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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 …
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The Jawa Report, Pajamas Media, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
The Lunatic Left-Right Harmonic Rape Convergence Theory — Nir Rosen, the far-left journalist who joked about the sexual assault on Lara Logan, has company: Debbie Schlussel, the extreme right-wing commentator. Rosen calls for the elimination of Israel, and is a pro-Hamas Hezbollah apologist …
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Outside the Beltway, Runnin' Scared, Swampland, The Daily Caller and USA Today
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
An Appalling Reaction to an Outrageous Crime — The news from CBS about correspondent Lara Logan's assault in Egypt is awful beyond words. — At a time like this, we all feel helpless. And angry. The perpetrators, anonymous men in an angry mob, may never see justice.
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Outside the Beltway, The Other McCain, Big Government, Wake up America, No More Mister Nice Blog, Pundit & Pundette, Scared Monkeys, Pajamas Media, New York Magazine, Da Techguy's Blog, Weasel Zippers, The Moderate Voice, Michelle Malkin, Atlas Shrugs, Sky Dancing, Mediaite, alicublog, UrbanGrounds, Patterico's Pontifications, Tim Blair, pandagon.net, The Jawa Report, JammieWearingFool and Sister Toldjah
Debbie Schlussel:
How Muslims Celebrate Victory: Egypt's “Peaceful, Moderate, Democratic” Protesters
How Muslims Celebrate Victory: Egypt's “Peaceful, Moderate, Democratic” Protesters
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Salon, Runnin' Scared, ABCNEWS, CBS New York, The Informer, Outside the Beltway, The Nation, nancynall.com, NewsBusters.org blogs, AOL News, NewsReal Blog, ECHIDNE of the snakes, Balloon Juice, The Huffington Post, TMZ.com, Alas, a Blog, The Atlantic Online, Media Decoder, Right Wing News and American Power
Aliyah Shahid / NY Daily News:
Nir Rosen, U.S. journalist trashes CBS' Lara Logan on Twitter after sexual assault in Egypt
Nir Rosen, U.S. journalist trashes CBS' Lara Logan on Twitter after sexual assault in Egypt
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The Other McCain and Feministe
Matt Lewis / Politics Daily:
Nir Rosen Resigns as NYU Fellow After Trashing Lara Logan on Twitter
Nir Rosen Resigns as NYU Fellow After Trashing Lara Logan on Twitter
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The Atlantic Online, AOL News and Big Government
Steven Nelson / The Daily Caller:
Nir Rosen trashes Lara Logan, dismisses her sexual assault
Nir Rosen trashes Lara Logan, dismisses her sexual assault
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Taylor Marsh, NY Daily News, The Atlantic Online, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and theblogprof
Betsy Rothstein / mediabistro.com:
Apologies From Dubai. Nir Rosen: ‘I Feel Like Shrinking Now’
Apologies From Dubai. Nir Rosen: ‘I Feel Like Shrinking Now’
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Mashable!, Media Decoder, Mother Jones, FishbowlDC, Liberty Pundits Blog, Feministing, Outside the Beltway and The Daily Caller
Suzi Parker / Politics Daily:
Lara Logan Assault: For Female Reporters, the Added Peril of Turbulent Places
Lara Logan Assault: For Female Reporters, the Added Peril of Turbulent Places
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Committee to Protect …, PopEater, The Agonist and TV Squad, more at Mediagazer »
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.
Bburgess / Florida Governor Rick Scott:
Florida Governor Rick Scott Rejects Federal High Speed Rail — Feb 16th 2011; Tallahassee, Fla. - After thoughtful consideration, Governor Rick Scott informed U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood of the state's decision to reject President Obama's Tampa to Orlando high-speed rail project.
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New York Times, National Review, FrumForum and Capitol Alert
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Florida gov. sends back high-speed rail money
Florida gov. sends back high-speed rail money
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Washington Monthly
Aaron Deslatte / Orlando Sentinel:
Scott sending high-speed rail money back to Washington?
Scott sending high-speed rail money back to Washington?
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Weasel Zippers
Diana B. Henriques / New York Times:
From Prison, Madoff Says Banks ‘Had to Know’ of Fraud — BUTNER, N.C. — Bernard L. Madoff said he never thought the collapse of his Ponzi scheme would cause the sort of destruction that has befallen his family. — In his first interview for publication since his arrest in December 2008 …
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CBS New York, Runnin' Scared, City Room, Law Blog, Gothamist, Mediaite, ABCNEWS, Guardian, New York Magazine, AOL News, The Hill, TalkLeft, The Big Picture, The BLT, George's Bottom Line, AMERICAblog News and FrumForum
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Boehner the budget hawk shifts his course — “So be it.” — That was House Speaker John Boehner's cold answer when asked Tuesday about job losses that would come from his new Republican majority's plans to cut tens of billions of dollars in government spending this year.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Two Faces Of National Review — Once again, Adam Serwer is calling out Rich Lowry for criticizing Glenn Beck's loony ideas even as he publishes similar stuff: … That goes a bit too far, but it's true that Lowry has published lots of indefensible work by Andy McCarthy.
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
Beck: National Review Without The Bow Ties. — Todd Gregory and Terry Krepel incredulously ask, How can Glenn Beck now be alleging that the State Department is complicit in the worldwide MOOZLEM conspiracy? … Oh man! That's totally crazy go nuts! I wonder where you'd get an idea like that?
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Media Matters for America
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 …
Lbentzterp / CNN:
Alvin Greene soundly defeated in bid for state legislature seat — Washington (CNN) - Surprise candidate Alvin Greene was soundly defeated in his second bid for elective office on Tuesday. He captured only 37 votes or just about .01% of the 3,892 cast in a Democratic primary to fill …
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The Politico, The Hill, Weasel Zippers and HotAirPundit
Harris Interactive:
Cutting Government Spending May Be Popular But There Is Little Appetite For Cutting Specific Government Programs — Much less support for cutting programs now than in 1980 when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated — Cutting government spending often sounds like a good idea to many people …
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Yglesias, The Daily Dish, The Raw Story, Capital Gains and Games blogs and TechCrunch
Dorothy Rabinowitz / Wall Street Journal:
Major Hasan, ‘Star Officer’ — Every branch of the military issued a final report on the Fort Hood massacre. Not a single one mentioned radical Islam. — In a month of momentous change, it was easy to overlook the significance of another revolutionary event.
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Left Coast Rebel, Atlas Shrugs and Betsy's Page
Glenn Kessler / Fact Checker:
Ryan's claims of trillions in new spending in the 2012 federal budget — “What we have is $1.6 trillion in new tax increases, $8.7 trillion in new spending. He's going to be adding $13 trillion to the debt over the course of his budget.” — It's budget season in Washington again …
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The Moderate Voice, NPR, Left Coast Rebel, PostPartisan, Connecting.the.Dots, The New Republic and Washington Post
New York Times:
Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet — Epitaphs for the Mubarak government all note that the mobilizing power of the Internet was one of the Egyptian opposition's most potent weapons. But quickly lost in the swirl of revolution was the government's ferocious counterattack …
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Firedoglake, The Atlantic Online, Hit & Run, FrumForum, Democratic Strategist and normblog, more at Techmeme »
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
The Political Failure of Keynesian Economics — Last August I asked a question: “What if Keynesian stimulus works, but no one can ever actually afford to do it, short of something like World War II, where the government can tap into a patriotic outpouring of national savings by issuing bonds with negative real yields.”
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Marginal Revolution, Ezra Klein, TheMoneyIllusion and Paul Krugman
Susannah Bryan / Orlando Sentinel:
Davie paying officer to not work — for 7 years — Kevin Kilpatrick was put on paid leave after rift with department's top brass, his attorney says — The Davie Police Department hasn't let Officer Kevin Kilpatrick report to duty for seven years — but still pays him $80,275 annually.
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Hit & Run
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Killers frontman eats with Romney — Is Brandon Flowers of The Killers following the lead of U2's Bono as a champion of political causes? — Or was Tuesday's lunch with Mitt Romney more a case of Romney, a Republican presidential candidate in 2008, courting the youth vote?
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Utah Death Threats Against Officials — Discovered at Lady Logician's place, a story of new threats against elected officials in the state of Utah. As usual, somebody seems to be upset over immigration. … Certainly sounds like those nasty tea baggers are at it again.
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Pajamas Media
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 …
Collin Eaton / Austin American-Statesman:
Carter says Egyptian military likely to obey will of people — Former U.S. president speaks at LBJ Library about developments in Middle East. — The Egyptian military won't ignore its citizens' demands for open elections, even if the military has an interest in keeping power …
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Weasel Zippers and iOwnTheWorld.com
Lbentzterp / CNN:
Bachmann targets Michelle Obama — Washington (CNN) - Rep. Michele Bachmann, a potential Republican presidential candidate, is taking issue with Michelle Obama over the first lady's recent promotion of breast-feeding. — Speaking to conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham Tuesday …
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TPMDC, Michelle Malkin, News Hounds, Cubachi and Outside the Beltway
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich's financial empire shows his fundraising prowess — Dallas businesswoman Dawn Rizos received the unexpected invitation by fax: Come to a “private dinner” with Newt Gingrich in Washington, where you will be named an “entrepreneur of the year.” — The catch: Rizos had to pay …
Sara Jerome / The Hill:
FCC's Copps calls on agency to address decline of ‘real journalism’ — Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps made a case for a government hand in media policy in a speech to the FCBA on Tuesday. — “The commission can act now. It should have acted on the media before now.
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Hit & Run, Weasel Zippers and Don Surber
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Gates urges Congress to cut funds for second F-35 engine or ‘waste’ $3 billion — Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday called on lawmakers to end a second F-35 engine program whose completion would “waste” $3 billion. — During a House Armed Services Committee hearing …
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Outside the Beltway and FrumForum
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Poll: Most Oppose Cutting Funding for Health Care Reforms — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — A majority of the public disapproves of the Republican idea to cut off funding for health care reform …
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Washington Monthly, Wonk Room, The Raw Story, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, Taegan Goddard's … and Real Clear Politics