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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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Economist's View
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
CNN:
Wisconsin Dems want border meeting — (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, Senate Democrats Will Not Return — ABC's Chris Bury reports: — Today Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, in a news conference, ratcheted up pressure on the 14 absent Senate Democrats to return to Madison.
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The Politico
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
Guardian:
Obama ups pressure over no-fly zone — Libyan leader told the US and Nato are weighing up a raft of military options, including arming the rebel forces — Barack Obama has stepped up pressure on Colonel Gaddafi, saying the US and Nato allies were considering a military response to violence in Libya …
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New York Times:
Discord Fills Washington on Possible Libya Intervention
Discord Fills Washington on Possible Libya Intervention
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New York Magazine
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
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.
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
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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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, The Hill, Sister Toldjah, National Review, Washington Post, Pajamas Media and Liberty Pundits Blog
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
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
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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Politicususa, Salon, Wonk Room and Gawker
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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Right Wing News and Weasel Zippers
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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TPMDC, The Atlantic Online, Weekly Standard, msnbc.com, SENATUS and Gawker
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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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Las Vegas Sun, AOL News, The Fix, Swampland, Firedoglake, Hotline On Call, Daily Kos, The Caucus, Another Black Conservative, Hot Air, Politics Daily and Washington Monthly
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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New York Times, The Awl, Dana Goldstein, TBogg and The Daily Dish
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
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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The Daily Caller
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
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, Gawker and New York Times
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
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The frontrunner-less Republican presidential field — For months now, it's been clear that the 2012 Republican presidential field lacks a strong frontrunner. — A case can be made for how either former Gov. Mitt Romney (Mass.) or Mike Huckabee (Ark.) — or even former Gov. Sarah Palin …
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Hot Air, Eunomia, Yglesias, Gallup, CNN, The Daily Dish, Politics Daily and Ballot Box
David Brooks:
Hello — Tom Wolfe was once asked, What is the most important change of your lifetime? He is purported to have answered, “Oh, that's easy. Co-ed dorms.” — My own gloss on that answer is that we spend a lot of our time debating political events and the choices leaders make.
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