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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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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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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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Althouse, National Review, RedState and Pajamas Media
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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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 …
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Examiner, Associated Press, The Mahablog and Truthdig
Scott Walker / Wall Street Journal:
Why I'm Fighting in Wisconsin — We can avoid mass teacher layoffs and reward our best performers. But we have to act now. — In 2010, Megan Sampson was named an Outstanding First Year Teacher in Wisconsin. A week later, she got a layoff notice from the Milwaukee Public Schools.
Associated Press:
Wisconsin Senate Advances Bill Opposed by Unions
Wisconsin Senate Advances Bill Opposed by Unions
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Just Like That — In a brief meeting that lasted barely five minutes …
Just Like That — In a brief meeting that lasted barely five minutes …
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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Republican Wisconsin senators bypass Democrats in vote on collective bargaining
Republican Wisconsin senators bypass Democrats in vote on collective bargaining
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The Fix
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Wis. State Senate Passes Anti-Union Bill, In End-Run Around Dem Boycott
Wis. State Senate Passes Anti-Union Bill, In End-Run Around Dem Boycott
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Daily Kos
Fox News:
Wisconsin Senate GOP Votes to Strip State Workers of Collective Bargaining Rights
Wisconsin Senate GOP Votes to Strip State Workers of Collective Bargaining Rights
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UrbanGrounds
WISC-TV:
Source: Republican Senators Attempting To Pass Parts Of Budget Repair Bill
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
Wisconsin Senate passes union limits despite Democratic walkout
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Pharyngula
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Wisconsin Conference Committee Passes New, Stripped-Down Anti-Union Bill
Wisconsin Conference Committee Passes New, Stripped-Down Anti-Union Bill
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Balloon Juice
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans' Message to States: Cut, Don't Tax and Borrow
Americans' Message to States: Cut, Don't Tax and Borrow
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Bloomberg, Boehner and UrbanGrounds
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 …
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Simon Maloy / Media Matters for America:
Look At NPR's Coverage; Don't Privilege The Serial Liar — It seems that James O'Keefe won't be ignored. — The many-times discredited activist is back with yet another “sting” video, this one of NPR executive Ron Schiller speaking with what he believes to be perspective donors …
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The Huffington Post:
Juan Williams: NPR ‘All White Organization,’ Exhibited ‘Worst Of White Condescension’ In Firing Me (VIDEO)
Juan Williams: NPR ‘All White Organization,’ Exhibited ‘Worst Of White Condescension’ In Firing Me (VIDEO)
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
ADL calls for an apology from NPR executive
ADL calls for an apology from NPR executive
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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
Ron Schiller decides not to join the Aspen Institute
Ron Schiller decides not to join the Aspen Institute
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns
NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns
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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.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
David Broder's remarkable life and career
David Broder's remarkable life and career
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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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Shakesville
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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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Islamic radicalism: The questions that Rep. Peter King is right to ask
Islamic radicalism: The questions that Rep. Peter King is right to ask
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Democrats plead with Rep. King to cancel hearing on US Muslims
Democrats plead with Rep. King to cancel hearing on US Muslims
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Gingrich planning May presidential announcement — Washington (CNN) - In a conference call Wednesday with former staffers and supporters former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said “we are leaning toward a yes” on a presidential run, CNN has learned. — Leaning heavily.
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Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
Newt Gingrich Cheated on His Wives for America
Newt Gingrich Cheated on His Wives for America
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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 tells The Brody File he 'felt compelled to seek God's forgiveness'
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Protesters are locking the Capitol doors shut from the inside using metal handcuffs, Meade reports from the scene. — He told me that just now, by phone. He got out, and is warning others not to go in. Obviously, it's a terrible fire hazard to make it so people cannot get out of the building easily.
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Barbara Kay / National Post:
The day Sarah Palin kneecapped feminism — The feminist revolution began as a necessary reform movement, but unfortunately evolved into a marxism-imbued, revolutionary one. Second-wave feminism's focus soon shifted from women's equal rights (which are limited to those defined by law) …
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Christian Heinze / Ballot Box:
Palin vs. Christie: GOP rock-star feud
Palin vs. Christie: GOP rock-star feud
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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.
Dave McKinney / Chicago Sun Times:
Gov. Pat Quinn signs bill repealing Illinois death penalty — SPRINGFIELD — Acting on perhaps the most significant issue he will ever face, Gov. Quinn Wednesday signed landmark legislation to repeal the state's “seriously broken” death penalty and then commuted the death sentences of the 15 men on Death Row.
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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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