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Ian Black / Guardian:
Libya on 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, Hot Air, Libya February 17th, Harry's Place, The Hill, Pajamas Media, Reuters, The Gateway Pundit and The Reaction
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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:
Maggie's Notebook, The Daily Dish, Telegraph, The Jawa Report, Outside the Beltway, Libya February 17th, Guardian 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
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Aljazeera, Guardian, New York Magazine, Maggie's Notebook, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Dish, 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
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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, TPMDC, National Review, Don Surber, Doug Ross, Cubachi, 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, Secular Right, PoliPundit.com and Israel Matzav
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:
Michelle Malkin, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Tammy Bruce and Scared Monkeys
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.......
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.
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Fire Andrea Mitchell! and NewsBusters.org
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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Mother Jones, Little Green Footballs, Plunderbund, iOwnTheWorld.com, Mercury Rising and Hullabaloo
Guardian:
American held over Lahore shooting 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
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Emptywheel and The Daily Caller
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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The Huffington Post, Firedoglake and Outside the Beltway
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Schumer: Republicans ‘clamoring’ for government shutdown
Schumer: Republicans ‘clamoring’ for government shutdown
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The Greenroom and The Hill
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Ryan: Any short-term funding bill will have to include spending cuts
Ryan: Any short-term funding bill will have to include spending cuts
Discussion:
Cubachi, Liberty Pundits Blog and The Politico
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
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
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
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