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1:25 PM ET, March 8, 2011

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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
NPR executives caught on tape bashing conservatives and Tea Party, touting liberals  —  A man who appears to be a senior National Public Radio senior executive, Ron Schiller, has been captured on camera savaging conservatives and the Tea Party movement.  —  “The current Republican Party …
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David Weigel / Slate:
James O'Keefe Versus NPR  —  The video sting artiste publishes the latest work from his shop — a covertly taped interview with then-NPR Foundation senior VP for development Ron Schiller and current senior director of institutional giving Betsy Liley.  Shaughn Adeleye and Simon Templar posed …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
NPR CEO: We're a lot more seriously racist, xenophobic conservative than you think  —  I originally thought I'd just add this to the preceding post as an update, but Vivian Schiller's claim really deserves a thread all of its own.  While Ron Schiller dines with sharia activists and calls conservatives …
James O'Keefe's Project Veritas:
Project Veritas Investigates: NPR  —  Project Veritas' latest investigation focuses on the publically-funded media organization, National Public Radio.  PV investigative reporters, Shaughn Adeleye and Simon Templar posed as members of the Muslim Action Education Center, a non-existent group with a goal to …
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
NPR responds to executive's comments
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
Karen / Current.org Blog:
Ron Schiller exiting NPR for Aspen Institute
Discussion: AmSpecBlog, The Raw Story and Mediaite
Lachlan Markay / NewsBusters.org:   NPR's Schiller Denies Liberal Bias, But Station's Content, Policies, Board Say Otherwise
The Politico:
Republicans divided over Muslim hearings  —  The top two House Republican leaders are divided over how to handle the bubbling controversy surrounding Homeland Security Chairman Peter King's hearing into “radicalization” in the American Muslim community.  —  Majority Leader Eric Cantor …
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Rep. King on hearing critics: ‘Why are they attacking me in such a rabid way?’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
The left wigs out about hearings on Islamic radicalization
Discussion: ThinkProgress and protein wisdom
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Blaming Democrats' ‘lack of action,’ GOP prepares a second stopgap  —  House GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) says Republicans are preparing to move a second short-term funding measure to avert a potential government shutdown.  —  McCarthy told reporters Tuesday morning the Senate does …
Discussion: National Review and The Page
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
House GOP leader says healthcare fight won't drag down Romney
Discussion: The Politico
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Drive to recall Wisconsin GOP senators gaining steam, Dems say  —  So how's the drive to recall Wisconsin GOP state senators going?  If these new numbers the Wisconsin Democratic Party shares with me are accurate, it's already exceeding expectations in a big way.
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 …
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Why I'd Place My Bet on Tim Pawlenty  —  With few declared candidates and no clear frontrunner, the Republican presidential primary appears to be as muddled as ever.  But I actually think things are shaking out in a way as to clear the path for Tim Pawlenty.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
No guts, no glory: GOP should heed lesson of '91
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Ratifies Bush
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.
CNN:
Intruder calls 911, afraid homeowner may have gun  —  (CNN) — This time it was the intruder who called 911.  —  A man who broke into a house in Portland, Oregon, called police — afraid the homeowner may have a gun.  —  The suspect, Timothy James Chapek, was in the bathroom taking a shower …
Rasmussen Reports:
63% Say U.S. Should Stay Out of Libya Crisis  —  As official Washington buzzes with talk of possible U.S. military intervention in Libya, the majority of U.S. voters continue to favor a hands-off approach.  —  A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 22% …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Wisconsin Voters Oppose Weakening Collective Bargaining Rights in General But Strongly Support Specific Changes
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Wisconsin's Walker accuses Senate Democrats of blocking negotiations  —  A chance to end the legislative standoff that has paralyzed the Wisconsin government for weeks seemed to slip away Monday after Gov. Scott Walker (R) accused the leader of the state Senate Democrats of blocking negotiations to end the impasse.
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Drawing U.S. Crowds With Anti-Islam Message  —  FORT WORTH — Brigitte Gabriel bounced to the stage at a Tea Party convention last fall.  She greeted the crowd with a loud Texas “Yee-HAW,” then launched into the same gripping personal story she has told in hundreds of churches, synagogues and conference rooms across the United States:
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Caterpillar's Problem With Peoria  —  Why an American icon is looking beyond Illinois for its future.  —  Just over 100 ago, the company we know as Caterpillar began building track-type tractors at a plant on the banks of the Illinois River.  From these humble origins in East Peoria …
Washington Post:
Obama creates indefinite detention system for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay  —  President Obama signed an executive order Monday that will create a formal system of indefinite detention for those held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who continue to pose a significant threat to national security.
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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.
Discussion: The Note and The Daily Dish
 
 
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Rusty Weiss / NewsBusters.org:
CAIR - Distorting Facts, Videos, and Reality
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ABCNEWS:
Two U.S. Marshals, One Cop Wounded in St. Louis Shootout
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Laura Clawson / Daily Kos:
Michelle Rhee supports many of Scott Walker's anti-teacher measures
John Tierney / New York Times:
When Energy Efficiency Sullies the Environment
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Dems: Congress' Styrofoam cups could cause cancer
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Bachmann will decide on run in ‘early summer’
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Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
Mortgage Settlement Term Sheet: Bailout as Reward for Institutionalized Fraud
Discussion: Credit Slips
New York Times:
‘Spider-Man’ Director May Face Her Own Exit
Discussion: The Wire and Gothamist
Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Business fights Obama's fix for sick corporate pensions
Discussion: Prairie Weather
New York Times:
Too Long to Wait  —  Seven months have passed since Proposition 8 …
Discussion: AMERICAblog Gay and Daily Kos
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Why Fire Teachers?  —  ED Kain has been blogging a lot …
Discussion: Moe Lane
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Tea party steeped in redistricting
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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