Top Items:
Wall Street Journal:
Poll Finds Support Lacking for Entitlement Reductions — WASHINGTON— Less than a quarter of Americans support making significant cuts to Social Security or Medicare to tackle the country's mounting deficit, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, illustrating the challenge facing lawmakers …
Discussion:
GOP 12, The Moderate Voice, Online NewsHour, Outside the Beltway, Right Turn, msnbc.com, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Wire, Patterico's Pontifications, The Page, The Lonely Conservative, Doug Ross, American Power, Hot Air, The Reaction, Daily Kos, naked capitalism, Riehl World View and Whiskey Fire
RELATED:
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Voters deficit-worried but wary of cuts
NBC/WSJ poll: Voters deficit-worried but wary of cuts
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Yglesias, Firedoglake, The New Republic, The Plum Line and Mother Jones
Mary Lu Carnevale / Washington Wire:
Daniels's ‘Truce’ Call Finds Strong Support in WSJ Poll
Daniels's ‘Truce’ Call Finds Strong Support in WSJ Poll
Discussion:
GOP 12, Wonk Room, Hotline On Call and National Review
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Soldier Faces 22 New WikiLeaks Charges — WASHINGTON — The Army announced 22 additional charges on Wednesday against Pfc. Bradley Manning, the military intelligence analyst who is accused of leaking a trove of government files to WikiLeaks a year ago. — The new charges included …
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway, CNN, New York Magazine, Salon, The Nation, Prairie Weather and Israpundit
RELATED:
msnbc.com:
Manning faces new charges, possible death penalty — ‘Aiding the enemy’ is most serious of 22 new counts filed against private in WikiLeaks case — Below: — WASHINGTON — Following an intensive seven-month investigation, the Army on Wednesday filed 22 additional charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning …
Discussion:
Hot Air, BBC, Threat Level, McClatchy Washington Bureau, USA Today, Guardian, Confederate Yankee, Firedoglake, TalkLeft, AOL News, The Law Office … and Truthdig, more at Techmeme »
David S. Cloud / Los Angeles Times:
Soldier in WikiLeaks case charged with aiding the enemy
Soldier in WikiLeaks case charged with aiding the enemy
Discussion:
The Awl, American Forces Press Service, The BLT and The Jawa Report
iowahawk:
Longhorns 17, Badgers 1 — Please pardon this brief departure from my normal folderol, but every so often a member of the chattering class issues a nugget of stupidity so egregious that no amount of mockery will suffice. Particularly when the issuer of said stupidity holds a Nobel Prize.
Kenneth T. Walsh / US News:
Obama Says Race a Key Component in Tea Party Protests — In a new book, President Obama talks candidly about race and the presidency — African-Americans have been an integral part of the White House since it was built in part by slaves. In Family of Freedom: Presidents and African Americans …
Discussion:
JustOneMinute, Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative and Fox Nation
RELATED:
Kenneth T. Walsh / US News:
Obama Says Race a Key Component in Tea Party Protests
Obama Says Race a Key Component in Tea Party Protests
Discussion:
The Foundry, Betsy's Page, Maggie's Farm, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Pajamas Media, JammieWearingFool and The Gateway Pundit
Meredith Jessup / The Blaze:
ARE THEY SERIOUS? ‘SHARIAH 4 AMERICA’ GROUP CALLS FOR ‘BURKHA’ ON STATUE OF LIBERTY — As we've reported, controversial UK Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary has called on Muslims to “rise to implement the Shari'ah in America,” starting with a planned demonstration in front of the White House on Thursday.
Discussion:
UrbanGrounds, Pajamas Media and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
RELATED:
ZIP / Weasel Zippers:
UK Cleric's “Shariah 4 America” …
UK Cleric's “Shariah 4 America” …
Discussion:
The Jawa Report and Patterico's Pontifications
Daniel Kahikina Akaka, U.S. Senator of Hawaii:
Akaka announces he will not run for re-election in 2012 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) issued the following statement today: — After months of thinking about my political future, I am announcing today that I have decided not to run for re-election in 2012.
Discussion:
Daily Kos, RedState and The Caucus
RELATED:
David Catanese / The Politico:
Akaka retiring — Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka announced late Wednesday …
Akaka retiring — Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka announced late Wednesday …
Discussion:
Hotline On Call and Politics Daily
Jillian Rayfield / TPMDC:
Huckabee: Obama Isn't From Kenya, But He's Still Anti-American — Mike Huckabee now says he knows President Obama wasn't born in Kenya and that he misspoke when he made that much-maligned comment earlier this week. But on social conservative Bryan Fischer's radio show on Wednesday …
Discussion:
nancynall.com, Balloon Juice, Shakesville, Salon, The Daily Dish and Los Angeles Times
RELATED:
Washington Times:
Obama is enabling jihad — U.S. interests sacrificed in favor of radical Islam — Al Qaeda and Iran are cheering on the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, so why does the Obama administration think the Islamic extremists are losing? — On Tuesday at a Pentagon press briefing …
Discussion:
Jihad Watch
RELATED:
Kara Spak / Chicago Sun Times:
Northwestern University defends after-class live sex demonstration — More than 100 Northwestern University students watched as a naked 25-year-old woman was penetrated by a sex toy wielded by her fiancee during an after-class session of the school's popular “Human Sexuality” class.
Discussion:
Michelle Malkin and Outside the Beltway
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Biden set to meet House, Senate leaders on spending cuts — Vice President Biden and congressional leaders will begin hammering out a deal on spending cuts Thursday. — The Capitol Hill meeting between Biden and Democrats and Republicans from the House and Senate is set for 4 p.m. It's …
Discussion:
The Note
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:
Ohio Vote Puts Curbs on Unions in Reach — Ohio state senators narrowly approved a bill that would prohibit public-employee unions representing 400,000 state and local workers from bargaining over health benefits and pensions, while also eliminating the right to strike.
Discussion:
Firedoglake, ThinkProgress, RedState, The Other McCain, Roll Call, UrbanGrounds and FrumForum
Stephen Gutowski / The Blast:
Anthony Weiner Berates, Belittles, and Insults Megyn Kelly During Interview — This all started off as an interview about whether or not Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from any future Supreme Court cases involving obamacare. However, after Megyn Kelly pressed Democrat Congressman Anthony Weiner …
Discussion:
Power Line, Breitbart.tv, Freedom's Lighthouse and Verum Serum
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Videos become a weapon in union fights — Stung by allegations of incendiary, racist and homophobic rhetoric at tea party rallies last year, conservative activists with flipcams and camera phones have circulated at the union protests sprouting up across the country in hopes of catching violent …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, Right Wing News and Da Techguy's Blog
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Tea party leader: John Boehner should go — A national tea party group is in revolt against House Speaker John Boehner and wants to see him defeated in a 2012 primary, arguing that he looks “like a fool” in the debate over spending cuts and makes less sense than actor Charlie Sheen.
Discussion:
The Note and Outside the Beltway
First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Chased by a tiger — NBC/WSJ poll suggests GOP is caught between a cliff (independents who might not like deep budget cuts) and a charging tiger (a Tea Party that does)... What's popular and unpopular to cut... The poll on Wisconsin and the state budget battles …
Discussion:
Taegan Goddard's … and The Political Carnival
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Teachers Wonder, Why the Scorn? — The jabs Erin Parker has heard about her job have stunned her. Oh you pathetic teachers, read the online comments and placards of counterdemonstrators. You are glorified baby sitters who leave work at 3 p.m. You deserve minimum wage.
Discussion:
New York Magazine and Balloon Juice
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Federalism For Some, Miniature American Flags For Others — Let's assume for the sake of argument that the White House knows it can't bring Republicans around on the health care law. The GOP base doesn't really know what the law is, but they know they hate it, and until that fact changes …
Discussion:
Yglesias
Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun Times:
Rahm Emanuel meets fake Twitter Rahm, says phony right on target — Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel admitted Wednesday that there were times, after a long day on the campaign trail, that he would read the profane diatribes of his alter-ego on @MayorEmanuel.com and think to himself, “My sentiments exactly!”
Discussion:
Washington Post and Taegan Goddard's …
Allan Hall / Daily Mail:
‘This is my favourite killer outfit’: Face of Kosovan Muslim alleged to have shot dead two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt airport — This is the face of the man suspected of killing two U.S. soldiers in Germany in an Islamist rage. — The photo is from Arid Uka's Facebook page …
Discussion:
The Jawa Report, The Politico and The Gateway Pundit
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Rep. Giffords on list of endangered Dems — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee included Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on its list of the most vulnerable incumbents released Thursday. — As Giffords remains in a Houston hospital where she is recovering from the gunshot wound …
Discussion:
The Politico
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Politics Seen to Limit E.P.A. as It Sets Rules for Natural Gas — When Congress considered whether to regulate more closely the handling of wastes from oil and gas drilling in the 1980s, it turned to the Environmental Protection Agency to research the matter.
Discussion:
Philly.com and Climate Progress
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Bipartisan Senate duo wants Medicare to make payments to doctors public — Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are collaborating on legislation to require the federal government to make public how much it pays doctors who participate in Medicare, a Senate staffer said.
Discussion:
Wonk Room and Balloon Juice
The Politico:
Newt Gingrich's route: 2012 path paved with questions — Newt Gingrich appears poised to become the first major Republican to enter the race for president, a step that would give him a first-mover advantage in a slow-forming GOP field . — He'll need it.
Discussion:
Taegan Goddard's …, Ben Smith's Blog and Associated Press