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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Herman Cain wins Tea Party presidential live straw poll at Phoenix summit — Phoenix (CNN) - Which Republican should become the next president? Herman Cain, according to a number of Tea Party activists gathered at a weekend summit in Phoenix. — Cain, a conservative talk show host …
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Tim Pawlenty Supports Government Shutdown: ‘A Dramatic Month’ Is ‘What We Need’ — ThinkProgress filed this report from the Tea Party Patriots Policy Summit in Phoenix, AZ. — As the threat of a government shutdown looms over the nation, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) …
Cubachi:
Herman Cain wins Tea Party straw poll — According to CNN, Herman Cain, the dynamic and possible 2012 candidate, won the the American Policy Summit's presidential live straw poll on Sunday held by the Tea Party Patriots conference. — Capturing 22% of the 1600 votes cast, Cain …
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Liberty Pundits Blog and Pirate's Cove
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Long-shot GOP candidate wins Tea Party straw poll — Former pizza executive Herman Cain won on Sunday a 2012 presidential straw poll of attendees of a Tea Party conference in Arizona. — Cain won 22 percent of the vote in a straw poll of in-person attendees at the American Policy Summit …
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Weasel Zippers
Michael Whitney / Firedoglake:
Live Updates: Police to Clear Protestors from Wisconsin Capitol Building — I'm collecting live coverage of events as police prepare to clear out the Wisconsin Capitol Building in Madison, WI on the 14th day of protests against Gov. Scott Walker's union-busting bill.
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Crooks and Liars and naked capitalism
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Althouse and Meade return to the Veterans Memorial and encounter apologetic protesters, the police, and a rudeness expert. — I took this video yesterday — Saturday, February 26th — at the Wisconsin Capitol building. Meade wanted to go back to see if the protesters had followed through …
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Patterico's Pontifications, Pajamas Media, The Lonely Conservative and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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Henry Blodget / The Business Insider:
FOX NEWS BOSS ROGER AILES TO BE INDICTED??? — Last week it was revealed that legendary FOX News boss Roger Ailes allegedly told underling Judith Regan to lie to federal investigators to protect Rudy Giuliani. — Regan reportedly has a tape of the telephone call in which Ailes urged her to do this.
Henry Blodget / The Business Insider:
The Only Chart You Need To See To Understand Why The US Is Screwed — We're still working our way through Kleiner Perkins' partner Mary Meeker's excellent analysis of the financial condition of the United States. — We'll be breaking out some key sections in the next few days.
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TigerHawk and Pajamas Media
Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Obtains Previously Redacted Material from the FBI File of the Late Senator Ted Kennedy — While in Santiago, Kennedy “made arrangements to ‘rent’ a brothel for an entire night”; Sought meetings with “communists and others who had left-wing views”
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Doug Ross, The Lonely Conservative, Weasel Zippers, Babalú Blog and Gawker
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Arab World Embraces Israeli's YouTube Spoof of Qaddafi Rant — JERUSALEM — A satirical YouTube clip mocking Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's megalomania is fast becoming a popular token of the Libya uprising across Middle East. And in an added affront to Colonel Qaddafi, it was created by an Israeli living in Tel Aviv.
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Jihad Watch and New York Magazine
Aljazeera:
Libya's Gaddafi clings to Tripoli — With much of the oil-producing regions in opposition hands, Gaddafi's power base shrinks to the capital's periphery. — As more cities fall into the hands of the pro-democracy protesters, Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, is hanging on to the capital …
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Sky Dancing, New York Times, The Agonist and Truthdig
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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 …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Walker's Over-Reach, Ctd — Dick Morris's latest poll shows Wisonsin voters where the Dish is - in favor of Walker's specific requests of public sector unions, but unwilling to remove most collective bargaining rights. By slipping this collective bargaining provision into the bill …
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Defend Wisconsin and Balloon Juice
New Jersey Online:
Experts say Gov. Christie is making all the right moves for a place on national stage — TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie doesn't travel light when he rolls in for one of his town hall meetings. — A staff of three or four arrives in a box truck packed with gear: risers for the crowd …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Christie: Palin needs ‘unscripted moments’ if she wants to prove she's serious
Christie: Palin needs ‘unscripted moments’ if she wants to prove she's serious
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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, Crooks and Liars, CNN, FrumForum and Libya February 17th
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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Politicususa, TPMDC, Althouse, Crooks and Liars and Firedoglake
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
50-State Union Protest Falls Far Short Of Predicted Turnout
50-State Union Protest Falls Far Short Of Predicted Turnout
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Cubachi, The Lonely Conservative, Scared Monkeys, NewsBusters.org, theblogprof, No Sheeples Here, POWIP, FOX 21 Online, L.A. NOW, Courier-Journal, EagleTribune.com …, Reuters, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, The Gateway Pundit, Prairie Weather, Washington Post, Right Wing News, The Impolitic, Ozarksfirst.com Sports Feed, American Power, Crooks and Liars and HazZzMat
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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Don Surber, Weasel Zippers and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Left presses Obama to take a firmer stand on heated labor battles
Left presses Obama to take a firmer stand on heated labor battles
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