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Michelle Malkin:
Video: CWA union thug strikes young female FreedomWorks activist; Updated — This is Tabitha Hale, a young conservative activist/original Tea Party organizer/blogger who works for Washington, D.C.-based FreedomWorks. I know her from her great grass-roots work with Smart Girl Politics when the Tea Party movement was just emerging.
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The Daily Caller, UNCOVERAGE.net, Doug Ross, The Sundries Shack, The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, The Other McCain, RedState, Right Wing News, Fire Andrea Mitchell!, Moe Lane, Mofo Politics, theblogprof, Weasel Zippers, POWIP, Sister Toldjah, No Runny Eggs, AmSpecBlog, The Daley Gator, Da Techguy's Blog, protein wisdom, American Power, Pajamas Media and Instapundit
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Kyle Cheney / Boston Herald:
Capuano ‘bloody’ comment becomes flashpoint in union flap — U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano expressed regret Wednesday for his choice of words at a Tuesday rally to support Wisconsin workers, after national and local Republicans pounced on him for “over-the-top and inflammatory rhetoric.”
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Right Wing News, Weasel Zippers, AmSpecBlog and JammieWearingFool
Ben Howe / RedState:
Bad Jew! — Union protestors, including waiver award winners Communication Workers of America (CWA), arrived outside of the FreedomWorks headquarters today apparently to hit female activists and police the Jews. — Meanwhile, in Denver, the same level headed Unions were scolding …
Tabitha Hale / RedState:
Union Thuggery Descends On FreedomWorks — Today, union thugs descended on the FreedomWorks office. It was the middle of the day, and there was some excitement outside as all the buses pulled up and people started to fill the courtyard. We decided to go out and show our support for freedom.
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Fire Andrea Mitchell!, Scared Monkeys and Moe Lane
John / Power Line:
The Left's War on the Kochs — The most extraordinary story in the news these days is the all-out assault that the Left is mounting against Charles and David Koch and their company, Koch Enterprises. A day doesn't go buy—hardly an hour goes by—without some new attack being launched against these two lonely libertarians.
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The Caucus, Sky Dancing, GayPatriot, Wall Street Journal, TBogg, Nice Deb, The Democratic Daily, The Plum Line, Michelle Malkin, Weekly Standard and Althouse
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Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
Wisconsin governor pranked by Buffalo journalist
Wisconsin governor pranked by Buffalo journalist
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The Huffington Post, ABCNEWS, Firedoglake and Guardian
The United States Department of Justice:
Statement of the Attorney General on Litigation Involving the Defense of Marriage Act — WASHINGTON - The Attorney General made the following statement today about the Department's course of action in two lawsuits, Pedersen v. OPM and Windsor v. United States, challenging Section 3 of the Defense …
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American Spectator, The Plum Line, Breitbart.tv, The Volokh Conspiracy, The Atlantic Online, CBS News, The Bilerico Project, NationalJournal.com, Salon, American Prospect, PointOfLaw Forum, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Balkinization, The Huffington Post, TPMDC, The Moderate Voice, Emptywheel, Wonk Room, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, ACS Blog, ThinkProgress, Hot Air, Firedoglake, Sky Dancing, Wonkette, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, National Review, Daily Kos, Blog of Rights, New York Magazine, AMERICAblog News, Jay Bookman, msnbc.com, The Right Sphere, PostPartisan, Hit & Run, Mother Jones, AOL News, Christianity Today, Crooks and Liars, Pam's House Blend, Washington Monthly, Ben Smith's Blog, Booman Tribune, Minnesota Independent and Unfogged
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Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
The Executive Power Grab in the Decision Not to Defend DOMA — I can understand the intense political pressure on the Obama Administration not to defend DOMA. Presumably Obama and pretty much every significant lawyer in the Obama Administration opposes DOMA, whether or not they can take that position on the record.
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Flopping Aces, Balkinization, alicublog, The Atlantic Online, Runnin' Scared and PointOfLaw Forum
Michael Hastings / Rolling Stone:
Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators — The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in “psychological operations” to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war, Rolling Stone has learned …
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Politics and Outside the Beltway
Guardian:
WikiLeaks founder must face Swedish rape allegations — WikiLeaks founder handed verdict at Belmarsh magistrates court — Follow reactions to the ruling on our live blog — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault.
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The Hill and AOL News, more at Techmeme »
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
London Court Grants Swedish Request to Extradite Assange
London Court Grants Swedish Request to Extradite Assange
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Guardian, New York Magazine, Prairie Weather and Gawker
Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Sits Out State Fights — President Barack Obama, after initially lending his support to organized labor, has stepped back from the fights spreading in state capitals from Wisconsin to Tennessee, leaving union officials divided about his tactics. — Democratic officials …
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The Note, POWIP, Washington Times, USA Today and The Politico
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Pushes Mortgage Deal — Obama Proposal Seeks Multibillion-Dollar Settlement of Loan-Servicing Cases — The Obama administration is trying to push through a settlement over mortgage-servicing breakdowns that could force America's largest banks to pay for reductions in loan principal worth billions of dollars.
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Sweetness & Light, naked capitalism, Emptywheel, UNCOVERAGE.net, Mish's Global Economic …, The Page and Calculated Risk
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 - Feb23 — AJE Live Stream - Special Coverage: Libya Uprising - Twitter Audio: Voices from Libya
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Aljazeera, The Field on the Narcosphere, The Daily Dish, Libya February 17th, The Lede and Big Peace
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Liberals to stage Tea Party-like revolts against GOP spending cuts — Democratic strategists believe their Tea Party moment has arrived. — Working with labor unions and liberal groups, they are using the Presidents Day congressional recess to organize a public backlash against billions of dollars in cuts to federal programs.
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Prairie Weather
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Jonathon M. Seidl / The Blaze:
VAN'S GRAND PLAN TO SPAN THE LAND: A UNION PROTEST AT EVERY STATE CAPITOL
VAN'S GRAND PLAN TO SPAN THE LAND: A UNION PROTEST AT EVERY STATE CAPITOL
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New Zeal, RedState, The Jawa Report, Colorlines and Speakeasy
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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The Politico, JONATHAN TURLEY, IN.gov, WRTV-TV, The Reaction, The Raw Story, Mother Jones, Jay Bookman, Crooks and Liars, Wonkette, AFL-CIO NOW BLOG, Salon, msnbc.com, TPMDC, Hullabaloo, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Weigel, Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, Gawker, Little Green Footballs, Outside the Beltway, Balloon Juice and The Maddow Blog
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WLFI-TV:
Deputy AG loses job after tweet drama
Deputy AG loses job after tweet drama
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The Moderate Voice, The Agonist, Balloon Juice and TPMDC
Marin Cogan / The Politico:
Town hall ‘rage’ over spending — ORLANDO, Fla.—The two town halls couldn't have been any more different — one a blue-jeans-and-ball-cap affair, rowdy and filled-to-capacity near an impoverished urban strip — the other a smaller confab of polo-shirt-and-Bermuda-shorts clad seniors in a sleek conference room outside Orlando.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Neither Party Has Edge on Federal Budget Dealings — Americans favor compromise over budget shutdown by 2-to-1 margin — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans are closely divided over whether the Republicans in Congress (42%) or President Obama and the Democrats (39%) are doing the better job …
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The Hill and Top of the Ticket
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Santorum: Left hates ‘Christendom’ — Rick Santorum launched into a scathing attack on the left, charging during an appearance in South Carolina that the history of the Crusades has been corrupted by “the American left who hates Christendom.” — “The idea that the Crusades and the fight …
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Weasel Zippers, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Booman Tribune and FrumForum
El Marco / Looking at the Left:
Racism and Incivility Aimed at Tea Party in Denver — Union Thugs and Teachers Lash Out at Taxpayers — White House political arm, Organizing for America, teamed up with Service Employees International Union (SEIU), for their latest astroturfing effort in Denver.
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Moonbattery, Red White Blue News, The Gateway Pundit, Atlas Shrugs and Mediaite
New York Times:
Qaddafi Massing Forces in Tripoli as Rebellion Spreads — BAIDA, Libya — Forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi were reported to be striking back in several cites surrounding Tripoli on Thursday, as rebellion crept closer to the capital and defections of military officers multiplied.
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FP Passport and FrumForum
Rashid Ameer / The Express Tribune:
Honour crime: Woman killed for refusing to divorce husband — A 21-year-old girl was murdered in Khanewal on Monday allegedly by her brother because she had refused to give in to her family's demand to divorce her husband. — Ismat Parveen, a resident of Kot Muhammad Hussain …
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Jihad Watch
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Revenge of the Pomeranians — Right now concerned citizens are probably asking themselves: What will happen if the federal government shuts down? — Also, why is the federal government in danger of shutting down? Whom can I blame for this? Does it have anything to do with what's going on in Wisconsin?
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Daily Kos and Prairie Weather
CREW:
CREW: WI Governor Violated State Law by Sending Troopers After Missing Legislator — Ethics, FOIA, News, States, Wisconsin, Transparency, Press Releases — Washington, D.C .- Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a non-partisan government watchdog group …
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Mother Jones and Daily Kos
Terry Jeffrey / Townhall.com:
Do Wisconsin's Public Schools Deserve to Survive? — With the entire nation watching, Wisconsinites are now debating whether the state's public school teachers ought to be required to pay 5.8 percent of their wages to support their own retirement plans and 12.6 percent of their own health-insurance premiums …
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Media Matters for America, Balloon Juice and Little Green Footballs