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The Wisconsin Wobblies — Conservatives in Wisconsin are getting nervous that three Republican state senators may defect on the collective-bargaining reform vote. — Conservatives in Wisconsin are getting nervous that three Republican state senators may defect on the collective-bargaining reform vote.
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Are Wisconsin Republicans preparing to break with Walker? — I don't know if these reports are true or not, and we should treat them with caution. But we now have two news outlets, one local and one national, claiming GOP defections from Governor Scott Walker may be in the works.
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The Atlantic Online, The Mahablog, Daily Kos and TPMDC

Wisconsin Governor Walker: 43% Approval Rating — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker won his job last November with 52% of the vote, but his popularity has slipped since then. — A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Wisconsin Voters finds that just 34% Strongly Approve of the job he is doing …


Isthmus, Wisconsin Associated Press sue Gov. Scott Walker over access to emails — Isthmus newspaper and the Wisconsin Associated Press today filed a lawsuit against Gov. Scott Walker over his office's failure to respond to open records requests regarding emails received by his office.
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The Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit


Rasmussen Poll: Almost Six In Ten Wisconsin Voters Disapprove Of Gov. Walker — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's efforts to strip public employee unions of most of their collective bargaining rights appears to be so unpopular, that a Rasmussen poll now finds that almost 60% of likely Wisconsin voters disapprove of his job performance.
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Maggie's Notebook, Rasmussen Reports and The Reality-Based Community


Mike Huckabee: I didn't diss Natalie Portman — Mike Huckabee walked back his criticisms of actress Natalie Portman for “glamorizing” out-of-wedlock pregnancies Friday, with a statement insisting he was only talking about society and that he's glad the Oscar winner plans to wed her baby's father.
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The Other McCain
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Huckabee clarifies Portman criticism
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Another Black Conservative, The Daily Caller, Us Weekly, Big Hollywood, Pajamas Media, E! Online, Hot Air, Indecision Forever and Taylor Marsh

The Most Important Form of Government Is A Father, Mother and Children
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Yahoo! News, The Note, Firedoglake, The Wire, Mediaite, AmSpecBlog, Speakeasy, GOP 12, National Review and Media Matters for America

Why is Mike Huckabee criticizing Natalie Portman? (Poll)
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Politics Daily, The Plum Line, Daily Kos and Behind the Numbers

Study: Staring at breasts increases heart health — GERMANY (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Guys, listen up. A study says it is actually healthy to stare at a woman's breasts. — Five-hundred men participated in the German study. Half were told to refrain from looking at breasts for five years …
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Another Black Conservative, The Jawa Report, POWIP, Pajamas Media and Fox Nation


The Struggles of Men — 11:35 a.m. | Updated to correct percentage decline in median wages since 1969. — The Hamilton Project has produced a fairly stunning chart, suggesting that median real wages for men have dropped significantly more than is commonly understood:
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Yglesias, EconLog and Grasping Reality …
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Are whites racially oppressed? — White marchers gather at Glenn Beck rally this summer. Were they driven by racial fears or patriotic sentiment? — (CNN) — They marched on Washington to reclaim civil rights. — They complained of voter intimidation at the polls.
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American Prospect, The Awl, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Shakesville, Runnin' Scared and Wonkette


The Disposable Woman — FORTY-THREE minutes into his “special live edition” with Charlie Sheen on Monday night, Piers Morgan finally got around to asking his guest a real question. Before that, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Sheen had mostly traded chuckles and anecdotes about multiday benders …
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It's Morgan In America
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Taylor Marsh, Mediaite and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »

McConnell: White House offer to cut $6.5B is ‘unserious’ — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday rejected the White House's opening offer to cut an additional $6.5 billion in spending as “unserious.” — Speaking on the Senate floor, the GOP leader said that Republicans …
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The Note, The Politico, Hot Air, CNN, The Democratic Daily and The Page
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DeMint throws new wrench into legislative process
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Prairie Weather and Zandar Versus The Stupid


Walker tells absent Dems: Return or 1,500 get laid off — (CNN) — A Wisconsin Democrat was tackled by Capitol police as he tried to walk through a door in the state legislature, which has been closed to the public. — Assembly member Nick Milroy, a Democrat assembly member …
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Hot Air, This Just In and Pundit & Pundette
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Boehner makes step toward defending DOMA in court — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) took a step Friday toward formally defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court. — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) took a step Friday toward formally defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court.
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CNN, The Politico and The Note
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Boehner promises Obama GOP cover if he takes first step on entitlement reform
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Mother Jones, Ezra Klein, msnbc.com, Daily Kos, Sky Dancing and The Fix

HHS Secretary Sebelius admits to double-counting in Obamacare budget — During a hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) admitted to double-counting in the Obamacare budget. — In her first appearance before the House Energy …

U.K. Pulls Plug on United Nations Spending, in Move That is Bound to Hearten U.S. Critics — Critics of U.S. spending on the United Nations got a huge boost—and supporters of that spending, especially the Obama Administration, took a body blow—from an unlikely source this week …
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Cubachi, Weasel Zippers and Riehl World View


Gaffney, Jones Fight For Soul Of Anti-Sharia Movement At Rally By White House (VIDEO) — Rev. Terry Jones, the man who rose to national prominence last fall when he announced (but later backed off off) a plan to burn copies of the Koran, was clad in a beat-up black leather jacket when he showed …
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Talking Points Memo

That Time Has Arrived — In our main editorial chat here at TPM I was just saying that with the new evidence of Gov. Walker going into the bunker-bound, ranting at his lackeys stage of this drama I figured that it could only be a few days before the first Gov. Walker “Hitler Downfall Parody Video” appeared on Youtube.

Jobless Picture Improves, but Not for Everyone — Although More Americans Got Jobs in February, One Category of Workers Got Kicked to the Curb — Unemployment fell in February to 8.9 percent, and US companies added 192,000 people to their payrolls, but one category of workers is increasingly facing an overt form of discrimination.


Arizona GOP Bill Would Let Gov. Brewer Create An Armed Militia For Whatever She ‘Considers Necessary’ — Arizona's GOP-run legislature has taken to marginalizing and villainizing the immigrant population with zeal — be it through SB 1070, HB 2191, or SB 1070 “on steroids.”
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Speakeasy and The Huffington Post

Legislation would ban Islamic law in Alabama courts — A bill introduced Tuesday in the Alabama Senate would ban the use of Islamic law in Alabama courts. — The bill's sponsor said the measure was designed to protect future generations from erosion of the Constitution.
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The Raw Story and Right Wing Watch

Connecticut Town Ordered to Pay for Union Workers' Coffee — A Connecticut town must provide their union workers free coffee and milk, according to a ruling from the State Board of Labor Relations. — The board also ordered town leaders to reinstate “Dress Down Fridays” for the union clerical and custodial workers.
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The Lonely Conservative


EXCLUSIVE: GOP Senator Yanked Off Committee Speaks Out, Was Informed 30 Minutes Before Anti-Union Vote — On Wednesday, just moments before a key committee in the Ohio State Senate was to vote on a GOP bill that would effectively dismantle public employees' right to collectively bargain …
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Wonk Room


Hey, Eric Holder: Meet My People — We, the Unhyphenated Americans: Meet My People — My fellow Americans, who are “your people”? I ask because U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who is black, used the phrase “my people” in congressional testimony this week.
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Crooks and Liars and The New Republic

Mitch Daniels's Obamacare Problem — Mitt Romney isn't the only Republican presidential hopeful with an Obamacare problem: Indiana governor Mitch Daniels, were he to become the GOP's nominee, could also undermine the repeal campaign that has united the party's base and independent voters.
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Ezra Klein