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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 …
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Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire:
WSJ/NBC Poll: Strong Support for Bargaining Rights — Americans strongly oppose efforts to strip unionized government workers of their rights to collectively bargain, even as they want public employees to contribute more money to their retirement and health-care benefits, the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows.
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The Daily Caller, Ben Smith's Blog, Hot Air, The New Republic, The Daily Dish, Riehl World View, FrumForum and The Caucus
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: 62% against stripping public employees' bargaining rights
NBC/WSJ poll: 62% against stripping public employees' bargaining rights
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The Plum Line, Daily Kos and Quinnipiac University
Justin Elliott / Salon:
Sarah Palin's bizarre view of the First Amendment — Sarah Palin, who has more than once invoked the First Amendment when she or her allies faced criticism, today denounced the Supreme Court's 8-1 ruling allowing the Westboro Baptist Church to protest outside soldiers' funerals with signs reading ""God Hates Fags" and the like.
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Weigel
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Rule for Protesters at Military Funerals — WASHINGTON — The First Amendment protects hateful protests at military funerals, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday in an 8-1 decision. — “Speech is powerful,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the majority.
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
Alito's Empathy. — Earlier today, the Supreme Court ruled …
Alito's Empathy. — Earlier today, the Supreme Court ruled …
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Washington Post, A plain blog about politics, The Raw Story and New York Magazine
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Westboro Baptist Church to ‘Quadruple’ Funeral Protests After Ruling
Westboro Baptist Church to ‘Quadruple’ Funeral Protests After Ruling
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The Atlantic Online, Runnin' Scared, CNN, The Daily Caller and HotAirPundit
Adam Serwer / The Plum Line:
No, it's not okay to traffic in pure fiction about Obama's heritage — Ben Smith writes that my criticism of Mike Huckabee is unfair: … Right, but Huckabee didn't “look at his personal education.” Huckabee created an entirely fictional one. It's one thing to tie Obama's politics …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, American Prospect, Salon and Ben Smith's Blog
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Kyle / Right Wing Watch:
Huckabee And Fischer Agree That Obama's Childhood Instilled “Fundamentally Anti-American Ideas” In Him — The AFA's Bryan Fischer spent the first hour of his daily radio program doing what he usually does: railing against gays and Muslims. — But today he kicked off hour two with a special guest: Mike Huckabee.
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 …
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Salon, Balloon Juice and Los Angeles Times
Derrick DePledge / Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
AKAKA WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION IN 2012 — U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka announced today that he will not run for re-election in 2012. — Akaka, 86, has served in the Senate since 1990. He previously served 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. — “After months of thinking …
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Roll Call, The Political Carnival and National Review
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: Sen. Daniel Akaka won't run for reelection in 2012
Oh my: Sen. Daniel Akaka won't run for reelection in 2012
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Fire Andrea Mitchell!
David Catanese / The Politico:
Akaka retiring — Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka announced late Wednesday …
Akaka retiring — Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka announced late Wednesday …
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Hotline On Call and Politics Daily
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Buddy Roemer sees glimmer of White House hope — The GOP's white-bread presidential primary is about to get a dash of Tabasco. — Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer will announce Thursday in Baton Rouge that he is forming an exploratory committee, he told POLITICO.
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Salon, CNN, Weigel, New York Magazine and Outside the Beltway
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Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:
Fox News pulls Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum off the air because of their interest in running for president — Fox News suspends the contracts of political contributors Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum because both have demonstrated that they are seriously considering running for president.
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msnbc.com, Cubachi, New York Times, The Caucus, Media Decoder, Right Wing Watch, Taylor Marsh, USA Today, Liberty Pundits Blog, The Note, Washington Monthly, The Hill, Swampland, Taegan Goddard's …, The Moderate Voice, Outside the Beltway, CNN, Political Insider, National Review, Riehl World View and Connecting.the.Dots, more at Mediagazer »
Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
Former Louisiana Governor To Announce White House Bid
Former Louisiana Governor To Announce White House Bid
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Reuters, The Lonely Conservative, Politics Daily, The Daily Caller, The Page and The Caucus
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Breaking: Wisconsin Dems throw their weight behind drive to recall GOP Senators — The Wisconsin Democratic Party has decided to throw its weight behind a nascent grassroots drive to recall a number of GOP state senators, a move that will considerably increase the pressure on them to break …
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AMERICAblog News, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Firedoglake, The Maddow Blog, Daily Kos and Zandar Versus The Stupid
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Wisconsin Voters Launch Recall Campaign Against Eight GOP State Senators
BREAKING: Wisconsin Voters Launch Recall Campaign Against Eight GOP State Senators
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The Political Carnival
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Wisconsin Democrats Launch Recall Effort Against GOP Senators
Wisconsin Democrats Launch Recall Effort Against GOP Senators
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JSOnline, Weekly Standard, FrumForum and AMERICAblog News
Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
No, Fox News Did Not Lie With “Wisconsin Palm Tree” Violent Protest Video — The Internet is abuzz this morning with a story that Fox News has “lied” in showing a video of an angry union protester from California while claiming its from Wisconsin. The “Palm Tree lie” (described …
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FOK News Channel, The Raw Story, The UpTake, News Hounds, Washington Monthly and TPMDC
Shariah 4 America:
The Islamic Demolition of the Statue of Liberty — One of the founding principles of the Islamic constitution is to ensure that all sovereignty and supremacy belongs solely to God; the Shari'ah is a practical manifestation of this sovereignty and supremacy because it seeks to establish His command in society.
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Pajamas Media
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ABCNEWS:
U.S. Troops Attacked at Frankfurt Airport — Obama Says U.S. Will Spare No Efforts in Investigating Killings — A gunman shouting “Allahu Akbar” opened fire on a bus carrying U.S. airmen in Frankfurt, Germany, killing two and wounding two others before his gun jammed and he was subdued, officials said.
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Matt Negrin / The Politico:
Inquiry promised on airmen attack
Inquiry promised on airmen attack
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Weasel Zippers, Fox Nation and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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New York Times, Threat Level, USA Today, BBC, The Nation, Guardian, McClatchy Washington Bureau, TalkLeft, The Law Office …, AOL News and Truthdig, more at Techmeme »
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Just Balancing The Budget — In Ohio's legislation to curtail public sector union collective bargaining rights - just passed by the Senate - the following passage exists: … So a blanket and total ban on any form of legal protections for gay couples, including any semblance …
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New York Times:
Nine Afghan Boys Collecting Firewood Killed by NATO Helicopters — KABUL, Afghanistan — Nine boys collecting firewood to heat their homes in the eastern Afghanistan mountains were killed by NATO helicopter gunners who mistook them for insurgents, according to a statement on Wednesday by NATO, which apologized for the mistake.
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The Nation, New York Magazine, The Daily Dish, The Moderate Voice, New Atlanticist and News Desk
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Paul Ryan: Romneycare ‘Not that Dissimilar to Obamacare’ — Budget chairman and GOP star talks 2012. — This morning at a breakfast meeting sponsored by the American Spectator, Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan talked about what he's looking for in a Republican presidential candidate …
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The Politico, The Lonely Conservative, Doug Ross and FrumForum
620WTMJ:
Capitol Chaos: Resolution Passed To Fine ‘Wisconsin 14’ — MADISON - The 14 Wisconsin state Senate Democrats who left the state two weeks ago will now face fines of $100 for each day they miss, if they miss two or more days. — Republicans remaining in the Senate approved the daily fine …
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The Hill, Cubachi, Riehl World View, UrbanGrounds, Weasel Zippers, Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, Liberty Pundits Blog and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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.
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ECHIDNE of the snakes, Patterico's Pontifications and Hit & Run
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 — Backlash. There were many effects stemming from Obama's presidency, both those that were expected and those that were not.
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Pajamas Media, JammieWearingFool and The Gateway Pundit
Bibi van der Zee / Guardian:
Climate Camp disbanded — Climate activists decide to end annual camp and focus on tackling broader ecological, social and economic issues — After five years of camps, composting toilets, vegan curry and run-ins with the police, Climate Camp is calling it a day.
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JammieWearingFool and Tim Blair
ArtsBeat:
Taymor Feeling the Heat Over ‘Spider-Man’ — LONG BEACH, Calif. — Julie Taymor, the director of the new Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” said on Wednesday that she was currently “in the crucible and the fire of transformation” as she and her collaborators continue to work on improving the show.
Brett Michael Dykes / Yahoo! News:
Proposed Texas immigration law contains convenient loophole for ‘the help’ — Texas has long been a hotbed of controversy on immigration issues. And a proposed immigration bill in the Texas state House is sure to raise more than a few eyebrows. The bill would make hiring an “unauthorized alien” …
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The Moderate Voice, Lez Get Real, CNN and ACS Blog
Mark Helprin / Wall Street Journal:
The Decline of U.S. Naval Power — Sixty ships were commonly underway in America's seaward approaches in 1998, but today there are only 20. We are abdicating our role on the oceans. — Last week, pirates attacked and executed four Americans in the Indian Ocean.
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ParaPundit
Dan Joseph / CNSNews:
Harry Reid: Republicans ‘Fixated on Destroying Our Government, Our Economy’ — (CNSNews.com) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) today accused congressional Republicans of being fixated on destroying the U.S. government and economy. — At a Capitol Hill Press conference to announce …
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Weasel Zippers and Hot Air