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Mind Stain:
Scott Walker Asked to Leave Local Restaurant — Come looking for an article about Scott Walker being booted from a Madison restaurant? Yes, you came to the right place, but at the request of the restaurant owner due to abusive phone calls, the article has been hidden for the time being.
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Badger Blogger, Althouse, Crooks and Liars, American Power, Da Techguy's Blog, The Jawa Report and POWIP
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Swopa / Firedoglake:
Late Night: You'll Never Eat Dinner in This Town Again — Sometimes, it's good to leave detached, cerebral meta-analyses of politics aside and just get a taste of public opinion being expressed the old-fashioned way. — Wisconsin blogger Naomi Houser reports tonight (via Howie Klein on Twitter):
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
New York Times:
Qaddafi Forces Shooting From Ambulances, Witnesses Say — TRIPOLI, Libya — An increasingly gruesome picture began to emerge Saturday of the violent tactics used by the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to quell protesters in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, with several witnesses confirming …
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FrumForum and AMERICAblog News
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Is Barack Obama Secretly Swiss? … Like This Story — Follow Slate's Fighting Words … - What It's Like To Spend the Night With the Village of Protesters in Wisconsin's Capitol- The MPAA Ratings System Is Much Harsher on Independent Films Than on Studio Films- Slate Readers Hate Their iPads …
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The Monkey Cage, Hot Air, Opinion L.A., ProPublica, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, FrumForum and Pajamas Media
New York Times:
Following U.S. Sanctions, U.N. Security Council to Meet on Libya — WASHINGTON — One day after the United States closed its embassy in Tripoli and imposed unilateral sanctions against Libya, the United Nations Security Council prepared to meet in New York on Saturday to consider imposing …
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CNN, CBS News, New York Magazine, The Daily Beast and FrumForum
Leon Wieseltier / The New Republic:
We Choose Consultations — In Libya, Obama strikes (not) again.
We Choose Consultations — In Libya, Obama strikes (not) again.
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The Enterprise Blog and Pajamas Media
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
The Real Political Math In Wisconsin … WASHINGTON — The real political math in Wisconsin isn't about the state budget or the collective-bargaining rights of public employees there. It is about which party controls governorships and, with them, the balance of power on the ground in the 2012 elections.
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Reuters and The New Republic
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David Catanese / The Politico:
Perry reluctant to back Walker's plan
Perry reluctant to back Walker's plan
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Teamster Nation, Daily Kos and FrumForum
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Public employees not such an easy scapegoat after all
Public employees not such an easy scapegoat after all
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Ben Smith's Blog, Wonk Room, ThinkProgress, UNCOVERAGE.net, Joshua Holland's Blog, TPMDC and Hullabaloo
The Note:
Shutdown Showdown: Stalemate Thaws As Democrats “Encouraged” By New GOP Proposal — ABC News' John R. Parkinson & Matthew Jaffe report: — The prospect of a government shutdown one week from today appeared to become less likely Friday as Republicans unveiled a new short-term spending proposal that earned praise from Democrats.
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Political Punch, appropriations.house.gov, TPMDC, The Lonely Conservative, UNCOVERAGE.net, Don Surber, National Review and Hot Air
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Evolution of the Crazy — Mild mannered Ron Brownstein writes today …
Evolution of the Crazy — Mild mannered Ron Brownstein writes today …
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Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, Ezra Klein, A plain blog about politics and Balloon Juice
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Shutdown talk softens as GOP details plans for $4 billion in cuts
Shutdown talk softens as GOP details plans for $4 billion in cuts
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CNN, Washington Monthly, New York Times, Washington Post and Open Congress
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The G.O.P.'s Abandoned Babies — Republicans need to figure out where they stand on children's welfare. They can't be “pro-life” when the “child” is in the womb but indifferent when it's in the world. Allow me to illustrate just how schizophrenic their position has become through the prism of premature babies.
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Prairie Weather
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Protesters at the Wisconsin Capitol disrespectfully have taped signs on and piled junk against the Veterans Memorial. — Meade and I confront them, and we're told we're the first people who've had a problem with it. I try to explain how that attempted defense of the behavior is only going to make it look worse.
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Pundit & Pundette, JammieWearingFool and Cold Fury
NewsMax.com:
Gingrich: If Palin Took Obama Actions, There Would Be Calls for Impeachment — In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV Friday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Barack Obama's decision not to fully enforce the Defense of Marriage law eventually could lead to a constitutional crisis …
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Paul Bedard / US News:
Newt Gingrich: Obama Could Be Impeached Over Gay Marriage Reversal
Newt Gingrich: Obama Could Be Impeached Over Gay Marriage Reversal
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Washington Monthly, AMERICAblog Gay, ThinkProgress, Don Surber, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, Outside the Beltway, CNN, Joe. My. God. and Washington Post
New York Times:
Iran Reports a Major Setback at a Nuclear Power Plant — Iran told atomic inspectors this week that it had run into a serious problem at a newly completed nuclear reactor that was supposed to start feeding electricity into the national grid this month, raising questions about whether the trouble …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and FrumForum
Remy Stern / Gawker:
The Craigslist Congressman and the Crossdressing Prostitute — Chris Lee's resignation from the House on Feb. 9 may be the quickest political downfall in history: It came just three hours after Gawker published a photo of Lee standing in the mirror shirtless, along with a story …
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Balloon Juice, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Daily Beast, Outside the Beltway, Taegan Goddard's …, Joe. My. God. and WNYMedia.net
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Egyptian Military Cracks Down on New Protest — CAIRO — Tens of thousands of protesters returned Friday to Tahrir Square, the site of demonstrations that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak two weeks ago, to keep up the pressure on Egypt's military-led transitional government.
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Firedoglake, The Jawa Report and Al Jazeera Blogs
Steyn Online:
STATES OF THE UNIONS — Steyn on America — The Democrat palace guard of America's dying monodailies are doing a grand job in reporting the current stand-off in Wisconsin. A headline in The New York Times sums up the media's bizarre enthusiasm for sacrificing what remains of their reputations in order to protect the cause:
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Power Line
Political Punch:
First Openly Gay Man Chosen as the New White House Social Secretary — ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: — In a job typically filled by a woman, the White House has chosen the first-ever man to be the next White House Social Secretary. — Jeremy Bernard, who is openly gay …
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ADF Alliance Alert, AOL News and Joe. My. God.
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Jonathan Capehart / PostPartisan:
Jeremy Bernard: A historic choice for White House social secretary
Jeremy Bernard: A historic choice for White House social secretary
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
FLASHBACK: Ronald Reagan Called Union Membership ‘One Of The Most Elemental Human Rights’ — As the Main Street Movement of students, workers, and other middle class Americans erupts across America, many conservatives have invoked the legacy of former president Ronald Reagan to demand …
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Balloon Juice
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Warning Against Wars Like Iraq and Afghanistan — WEST POINT, N.Y. — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates bluntly told an audience of West Point cadets on Friday that it would be unwise for the United States to ever fight another war like Iraq or Afghanistan, and that the chances of carrying …
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The Huffington Post, Blogcritics, Rethink Afghanistan War Blog, Newshoggers.com and JustOneMinute
The Hill:
Libyan turmoil, $100 per barrel oil fuel Republican drilling push — The Libyan uprising and triple-digit oil prices are reinvigorating GOP-led attacks on White House offshore drilling policies — a collision that will burst into public view next week on Capitol Hill.
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Reuters and Prairie Weather