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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Home News — The Dish is moving! In April, we'll be joining The Daily Beast. — For me, it's a strange mixture of excitement and sadness. Sadness because the Atlantic has been a very special home for me and all the interns and staffers who have worked at the Dish.
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Tina Brown / The Daily Beast:
Andrew Sullivan Joins The Daily Beast! — In exciting news for the two-year-old Daily Beast, the blogging trailblazer is moving his influential Daily Dish to our site. His blog will occupy a new channel starting in early April, and he will become a Newsweek contributor.
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Media Decoder, Mediaite, Greg's Opinion, Patterico's Pontifications and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
THE HILL POLL: On shutdown, more voters would blame Dems — Twenty-nine percent of likely voters would blame Democrats for a government shutdown, compared to 23 percent who would hold Republicans responsible, according to a new poll conducted for The Hill. — The results are surprising …
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JammieWearingFool and Prairie Weather
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Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Republicans win round one of budget fight
Republicans win round one of budget fight
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Washington Monthly and Guardian
Naftali Bendavid / Wall Street Journal:
Deal on Spending Cuts Would Defer Tougher Decisions
Deal on Spending Cuts Would Defer Tougher Decisions
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The New Republic
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Demonstrators Can Continue Overnight Stays in Wisconsin Capitol — MADISON, Wis. — In a victory — at least a symbolic one — for Wisconsin's public employee unions, the Capitol authorities announced on Sunday that demonstrators could continue their all-night sleepovers in the building and would not be forcibly ejected or arrested.
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Washington Post, Michelle Malkin, Babalú Blog, Blogging Blue, Althouse, The Page and Taylor Marsh
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Dennis McLellan / Los Angeles Times:
Frank Buckles, last American veteran of World War I, dies at 110 — Frank Buckles, one of more than 4 million Americans to serve in World War I, drove ambulances in France and was later a civilian prisoner of war during Japan's invasion of the Philippines in WWII.
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The Daily Caller and Outside the Beltway
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Paul Duggan / Washington Post:
Last U.S. World War I veteran Frank W. Buckles dies at 110 — Frank W. Buckles died early Sunday, sadly yet not unexpectedly at age 110, having achieved a singular feat of longevity that left him proud and a bit bemused. — In 1917 and 1918, close to 5 million Americans served in World War I …
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msnbc.com, Swampland and Pundit Press
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
GOP reality check: Obama looking tougher to beat in 2012 — Just four months after posting historic election gains, Republicans are experiencing a reality check about 2012: President Barack Obama is going to be a lot tougher to defeat than he looked late last year.
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Jay Bookman
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Joe Hagan / New York Magazine:
Goddangit, Baby, We're Making Good Time
The Note:
Politics at the Oscars — Union Support — ABC News' Chris Marderosian reports: — At the Academy Awards tonight, best cinematography winner Wally Pfister made a point during his acceptance speech of thanking his union crew on “Inception.” — Backstage he went further …
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Power Line, The Hill, Big Hollywood, Wilshire & Washington, naked capitalism, Scared Monkeys and JammieWearingFool
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
Limit Pay, Not Unions — IN Ohio, Wisconsin and other states facing budget deficits, some elected officials assert that closing those gaps requires achieving labor savings and weakening labor unions. They are half-right. — Across the country, taxpayers are providing pensions …
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The Politico, The Reaction, New York Times, Daily Kos and The Future of Capitalism
Rachel Maddow / msnbc.com:
Transcript of: Walker, McCain, roundtable — MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday, revolution in the Middle East and the showdown at home over red ink in Washington and in states like Wisconsin . Mounting leadership tests for President Obama as the battle lines of the 2012 campaign come into sharper view.
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WisPolitics Budget Blog and Pajamas Media
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Becky Schlikerman / Chicago Breaking News:
Farrakhan: Mideast uprisings will come to US — Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan predicted on Sunday that America faces imminent uprisings that mirror those in the Middle East. — “What you are looking at in Tunisia, in Egypt ... Libya, in Bahrain ... what you see happening there …
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JammieWearingFool and iOwnTheWorld.com
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
White House Sweats, and He's the Cause — WASHINGTON — Michael Strautmanis had no sooner started his White House job as a deputy assistant to the president when his boss began badgering him. — “Am I working out? Am I eating right?” Mr. Strautmanis recalled President Obama asking.
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Marbury
Myglesias / Yglesias:
The Dual Oil Threats — When people talk about the risk posed to the economy by oil price spikes it's worth keeping in mind the fact that there are really two separate threats here. — One is that expensive oil is a negative “real” shock to the American economy.
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New York Times
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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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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Sky Dancing, The Lonely Conservative, TigerHawk and Pajamas Media
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Poll: Palin's numbers slip in Iowa — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is still popular among Iowa Republicans, but a new poll shows her favorability ratings headed in the wrong direction as a potential 2012 campaign approaches. — Palin's favorables are now at 65 percent among Republican voters …
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CNN and Ben Smith's Blog
Nolan Finley / Detroit News:
AWOL Dems defy ballot box — American-style democracy holds together because no matter how nasty the political game gets, the players honor a few inviolable rules. We obey the laws, even the ones we disagree with. We respect the ballot box. And after even the most bitterly contested election …
Fire Andrea Mitchell!:
Fox News Mike Tobin hit by union thugs at Wisconsin capitol Madison - later union goons even threaten to break Tobin's Neck — The civility and “toned down rhetoric” of the progressive liberal left continues. Aren't you glad all those Congressmen/women state together during the State of the Union address?
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Mediaite, Michelle Malkin, The Lonely Conservative and The Gateway Pundit