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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 …
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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.
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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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, Teamster Nation and The Huffington Post
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, Wonk Room, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Hill, Guardian, Balloon Juice and City Hall Blog
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) …
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The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog, CNN, NewsReal Blog and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
Why Wouldn't the Tea Party Shut It Down?
Why Wouldn't the Tea Party Shut It Down?
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The Political Carnival and Prairie Weather
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 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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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.
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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The Gateway Pundit, The Lonely Conservative, The Sundries Shack, The Moderate Voice and BLACKFIVE
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
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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American Power, The Lonely Conservative and Big Government
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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, theblogprof and JammieWearingFool
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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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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Pundit Press, The Politico and The Reality-Based Community
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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
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 and Babalú Blog
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
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, Crooks and Liars and Firedoglake
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Aljazeera:
Tunisia PM announces resignation — Mohammed Ghannouchi says he will step down following deaths during anti-government protests. — Mohammed Ghannouchi, Tunisia's interim prime minister, has resigned, as security forces clashed with protesters in Tunis, the capital, who were demanding some of his minsters be removed.
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The Agonist
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