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6:30 PM ET, March 6, 2011

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Russell Berman / The Hill:
White House lavishes praise on Huntsman's support for Obama  —  The White House is showing no signs of letting up on its campaign for Ambassador Jon Huntsman's presidential prospects - if anything, it's in pile-on mode.  —  Chief of Staff Bill Daley on Sunday heaped praise on Huntsman (R) …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
McConnell lashes out at White House: 'Where's the leadership?'  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) charged Sunday that the White House is not serious about reaching a budget agreement with Republicans.  —  “Our national debt is now the size of our economy,” McConnell said on CBS' “Face the Nation.”
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Politico
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Obama's 2012 reelection team gets moving
Discussion: Pundit Press
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
A Liberal Is a Villager Who's Been Screwed By a Mortgage Servicer  —  Dana “the mark” Milbank of the Washington Post  —  The past week has seen a pronounced evolution in the writing of Dana Milbank.  Earlier in the week he severely criticized the incestuous relationship between the political …
Discussion: The Impolitic
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Behind the foreclosure crisis, big banks' reign of error
New York Times:
MERS? It May Have Swallowed Your Loan
The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute:
HIGHLY POLARIZED WISCONSINITES SPLIT OVER WALKER PLAN  —  Substantial support expressed for compromise  —  Wisconsinites are deeply divided over Gov. Scott Walker's plans regarding public employee benefits, wages and unions, according to a Wisconsin Policy Research Institute poll showing 51 percent somewhat …
Discussion: The Hill, TPMDC, JSOnline and Hot Air
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Sen. Alexander on Trump: 'He's famous for being famous,' won't be president  —  Add Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) to the bipartisan list of skeptics who don't think real estate Donald Trump has a chance of winning the 2012 Republican nomination for president, much less the presidency.
Discussion: HotAirPundit
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CNN:
Trump adviser heads to Iowa Monday  —  Washington (CNN) - While Donald Trump may be focusing on his television show, a senior adviser - who has been pushing a possible presidential bid for the real estate tycoon - will make a visit to Iowa on Monday.  —  Michael Cohen, executive vice president …
Discussion: Cubachi and Liberty Pundits Blog
CNN:
Sen. Alexander: Donald Trump has ‘no chance of winning’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
The Wisconsin union fight isn't about benefits.  It's about labor's influence.  —  Political scientists and explain how weakening unions will gut the middle class  —  The battle between Republicans and labor unions in Ohio, Wisconsin and other states is ostensibly about public workers' pay, benefits and bargaining rights.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Fox Hosts Hate-Church Lawyer Who Claims Obama Is ‘The Beast Spoken Of In The Revelation’  —  Earlier this week, the Supreme Court held that even the most repulsive hate speech — Westboro Baptist Church's anti-gay rallies at military funerals — is entitled to First Amendment protection.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Sara Just / ABCNEWS:
Tina Brown to Reveal Overhaul of Newsweek on ‘This Week’  —  Legendary Editor Unveils Newly Revamped Magazine After Merger with ‘Daily Beast’  —  Tina Brown will be revealing the first look at the newly redesigned Newsweek magazine this morning on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour.
Discussion: Pundit Press
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Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:
Redesigned Newsweek on stands Monday
Paul Krugman:
Autor!  Autor!  —  A further note on brains and jobs: the story I told in my whimsical magazine piece bears a clear family resemblance to the influential analysis of Autor, Levy, and Murnane a few years later, which argued that the crucial difference in terms of possible replacement of humans …
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Talk Doesn't Pay, So Psychiatry Turns to Drug Therapy  —  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Alone with his psychiatrist, the patient confided that his newborn had serious health problems, his distraught wife was screaming at him and he had started drinking again.  With his life and second marriage falling apart, the man said he needed help.
host.madison.com:
Moore: Protesters have ‘aroused a sleeping giant’  —  Protesters in Madison have “aroused a sleeping giant” in the national fight for workers' rights, filmmaker Michael Moore told thousands at the Capitol Square on Saturday, as rallies opposing Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposals wrapped up their third week.
Associated Press:
Romney Slams President Obama's Health Care Law  —  BARTLETT, N.H. — Call it an attempt to address an obvious political vulnerability.  —  Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Saturday derided President Barack Obama's health care law — modeled in some ways after one the ex-governor signed …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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Free Strong America PAC:
Governor Romney's Remarks at the Carroll County Lincoln Day Dinner
Discussion: Cold Fury and UnionLeader.com
 
 
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Michael Scheuer / Washington Post:
Why the Mideast revolts will help al-Qaeda
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Scott Walker's Budget Defunds Planned Parenthood, Targets Contraception Access
The Independent:
Scientist Imam threatened over Darwinist views
Jessica Ravitz / CNN:
Caravans spread ‘awesome news’ world's coming to end
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Mark Steyn / National Review:
Arid Uka's Gratitude
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Bush adviser defends ‘difficult’ but ‘good’ deal on Libya relations
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Tennessean.com:
Teachers rally draws thousands to Capitol
Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
Former French President Chirac to stand trial
Discussion: POWIP
Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
It's Time to Face the Fiscal Illusion
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Republicans in solid shape to take control of Senate next year
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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