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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
50-State Union Protest Falls Far Short Of Predicted Turnout — Protests in support of Wisconsin public sector unions were organized by MoveOn.org and labor unions today. — Promoters, such as David Dayen at Firedoglake, were predicting a million-person turnout nationwide.
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POWIP, L.A. NOW, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Ozarksfirst.com Sports Feed, American Power, Reuters and HazZzMat
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
FAIL... Dems Left Red-Faced; Protesters Fail to Materialize at National MoveOn Rallies — MoveOn.org National Rallies A National Embarrassment - — Supporters Fail to Materialize Despite Best Astroturfed Efforts — MoveOn.org hosted dozens of rallies across the US today in support of public employee unions.
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Ace of Spades HQ and Salt Lake Tribune
host.madison.com:
More than 70,000 protesters participate in rally at Capitol — For a second straight Saturday, tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets around the state Capitol — braving temperatures in the mid-teens — for the largest day yet in their continuing struggle to stop Gov. Scott Walker's plan …
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Crooks and Liars and TPMDC
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
100,000-Plus in Madison for Rally for Workers' Rights - VIDEO
100,000-Plus in Madison for Rally for Workers' Rights - VIDEO
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Politicususa, FOX 21 Online, Reuters, Crooks and Liars, Hullabaloo, Newshoggers.com, Teamster Nation and The Mahablog
JSOnline:
Protesters jam Capitol Square, deriding budget bill
Protesters jam Capitol Square, deriding budget bill
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Firedoglake, Los Angeles Times, Washington Monthly, host.madison.com and Daily Kos
Ben Jones / USA Today:
Protesters plan biggest rally at Wisconsin Capitol
Protesters plan biggest rally at Wisconsin Capitol
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The Raw Story, Pajamas Media, Guardian and Prairie Weather
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Lieberman, McCain: Recognize Libyan opposition as government and arm them — Two senators urged the Obama administration to give “tangible” support to the opposition in Libya in terms of recognizing the opposition as the legitimate government, arming the opposition and establishing a no-fly zone over the North African country.
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FrumForum
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Security Council Calls for War Crimes Inquiry in Libya
Security Council Calls for War Crimes Inquiry in Libya
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Firedoglake, Washington Post, FrumForum, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, China Digital Times and Foreign Policy
Kathryn Lopez / Townhall.com:
Contraception is Not the Solution — Why are Republicans waging war on contraception? It's not the first time the question has been asked, and it won't be the last. Truth be told, Republicans aren't engaging in battle on that front — but the phrase gets close to a legitimate fight.
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Liberal Values, Firedoglake and The Reality-Based Community
Chuck DeVore / Big Government:
Union Member Attacks, Injures Tea Party Activist at MoveOn.org-organized Rally — Sacramento's ABC News 10 reported on the union rally and Tea Party counter rally in Sacramento today. ABC's online report makes cursory mention of an incident of union violence directed at Tea Party activist Rodney Stanhope …
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Big Journalism, Right Wing News, Cold Fury, Da Techguy's Blog, The Gateway Pundit and Verum Serum
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
To Tea Party, Pawlenty on Obama: ‘What planet is he from?’
To Tea Party, Pawlenty on Obama: ‘What planet is he from?’
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Cubachi, Weasel Zippers and The Politico
James Hohmann / The Politico:
LePage: 'We're going after right-to-work' — LePage plans to push right-to-work law in Maine — Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Saturday he would push forcefully ahead with right-to-work legislation in his state, even if it means a Wisconsin-style fight with unions.
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Washington Monthly
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Conrad: Two-week agreement is ‘acceptable’ for now, but work not done — Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said Sunday that a short-term budget proposal to avoid a government shutdown on March 4 is “clearly headed in the right direction,” but stressed that he wants a longer-term, comprehensive agreement.
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CNN
Suzanne Daley / New York Times:
Swedes Begin to Question Liberal Migration Tenets — MALMO, Sweden — Nick Nilsson, 46, decided to vote for Sweden's far-right party last fall because of a growing sense that his country had gone too far in letting so many immigrants settle here. — A truck driver, Mr. Nilsson lives …
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American Power and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Unfit for Democracy? — Is the Arab world unready for freedom? A crude stereotype lingers that some people — Arabs, Chinese and Africans — are incompatible with democracy. Many around the world fret that “people power” will likely result in Somalia-style chaos, Iraq-style civil war or Iran-style oppression.
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Mediaite and Taylor Marsh
Joshua Miller / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Amanpour Interviews Gadhafi's Son — Saif Gadhafi Says Libya Is Not America's ‘Business’ — In an exclusive interview with “This Week” host Christiane Amanpour, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi and one of his chief advisers, insisted Libya was calm …
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Regulation Lax as Gas Wells' Tainted Water Hits Rivers — The American landscape is dotted with hundreds of thousands of new wells and drilling rigs, as the country scrambles to tap into this century's gold rush — for natural gas. — The gas has always been there, of course …
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The Hill and City Hall Blog