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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 …
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The Daily Caller, The Hill, Hot Air, TPMDC, JSOnline and American Power
Jason Millman / The Hill:
Number of healthcare reform law waivers climbs above 1,000 — The number of temporary healthcare reform waivers granted by the Obama administration to organizations climbed to more than 1,000, according to new numbers disclosed by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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The Gateway Pundit, Fire Andrea Mitchell!, The Lonely Conservative and Scared Monkeys
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) …
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Another Black Conservative, Ben Smith's Blog and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
McConnell lashes out at White House: 'Where's the leadership?'
McConnell lashes out at White House: 'Where's the leadership?'
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The Politico and Firedoglake
Russell Berman / The Hill:
White House to Muslims ahead of King hearings: Terror threat ‘real’ — President Obama's deputy national security adviser told a Muslim audience Sunday that the threat of homegrown terrorism is “real” and that Muslim Americans are part of the solution, not the problem.
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The Politico and JammieWearingFool
David Carr / New York Times:
The Fading Power of Beck's Alarms — Almost every time I flipped on television last week, there was a deeply angry guy on a running tirade about the conspiracies afoot, the enemies around all corners, and how he alone seemed to understand what was under way.
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The Right Scoop, more at Mediagazer »
Christian Longo / New York Times:
Giving Life After Death Row — EIGHT years ago I was sentenced to death for the murders of my wife and three children. I am guilty. I once thought that I could fool others into believing this was not true. Failing that, I tried to convince myself that it didn't matter.
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 …
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New York Times:
MERS? It May Have Swallowed Your Loan
MERS? It May Have Swallowed Your Loan
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The Huffington Post, Prairie Weather and The Big Picture
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Behind the foreclosure crisis, big banks' reign of error
Behind the foreclosure crisis, big banks' reign of error
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Zandar Versus The Stupid and Yglesias
Robert Fisk / The Independent:
America's secret plan to arm Libya's rebels — Obama asks Saudis to airlift weapons into Benghazi — Desperate to avoid US military involvement in Libya in the event of a prolonged struggle between the Gaddafi regime and its opponents, the Americans have asked Saudi Arabia if it can supply weapons to the rebels in Benghazi.
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Weasel Zippers and HotAirPundit
Los Angeles Times:
Grand dream loses sheen in glare of daylight — L.A. community colleges' green energy plan proves wildly impractical. The blunders cost taxpayers $10 million. — These solar panels at Pierce College in Woodland Hills are among the district's green energy projects that were built.
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Power Line, L.A. NOW and American Power
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.
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Firedoglake, Yglesias, EconLog, Washington Monthly and New York Times
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.
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The Politico and HotAirPundit
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Alexandra Zavis / Los Angeles Times:
Report finds 20% of Californians struggled to feed their families in 2010 — In poll, 1 in 5 California residents said there were times last year when they couldn't afford enough food. The state ranks No. 16 for food hardship, with the Fresno and Inland Empire areas particularly hard-hit.
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The Lonely Conservative, UNCOVERAGE.net, Hullabaloo and Recent documents …
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.
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The Daily Dish and Pundit Press
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Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:
Redesigned Newsweek on stands Monday
Redesigned Newsweek on stands Monday
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Althouse and The Wire, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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Grasping Reality …, European Tribune and Marginal Revolution
New York Times:
State Workers and N.Y.'s Fiscal Crisis — At a time when public school students are being forced into ever more crowded classrooms, and poor families will lose state medical benefits, New York State is paying 10 times more for state employees' pensions than it did just a decade ago.