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Blake Aued / athenscms.com:
Question to Broun: Who's going to shoot President Obama? — At Rep. Paul Broun's town hall meeting on Tuesday, the Athens congressman asked who had driven the farthest to be there and let the winner ask the first question. — We couldn't hear the question in the back of the packed Oglethorpe …
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Little Green Footballs, Salon, Firedoglake, Athens Daily News, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite, Obsidian Wings, ABCNEWS, The Hill, ThinkProgress, Taegan Goddard's …, The Raw Story, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, nancynall.com, TPMMuckraker, The Moderate Voice, msnbc.com, CNN, Wonkette, Confederate Yankee, BlogPost, The 1600 Report, New York Magazine, FrumForum and Mock, Paper, Scissors
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Secret Service interviews Georgia constituent who asked who will ‘shoot’ Obama; case is ‘closed matter’ — UPDATE, 11:50 a.m.: In a new statement Rep Paul Broun appears to admit he should have condemned his constituent: … ORIGINAL POST: — By now you may have heard that GOP Rep. Paul Broun …
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Washington Monthly, TPMMuckraker and Salon
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Broun is asked who'll ‘shoot Obama’ — A constituent at a town hall for Georgia Rep. Paul Broun drew laughter on Tuesday when asked, “Who is going to shoot Obama?” and the Republican didn't come anywhere near condemning the question in his response. — “The thing is, I know there's a lot …
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The Moderate Voice, Outside the Beltway and Prairie Weather
Ryan J. Reilly / TPMMuckraker:
Witnesses: Republican Laughed When Asked 'Who's Gonna Shoot Obama?'
Witnesses: Republican Laughed When Asked 'Who's Gonna Shoot Obama?'
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The Right Sphere, Jay Bookman, The Daily Dish, Talking Points Memo and msnbc.com
Michelle Malkin:
Hate-a-rama: The vulgar, racist, sexist, homophobic rage of the Left
Hate-a-rama: The vulgar, racist, sexist, homophobic rage of the Left
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New Jersey Online and The Daily Dish
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“Here's the latest evidence that nothing has changed in post-Tucson America...”
“Here's the latest evidence that nothing has changed in post-Tucson America...”
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HazZzMat and Media Matters for America
Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
Pulling Apart — Congress was more polarized last year than in any other year since National Journal began compiling its vote ratings. Overlap between the parties is disappearing. — Republicans in lockstep: House Speaker John Boehner, flanked by GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy (left) …
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Politics Daily, Washington Wire, The Note, Don Surber, Hotline On Call, WPRI.com Blogs, USA Today, The Fix and TPMDC
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
WI Assembly GOP Passes Walker Budget In Surprise Vote — Dems Chant “Shame!” — MADISON, WI — The Wisconsin State Assembly has just passed Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill, including its controversial provisions to eliminate almost all collective bargaining rights for public employee unions …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
LEFTIST GALLERY ERUPTS as Wisconsin GOP Assembly Passes Governor Walker's Budget Cut Bill (Video)
LEFTIST GALLERY ERUPTS as Wisconsin GOP Assembly Passes Governor Walker's Budget Cut Bill (Video)
Todd Richmond / host.madison.com:
Tempers explode as Assembly passes controversial budget repair bill
Tempers explode as Assembly passes controversial budget repair bill
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JSOnline, The Maddow Blog, Indecision Forever, Politics Daily, GayPatriot, neo-neocon and The Gateway Pundit
Dylan Stableford / The Wrap:
Breaking: Kathleen Parker Splits From CNN's ‘Parker Spitzer’ — Kathleen Parker, the co-host of “Parker Spitzer,” CNN's four-month-old, ratings-challenged primetime show, is being dropped from the program, according to sources inside the CNN newsroom. Eliot Spitzer, her co-host, will remain …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Runnin' Scared, Pajamas Media, Mediaite and JammieWearingFool, more at Mediagazer »
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
CNN Reformats ‘Parker Spitzer’ Without Kathleen Parker — Updated CNN is reformatting “Parker Spitzer” as an ensemble program with Eliot Spitzer — and without Kathleen Parker, who has been his co-host for the last four months. — Effective Monday, the program will be renamed “In The Arena …
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Mediaite, Parker Spitzer and Hot Air
Jonathan Capehart / PostPartisan:
Jeremy Bernard: A historic choice for White House social secretary — The White House is set to make news and history this afternoon when it announces the new social secretary. Jeremy Bernard, currently the chief of staff to the U.S. ambassador to France, will become the third person to hold the job in the Obama administration.
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Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
The White House Gets Its First Male Social Secretary
The White House Gets Its First Male Social Secretary
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National Review
Lynn Sweet / Politics Daily:
The new White House social secretary is Jeremy Bernard …
The new White House social secretary is Jeremy Bernard …
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Political Punch, AOL News and Washington Wire
Myglesias / Yglesias:
How To Run America Like a Business: Get Rid Of All The Old People — Jamelle Bouie tags Sarah Lacy's piece on why America can't “function like a fiscally responsible company” as a good example of “why tech writers should stay away from politics.” — I endorse his critiques, but there's really a deeper issue here.
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Ezra Klein, FT Alphaville and TechCrunch
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
DSCC attacks Brown on abuse revelation — The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is circulating a number of clips to reporters suggesting that Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) revelations of sexual abuse as a child is either a political stunt or a hypocritical move in the light of his endorsement …
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Outside the Beltway and The Lonely Conservative
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Brad Reed / Crooks and Liars:
Teabags and Sympathy — So the New York Times posted an interesting article the other day about how some guys who work or have in the past worked with private-sector unions are actually supportive of Scott Walker's public-sector union busting. Take a look:
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Winds of Change.NET
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Rubicon: A river in Wisconsin
Rubicon: A river in Wisconsin
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NewsBusters.org, PostPartisan, Pajamas Media and Washington Examiner
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrats eye the lockbox for Social Security, in Al Gore revival — Senate Democrats want to put the Social Security trust fund in a lockbox and insulate it from a broader budget-cutting package designed to reduce the national deficit. — It's a revival of the concept …
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CNN, Taylor Marsh, National Review, Ezra Klein, Daily Kos, The Politico, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Washington Post, SENATUS and Prairie Weather
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Molly Ball / The Politico:
Pelosi edits honorary resolution...on Pelosi — The Democratic National Committee wanted to honor Nancy Pelosi Thursday — but its praise wasn't good enough for the House minority leader. — When the DNC's Resolutions Committee brought up a resolution commemorating Pelosi's years as speaker of the House …
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The Lonely Conservative, Michelle Malkin, Sweetness & Light, PoliPundit.com, Weasel Zippers, Sister Toldjah and Wonkette
David Brooks / New York Times:
Run Mitch, Run — On Feb. 11, Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana met with a group of college students. According to The Yale Daily News, he told them that there is an “excellent chance” he will not run for president. Then he mounted the podium at the Conservative Political Action Conference …
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Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Dish, Politics, Ben Smith's Blog, Paul Krugman and Shakesville
Mzielinska / CBS New York:
Rep. Anthony Weiner Wants ‘Sexist’ Queens Statue Removed — NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Congressman Anthony Weiner is taking a stand against a statue in Queens that has been a source of controversy for nearly 90 years. — 1010 WINS' Al Jones with Rep. Anthony Weiner who says the statue does not represent civic virtue
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New York Magazine and Runnin' Scared
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Jury Nullification Advocate Is Indicted — Julian P. Heicklen sat silent and unresponsive as his bail hearing began last week in federal court in Manhattan; his eyes were closed, his head slumped forward. — “Mr. Heicklen?” the magistrate judge, Ronald L. Ellis, asked. “Mr. Heicklen?
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Common Sense Political Thought, The Volokh Conspiracy and Balkinization
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Shock Doctrine, U.S.A. — Here's a thought: maybe Madison, Wis., isn't Cairo after all. Maybe it's Baghdad — specifically, Baghdad in 2003, when the Bush administration put Iraq under the rule of officials chosen for loyalty and political reliability rather than experience and competence.
The Hispanic Conservative On Wisconsin Politics …:
The Untold Story of Scott Walker's Longstanding History with Labor — may be a new marvel to cable news, but he is certainly no stranger to Wisconsin politics. Scott K. Walker, son of a Baptist preacher, began his political career in the early 1990s when he ran for an Assembly seat in the State Legislature.
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UNCOVERAGE.net
Kate Loveys / Daily Mail:
Foiled by the winter: The £25,000 eco-classroom that can't be used because solar panels don't provide enough heat — Eco-campaigners who built a classroom powered by the sun believed they were paving the way for the future. — Instead they have been taught a valuable lesson …
Penny Starr / CNSNews:
New Study Shows That Offshore Drilling Could Make Alaska the Eighth Largest Oil Producer in the World - Ahead of Libya and Nigeria — (CNSNews.com) - A new study says drilling on Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) could make Alaska the eighth largest oil resource province in the world — ahead of Nigeria, Libya, Russia and Norway.
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Moonbattery and protein wisdom
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Mississippi Rates as the Most Conservative U.S. State — Vermont, Rhode Island, District of Columbia have highest percentages of liberals — PRINCETON, NJ — Mississippi is home to the largest percentage of conservatives among U.S. states, with a slim majority identifying their political views as conservative.
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USA Today, CNN and Taegan Goddard's …
aina.org:
Egyptian Armed Forces Fire At Christian Monasteries, 19 Injured — (AINA) — For the second time in as many days, Egyptian armed force stormed the 5th century old St. Bishoy monastery in Wadi el-Natroun, 110 kilometers from Cairo. Live ammunition was fired, wounding two monks and six Coptic monastery workers.
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UNCOVERAGE.net, Gates of Vienna, Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch, Da Techguy's Blog and Babalú Blog
Agence France Presse:
Spain to probe Guantanamo torture claims — A Spanish court Friday agreed to investigate a complaint by a Moroccan who said he was tortured while in the US detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, judicial sources said. — The National Court said it was competent to take the case as the complainant …
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Firedoglake and The Daily Dish
National Review:
Koch Executives Speak Out on Wisconsin — Madison, Wis. — Earlier this week, a blogger impersonating industrialist David Koch spoke with Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who is attempting to pass a budget-repair bill. The conversation between Walker and the poseur, which was recorded …