Erik* was not familiar with the expression “Baker Act'd” the night a college psychologist came to his dorm room, woke him up, and took him to a nearby hospital. In fact, Erik didn't realize anything was wrong until police handcuffed him …
Jason Mattera / Human Events:
Are We In Bill Clinton's Third Term? — Jacob Lew was tapped by Barack Obama last July to lead the Office of Management & Budget. Most recently, William Daley accepted a request to serve as BHO's chief of staff. — Both Lew and Daley also had prominent positions within the Clinton administration …
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Justin McCurry / Guardian:
Eight Somali pirates killed as South Korea rescues freighter crew — Navy commandos storm ship hijacked in Arabian Sea, and officials say all 21 crewmembers safe after operation — South Korean navy commandos today rescued the crew of a freighter hijacked in the Arabian Sea last week …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
A Most Valuable Democrat — In the spring of 2008, John McCain asked Joe Lieberman to speak on his behalf at the Republican National Convention. “If I look back, I wonder about it,” Lieberman now says. But it seemed the natural way to help the man he deemed most qualified to be president.
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