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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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Mark Memmott / NPR:
In Video: NPR Exec Slams Tea Party, Questions Need For Federal Funds — NPR's then-senior vice president for fundraising Ron Schiller is seen and heard on a videotape released this morning telling two men who were posing as members of a fictitious Muslim Action Education Center that:
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David Weigel / Weigel:
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 …
Justin Elliott / Salon:
NPR sting also nets ... Pamela Geller? — Conservative activist James O'Keefe today released a sting video showing an NPR fundraising official saying impolitic things to a couple of (fake) potential Muslim donors. A key part of the sting was the creation of a hoax website for the fake group …
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The Wire and Talking Points Memo
James O'Keefe's Project Veritas:
Project Veritas Investigates: NPR
Project Veritas Investigates: NPR
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Washington Examiner, Pajamas Media, Hit & Run, Wonkette, USA Today, Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs
Aharding / CNN:
Activist says he targeted NPR because of Juan Williams firing
Activist says he targeted NPR because of Juan Williams firing
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The Politico
Karen / Current.org Blog:
Ron Schiller exiting NPR for Aspen Institute
Ron Schiller exiting NPR for Aspen Institute
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Kerry Picket / Washington Times:
(video) NPR officers compare deniers of climate change to birthers and flat earth believers
David Mastio / Washington Times:
NPR seeks funding from Sharia backers
NPR seeks funding from Sharia backers
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American Power, Hot Air and NewsBusters.org
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Freshman Democrat Joe Manchin: Obama has ‘failed to lead’ on budget — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is planning to rip President Barack Obama on his budget proposals in a Senate floor speech Tuesday, a rare rebuke from a freshman Democrat who's clearly worried about the politics …
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Reid: Save federal funding for the cowboy poets! — File this under: Did Harry Reid just say that? — In the middle of his tirade against House Republicans' “mean-spirited” budget bill on the Senate floor Tuesday, the Senate Majority Leader lamented that the GOP's proposed budget cuts …
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NY Daily News:
Rep. Pete King is right, say feds and cops: We don't get many tips from Muslim community — Cops and federal agents agree with Rep. Pete King that they don't get a lot of tipsters from the Muslim community - but they say that's true of many other communities.
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Jihad Watch, Weasel Zippers and Gothamist
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CBS New York:
In Wake Of Muslim Hearings, Rep. King Gets Security Upgrade
In Wake Of Muslim Hearings, Rep. King Gets Security Upgrade
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New York Times, Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs
The Politico:
Republicans divided over Muslim hearings
Republicans divided over Muslim hearings
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CNN, Weasel Zippers, No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Monthly
New York Times:
Peter King's Obsession
Peter King's Obsession
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP Sen. Lugar says he'll support House Republican spending cuts — Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), who faces a Tea Party-backed challenge in his 2012 primary, has withdrawn his stated opposition to House-passed spending cuts. — Lugar said Tuesday afternoon that he made a mistake …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
POOR DICK LUGAR WAS RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.... About three weeks ago …
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Blaming Democrats' ‘lack of action,’ House GOP prepares a second stopgap
Blaming Democrats' ‘lack of action,’ House GOP prepares a second stopgap
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The Politico, National Review, Daily Kos and The Page
John Ellis / The Business Insider:
Can Any One Of These People Beat President Obama? — To do so, one of these candidates has to win the 2012 GOP presidential nomination. What follows is a cheat sheet of the strengths and weaknesses of each of the GOP presidential candidates and a quick assessment of where they stand now.
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Ben Smith's Blog
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 …
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Michelle Malkin:
Searching for Marizela: An update — SEATTLE — The photo above from Marizela's friends/family shows the tattoo on her left inner arm that reads “lahat ay magiging maayos” — a Tagalog saying for “all will be well.” — Thanks so much to all of you for your prayers and for helping to spread the word across the Internet.
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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.
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Ben Smith's Blog, TPMDC, TakeMyCountryBack.com, Firedoglake, AFL-CIO NOW BLOG, Daily Kos, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, National Review and JSOnline
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
After Praising 2009 Town Hall ‘Outrage,’ Sensenbrenner Overwhelmed By Progressive Town Hall Protesters — against Democrats who supported the health care overhaul, raucously disrupting the town hall meetings of these members of Congress. — One of the Republican members of Congress …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama's new executive order on Guantanamo — (updated below) — President Obama yesterday signed an Executive Order which, as The Washington Post described it, “will create a formal system of indefinite detention for those held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay” and …
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Washington Post:
Obama creates indefinite detention system for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay
Obama creates indefinite detention system for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay
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Ezra Klein:
Vilsack: ‘I took it as a slam on rural America’ — Yesterday afternoon, I got an e-mail from a “usda.gov” address. “Secretary Vilsack read your blog post ‘Why we still need cities’ over the weekend, and he has some thoughts and reflections, particularly about the importance of rural America,” it said.
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Ezra Klein:
Senate Democrats weigh making big mistake on health-care reform — I'm getting some worried e-mails from Hill staffers who think Senate Democrats might rubberstamp a policy House Republicans passed to undermine the Affordable Care Act. It's the sort of policy decision that won't get much attention …
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TPMDC, The New Republic, Hit & Run, Mother Jones and Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
Israel Considers Military ‘Upgrade’ — JERUSALEM—Israel will need to boost military spending and may seek an additional $20 billion in U.S. security assistance to help it manage potential threats stemming from popular upheavals in the Arab world, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday.
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NewsReal Blog, The Daily Caller and Mondoweiss
JSOnline:
E-mails reveal possible Walker concessions on union bill — By Jason Stein, Patrick Marley and Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - Gov. Scott Walker's office released documents Tuesday detailing back-and-forth talks with Senate Democrats in Illinois about his union bargaining bill …
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WisPolitics Budget Blog, TPMDC and Dane101
Washington Times:
NPR, PBS campaigns to keep federal funds called unlawful — NPR and PBS stations nationwide are rallying their audiences to contact Congress to fight against Republicans' proposed spending cuts, but some affiliates' pleas may violate laws preventing nonprofits or government-funded groups from lobbying.
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NewsBusters.org, Weasel Zippers, Current.org Blog and POWIP
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Maine Republicans still want to get rid of Snowe — It's been clear for a long time now that Maine Republicans want to swap out Olympia Snowe for someone more conservative. Our newest poll in the state finds that hasn't changed: only 33% of primary voters in the state say they would support Snowe next year …
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