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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.
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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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Ian Black / Guardian:
Libya on the brink as protests hit Tripoli — Muammar Gaddafi's son warns of civil war in state television address as regime tries to halt uprising — Muammar Gaddafi's son went on Libyan TV to defend his father's 41-year rule of Libya as protests spread to the capital Tripoli.
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Harry's Place, The Hill, Pajamas Media and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Qaddafi's Son Warns of Civil War as Libyan Protests Widen — CAIRO — The son of the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, warned in a nationally televised address early on Monday that continued anti-government protests could lead to a civil war. — The son, Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi …
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Guardian, The Daily Dish, Maggie's Notebook, Outside the Beltway, New York Magazine, Sky Dancing, Don Surber and EA WorldView
News: News blog:
Arab and Middle East protests - as they happened
Arab and Middle East protests - as they happened
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Guardian, The Daily Dish and Truthdig
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
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Aljazeera, Wall Street Journal, Hot Air, Maggie's Notebook, The Moderate Voice and JOSHUAPUNDIT
Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:
Libyan forces fire on mourners at funeral again
Libyan forces fire on mourners at funeral again
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Guardian, Associated Press and AMERICAblog News
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 …
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TPMDC, Doug Ross, National Review, Don Surber, Cubachi, Pundit Press and JammieWearingFool
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Washington Examiner:
Battle of Wisconsin threatens unions' political might — Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker - elected last November along with GOP majorities in both chambers of the state's legislature — wants his state's public employees to contribute half the cost of their pensions …
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Booman Tribune and Conservatives4Palin
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
DNC chairman: Wisconsin governor waging war on public workers
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
Pejman Yousefzadeh / A Chequer-Board of Nights …:
Everyone Should Have Seen This Coming
Everyone Should Have Seen This Coming
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Crooks and Liars, POWIP, The TrogloPundit, The Other McCain, Prairie Weather, GayPatriot and New York Times
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
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 …
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Power Line, American Power, Israel Matzav, Secular Right and PoliPundit.com
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 …
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Taylor Marsh and Prairie Weather
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 …
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Washington Post and George's Bottom Line
Mark Williams / Mark Williams News & Commentary:
FIGHT THE SEIU WITH TACTIC THEY USE AGAINST US - THIS WEEK! — Late Update: Follow the civil discussion by Obamites in the “comments” section below — . — http://action.seiu.org/page/s/ solidarityaction — . — That link will take you to an SEIU page where you can sign up as an …
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Little Green Footballs, Mother Jones, iOwnTheWorld.com, Plunderbund and Hullabaloo
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
Marking Davis's Confederate Inauguration — MONTGOMERY, Ala. — One hundred and fifty years and one day later, the South did it again. — Before a cheering crowd of several hundred men and women, some in period costume and others in crisp suits, an amateur actor playing Jefferson Davis …
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Mock, Paper, Scissors and FrumForum
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
Agence France Presse:
US drone kills five militants in NW Pakistan: officials — PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A US drone attack late on Sunday killed at least five militants in northwest Pakistan's lawless South Waziristan tribal district, officials said. — The drone strike was the first since a US gunman shot …
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1 The Long War Journal and Weasel Zippers
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.
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Firedoglake, The Huffington Post and Outside the Beltway