memeorandum: Wisconsin Senate Advances Bill Opposed by Unions (Associated Press)

10:55 PM ET, March 9, 2011

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Senate advances collective bargaining changes; Democrats to return after Assembly vote — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison — The Senate - without Democrats present - abruptly voted Wednesday to eliminate almost all collective bargaining for most public workers.

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Ezra Klein:

What happened in Wisconsin tonight — Here's what just happened in Wisconsin: the rules of the state's Senate require a quorum for any measures that spend money. That's how the absence of the Senate's Democrats could stymie Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget law — it spent money, and thus it needed a quorum.

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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:

Breaking: Without Democrats Present, Wisconsin Senate Voting on Largely-Intact Budget Repair Bill — Update 7:33 p.m.: As I was writing this up, the state senate voted 18-1 to pass the bill described below. — Update 7:38 p.m.: Wisconsin senate majority leader Scott Fitzgerald confirms …

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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:

WI Senate GOP Leader Admits On-Air That His Goal Is To Defund Labor Unions, Hurt Obama's Reelection Chances — A prank call from a man purporting to be petrochemical billionaire David Koch to Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) a few weeks ago revealed that Walker had crafted his “budget repair” bill in a bid to crush the labor unions.

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David Dayen / Firedoglake:

Anti-Public Employee Bill Passes Senate in Wisconsin; Only the Beginning of the Fight — Wisconsin's Capitol dome in Madison (photo: WxMom) — If you've been following along in my last post, you know the news: the Wisconsin State Senate rushed through and passed a bill …

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msnbc.com:

GOP rams anti-union bill through Wis. Senate — End run around Democratic senators who left state to prevent passage — Below: — NBC News and msnbc.com — MADISON, Wis. — Republicans pushed a provision stripping public employees of their collective bargaining rights through …

Discussion: Associated Press, Examiner, The Mahablog and Truthdig

David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:

Just Like That — In a brief meeting that lasted barely five minutes, Wisconsin Republicans appear to have jammed through the union-busting, anti-collective-bargaining provision that has been the focus of the protests and political turmoil in the state for the past month.

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Associated Press:
Wisconsin Senate Advances Bill Opposed by Unions

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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Wis. State Senate Passes Anti-Union Bill, In End-Run Around Dem Boycott

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Scott Walker / Wall Street Journal: Why I'm Fighting in Wisconsin — We can avoid mass teacher layoffs …

WISC-TV:
Source: Republican Senators Attempting To Pass Parts Of Budget Repair Bill

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Ed Lavandera / CNN:
Wisconsin Senate passes union limits despite Democratic walkout

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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Wisconsin Conference Committee Passes New, Stripped-Down Anti-Union Bill

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Fox News:
Wisconsin Senate GOP Votes to Strip State Workers of Collective Bargaining Rights

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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans' Message to States: Cut, Don't Tax and Borrow

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Mark Memmott / NPR:

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Resigns — This follows yesterday's news that then-NPR fundraiser Ron Schiller (no relation) was videotapped slamming conservatives and questioning whether NPR needs federal funding during a lunch with men posing as members of a Muslim organization …

The Huffington Post:

Juan Williams: NPR ‘All White Organization,’ Exhibited ‘Worst Of White Condescension’ In Firing Me (VIDEO) — Danny Shea and Julia Steers First Posted: 03/ 9/11 04:39 PM Updated: 03/ 9/11 04:47 PM … Juan Williams says NPR is an “all-white organization” that exhibited the …

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Simon Maloy / Media Matters for America:
Look At NPR's Coverage; Don't Privilege The Serial Liar

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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
ADL calls for an apology from NPR executive

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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
Ron Schiller decides not to join the Aspen Institute

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Jeff Dunetz / YID With LID:
Audio Interview with NPR's Media Reporter David Folkenflik -Vivian Schiller Didn't Quit She Was Fired

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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:

David Broder dies; Pulitzer-winning Washington Post political columnist — David S. Broder, 81, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post and one of the most respected writers on national politics for four decades, died Wednesday at Capital Hospice in Arlington of complications from diabetes.

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
David Broder's remarkable life and career

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James Hohmann / The Politico:
David S. Broder, dean of political writers, dies at 81

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James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:

Vicious Assault Shakes Texas Town — CLEVELAND, Tex. — The police investigation began shortly after Thanksgiving, when an elementary school student alerted a teacher to a lurid cellphone video that included one of her classmates. — The video led the police to an abandoned trailer …

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Mac McClelland / Mother Jones:

The New York Times' Rape-Friendly Reporting — From today's New York Times: … This story from Cleveland, Texas, is beyond horrifying. Obviously. Unfortunately, further injustices have now been heaped on the victim (and the movement to end rape culture) by the article's writer and editor.

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David Brody / The Brody File:

Newt Gingrich tells The Brody File he 'felt compelled to seek God's forgiveness' — Newt Gingrich, who is expected to run for President tells The Brody File that he “felt compelled to seek God's forgiveness” over his past marital infidelity. And now that he's at the grandfather stage he is …

Kevinliptak / CNN:
Gingrich planning May presidential announcement

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Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
Newt Gingrich Cheated on His Wives for America

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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Gingrich: Past Adultery ‘Partially Driven By How Passionately I Felt About This Country’ (VIDEO)

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Mike Carter / Seattle Times:

Man charged with attempted MLK Day bombing linked to neo-Nazi group — A Stevens County man charged with the attempted bombing along the route of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane has links to a neo-Nazi group, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:

As King Targets Muslims, There Have Been Almost Twice As Many Plots Since 9/11 From Non-Muslim Terrorists — Tomorrow, Rep. Peter King (R-NY), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, will hold hearings singling out the Muslim American community for supposedly aiding and abetting domestic radicalization and terrorism.

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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Democrats plead with Rep. King to cancel hearing on US Muslims

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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:

Schumer Calls GOP Bluff On Spending And Deficits — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called the Republican Party's bluff on the need for deficit reduction Wednesday, outlining a fiscal framework that involves broader cuts and revenue raisers than the GOP has proposed — and warning …

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Bloomberg:
Government Shutdown Opposed by Americans in Poll Faulting Republican Cuts

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Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Schumer: Budget Deal Should Include Tax Hikes, Medicare Changes

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

Palin would base campaign in Scottsdale — The prospect of Sarah Palin running for president is, increasingly, dismissed by a political class that sees her facing weak poll numbers — especially in key early states — and doing nothing to correct them or to buil the infrastructure for a run.

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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:

Julianne Moore To Play Sarah Palin In HBO Movie ‘Game Change’ — Julianne Moore is set to star in HBO Films' Game Change. Directed by Jay Roach, the movie is based on Mark Halperin and John Heilemann's 2010 book about the 2008 Presidential elections and follows John McCain's presidential campaign …

Discussion: Big Hollywood, Mediaite, Indecision Forever and Don Surber

Elizabeth Jensen / Media Decoder:

Like NPR, PBS Met With Fictional Donors — NPR was not the only media organization duped by the Republican provocateur James O'Keefe. — PBS confirmed Wednesday that like NPR, one of its executives attended a lunch with people who posed as members of the Muslim Education Action Center Trust, a fictional group.

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Forbes:

World's Billionaires 2011: A Record Year In Numbers, Money And Impact — BRIC countries surge; Carlos Slim widens lead atop list. — This 25th year of tracking global wealth was one to remember. The 2011 Billionaires List breaks two records: total number of listees (1,210) and combined wealth ($4.5 trillion).

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