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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Obama's debt expert yells at kids — Alan Simpson referred to Snoop Dogg (left) and Eminem (right) in his tirade. — AP Photo — Alan Simpson might need to freshen up on his pop culture. — The co-chairman of President Obama's deficit commission tried to scold the elderly on Monday …
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Why Social Security is welfare — In a recent column on the senior citizen lobby, I noted that Social Security is often “middle-class welfare” that bleeds the country. This offended many readers. In an e-mail, one snarled: “Social Security is not adding one penny to our national debt, you idiot.”
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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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Wisconsin Standoff Intensifies: Governor Scott Walker Will Not Relent on Collective Bargaining Rights …
Wisconsin Standoff Intensifies: Governor Scott Walker Will Not Relent on Collective Bargaining Rights …
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The Politico
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Wisconsin's Walker accuses Senate Democrats of blocking negotiations
Wisconsin's Walker accuses Senate Democrats of blocking negotiations
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Taylor Marsh and The Page
Natasha Vargas-Cooper / The Atlantic Online:
At a Wisconsin Town Hall, the Mood Turns Against Compromise
At a Wisconsin Town Hall, the Mood Turns Against Compromise
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Oliver Willis, msnbc.com and No More Mister Nice Blog
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.
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KCPQ - Seattle's Q13 FOX News:
Her name is Marizela Perez and she apparently vanished at around Noon on Saturday, March 5th. — Q13 FOX News Online — SEATTLE — Relatives of a missing UW student are asking for the public's help in finding her. — Her name is Marizela Perez and she apparently vanished at around Noon on Saturday, March 5th.
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YID With LID and The Moderate Voice
New York Times:
Discord Fills Washington on Possible Libya Intervention — WASHINGTON — Nearly three weeks after Libya erupted in what may now turn into a protracted civil war, the politics of military intervention to speed the ouster of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi grow more complicated by the day — for both the White House and Republicans.
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BBC:
Libya unrest: UK diplomatic team released by rebels
Libya unrest: UK diplomatic team released by rebels
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Israel Matzav, Elder of Ziyon and Harry's Place
Washington Post:
Gaddafi forces attack rebels anew, even as regime appears to seek talks
Gaddafi forces attack rebels anew, even as regime appears to seek talks
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Prairie Weather, New York Times, The Other McCain and National Review
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
A Libyan Leader at War With Rebels, and Reality
A Libyan Leader at War With Rebels, and Reality
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Washington Post, Weekly Standard and The Atlantic Online
Peter Maer / CBS News:
White House memo notes shortage of applicants for contest to have Obama to speak at high school graduation — The White House is ramping up an effort to promote a nationwide competition to decide which high school wins a commencement speech by President Obama.
New York Times:
Obama Clears Way for Guantánamo Trials — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday reversed his two-year-old order halting new military charges against detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, permitting military trials to resume with revamped procedures but implicitly admitting …
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And So it Goes in Shreveport, Politics Daily, JustOneMinute and The Politico
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Obama restarts Guantanamo trials
Obama restarts Guantanamo trials
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Swampland, Sister Toldjah, National Review, Washington Post and Pajamas Media
New York Times:
Florida Republicans at Odds With Their Leader — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Rick Scott, the conservative Republican billionaire who plucked the governor's job from the party establishment in November with $73 million of his own money and the backing of the Tea Party, vowed during his campaign …
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
Former Fla. GOP chairman lobbying for high-speed rail
Michael Kinsley / The Politico:
Mitt Romney, the most transparent candidate — We're all for transparency these days, and if anything is transparently clear about American politics, it is that Mitt Romney will do or say anything to become president. The best guess is that at heart he is an old-fashioned, business-oriented Republican.
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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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The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, USA Today, Left Coast Rebel, Hotline On Call, The Fix, The Raw Story, The Politico, The Lonely Conservative and POWIP
Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press:
Report says too many whites, men leading military — WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is too white and too male at the top and needs to change recruiting and promotion policies and lift its ban on women in combat, an independent report for Congress said Monday.
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Outside the Beltway, Right Wing News and Weasel Zippers
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
FIRED! Charlie Sheen Axed From ‘Two And A Half Men’, He Fires Back & Vows To Sue — UPDATED: It's over for Charlie Sheen on the hit CBS comedy Two and a Half Men. But his ongoing war with the series producer Warner Bros. TV is far from over, with lawyers for both sides expected to take the lead in the coming weeks.
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TMZ.com, Inside TV, The Other McCain, TalkLeft, Big Hollywood, Weasel Zippers, AmSpecBlog, PopEater and Patterico's Pontifications
Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Scott Brown Begs David Koch For Money — At the public dedication of MIT's David H. Koch Integrative Cancer Institute last Friday, Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) effusively thanked conservative billionaire David Koch for supporting his election in 2010 and made a plea for help in his re-election campaign next year.
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Salon, Politicususa, Wonk Room and Gawker
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Sessions: Democrats proposing ‘fake cuts’ to budget — Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Monday said the Senate Democrat proposal to cut about $6.5 billion from FY 2010 levels proposes only “fake cuts” to government spending, and said a vote in favor of that proposal is a vote to “do nothing.”
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ABCNEWS and The Daily Caller
Echidne / ECHIDNE of the snakes:
Our Ross Cares About the Gurlz — That would be Ross Douthat in his latest column. He truly, truly cares about the gurlz (well, straight gurlz) and wants them to be happy. In order to do that, he recommends that they use an aspirin held between the knees as the contraceptive choice.
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TBogg, The Awl, Dana Goldstein, The Daily Dish and New York Times
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Senate Democrats ask for help with their 2012 slogan — The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the campaign arm of Senate Democrats, needs your help. No, not a check, at least not this time. — The DSCC wants help coming up with a new slogan for bumper stickers and other paraphernalia that it gives out this cycle.
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Moe Lane, The Lonely Conservative and Don Surber
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama Will Nominate Commerce Secretary Locke as US Ambassador to China — ABC News has learned that President Obama intends to nominate Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as his next Ambassador to China. — Locke is the first Chinese-American to be Secretary of Commerce.
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Politics Daily and The 1600 Report
Reuters:
Arab media says Gaddafi looking for exit deal — (Reuters) - Two Arab newspapers and al Jazeera television said on Monday Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was looking for an agreement allowing him to step down, but there was no official confirmation of the reports.
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Hot Air, New York Times and Gawker
Benjamin J. Dueholm / Washington Monthly:
Rules of Misbehavior — Dan Savage, the brilliant and foul-mouthed sex columnist, has become one of the most important ethicists in America. Are we screwed? — ive months after the death of Esther “Eppie” Lederer in 2002, the bulk of her estate—a sprawling Chicago apartment's worth of furniture …
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Focal Point and pandagon.net