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Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun Times:
Rahm Emanuel booted off ballot in 2-1 Appellate Court decision — Rahm Emanuel was thrown off the ballot for mayor of Chicago today by an appellate court panel, a stunning blow to the fund-raising leader in the race. — An appellate panel ruled 2-1 that Emanuel did not meet the residency standard to run for mayor.
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Court Knocks Emanuel Off Ballot — CHICAGO — With only a month to go until Election Day, more than $10 million in campaign money in the bank and an overwhelming lead in the polls, Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff, was disqualified on Monday from appearing on this city's ballot for mayor.
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Kristen Mack / Chicago Tribune:
Court orders Emanuel off mayoral ballot
Court orders Emanuel off mayoral ballot
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Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
Could Rahm Emanuel Run as a Write-In?
Could Rahm Emanuel Run as a Write-In?
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Obama won't endorse raising retirement age or reducing Social Security benefits — President Obama has decided not to endorse his deficit commission's recommendation to raise the retirement age, and otherwise reduce Social Security benefits, in Tuesday's State of the Union address …
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CNN:
Top Senate Budget Republican not ruling out government shutdown — Washington (CNN) - Most Republicans demanding to slash federal spending won't entertain the idea of taking a possible standoff with President Obama so far that the government shuts down. — But the top Republican …
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John Harwood / The Caucus:
President, Rebounding, Gives Opponents Pause
President, Rebounding, Gives Opponents Pause
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Report: George W. Bush aides violated Hatch Act — During the 2006 midterm elections, White House political aides to President George W. Bush engaged in widespread violations of a federal law which limits partisan political activity by government employees, a long-running federal investigation has found.
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John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
The West Wing, Season II — Almost overnight, Barack Obama overhauled his White House and rewrote much of the script. Now all he needs is a happy ending. — David Axelrod awoke at three in the morning and checked his BlackBerry. It was January 12, a few hours before Barack Obama …
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
White House Says Chinese Folk Song Played During State Dinner …
White House Says Chinese Folk Song Played During State Dinner …
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Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
CNN's Erick Erickson Suggests “Mass Bloodshed” May Be Necessary If Roe Isn't Overturned — CNN's Erick Erickson is also Editor-in-Chief and “Dear Leader” of the conservative blog Red State, so this charming passage posted by “The Directors” is presumably his doing:
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
AZ lawmaker: Roe v. Wade a factor in shootings
AZ lawmaker: Roe v. Wade a factor in shootings
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William Saletan / Slate:
Is it OK to abort a viable fetus? An answer to pro-choicers on Kermit Gosnell. — Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortionist, has been charged with butchering viable babies, causing a woman's death, and endangering other patients. A grand jury report details his alleged crimes.
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Kermit Gosnell Drugged, Tied Up Woman Before Forced Abortion
Kermit Gosnell Drugged, Tied Up Woman Before Forced Abortion
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Ezra Klein:
The people who will really decide whether health-care reform succeeds or fails — The New Yorker isn't allowing Atul Gawande's latest article out from behind the paywall, but you can read the abstract here. The basic point is well worth keeping in mind amid all the arguments over the Affordable Care Act …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Reforming the Reform — Last week, the Republican Party proved …
Reforming the Reform — Last week, the Republican Party proved …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
19 days in, GOP leadership takes credit for job growth — It took less than three weeks for the new Republican Congressional leadership to claim credit for an apparent economic upturn. — An aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Brian Patrick, emailed reporters this morning:
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BBC:
Domodedovo blast: Explosion rocks Moscow's main airport — Moscow's Domodedovo airport - the busiest in the Russian capital - has been rocked by an explosion that has reportedly killed 31 people. — More than 100 more are thought to have been injured in the blast, which reports suggest may have been the work of a suicide bomber.
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Scalia: No plans to attend Obama's State of the Union address — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told The Hill on Monday evening that he does not plan on attending the State of the Union address on Tuesday. — The conservative-leaning jurist said that he hasn't “gone to the State …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
‘You lie’ congressman to sit with Dems at State of the Union
‘You lie’ congressman to sit with Dems at State of the Union
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Paul Krugman:
The War on Demand — Something really strange has happened to the debate over economic policy in the face of the Great Recession and its aftermath — or maybe the real point is that events have revealed the true nature of the debate, stripping away some of the illusions.
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Please Don't Be Offended — I might be the last person to notice this, but I still sort of wonder what it says about us. I was over at Dave Weigel's place a few minutes ago, and he linked to a Twitter post by Jim Geraghty, who I don't happen to follow. When I clicked the link, it included the following message:
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Barack Obama / USA Today:
Reagan saw that ‘we are all patriots’ — Ronald Wilson Reagan was a believer. As a husband, a father, an entertainer, a governor and a president, he recognized that each of us has the power — as individuals and as a nation — to shape our own destiny. He had faith in the American promise …
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ABCNEWS:
Justice Clarence Thomas Amends 20 Years of Disclosure Forms With Wife's Employers — Virginia Thomas' Place of Employment Had Been Omitted From Justice's Reports — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas amended 20 years worth of financial disclosure forms today after a liberal watchdog group questioned …
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Jillian Rayfield / TPMDC:
Bachmann: America Was Founded On Diversity (VIDEO) — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) had an interesting take this weekend on America's first European settlers, who she said “had different cultures, different backgrounds, different traditions.” — “How unique in all of the world …
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John H. Richardson / Esquire:
Mike Bloomberg Will Save Us from Ourselves If Only We Let Him — He's liberal. He's conservative. He's idealistic. He's pragmatic. He's egalitarian. He's the elite of the elite. He's not running for president. But he just might consider a hostile takeover. — By John H. Richardson
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
Mortgage Giants Leave Legal Bills to the Taxpayers — Since the government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers have spent more than $160 million defending the mortgage finance companies and their former top executives in civil lawsuits accusing them of fraud.
New York Times:
Olbermann Split Came After Years of Tension — MSNBC never had any doubt about what it was getting when it made Keith Olbermann the face of the network in 2003: a highly talented broadcaster, a distinctive and outspoken voice and a mercurial personality with a track record of attacking his superiors and making early exits.
Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
Senator Rubio Questions Need for the Senate Tea Party Caucus (VIDEO) — During my recent interview with Senator Marco Rubio, he addressed the growing speculation concerning whether or not he would join the newly formed Senate Tea Party Caucus. Many of Rubio's supporters and Tea Party leaders …
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Commentary:
Where Did the Stimulus Go? — During the recent recession, the U.S. Congress passed two large economic stimulus programs. President Bush's February 2008 program totaled $152 billion. President Obama's bill, enacted a year later, was considerably larger at $862 billion. Neither worked.
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