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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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Cubachi, NewsBusters.org, L.A. NOW, theblogprof, POWIP, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Ozarksfirst.com Sports Feed, Reuters, American Power and HazZzMat
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Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Three Sunday Shows Fail To Include Democrats As Featured Guests — Two weeks ago, the Washington Monthly's Steve Benen noted that the lineup for the Sunday shows were stacked with Republicans and didn't feature a single Democratic guest. Last Sunday also tilted heavily toward GOP voices.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
AFL-CIO chief blesses Obama's handling of Wisconsin labor battle — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka gave his blessing Sunday to President Obama's handling of the labor standoff in Wisconsin. — Amid some criticism on the left that Obama could do more to boost unions in their demonstrations …
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Weasel Zippers
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Left presses Obama to take a firmer stand on heated labor battles — Liberals on Capitol Hill are upping the pressure on President Obama to amplify his support for public workers in Wisconsin and beyond. — Although Obama sided with Wisconsin's public employees in their protest …
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Barry Ritholtz / The Big Picture:
Roger Ailes to be Indicted — Last week, the NY Times broke the story that Roger Ailes had urged various colleagues to lie to Federal investigators; (David Corn explains the background to this here). — NYT: … Here's what I learned recently: Someone I spoke with claimed that Ailes …
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 Huffington Post, The Hill, Guardian, Balloon Juice and City Hall Blog
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, Teamster Nation, Newshoggers.com and The Mahablog
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
On the Stump, Gingrich Puts Focus on Faith — COLUMBUS, Ohio — Newt Gingrich needs no introduction to most Republican audiences. It is the reintroduction that is the challenge. — If Mr. Gingrich moves forward with a presidential bid, as his advisers and friends say he is poised …
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The Politico, The Reality-Based Community and Pundit Press
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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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The Other McCain, Liberal Values, Firedoglake, The Reality-Based Community and New York Times
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
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 …
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Guardian, CNN, FrumForum and Libya February 17th
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 and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
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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UrbanGrounds, 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, Liberty Pundits Blog, Weasel Zippers and The Politico
New York Times:
Angry Arizona, Again — Many states are doing urgent business: jobs, the economy, broken budgets. Arizona's legislators are trying to give government new powers to strip away individual rights, to extend immigration enforcement into schools, public housing, hospitals and doctor's offices.
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Daily Kos
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Security Council Calls for War Crimes Inquiry in Libya — The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday night to impose sanctions on Libya's leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, and his inner circle of advisers, and called for an international war crimes investigation into …
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