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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, Hot Air, RedState, Right Wing News, Fire Andrea Mitchell!, The Gateway Pundit, The Other McCain, Moe Lane, Mofo Politics, theblogprof, Weasel Zippers, POWIP, Sister Toldjah, AmSpecBlog, No Runny Eggs, 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
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
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 …
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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The Atlantic Online, Politics and Outside the Beltway
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, Booman Tribune, Sky Dancing, GayPatriot, TBogg, Wall Street Journal, Nice Deb, The Democratic Daily, Michelle Malkin, Weekly Standard, The Plum Line 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
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
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Want Cuts In Interim Spending Bill
Republicans Want Cuts In Interim Spending Bill
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Politics Daily, Washington Monthly, The Hill and USA Today
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Liberals to stage Tea Party-like revolts against GOP spending cuts
Liberals to stage Tea Party-like revolts against GOP spending cuts
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Prairie Weather
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 — The 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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BBC:
Wikileaks' Julian Assange to be extradited to Sweden — Mr Assange will appeal against the extradition ruling, his lawyer told the court — Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations, a judge has ruled.
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Politics Daily, The Independent, Politics and Guardian
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
Aurelius / Pundit Press:
Go Figure: Obama White House Can't Spell “Libya” — Well, I may now know why President Obama took so long to talk about the revolts in Libya: his advisors and press people simply cannot spell the country's name. I mean, it's five whole letters! No one can figure that out:
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JammieWearingFool, Weasel Zippers and Outside the Beltway
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Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Sits Out State Fights
Obama Sits Out State Fights
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The Politico, POWIP, The Note, Washington Times and USA Today
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
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The United States Department of Justice:
Statement of the Attorney General on Litigation Involving the Defense of Marriage Act
Statement of the Attorney General on Litigation Involving the Defense of Marriage Act
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American Spectator, AMERICAblog Gay, The Volokh Conspiracy, The Atlantic Online, Breitbart.tv, The Plum Line, Balkinization, The Bilerico Project, CBS News, Salon, New York Times, American Prospect, PointOfLaw Forum, The Daily Caller, NationalJournal.com, The Huffington Post, The Moderate Voice, Emptywheel, Wonk Room, TPMDC, Firedoglake, ACS Blog, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Sky Dancing, ThinkProgress, Wonkette, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Daily Kos, PostPartisan, Hot Air, National Review, Blog of Rights, New York Magazine, AMERICAblog News, Jay Bookman, msnbc.com, The Right Sphere, Hit & Run, Mother Jones, AOL News, Christianity Today, Crooks and Liars, Washington Monthly, Pam's House Blend, Ben Smith's Blog, Booman Tribune, Minnesota Independent and The Maddow Blog
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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The Independent, Guardian, Aljazeera, The Daily Dish, The Field on the Narcosphere, The Lede, Libya February 17th and Big Peace
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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, Emptywheel, UNCOVERAGE.net, Mish's Global Economic …, naked capitalism, The Page and Calculated Risk
Teddy Schleifer / The Daily Princetonian:
Daniels '71: Into the spotlight — After Mitch Daniels '71 was arrested, indicted and convicted on charges of drug use as an undergraduate in May 1970, he said that he thought his aspiring political career was doomed. “Any goal I might have had for competing for public office were shot,” …
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CNN and The Politico
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
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
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
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.
Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
Fox's Shep Smith: Pretending Wisconsin Is About A Fiscal Crisis Is “Malarkey” — Shepard Smith's conversation today with commentator Juan Williams would likely surprise loyal viewers of both Fox News and MSNBC. Shep's repeated assertion that there is no longer a budget crisis in Wisconsin …
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protein wisdom
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
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
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