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Murphy / The Beast:
Koch Whore — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker answers his master's call — “David Koch”: We'll back you any way we can. What we were thinking about the crowd was, uh, was planting some troublemakers. — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker: You know, well, the only problem with that—because we thought about that...
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Adam Weinstein / Mother Jones:
Did Scott Walker Get Crank-Call Pwned? (AUDIO) — Is that really Scott Walker? A New York-based alt-news editor says he got through to the embattled Wisconsin governor on the phone Tuesday by posing as right-wing financier David Koch...then had a far-ranging 20-minute conversation about the collective bargaining protests.
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Sam Stein / Reuters:
Gov. Walker Informed That Bill Targeting Unions May Cost State $46 Million In Federal Funds … WASHINGTON — Budget referees and transportation officials in Wisconsin have informed Gov. Scott Walker (R) that if he were to pass his controversial anti-union legislation into law …
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Tim Fernholz / NationalJournal.com:
Bait and Switch? — Walker's budget plans don't fix what he says is the crisis. — Republican Gov. Scott Walker has kicked off a firestorm with his budget proposals, but his most controversial plans wouldn't address this fiscal year's shortfall. — Why now?
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Wisconsin Governor Walker Punked by Fake Koch Call — This is priceless. Ian Murphy of Buffalo Beast (the site appears to be down at the moment, but twolf1 has posted both videos on MyFDL) called up Gov. Scott Walker, posing as wealthy industrialist and campaign donor David Koch. They had a 20-minute chat.
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Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post:
Making sense of Wisconsin's union showdown — A dirty little secret about column writers is that we each have a handful of road-tested templates that we use all too frequently to make sense of something that has happened and demands our wise opinionation. These past few days I've …
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Public unions force taxpayers to fund Democrats
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Scott Walker / PolitiFact:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he campaigned on his budget repair plan, including curtailing collective bargaining
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Judith Davidoff / host.madison.com:
Koch brothers quietly open lobbying office in downtown Madison
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Edward Morrissey / The Week Magazine:
The real threat to democracy in Wisconsin
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Ezra Klein:
Wonkbook: Will Wisconsin spread?
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Wisconsin's Walker Signs Bill Requiring 2/3 Majority for Tax Increases
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Emily Schultheis / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich confronted over affair — PHILADELPHIA — Newt Gingrich's speech at the University of Pennsylvania Tuesday night quickly took a turn for the dramatic when the first student to question him brought up his admitted extra-marital affair and accused him of being “hypocritical” for espousing moral values.
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Matt Negrin / The Politico:
W.H.: Obama won't speak on Libya — Jay Carney said that he didn't anticipate Obama speaking about Libya. — AP Photo — White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Air Force One that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will speak about Libya at 2:30 p.m. He referred questions on Libya to …
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Reuters:
Obama under pressure to intervene in Libya
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Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
The President's Deafening Silence on Libya
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Chicago Tribune:
Chicago's next mayor: Emanuel — Ex-presidential adviser avoids runoff with 55% — Rahm Emanuel, a top adviser to two U.S. presidents who returned to Chicago just months ago, swept into the mayor's office Tuesday, inheriting a city reeling from recession and promising to reshape City Hall.
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Emanuel Triumphs in Chicago Mayoral Race — CHICAGO — Rahm Emanuel, a former congressman who worked for two presidents, was elected mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, a victory that marks a new path for a city that has, for 22 years, been led by a singular, powerful force, Richard M. Daley.
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Ezra Klein:
Another judge rules the individual mandate constitutional — This time it was Judge Gladys Kessler in the D.C. Circuit Court. Kessler, interestingly, rejected the idea that the individual mandate is a tax. Her ruling for the mandate's constitutionality rested on the “necessary and proper clause …
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Ryan J. Reilly / TPMDC:
Federal Judge In D.C. Upholds Health Care Reform, Says Some Arguments ‘Ignore Reality’
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Kevin Sack / New York Times:
A Third Judge Validates Health Care Overhaul Law
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Patrick Hynes / New Hampshire Journal:
Dem Rep to unions: Time to get ‘bloody’ — A Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts is raising the stakes in the nation's fight over the future of public employee unions, saying emails aren't enough to show support and that it is time to “get a little bloody.”
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Democrat urges unions to ‘get a little bloody when necessary’
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Scaling Back State Programs Is Least of Three Fiscal Evils — Less objectionable than reducing state worker pay or benefits, increasing taxes — PRINCETON, NJ — As Wisconsin and numerous other states struggle to reduce untenable budget deficits, a new USA Today/Gallup poll finds …
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Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Fox Reverses Results Of Gallup Poll To Claim Americans Oppose Union Collective Bargaining Rights
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Linda Borg / Providence Journal:
Providence plans to pink slip all teachers — PROVIDENCE — The school district plans to send out dismissal notices to every one of its 1,926 teachers, an unprecedented move that has union leaders up in arms. — In a letter sent to all teachers Tuesday, Supt.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
D.C., Hawaii Still Most Approving of Obama; All States Decline — Approval is higher than average in 12 states plus D.C., lower than average in 18 states — PRINCETON, NJ — Residents of Hawaii gave native son President Barack Obama the highest average 2010 job approval rating (66%) …
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Adam Weinstein / Mother Jones:
Indiana Official: “Use Live Ammunition” Against Wisconsin Protesters — A conservative deputy AG let his emotions get out of hand. It wasn't the first time. — Post Comment — On Saturday night, when Mother Jones staffers tweeted a report that riot police might soon sweep demonstrators …
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Associated Press:
Wis. Licensing Dept. Looking Into Doctors' Notes — UW Health Says It's Also Investigating — MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin officials are investigating complaints about doctors who handed out medical excuses for pro-labor protesters at the Capitol. — Dave Ross, of the state Department …
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Unlikely Hospitalist / Pundit Press:
The Scrubbing has Begun... Today the state of Wisconsin Department …
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Associated Press:
Report: Ex-minister says Gadhafi ordered Lockerbie — STOCKHOLM — Swedish tabloid Expressen says Libya's ex-justice minister claims Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people in 1988. — Expressen on Wednesday quoted Mustafa Abdel-Jalil as telling …
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Al Jazeera Blogs:
Live Blog — As the uprising in Libya enters its tenth day, we keep you updated on the developing situation from our headquarters in Doha, Qatar. — Blog: Feb17 - Feb18 - Feb19 - Feb20 - Feb21 - Feb22 — AJE Live Stream - Special Coverage: Libya Uprising - Twitter Audio: Voices from Libya
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
WikiLeaks Cables Detail Qaddafi Family's Exploits — WASHINGTON — After New Year's Day 2009, Western media reported that Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, a son of the Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, had paid Mariah Carey $1 million to sing just four songs at a bash on the Caribbean island of St. Barts.
Caroline B. Glick / Jerusalem Post:
Our World: Obama's devastatingly mixed signals — By adopting a policy it openly hated and then condemning its own behavior, the US essentially told Israel, America is not a credible partner. — Talkbacks (82) — For better or worse, each passing day the Middle East is becoming more unstable.
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