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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING: Wisconsin Dems Hiding At Best Western in Rockford, IL ...Update: TEA PARTY WINS! Chases WI Dems Out of Rockford ...Update: WI Dem Says They're Still in IL (Video) — The Wisconsin senate democrats fled the state today rather than vote on a budget repair bill.
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JSOnline:
Republicans adjourn state Senate until Friday — Democrats said to be at Rockford, Ill., resort — By Jason Stein, Patrick Marley and Steve Schultze of the Journal Sentinel — Madison — Amid the third straight day of chaotic but largely peaceful protests at the Capitol …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
After all those efforts to paint Tea Partiers as using violent images and rhetoric, these pictures from Madison have got to hurt. — The Wisconsin GOP made a nice montage: — And here's a picture I took today: — I asked the woman if she thought Scott Walker was like Hitler, and she said “Yes.”
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Pajamas Media, Hot Air, The Blast and TigerHawk
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Wisconsin Gov. Walker Ginned Up Budget Shortfall To Undercut Worker Rights — Wisconsin's new Republican governor has framed his assault on public worker's collective bargaining rights as a needed measure of fiscal austerity during tough times. — The reality is radically different.
Mary Katharine Ham / The Daily Caller:
AWOL Wisconsin Democrat calls CNN with list of demands — State Senator Mark Miller, a member of the missing band of Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers who fled Madison Thursday to avoid a vote on a budget bill, called into CNN with the group's list of demands for Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
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Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
DNC playing role in Wisconsin protests — The Democratic National Committee's Organizing for America arm — the remnant of the 2008 Obama campaign — is playing an active role in organizing protests against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's attempt to strip most public employees of collective bargaining rights.
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Michelle Malkin:
Watch Wisconsin, Part IV: Salary info Big Labor doesn't want you to see; statewide strike looms, teachers' union recruits out-of-state protesters — Wisconsin teacher salary facts: — “Teaching salaries in Wisconsin have increased since 2007. For example, the average teacher salary …
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Doug Ross
WTMJ:
Budget Battle: Democrats Who Left State are Located — MADISON - Democratic State Senators who protested the budget repair bill by leaving the state have been found. — The lawmakers are in the Best Western Clock Tower in Rockford Illinois. — Law enforcement officials have been looking …
Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
Re ‘To Be a Republican Lawmaker in Madison’
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host.madison.com:
Senate Dems stage walkout, in ‘secure’ location outside Capitol
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Daily Kos, TPMDC, laborunionreport's Diary, Wonkette, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and JSOnline
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Missing Wisconsin Dem speaks: We're MIA until GOP drops assault on workers rights
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TPMDC, Wall Street Journal, Daily Kos and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
How much respect did the demonstrators show for the State Capitol grounds?
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The Daily Caller, Publius Forum, Moe Lane and Instapundit
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
The historical illiteracy of Wisconsin teachers; Update: Crosshairs, “Reload”
John / Power Line:
One More Thing About Wisconsin — A common theme of the union …
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Althouse
Michelle Malkin:
Watch Wisconsin, Part III: A state government employee speaks; Madison schools, plus 7 …
JSOnline:
Unions want to overturn election result
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National Review, Biased BBC, Power Line, TPMDC, Hot Air, AOL News and Daily Kos
Mary Katharine Ham / The Daily Caller:
Wisconsin budget fight escalates as Dems flee Madison to avoid vote
William M. Welch / Associated Press:
Wis. Democrats stymie key union vote
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Firedoglake, USA Today, Swampland, AMERICAblog News and Jay Bookman
Lbentzterp / CNN:
Palin talks 2012, mocks Michelle Obama — Woodbury, New York (CNN) - Sarah Palin addressed a variety of issues Thursday at a gathering of business officials in Long Island, New York including her 2012 plans, first lady Michelle Obama, President Obama's proposed budget, the crisis in Egypt, and her feelings on the media.
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Politics Daily, GOP 12, Ben Smith's Blog, NY Daily News, Ballot Box, The Daily Caller and Conservatives4Palin
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Amie Parnes / The Politico:
Sarah Palin slams Michelle Obama over nursing — Sarah Palin followed in Rep. Michele Bachmann's footsteps and took a swipe at Michelle Obama on Thursday, mocking her efforts to get mothers to breastfeed their children. — “No wonder Michelle Obama is telling everybody 'You'd better breastfeed your baby …
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Outside the Beltway and FrumForum
Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Palin Talks 2012, Birthers, and Government Shutdown — Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin isn't ready to commit to a presidential run, but she indicated that she might decide soon, citing the need to connect with individual voters. — “Nothing is more effective than being actually …
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Conservatives4Palin
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Palin, on Long Island, Answers Budget and Worldview Questions — WOODBURY, N.Y. — Sarah Palin urged Congressional Republicans on Thursday to stand against raising the nation's debt ceiling when the issue is debated this spring, declaring, “It doesn't necessarily have to result in a government shutdown.”
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Politics Daily, New York Times, USA Today, msnbc.com, Gothamist and City Room
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Sarah hints at WH run, slams Obamas
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Daily Kos, iOwnTheWorld.com and New York Magazine
New York Times:
Out of Control in the House — Are there any adults in charge of the House? Watching this week's frenzied slash-and-burn budget contest, we had to conclude the answer to that is no. — First Speaker John Boehner's Republican leadership proposed cutting the rest of the 2011 budget by $32 billion.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
GOP escalates showdown with Obama over funding measure
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The Politico, Maggie's Notebook, Booman Tribune, CNN and The Hill
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
GOP votes to defund Obama's policy ‘czars’ — The House GOP approved an amendment to a government-spending bill that would block funding for the Obama administration's so-called policy “czars,” appointed advisers to the president that have been much-criticized by Republicans. — The vote was 249-171.
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Hot Air, Nice Deb, UrbanGrounds and Weasel Zippers
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Dem Rep Receives Threat Over NASCAR Proposal (DOCUMENT) — Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) alerted Capitol Police Thursday after a threatening fax arrived at her office attacking her proposal to strip Pentagon sponsorship from NASCAR teams. — McCollum's staff tells TPM this is the first time they've alerted …
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Karl Rove: Birther rumors discredit GOP — Former Bush adviser Karl Rove is calling on GOP politicians to avoid falling into the “birther” movement trap and to stop fueling rumors that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. — “Within our party, we've got to be very careful …
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NewsReal Blog and FrumForum
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Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Rove: Confront birthers now
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Salon, Hot Air, New York Magazine, Right Wing Nut House, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Hill and Ben Smith's Blog
Ken Jennings / Slate:
My Puny Human Brain — Jeopardy! genius Ken Jennings on what it's like to play against a supercomputer. — When I was selected as one of the two human players to be pitted against IBM's “Watson” supercomputer in a special man-vs.-machine Jeopardy! exhibition match, I felt honored, even heroic.
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Barbarossa / The Jawa Report:
Jihadist attorney takes aim at the Jawa Report, the Jawas go to federal court seeking protective order — ***Sticky until Saturday. Please scroll down for more recent updates. Back in September we reported that blogger Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs and attorney John Stemberger had been sued …
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Big Peace
Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
Chris Christie's Idea of “Doing Big Things” — I continue to be baffled by all the love New Jersey's Republican governor Chris Christie's getting among the chattering class. Here's a typically fawning piece about his speech at AEI yesterday. … “Big things” to Christie simply means less money …
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UrbanGrounds, The Politico and Taylor Marsh
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Chris Christie isn't pretty, and he tells ugly truths
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Taylor Marsh, Robert Reich, CNN, Yglesias and NewsBusters.org
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