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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, POWIP, theblogprof, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Ozarksfirst.com Sports Feed, American Power and HazZzMat
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Abby Sewell / Los Angeles Times:
Protesters out in force nationwide to oppose Wisconsin's anti-union bill
Protesters out in force nationwide to oppose Wisconsin's anti-union bill
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The Political Carnival, Washington Monthly, The Huffington Post and Guardian
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
FAIL... Dems Left Red-Faced; Protesters Fail to Materialize at National MoveOn Rallies
FAIL... Dems Left Red-Faced; Protesters Fail to Materialize at National MoveOn Rallies
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Breitbart.tv, Ace of Spades HQ and Salt Lake Tribune
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 …
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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JammieWearingFool
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
AFL-CIO chief blesses Obama's handling of Wisconsin labor battle
AFL-CIO chief blesses Obama's handling of Wisconsin labor battle
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Weasel Zippers
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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Washington Monthly
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, Teamster Nation, Hullabaloo, 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
Rebel Pundit:
Exclusive: Rabid Union Thug Foams at the Mouth $1Mil bet GOP Hearts KKK.. “Wussy MotherFxxkers, I'll make you pay, Tea Baggers” — February 26th, Chicago. Citizen journalists were on the scene for www.rebelpundit.com at the Moveon.org Union Solidarity Protest.
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Big Government and The Lonely Conservative
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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
The Latest Foaming at the Mouth (Literally) Union Protester
The Latest Foaming at the Mouth (Literally) Union Protester
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Fox Nation, JammieWearingFool and theblogprof
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
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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Outside the Beltway, Mediaite and Taylor Marsh
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
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Christie: Palin needs ‘unscripted moments’ if she wants to prove she's serious — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) needs to have more “unscripted moments” if she hopes to become president one day, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Sunday. — Christie leveled some mild criticism at Palin …
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The Politico
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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Washington Post, Firedoglake, Outside the Beltway, The Politico, FrumForum, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and China Digital Times
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