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Maureen O'Connor / Gawker:
Married GOP Congressman Sent Sexy Pictures to Craigslist Babe — Rep. Christopher Lee is a married Republican congressman serving the 26th District of New York. But when he trolls Craigslist's “Women Seeking Men” forum, he's Christopher Lee, “divorced” “lobbyist” and “fit fun classy guy.”
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Congressman Chris Lee Resigns After Shirtless Photo Posted on Internet — New York Republican Reportedly Sent Revealing Photos to a Woman He Met on Craigslist — Rep. Chris Lee, R-N.Y., resigned from Congress after a report emerged that he had sent flirtatious e-mails …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
House Republicans Battle Turmoil in Their Ranks — WASHINGTON — Under pressure to make deeper spending cuts and blindsided by embarrassing floor defeats, House Republican leaders are quickly discovering the limits of control over their ideologically driven and independent-minded new majority.
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ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Prairie Weather and The Page
Times Union Blogs:
Lee resigns. And now...the special !!!
Lee resigns. And now...the special !!!
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Ben Smith's Blog
Fox News:
N.Y. Rep Declines Comment on Claim He Sent Shirtless Photo to Woman on Craigslist
N.Y. Rep Declines Comment on Claim He Sent Shirtless Photo to Woman on Craigslist
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Washington Post:
Rep. Chris Lee resigns after reports of Craigslist flirtation
Rep. Chris Lee resigns after reports of Craigslist flirtation
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Washington Monthly and The Hill
Annie Groer / Politics Daily:
What started last month with an anonymous woman's Craigslist …
What started last month with an anonymous woman's Craigslist …
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Gawker, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and AOL News
The Politico:
Daniels: I'd have cash, support to win — INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels boasts that he would turn heads with his fundraising firepower and roster of big- name GOP supporters if he jumps into the 2012 presidential race. — “If I were to decide to do this …
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David S. Bernstein / thephoenix.com:
Mitt Rewrites Himself — A new Apology — When Mitt Romney's second book, No Apology, came out a year ago, it looked like he was moving away from the far-right demagoguery of his 2008 bid for the presidency, and toward a more moderate centrism for the 2012 election cycle.
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Ezra Klein, Hot Air and Oliver Willis
CNN:
House Republican leaders poised to give in to conservative demands for more spending cuts — WASHINGTON (CNN) - House Republican leaders under fire from fellow conservatives for backtracking on a promise to cut $100 billion in spending this year are suddenly trying to meet that goal, according to a senior House GOP aide.
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Washington Post:
GOP leaders propose $74 billion in cuts to Obama's budget request
GOP leaders propose $74 billion in cuts to Obama's budget request
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The Politico:
Growing pains: House GOP stumbles
Growing pains: House GOP stumbles
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Palin: No ‘problem’ with gay group at CPAC — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said Wednesday evening she has no objection to the participation of gay Republicans at this weekend's gathering of conservatives in Washington. — Palin said she didn't see anything wrong with the participation of GOProud …
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Rachel Weiner / The Fix:
How a Palin nomination could expand Obama's playing field
Marc Ambinder / NationalJournal.com:
EXCLUSIVE: White House to Cut Energy Assistance for the Poor — Budget proposal would cut billions from aid program. — President Obama's proposed 2012 budget will cut several billion dollars from the government's energy assistance fund for poor people, officials briefed on the subject told National Journal.
Los Angeles Times:
Obama's advisors split on when and how Mubarak should go — White House aides acknowledge that the differing views among Obama's team of advisors has resulted in a mixed message on Egypt. — President Barack Obama and vice president Joe Biden meet with advisors and are briefed on the situation …
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
White House, State Department combat talk of rift on Egypt
White House, State Department combat talk of rift on Egypt
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Front Row Washington, Right Wing News, Weasel Zippers and New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Twitter's Suitors Talk in Billions — As Internet valuations climb and bankers and would-be buyers circle Silicon Valley in an increasingly frothy tech market, many eyes are on one particularly desirable, if still enigmatic, target: Twitter. Discussions with at least some potential suitors …
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Andreessen Horowitz Invests $80 Million in Twitter
Exclusive: Andreessen Horowitz Invests $80 Million in Twitter
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Venture Capital Dispatch and L.A. Times Tech Blog, more at Techmeme »
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Can't Filibuster ObamaCare Repeal — The GOP needs 51 Senate votes, and a new president, to get it done. — Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin likes to taunt his Republican colleagues, arguing that ObamaCare can't be repealed because 60 votes are required to end debate in the Senate on any measure.
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The Hill, Ezra Klein and Daily Kos
Chris McGreal / Guardian:
Egyptian army ‘tortures protesters’ — Military accused by human rights campaigners of targeting hundreds of anti-government protesters — The Egyptian military has secretly detained hundreds and possibly thousands of suspected government opponents since mass protests against President Hosni Mubarak began …
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BBC, AOL News, msnbc.com, Arabist.net, Raw Story, The Nation, hrw.org and New York Times
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Santorum's Twe-eating his Palin words — Rick Santorum is quickly backpedaling from his critical remarks over Sarah Palin's decision to blow off CPAC, going after POLITICO for spotlighting his attack. — “This article is garbage,” Santorum tweeted this morning, linking to the POLITICO story.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Rumsfeld knifes Condi - Obama lunches with top 3 House Rs — Google girds for antitrust war — Jim Wilkinson to Dallas - New Keith Olbermann show — POLITICO Pro: new sites for energy, health, tech — EXCLUSIVE: Former senator Chris Dodd is in negotiations to be named president …
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Ben Rooney / CNNMoney.com:
Postal Service warns of default as losses mount — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The U.S. Postal Service warned Wednesday that it may default on some of its financial obligations later this year after reporting yet another quarterly loss. — The USPS, a self-supporting government agency that receives …
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Hit & Run
Emptywheel:
Security Firms Pitching Bank of America on WikiLeaks Response Proposed Targeting Glenn Greenwald — On Saturday, private security firm HBGary Federal bragged to the FT that it had discovered who key members of the hacking group Anonymous are. In response, Anonymous hacked HB Gary Federal …
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The Agonist, Hullabaloo, Booman Tribune and Balloon Juice
Marybeth Hicks / Townhall.com:
Barbarism the New National Norm? — Civility is making the headlines lately, but if you dig a bit deeper, barbarism is the real story. — To wit: Last month, MSNBC.com carried this story from Reno, NV: “Six girls arrested for Facebook ‘Attack a Teacher Day’ invite.”
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Portrait of HAMP Failure: The Mother of All HAMP Nightmares — I attended a Huffington Post Mortgage Madness Meetup in Los Angeles last night, which suffered from some late planning, the buggy nature of the Meetup tool and the general difficulty of self-organizing.
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Wonkette
Ezra Klein:
Tim Kaine for Senate? — James Webb will not run for reelection in 2010. That means, I'd think, that some members of the Obama administration had better be on the phone telling Tim Kaine to get in the race. Kaine is a former governor of Virginia, and by all accounts, popular in the state.
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