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Betsy Rothstein / mediabistro.com:
Apologies From Dubai. Nir Rosen: ‘I Feel Like Shrinking Now’ — Somehow left-wing journalist Nir Rosen didn't realize how serious it was when he shot off those tasteless tweets about CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan, who was sexually assaulted in Egypt. Strangers are now lambasting him.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
After Sexual Assault & Beating... CBS Reporter Logan Learns That Political Correctness Is a Killer ...Update: No Media Matters, There Will Be No Retraction — Lara Logan is lucky she's alive. — Her liberal belief system almost got her killed on Friday. This talented reporter will never be the same.
New York Post:
CBS reporter's Cairo nightmare — “60 Minutes” correspondent Lara Logan was repeatedly sexually assaulted by thugs yelling, “Jew! Jew!” as she covered the chaotic fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo's main square Friday, CBS and sources said yesterday.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
NYU Accepts Rosen's Resignation — Just arriving from NYU: … Yesterday, I predicted, with some cynicism, some sweeping of this under the rug, so I applaud NYU's Center on Law and Security for taking this seriously. I believe in the First Amendment and the need to forgive the occasional stupid …
Ben Dimiero / Media Matters for America:
Jim Hoft Blames Lara Logan For Her Sexual Assault — One thing you learn when covering Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft is to never declare anything he does “rock bottom,” because he always manages to find a new low. — Today, he blamed CBS reporter Lara Logan and “her liberal belief system” for her sexual assault and beating in Egypt.
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New York Times, Hullabaloo and Oliver Willis
Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
In major reversal, U.S. agrees to rebuke Israel in Security Council — The U.S. has informed Arab governments that it will support a U.N. Security Council statement reaffirming that the 15-nation body “does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity,” …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
U.S. offered to back U.N. Israel rebuke [UPDATED] — In a major shift in US policy toward Israel, Colum Lynch reports that the U.S. was poised to support a Security Council statement denouncing Israel's settlement construction. — The substance of the resolution is nothing this Administration …
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Gov. Christie chides Republicans over entitlement reform — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) urged Congress to address the solvency of programs like Social Security and Medicare and warned Republicans they could face primaries for failing to cut government spending.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Chris Christie lays out a national vision — Gov. Chris Christie today delivered a broadside against the broken politics of Washington and the need for straight talk to solve the country's problems in a speech that will stoke talk of a 2012 presidential bid by the New Jersey Republican.
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The Hill, Liberty Pundits Blog and Pundit & Pundette
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Christie: ‘My wife would kill me’ if I run for presidency
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Christopher Drew / New York Times:
House Votes to End Alternate Jet Engine Program — In a sign that more than half the Republican freshmen are willing to cut military spending, the House voted 233-198 on Wednesday to cancel an alternate fighter jet engine that the Bush and Obama administrations had tried to kill for the last five years.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Boehner the budget hawk shifts his course
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Ezra Klein:
John Boehner's funny numbers
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ABCNEWS:
Teacher Blogged About ‘Rat-Like’ Students — Pennsylvania Teacher Natalie Munroe, Suspended With Pay, Says She Did Nothing Wrong — Teacher Natalie Munroe makes no excuses for writing blog posts about her students which include statements like, “A complete and utter jerk in all ways,” …
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Lady Gaga / CBS News:
Sen. Scott Brown Speaks Out on Childhood Abuse — Tells “60 Minutes” Writing About Abuse Was An Act Of Catharsis For Him — Sen. Scott Brown reveals he was sexually abused as a child several times by a camp counselor in a “60 Minutes” interview with Lesley Stahl.
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CBS News:
Sen. Scott Brown Recalls Childhood Abuse
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Boston Globe, Washington Wire and Joe. My. God.
Orlando Sentinel:
Rick Scott rejects money for Orlando-Tampa high-speed rail — TALLAHASSEE — Republican Gov. Rick Scott rejected $2.4 billion in federal stimulus money to build a high-speed train between Orlando and Tampa Wednesday, baffling supporters who already had spent $66 million getting ready for the project.
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Florida Governor Rick Scott, AMERICAblog News, Hit & Run, Daily Kos and Joe. My. God.
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Erika Lovley / The Politico:
PBS stars fight for funding — Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) rarely holds press conferences with animated aardvarks, but he went for it on Wednesday, coaxing the shy Arthur the Aardvark up to the podium. — “Come over here Arthur,” Markey beckoned to the human-sized title character in the PBS series …
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Jim DeMint / United States Senator Jim DeMint:
The Muppet Lobby
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Rolling Stone:
Justin Bieber Talks Sex, Politics, Music and Puberty In New ‘Rolling Stone’ Cover Story — 'I don't think you should have sex with anyone unless you love them,' Bieber tells Vanessa Grigoriadis — In the new issue of Rolling Stone - on stands and online in the digital archives on February 18th …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama vulnerable... Despite his recent popularity spike there should be no mistaking it- Barack Obama is vulnerable for reelection. The problem for the GOP is that he's a lot more vulnerable against generic Republicans than the actual Republicans looking at the race.
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The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, MyDD, Conservatives4Palin, GOP 12 and American Power
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
No more Bushes — There's been a lot of talk in the last few …
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Hot Air
Steve Peoples / Roll Call:
Santorum Talks About Longtime Google Problem — Rick Santorum has a Google problem. — The former Pennsylvania Senator might be well-known on Capitol Hill, but his name more regularly produces blank stares in places like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, if recent polling is any guide.
AlterNet.org:
On Chauncey DeVega's Herman Cain Post — Editor's Note: Yesterday, Chauncey DeVega, an African-American writer, published a post on AlterNet assessing the CPAC performance of Herman Cain, a right-wing potential presidential candidate, in strong and provocative language. Like DeVega, Cain is African American.
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Confederate Yankee, All American Blogger and Hit & Run
Matt Lewis / Politics Daily:
By now you may have heard of the outrage spawned by a proposed Mississippi license plate that honors Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. (For those searching for a pop culture reference, he was Forrest Gump's namesake). — As Tom Diemer noted earlier, Forrest “is regarded by admirers …
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Todd Starnes / FOX News Radio:
UC-Davis Backs Away from ‘Christian Oppressors’ Policy — The University of California at Davis has backed away from a policy that defined religious discrimination as Christians oppressing non-Christians after more than two dozen Christian students filed a formal complaint.
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Weasel Zippers, The Jawa Report and ProfessorBainbridge.com
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Let's Be Clear — I've said this before, and I will say it again. Unless your proposal includes a substantial increase in taxes and a substantial amount of cuts to the military budget as well as ending the farm subsidies and giveaways to big oil and big energy and big business …
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The Moderate Voice and Outside the Beltway
Azi Paybarah / WNYC News:
How to Control (and Cash In On) the Sarah Palin Brand — Adding Sarah Palin to any event makes it bigger, more high profile and, for one restaurant owner in Manhattan, more litigious. — Padriac Sheridan wanted to draw customers into his restaurant, Murphy & Gonzalez, on Waverly Place near NYU …
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Salon
Alana Semuels / Money & Company:
Businesses are refusing to hire the unemployed, commission told — Being unemployed is, for many, not fun. There are no co-workers to mock at the water cooler, no expense accounts on which to wine and dine associates and no impressive title to drop when you're trying to pick up the ladies (or men, for that matter).
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Outside the Beltway
Front Page Magazine:
Horowitz vs. Khan — Posted by Robert Spencer on Feb 16th, 2011 and filed under Daily Mailer, FrontPage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. — Robert Spencer is a scholar …
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Carney debuts at White House — White House press secretary Jay Carney held his inaugural briefing Wednesday while the departure of a deputy considered for the job sent ripples through the press corps. — Deputy press secretary Bill Burton announced he was leaving the White House an hour …
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The Politico and CNN
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Alternatives to Inefficient Ticket Pricing — As history's greatest monster, I've long been disturbed by good bands' aversion to efficient demand-based pricing for their shows. Annie Lowrey's article about LCD Soundsystem's anti-scalper efforts is confirming my priors:
CBS News:
Gabrielle Giffords Knows Little About Shooting — Congresswoman's Chief of Staff: Word of Deaths, Others' Injuries Will Be Unknown to Her Until She Can Communicate Better — (CBS) It's been nearly six weeks since Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was seriously injured in a shooting rampage in Tucson …
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Politics Daily, USA Today and AOL News
Kevin Helliker / Wall Street Journal:
Chicago Population Sinks to 1920 Level — CHICAGO—A larger-than-expected exodus over the past 10 years reduced the population of Chicago to a level not seen in nearly a century. — The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday that during the decade ended in 2010, Chicago's population fell 6.9% …
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
California High Court Takes Prop 8 Standing Question — The California Supreme Court granted the request to take the certified question, as requested by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger challenge to Proposition 8 — putting off same-sex marriages …
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