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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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Wall Street Journal:
Democrats to End Union Standoff — Playing a game of political chicken, Democratic senators who fled Wisconsin to stymie restrictions on public-employee unions said Sunday they planned to come back from exile soon, betting that even though their return will allow the bill to pass …
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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 — By Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel — Madison — The leader of Senate Democrats hiding out in Illinois is seeking a face-to-face meeting with Gov. Scott Walker and the Senate GOP leader. — Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller (D-Monona) …
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Reuters, Lez Get Real, Althouse, Daily Kos, The Gateway Pundit and Wake up America
Ezra Klein:
Wonkbook: Are we nearing the endgame in Wisconsin?
Wonkbook: Are we nearing the endgame in Wisconsin?
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Outside the Beltway, Green, New York Times, The Politico and TPMDC
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, The Atlantic Online, Big Government and Daily Kos
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Wisconsin Democrats Urge New Talks on Labor Bill
Wisconsin Democrats Urge New Talks on Labor Bill
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TPMDC, The Maddow Blog, Wonk Room, JSOnline, USA Today, New York Magazine, Wake up America and PolitiCal
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 to announce retirement — Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) will announce his retirement Monday, ending months of speculation over whether the scandal-plagued Republican would forge ahead with another campaign in 2012. — Ensign will make the announcement …
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The Note, CNN 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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Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, Hot Air, Swampland and The Caucus
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
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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The Volokh Conspiracy, Sister Toldjah, Weasel Zippers, Right Wing News 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
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 Politico, Daniel W. Drezner, Runnin' Scared, The Other McCain, Pajamas Media, Wonkette, The Hill, nancynall.com, The Wire, New York Magazine, Don Surber, No More Mister Nice Blog, Taylor Marsh, Liberty Pundits Blog, Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, AlterNet, All American Blogger, NewsBusters.org, BizzyBlog, Salon, Talking Points Memo, Prairie Weather, Daily Kos, The Right Scoop, Mediaite, Yglesias, Philly.com, AMERICAblog News, Oliver Willis and News Hounds, more at Mediagazer »
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Scott Baker / The Blaze:
NY TIMES COLUMNIST HAS A DREAM: MAYBE BECK AND FOX NEWS WILL BREAK UP!
NY TIMES COLUMNIST HAS A DREAM: MAYBE BECK AND FOX NEWS WILL BREAK UP!
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Examiner
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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The Jawa Report, Pajamas Media and Liberty Pundits Blog
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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, Boehner, Congress.org, The Lonely Conservative and National Review
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
How Boehner is playing the Democrats
How Boehner is playing the Democrats
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The Fix, No More Mister Nice Blog, TalkLeft, Connecting.the.Dots, Prairie Weather, Left Coast Rebel and Balloon Juice
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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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
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, The Impolitic, Booman Tribune and Sky Dancing
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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The American Culture, protein wisdom, Watts Up With That? and The Gateway Pundit
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Degrees and Dollars — It is a truth universally acknowledged that education is the key to economic success. Everyone knows that the jobs of the future will require ever higher levels of skill. That's why, in an appearance Friday with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, President Obama declared that …
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 and ACS Blog
JSOnline:
Recall drives could make history — Rarely have multiple lawmakers faced such action — By Craig Gilbert of the Journal Sentinel — As improbable as the last three weeks have been in state politics, Wisconsin is about to embark on another wild ride into the political unknown …
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Firedoglake
Colin Firth / CBS News:
Homeless children: the hard times generation — Scott Pelley reports on the growing number of children who are falling victim to the financial crisis — Unemployment improved a bit last month but it is still nearly nine percent and the trouble is job creation is so slow …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Impolitic
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Lack of GOP Front-Runner for 2012 Is Atypical — John McCain and Barry Goldwater the only GOP presidential nominees to emerge late — PRINCETON, NJ — The wide-open battle for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination — with nearly a three-way tie among Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin …
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The Hill, TPMDC, The Daily Dish, Politics Daily, Hot Air, Ballot Box and National Review
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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The Daily Dish, Dana Goldstein, The Awl, TBogg and Sadly, No!
myfoxdc WTTG FOX 5:
Brawl Mars DMV Music Awards Outside Washington — ARLINGTON, Va. - Arlington police say a brawl broke out during the DMV music awards ceremony, sending one person to a local hospital. — Police say five people were treated Saturday night at the scene of the awards ceremony, which honors local rap, hip-hop and R&B performers.
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Fox Nation
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.