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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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Michael Hastings / Rolling Stone:
Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators
Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators
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Firedoglake, Abu Muqawama, SWJ Blog and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jim White / Firedoglake:
Psy-Ops on Senators Just Another Example of Military Illegally Manipulating Information
Psy-Ops on Senators Just Another Example of Military Illegally Manipulating Information
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Emptywheel, The Washington Note, Danger Room and The Atlantic Online
Melissa Bell / BlogPost:
Petraeus orders investigation after Rolling Stone reports on alleged use of psychological operations
Petraeus orders investigation after Rolling Stone reports on alleged use of psychological operations
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msnbc.com, The Hill, Politics Daily, AOL News and FrumForum
Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Roger Ailes, Fox News Chief, Told Employee to Lie, Records Say — It was an incendiary allegation — and a mystery of great intrigue in the media world: After the publishing powerhouse Judith Regan was fired by HarperCollins in 2006, she claimed that a senior executive at its parent company …
Jay Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Fears Tripoli May Deploy Gas As Chaos Mounts — WASHINGTON—The government of Col. Moammar Gadhafi hasn't destroyed significant stockpiles of mustard gas and other chemical-weapons agents, raising fears in Washington about what could happen to them—and whether they may be used—as Libya slides further into chaos.
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New York Times:
Qaddafi Strikes Back as Rebels Close In on Libyan Capital — BENGHAZI, Libya — Thousands of mercenary and irregular forces struck back at a tightening circle of rebellions around the capital, Tripoli, on Thursday, trying to fend off an uprising against the 40-year rule of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi …
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Michelle Malkin:
Video: Rhode Island union supporter to cameraman - “I'll f**k you in the ass, you faggot” — The hits keep on coming. Here's another fine specimen of Big Labor civility: — At AFSCME's “solidarity” rally in Providence, Rhode Island on Tuesday, a cameraman was accosted by a fuming pro-union protester.
Rasmussen Reports:
67% Disapprove of Legislators Fleeing Wisconsin to Avoid Vote — Half of America's voters favor public sector unions for government workers, but they strongly oppose the tactic by Wisconsin state senators to flee their state to prevent a vote that would limit the rights of such unions.
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tax.com:
Really Bad Reporting in Wisconsin: Who ‘Contributes’ to Public Workers' Pensions? — When it comes to improving public understanding of tax policy, nothing has been more troubling than the deeply flawed coverage of the Wisconsin state employees' fight over collective bargaining.
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Ezra Klein and Newshoggers.com
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Official: U.S. military options for Libya being planned — (CNN) — In the first indication the crisis with Libya could take on a military dimension, the Pentagon is looking at “all options” it can offer President Barack Obama in dealing with the Libyan crisis, a senior U.S. military official told CNN on Thursday.
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The United States Department of Justice:
Texas Resident Arrested on Charge of Attempted Use of Weapon of Mass Destruction … WASHINGTON - Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and resident of Lubbock, Texas, was arrested late yesterday by FBI agents in Texas on a federal charge of attempted use of a weapon …
Chris Frates / The Politico:
White House meets lobbyists off campus — Caught between their boss' anti-lobbyist rhetoric and the reality of governing, President Barack Obama's aides often steer meetings with lobbyists to a complex just off the White House grounds — and several of the lobbyists involved say they believe the choice of venue is no accident.
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Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
The Most Disturbing Personality on Cable Television — In the past few weeks Glenn Beck has spoken about the coming caliphate that he believes is about to envelope most of the world. He then dilated on the anti-Christ with a man who says he has “new prophetic understanding into the end times.”
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
No labor officials on Sunday shows this weekend? — I tend not to get into the business of questioning the guest choices made by the Sunday shows. But if there were ever a time the networks would want to book labor officials to appear, you'd think it would be now.
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Unions: Sunday Shows Are Shutting Us Out
Unions: Sunday Shows Are Shutting Us Out
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ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A NEW LITMUS TEST FOR THE 2012 FIELD?.... This week …
A NEW LITMUS TEST FOR THE 2012 FIELD?.... This week …
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The Politico, Wall Street Journal, GOP 12 and Eschaton
Mother Jones:
Nebraska Resurrects “Justifiable Homicide” Abortion Bill — A state legislator pushes a bill that's even more sweeping than the South Dakota proposal that sparked a national controversy. — Post Comment — Just when abortion rights supporters thought they had beaten a controversial bill …
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Lynda Waddington / Iowa Independent:
Iowa bills open door for use of deadly force to protect the unborn
Iowa bills open door for use of deadly force to protect the unborn
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Mother Jones, Washington Monthly, Shakesville and Joe. My. God.
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Report: GOP budget cuts would hit U.S. economy — Goldman Sachs analysis says Republicans' $61 billion in cuts would trim U.S. economic growth by half this year. Rep. John Boehner and others reject the report. — Reporting from Washington — Spending cuts approved by House Republicans …
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Free exchange, TalkLeft and Mother Jones
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Jonathan Bernstein / The New Republic:
Policy Paralysis — How John Boehner made a government shutdown inevitable.
Policy Paralysis — How John Boehner made a government shutdown inevitable.
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New York Times, Ezra Klein, Open Congress, A plain blog about politics and The Maddow Blog
kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — February 2011 — In the wake of the health reform repeal vote in the U.S. House and the ongoing legal challenges over the individual mandate, nearly half the country either believes that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Repeal has Americans flummoxed
Repeal has Americans flummoxed
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Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
JSOnline:
Madison police chief troubled by Walker's comments on protesters — By Sharif Durhams of the Journal Sentinel — Madison Police Chief Noble Wray said Thursday that he found comments by Gov. Scott Walker made about protesters at the state Capitol during a prank phone call “very unsettling and troubling.”
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Matt Bai / New York Times:
How Chris Christie Did His Homework — Like a stand-up comedian working out-of-the-way clubs, Chris Christie travels the townships and boroughs of New Jersey, places like Hackettstown and Raritan and Scotch Plains, sharpening his riffs about the state's public employees …
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Ben Smith's Blog, The Atlantic Online, GOP 12, Politics, The Page and Felix Salmon
Douglas Feiden / NY Daily News:
UFT spends millions on dinners, parties, parking, coffee as thousands of teachers face layoffs — As nearly 5,000 city teachers face the ax, their union shells out millions of dollars on feasting, boozing and partying, the Daily News has learned. — Free-spending United Federation …
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The Lonely Conservative, JammieWearingFool and POWIP
Michael Monk / Firedoglake:
Will Obama Find Those Shoes? — In the “flashback quote of the day” at Taegan Goddard's Political Wire, he highlights words from candidate Barack Obama, made in a 2007 speech (and referenced in Slate). That quote is as follows (spoken word differs slightly from the prepared text quoted by others …