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BBC:
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.
Discussion:
The Daily Dish, The Reaction, Guardian, The Jawa Report, Outside the Beltway, Libya February 17th and Truthdig
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Ian Black / Guardian:
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 …
Discussion:
The Hill, Harry's Place, Pajamas Media and The Gateway Pundit
Nick Meo / Telegraph:
Libya protests: 140 ‘massacred’ as Gaddafi sends in snipers to crush dissent
Libya protests: 140 ‘massacred’ as Gaddafi sends in snipers to crush dissent
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Hot Air, Maggie's Notebook, The Moderate Voice and JOSHUAPUNDIT
New York Times:
Qaddafi's Son Warns of Civil War as Libyan Protests Widen
Qaddafi's Son Warns of Civil War as Libyan Protests Widen
Discussion:
The Daily Dish, Outside the Beltway, New York Magazine, Sky Dancing, EA WorldView and Don Surber
News: News blog:
Arab and Middle East protests - as they happened
Arab and Middle East protests - as they happened
Discussion:
Guardian, The Daily Dish and Truthdig
Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:
Libyan forces fire on mourners at funeral again
Libyan forces fire on mourners at funeral again
Discussion:
Guardian, Associated Press and AMERICAblog News
Reuters:
Libyan forces fight Benghazi protesters, 100 dead
Libyan forces fight Benghazi protesters, 100 dead
Discussion:
Obsidian Wings, Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers, The Independent, Firedoglake, Arabist.net and BBC
Fox News:
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 …
Discussion:
TPMDC, Doug Ross, National Review, Don Surber, Cubachi, Booman Tribune, Pundit Press and JammieWearingFool
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Pejman Yousefzadeh / A Chequer-Board of Nights …:
Everyone Should Have Seen This Coming
Everyone Should Have Seen This Coming
Discussion:
POWIP, Crooks and Liars, The Other McCain, The TrogloPundit, Prairie Weather, GayPatriot, New York Times and JSOnline
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
DNC chairman: Wisconsin governor waging war on public workers
DNC chairman: Wisconsin governor waging war on public workers
Discussion:
Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Confederate Yankee, American Power and Michelle Malkin
Irish_Grinder / New York Post:
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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Dana Pico / Common Sense Political Thought:
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 …
Discussion:
Patterico's Pontifications
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
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.
Discussion:
Firedoglake, The Huffington Post and Outside the Beltway
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
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.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Schumer: GOP puts Congress on course for inevitable shutdown
Schumer: GOP puts Congress on course for inevitable shutdown
Discussion:
The Greenroom and CNN
E.S. Browning / Wall Street Journal:
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
Angella Johnson / Daily Mail:
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.
Discussion:
Patterico's Pontifications and JOSHUAPUNDIT
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Stars and Sewers — Rarely have we seen such epic clashes between …
Stars and Sewers — Rarely have we seen such epic clashes between …
Discussion:
Taylor Marsh and Prairie Weather
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
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 …
Discussion:
Power Line, Israel Matzav and PoliPundit.com
Anchorage Daily News:
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 …
Discussion:
Washington Post and George's Bottom Line
thenorthwestern.com:
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.
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Myglesias / Yglesias:
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.
Discussion:
American Power and L'Hôte
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
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