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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 …
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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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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 …
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
NPR responds to executive's comments — National Public Radio spokeswoman Dana Davis Rehm responded to the remarks NPR foundation's nonprofit president Ron Schiller made. — “The fraudulent organization represented in this video repeatedly pressed us to accept a $5 million check …
Karen / Current.org Blog:
Ron Schiller exiting NPR for Aspen Institute
Ron Schiller exiting NPR for Aspen Institute
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
NPR Executive Caught Calling Tea Partiers ‘Racist’
NPR Executive Caught Calling Tea Partiers ‘Racist’
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
NPR CEO: We're a lot more seriously racist, xenophobic conservative than you think
NPR CEO: We're a lot more seriously racist, xenophobic conservative than you think
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Undercover video: NPR exec says NPR would be “far better off” without federal funds
Undercover video: NPR exec says NPR would be “far better off” without federal funds
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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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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Priorities: Reid Warns “Mean-Spirited” GOP Cuts Could Doom Cowboy Poetry Festival — Alternate headline - Reid to Cowboy Poets: “I Wish I Knew How to Quit You.” — Watch and marvel as the Senate Majority Leader demonstrates exactly how serious Democrats are about curbing federal spending …
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Blaming Democrats' ‘lack of action,’ House 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 …
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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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NY Daily News:
Rep. Pete King is right, say feds and cops: We don't get many tips from Muslim community
Rep. Pete King is right, say feds and cops: We don't get many tips from Muslim community
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Rep. King on hearing critics: ‘Why are they attacking me in such a rabid way?’
Rep. King on hearing critics: ‘Why are they attacking me in such a rabid way?’
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Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
The left wigs out about hearings on Islamic radicalization
The left wigs out about hearings on Islamic radicalization
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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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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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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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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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New York Times:
Florida Republicans Are 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 …
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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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:
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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 …
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.
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Daily Mail:
Hundreds of council tax protesters storm courtroom in attempt to make citizens' arrest of judge — Hundreds of protesters stormed a courtroom and attempted to make a citizens' arrest on a judge in support of a man challenging his council tax bill. — In chaotic scenes …
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620WTMJ:
Capitol Chaos: Protesters Shut Down Wauwatosa Town Hall — WAUWATOSA - Budget protesters shut down a town hall meeting in Wauwatosa. — “Shame, shame, shame” were among the words that came out of protesters mouths as the meeting ended, according to a video taken at the meeting that was placed on YouTube.
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The Note:
SEIU Chief: Obama ‘Has Stepped Up’ in State Labor Fights — ABC News' Rick Klein reports: — With organized labor under attack in the states, the president of the Service Employees International Union today praised President Obama's role in the fight, saying the administration “has stepped up” …