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Libya unrest: Scores killed in Benghazi ‘massacre’ — Details have emerged of huge casualty figures in the Libyan city of Benghazi, where troops have launched a brutal crackdown on protesters. — More than 200 people are known to have died, doctors say, with 900 injured.
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The Daily Dish, The Reaction, Guardian, The Jawa Report, Outside the Beltway, Libya February 17th and Truthdig
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Libya defiant as protests spread to Tripoli amid rising death toll — Reports of clashes in Libyan capital, with protesters said to be preparing to march on Gaddafi's compound — Muammar Gaddafi was defending his 41-year rule of Libya after protests spread to Tripoli following a bloody crackdown …
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The Hill, Harry's Place, Pajamas Media and The Gateway Pundit


Qaddafi's Son Warns of Civil War as Libyan Protests Widen
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The Daily Dish, Outside the Beltway, New York Magazine, Sky Dancing, EA WorldView and Don Surber

Libya protests: 140 ‘massacred’ as Gaddafi sends in snipers to crush dissent
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Wall Street Journal, Hot Air, Maggie's Notebook, The Moderate Voice and JOSHUAPUNDIT

Arab and Middle East protests - as they happened
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Guardian, The Daily Dish and Truthdig

Libyan forces fire on mourners at funeral again
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Guardian, Associated Press and AMERICAblog News

Libyan forces fight Benghazi protesters, 100 dead
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Obsidian Wings, Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers, The Independent, Firedoglake, Arabist.net and BBC

Topics — Salsumba: so who from Columbia was going to walk into Bagdada and “just arrest” Sadaam? Maybe you? You sir/ma'am are an illiformed nitwit. — SSGT Maschek< you are outstanding! These Columbia BD's are so smart they are stupid.......
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The students at Columbia University have an absolute right to express their opinions . . . . . . and so do I: some of them are worth less than the remnants of dinner I flushed down the toilet this morning. From the … More at the link. — Columbia University is a private school …
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Patterico's Pontifications


12K State Workers Could Be Fired Without Budget Deal, Wisconsin Governor Warns — Saturday: Protesters gather down State Street in Madison, Wis., after a rally outside the Wisconsin State Capitol. A few dozen police officers stood between supporters of GOP Gov. Scott Walker on the muddy east lawn …
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Washington Examiner, TPMDC, Doug Ross, National Review, Don Surber, Cubachi, Booman Tribune, Pundit Press and JammieWearingFool

Lugar opposes House budget bill — A senior Senate Republican on Sunday rejected the spending bill approved by House Republicans on Saturday. — Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) said the size of the $61 billion in cuts proposed by the House is “reasonable,” but he wouldn't support the bill as it stands.
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Firedoglake, The Huffington Post and Outside the Beltway
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Schumer: Republicans ‘clamoring’ for government shutdown — Washington (CNN) - Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York criticized Republican demands to cut spending in a short-term spending resolution that would continue funding the government while negotiations persist on a longer-term plan.

Schumer: GOP puts Congress on course for inevitable shutdown
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The Greenroom and CNN

Ryan: Any short-term funding bill will have to include spending cuts
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The Politico

Walker: ‘We are willing to take this as long as it takes’ — Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin told Fox News Sunday this morning that he will consider “every option” as he attempts to bring Democratic state senators back to the capitol to vote on his budget plan. “We are willing to take this as long as it takes,” he said.
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Everyone Should Have Seen This Coming
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POWIP, Crooks and Liars, The Other McCain, The TrogloPundit, Prairie Weather, GayPatriot, New York Times and JSOnline

DNC chairman: Wisconsin governor waging war on public workers
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Hot Air, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Confederate Yankee, Weasel Zippers, American Power and Michelle Malkin


Retiring Boomers Find 401(k) Plans Fall Short — The 401(k) generation is beginning to retire, and it isn't a pretty sight. — The retirement savings plans that many baby boomers thought would see them through old age are falling short in many cases. — The median household headed …
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ParaPundit, Balloon Juice, Vox Popoli and FrumForum


I was a mob sex attack victim in Tahrir Square... just like Lara Logan — I was especially horrified to read of CBS journalist Lara Logan's sex ordeal as she reported on Egyptians celebrating the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak - because I too was a victim.
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Patterico's Pontifications and JOSHUAPUNDIT
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Stars and Sewers — Rarely have we seen such epic clashes between …
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Taylor Marsh and Prairie Weather

The Yuppie Revolution In Egypt Is Over, The Islamist Revolution Has Begun — When it came to overthrowing Hosni Mubarek, the western media thrust itself into the situation and portrayed the uprising as a western-style demand for freedom. — The television screens were filled with stories …
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Power Line, Israel Matzav and PoliPundit.com


Former aide rips Palin in leaked book manuscript — UNPUBLISHED: Former governor broke election law, Bailey alleges. — A leaked manuscript by one of Sarah Palin's closest aides from her time as governor charges that Palin broke state election law in her 2006 gubernatorial campaign …
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Washington Post and George's Bottom Line

Video: Watch State Rep. Gordon Hintz's speech on Assembly floor Friday night — Whether there had been one camera, a dozen or had he been in a room with just his fellow lawmakers, Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, believes his reaction would have been the same.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Labor Unions and Me — Ezra Klein's weekend question: “Almost forgot! Have you or anyone close to you belonged to a union? How did that change your impressions of organized labor in general?” — I'm generally speaking an out-of-touch pointy headed elite, but as it happens throughout my life my father has been a union member.
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American Power and L'Hôte


Christie adviser mulls PAC — One of Chris Christie's top political advisers revealed that he is considering formation of a federal political action committee because of the extraordinary interest in the New Jersey governor. — Bill Palatucci, often described as Christie's “political godfather …
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The Daily Caller