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4:50 PM ET, February 22, 2011

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Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Poll: 61% oppose limits on union bargaining power  —  The public strongly opposes laws taking away the collective bargaining power of public employee unions as a way to ease state financial troubles, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.  —  The poll found that 61% would oppose a law …
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ThinkProgress:
Is Scott Walker Cutting Off Internet Access To Thwart Protesters?  —  Our guest blogger is Mike Elk, a freelance labor journalist and third generation union organizer based in Washington, D.C. You can follow him for more updates on Wisconsin on twitter at @MikeElk.
Discussion: Daily Kos
David Brooks / New York Times:
Make Everybody Hurt  —  Over the past few weeks we've begun to see the new contours of American politics.  The budget cutters have taken control of the agenda, while government's defenders are waging tactical retreats.  Given the scope of the fiscal problems, it could be like this for the next 10 or 20 years.
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Wisconsin State Senator Smacks Down Chris Matthews: 'You're Completely Uninformed'  —  MSNBC's Chris Matthews tried Monday to push the liberal media meme that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker exempted police and firefighters from his budget repair plan because their unions endorsed him in last November's election.
Ezra Klein:
Wonkbook: Are Republicans overreaching?  Or just negotiating effectively?  —  The showdown in Wisconsin continues, and the one in Washington is just beginning.  In Wisconsin, Democrats and unions have offered Gov. Scott Walker the benefit concessions he's asked for, but not the end to collective bargaining he's demanded.
CNN:
Pro-union website blocked in Wisconsin state Capitol  —  Madison, Wisconsin (CNN) — A left-leaning website that union supporters used to rally protesters in Wisconsin was partially blocked as demonstrators gathered in the state Capitol over a controversial budget bill.
Josh Dorner / ThinkProgress:
Priorities?  GOP Governors Shift Burden To Poor, Middle Class To Pay For Tax Breaks For Rich, Corporations  —  State budgets across the country are in disarray as a weak economy, the end of tens of billions in Recovery Act funds, and a GOP-led House that is pushing for deep cuts to many programs …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Billionaire Brothers' Money Plays Role in Wisconsin Dispute
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
What Did Walker Campaign On?  —  Last night, I heard on Fox News …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Balloon Juice
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Rasmussen Poll on Wisconsin Dispute May Be Biased
Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
George Will's Dishonest Assault On Unions
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Indianapolis Star:
Democrats trigger Statehouse showdown over anti-union legislation  —  House Democrats are leaving the state rather than vote on anti-union legislation, The Indianapolis Star has learned.  —  A source said Democrats are headed to Illinois, though it was possible some also might go to Kentucky.
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Thomas M. Burton / Wall Street Journal:
Indiana Democrats Stage Walkout
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Indiana lawmakers also fleeing for border to avoid labor-bill vote
News Item:
› - Statement from John and Kimberley Thune  —  For months now, my wife Kimberley and I have received encouragement from family, friends, colleagues, and supporters from across South Dakota and the country to run for the presidency of the United States.
Al Jazeera Blogs:
Live Blog - Libya Feb 22  —  on February 22nd, 2011.  —  Alleged mercenaries deployed by Gaddafi in Tripoli, the Libyan capital.  —  As the uprising in Libya enters its ninth day, we keep you updated on the developing situation from our headquarters in Doha, Qatar.
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Robert Baer / Time:
Gaddafi's Next Move: Sabotage Oil and Sow Chaos?
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
In challenge to Senate, House GOP drafting spending bill with cuts  —  House Republicans are drafting a short-term measure funding government at reduced levels for consideration next week, the latest move in an escalating showdown between the House GOP and the Democratic-led Senate.
Discussion: National Review and FrumForum
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Anjeanette Damon / Las Vegas Sun:   Harry Reid: ‘The time has come for us to outlaw prostitution’
Scott Wong / The Politico:
Harry Reid spending bill exposes deep divide with John Boehner
Discussion: CNN and The Note
CBS News:
4 Americans on hijacked yacht dead off Somalia  —  U.S. Navy warship shadowing seized vessel takes action after gunshots are heard; 4 hostages apparently killed by captors, some pirates dead  —  The four Americans aboard a yacht hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia are dead.
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The Politico:
Ex-aide's book paints harsh portrait of Sarah Palin  —  A new memoir from an embittered former aide to Sarah Palin includes a trove of emails that vividly illustrate her intense focus on image and depiction in the media.  —  The emails, apparently from the former Alaska governor …
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Jack Stuef / Wonkette:
Sarah Palin Has Secret ‘Lou Sarah’ Facebook Account To Praise Other Sarah Palin Facebook Account  —  Sarah Palin has apparently created a second Facebook account with her Gmail address so that this fake “Lou Sarah” person can praise the other Sarah Palin on Facebook.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Government pensions, an obesity epidemic  —  In New York City, the No. 2 guy in the fire department retired on a pension worth $242,000 a year.  In New York State, a single official holding two jobs and one pension took in $641,000.  A lieutenant with the Port Authority police retired …
Discussion: Yglesias and National Review
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BooMan / Booman Tribune:
Wanker of the Day: Richard Cohen
Discussion: TalkLeft and Eschaton
WISC-TV:
Madison Labor Group Prepares For General Strike  —  Group Says It Needs To Educate Public First  —  MADISON, Wis. — If Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislators pass a union bill that restricts collective bargaining rights, some labor groups in Madison said they would endorse the entire …
Julie Hayden / KDVR:
Online Poll - Drawing Arrest … - HOT TOPICS - Carmelo Trade - Boy Arrested Over Drawing - Find Low Gas Prices - Libya Violence - E-470 Crash - ‘Heaven Is Real’
 
 
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Thousands Gather to Protest Bill in Ohio
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Laura Rozen / The Politico:
Obama to nominate Dan Shapiro to be envoy to Israel
Mother Jones:
It's the Inequality, Stupid
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Mother Jones
Bob Bowdon / The Huffington Post:
Why Has Google Been Collecting Kids' Social Security Numbers?
Discussion: New York Magazine
Lauraklairmont / CNN:
Emanuel takes aim at Wisconsin governor
Discussion: The Politico and USA Today
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Plutocracy Now: What Wisconsin Is Really About
 Earlier Items: 
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep. Huizenga: Raising The Social Security Age For Future Retirees Is Fine Because 'I'm Gonna Be Okay'
Discussion: Daily Kos
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
REPUBLICANS AND THE ‘BEYOND REDEMPTION’ THRESHOLD. …
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
New York's Little Italy, Littler by the Year
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and Joe. My. God.
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Poll: Could Trump beat Obama in 2012?
New York Times:
Chaos Grows in Libya; Defiant Qaddafi Vows to Fight On
 

 
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