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Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
Reversal of fortune in Wisconsin — Domenico Montanaro writes:Over the weekend, liberal filmmaker Michael Moore said the fight in Wisconsin has “aroused a sleeping giant” for union rights across the country. — But the fight may have aroused a different “sleeping giant” …
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CNN:
Walker: Border meeting with Dems ‘ridiculous’ — (CNN) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Monday dismissed as “ridiculous” a letter from a Democratic state Senate leader who suggested a meeting “near the Wisconsin-Illinois border” to discuss the state's budget impasse.
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Cubachi, Associated Press, JSOnline, Truthdig and Liberty Pundits Blog
Natasha Vargas-Cooper / The Atlantic Online:
At a Wisconsin Town Hall, the Mood Turns Against Compromise — REEDSBURG, Wisc. — At a town hall meeting held in this rural community on Sunday afternoon, Republican state Sen. Dale Schultz faced loud opposition to a proposed compromise he said could end the legislative stalemate …
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Oliver Willis
JSOnline:
Top Senate Democrat wants meeting with Walker
Top Senate Democrat wants meeting with Walker
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National Review, Reuters, Lez Get Real, Althouse, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos and Wake up America
The Note:
Wisconsin Standoff Intensifies: Governor Scott Walker Will Not Relent on Collective Bargaining Rights …
Wall Street Journal:
Democrats to End Union Standoff
Democrats to End Union Standoff
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Wisconsin Dems demand probe of Walker's conduct on fake Koch call
Wisconsin Dems demand probe of Walker's conduct on fake Koch call
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Washington Post, TPMDC, Big Government, Daily Kos and The Atlantic Online
Judicial Watch:
Rep. Alcee Hastings Sued by Employee for Sexual Harassment: “Unwelcome Sexual Advances” and “Unwelcome Touching” — Hastings Allegedly Retaliated Against Victim for Complaining About Conduct — Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption …
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Conservative group files suit against Hastings, alleging sexual harassment — A conservative public-interest group filed a lawsuit on Monday against Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) alleging that he sexually harassed a former female staff member. — For two years, while Hastings served …
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The Note
Fhardingj / CNN:
Florida congressman sued for alleged sexual harassment
Florida congressman sued for alleged sexual harassment
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Post on Politics
Jackie Long / BBC:
Will Sarah Palin run for president and can she win? — Ms Palin outlines factors that will influence whether she enters the running — Sarah Palin, one of the best known and most controversial figures in American politics, told BBC Newsnight she was weighing up whether the US was ready for an …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Cops, FBI: No arrest in Palin stalker case
Cops, FBI: No arrest in Palin stalker case
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BBC, Washington Post and Mirror.co.uk
David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
Ensign to Announce Retirement — Sen. John Ensign is expected to announce at an afternoon news conference in Las Vegas that he will retire rather than face a brutal 2012 re-election campaign, according to knowledgeable sources. — The Nevada Republican, who has been embattled since revealing …
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Plagued by scandal, Sen. Ensign announces he will retire in 2012 — Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) announced his retirement Monday, ending months of speculation over whether the scandal-plagued Republican would forge ahead with another campaign in 2012. — Citing the “pain” that a …
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CNN, The Note and Prairie Weather
Karoun Demirjian / Las Vegas Sun:
John Ensign expected to announce he won't seek re-election in 2012
John Ensign expected to announce he won't seek re-election in 2012
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The Fix, Washington Monthly, Politics Daily, Firedoglake, AOL News, Daily Kos, Hot Air, Swampland, Hotline On Call and The Caucus
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Obama's hard line on leaks — The Obama administration, which famously pledged to be the most transparent in American history, is pursuing an unexpectedly aggressive legal offensive against federal workers who leak secret information to expose wrongdoing, highlight national security threats or pursue a personal agenda.
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Sister Toldjah, Weasel Zippers, Right Wing News, The Volokh Conspiracy, The BLT and TigerHawk
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
High court turns aside another lawsuit questioning Obama citizenship
High court turns aside another lawsuit questioning Obama citizenship
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Indecision Forever
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The frontrunner-less Republican presidential field — For months now, it's been clear that the 2012 Republican presidential field lacks a strong frontrunner. — A case can be made for how either former Gov. Mitt Romney (Mass.) or Mike Huckabee (Ark.) — or even former Gov. Sarah Palin …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Lack of GOP Front-Runner for 2012 Is Atypical
Lack of GOP Front-Runner for 2012 Is Atypical
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TPMDC, The Hill, AmSpecBlog, The Daily Dish, Hot Air, Politics Daily, Ballot Box and National Review
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Obama restarts Guantanamo trials — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama approved Monday the resumption of military trials for detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ending a two-year ban. — It was the latest acknowledgement that the detention facility Obama had vowed …
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Reuters:
White House shifts Guantanamo policy
White House shifts Guantanamo policy
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Firedoglake, BBC, Truthdig and National Review
Jonathan Turley / Los Angeles Times:
Clarence Thomas' dangerous conceit — The Supreme Court justice argues that criticism of him is an attack on the court itself. But a single justice doesn't define the institution. — Louis XIV of France was infamous for his view that there was no distinction between himself and the state …
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The Huffington Post, National Review, SCOTUSblog and The BRAD BLOG
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
The liberal campaign against SCOTUS conservatives
The liberal campaign against SCOTUS conservatives
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Hot Air and AmSpecBlog
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Kucinich: Gates will have ‘blot’ on record for Manning detainment — Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) warned Monday that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates would have a “blot” on his record over the detention of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking classified documents later published by WikiLeaks.
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Weasel Zippers
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Gates, Petraeus Joke About Launching an Attack on Libya
Gates, Petraeus Joke About Launching an Attack on Libya
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The Politico, Mediaite and New York Magazine
David J. Lynch / Bloomberg:
Bonds Show Why Boehner Saying We're Broke Is Figure of Speech — House Speaker John Boehner routinely offers this diagnosis of the U.S.'s fiscal condition: “We're broke; Broke going on bankrupt,” he said in a Feb. 28 speech in Nashville. — Boehner's assessment dominates a debate …
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American Prospect, Washington Monthly, Oliver Willis, Booman Tribune, Sky Dancing and The Impolitic
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Trump trip financing in question — A lawyer for Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, told reporters in Iowa today that his trip — on the Trump corporate jet — had been financed by a business supporter and booster of Trump's, Stewart Rahr. — The trip poses a serious campaign finance issue for Trump …
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The Atlantic Online, CNN and Taegan Goddard's …
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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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Discovered: The Happiest Man in America — For the last three years, Gallup has called 1,000 randomly selected American adults each day and asked them about their emotional status, work satisfaction, eating habits, illnesses, stress levels and other indicators of their quality of life.
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The Blaze, Economix, Runnin' Scared and New York Magazine
Michelle Malkin:
Missing: Marizela Perez — I just got off the phone with my family. — This is my beautiful cousin, Marizela Perez: — She is a University of Washington undergrad and she has been missing since Saturday afternoon, when she left the Rainier Beach neighborhood headed to the UW Seattle campus.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why Monogamy Matters — Social conservatives can seem like the perennial pessimists of American politics — more comfortable with resignation than with hope, perpetually touting evidence of family breakdown, social disintegration and civilizational decline. — But even doomsayers get the occasional dose of good news.
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ECHIDNE of the snakes, RHRealityCheck.org, The Daily Dish, Dana Goldstein, The Awl, TBogg and Sadly, No!
Art Robinson / WorldNetDaily:
Democrats attack Republican candidate's children — In an effort to do my part in rescuing our country from the out-of-control Obama administration, last year I ran for Congress in Oregon's 4th District against 12-term incumbent, far-left Democrat Peter DeFazio, co-founder of the House Progressive Caucus.
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Watts Up With That?, The Gateway Pundit and The American Culture
Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
Supreme Court Overrules Kafkaesque DNA Decision — If any principle seems to guide the Texas legal system, it seems to be “establish a Catch-22 wherever possible.” The latest example can be seen in Skinner v. Switzer, a case in which Texas refused an individual convicted of a capital crime access …
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Politics Daily, ACS Blog and Threat Level
New York Times:
Holding Firm on the Budget — After letting a highly destructive budget fight fester far too long, the White House finally stepped in late last week to negotiate with the House, which wants to eviscerate nondefense spending. Senate leaders still seem shell-shocked by that breathtaking ruthlessness …
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Reuters, Hot Air, Pajamas Media, Congress.org, Boehner, The Lonely Conservative and National Review
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Sarah Palin Dubs Kathy Griffin ‘Has-Been Comedienne’ And ‘50 Year-Old Adult Bully’ — Sarah Palin was asked this weekend to respond to reports that comedian Kathy Griffin had been booked to play a “Sarah Palin Tea Party type” on the hit show Glee. Palin did not demur, calling Griffin …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Indecision Forever and Fox News