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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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Obsidian Wings, Harry's Place, The Hill, Reuters, Pajamas Media, The Reaction, The Gateway Pundit and New York Magazine
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Aljazeera:
Libya clashes spread to Tripoli — Clashes between anti-government protesters and Gaddafi supporters escalate as army unit ‘defects’ in Benghazi. — Security forces have shot dead scores of protesters in Libya's second largest city, where residents said a military unit had joined their cause.
Discussion:
Firedoglake and The Daily Dish
BBC:
Libya unrest: Scores killed in Benghazi ‘massacre’
Libya unrest: Scores killed in Benghazi ‘massacre’
Discussion:
The Daily Dish, The Jawa Report, Guardian, Outside the Beltway, Libya February 17th and Truthdig
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:
Aljazeera, Guardian, New York Magazine, Maggie's Notebook, The Daily Dish, Outside the Beltway, Sky Dancing and EA WorldView
CNN:
Libyan leader's son proposes major reforms — unless unrest continues
Libyan leader's son proposes major reforms — unless unrest continues
Discussion:
BBC, New York Magazine and The Jawa Report
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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Associated Press, Guardian 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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The Huffington Post, National Review, Cubachi, TPMDC, Don Surber, Doug Ross, Pundit Press, JammieWearingFool and Michelle Malkin
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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 …
Discussion:
Booman Tribune and Conservatives4Palin
Robert Costa / National Review:
Walker: ‘We are willing to take this as long as it takes’
Walker: ‘We are willing to take this as long as it takes’
Discussion:
The Other McCain
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
A View From The Hard Right — Don Surber: … Instapundit links to this post also decrying the Egyptian revolt, as an opening for Islamist rule. Torture-defender Andy McCarthy is also disturbed by Sheikh Qaradawi's return. (Dish coverage of Qaradawi here, here, and, more skeptically, here.)
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National Review, Instapundit and Don Surber
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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
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.......
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
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Soros: Fox News like Nazis in way it deceives people — Last year, it was announced that billionaire George Soros gave his first ever contribution to Media Matters, an organization that puts a specific emphasis on criticizing the Fox News Channel. Now we may know the reason why Soros has made this donation public.
Discussion:
Fire Andrea Mitchell! and NewsBusters.org
Guardian:
American who shot two dead in Lahore was CIA spy — • Raymond Davis employed by CIA ‘beyond shadow of doubt’ — • Former soldier charged with murder over deaths of two men — • Davis accused of shooting one man twice in the back as he fled — • Special report: A CIA spy and a diplomatic whirlwind
Discussion:
Emptywheel and The Daily Caller
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, The Mahablog, Vox Popoli and FrumForum
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, Plunderbund, iOwnTheWorld.com and Hullabaloo
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
New York Post:
Topics — Romney's main problem won't be his successful business career. It will be that he brought Obamacare to Massachusetts, years before this cyclone struck the rest of the country. Needless to say, medical costs have been going nowhere but up, up, up in the Bay State, and they have Romney to thank for that.
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Ben Smith's Blog, BizzyBlog, The Page and Conservatives4Palin
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Shushannah Walshe / The Daily Beast:
Ann Romney's Survival Instinct
Associated Press:
Wis. union head calls on teachers to go to work — MADISON, Wis. — The head of Wisconsin's powerful teachers' union is calling on educators to return to classrooms Monday and Tuesday rather than continue being absent to protest an anti-union bill at the state Capitol.
Discussion:
Tammy Bruce and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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