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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 …
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
ADL calls for an apology from NPR executive — Joining the ranks of those disappointed with what they saw of two National Public Radio (NPR) executives caught in an undercover sting disparaging aspects of American culture, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Tuesday called on Ron Schiller …
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Media Decoder:
Vivian Schiller, NPR Chief Executive, Resigns
Vivian Schiller, NPR Chief Executive, Resigns
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The Politico:
NPR CEO resigns, money war rages
NPR CEO resigns, money war rages
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Los Angeles Times, The New Republic and Colorlines
Jack Shafer / Slate:
In Defense of Ron Schiller
In Defense of Ron Schiller
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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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David Brody / The Brody File:
Newt Gingrich Tells 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 …
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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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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
GINGRICH'S PATRIOTISM LED HIM TO CHEAT ON HIS WIVES.... It seems likely that disgraced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) realizes his scandalous personal life will affect his presidential ambitions. The question, then, is what he intends to do about it.
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway:
Newt Gingrich: I Cheated On My Wives Because I Love America Too Much
David Frum / FrumForum:
Newt's Family Values Problem
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Gingrich: Past Adultery ‘Partially Driven By How Passionately I Felt About This Country’ (VIDEO)
Gingrich: Past Adultery ‘Partially Driven By How Passionately I Felt About This Country’ (VIDEO)
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich: ‘I was doing things that were wrong’
Newt Gingrich: ‘I was doing things that were wrong’
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just No Hope — I was on Hardball today discussing …
Just No Hope — I was on Hardball today discussing …
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Salon
Scott Shane / New York Times:
For Lawmaker Examining Terror, a Pro-I.R.A. Past — WASHINGTON — For Representative Peter T. King, as he seizes the national spotlight this week with a hearing on the radicalization of American Muslims, it is the most awkward of résumé entries.
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Laura Murphy / The Politico:
Will King become the next McCarthy?
Will King become the next McCarthy?
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Bloomberg:
Government Shutdown Opposed by Americans in Poll Faulting Republican Cuts — Americans are sending a message to congressional Republicans: Don't shut down the federal government or slash spending on popular programs. — Almost 8 in 10 people say Republicans and Democrats should reach …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Schumer Calls GOP Bluff On Spending And Deficits
Schumer Calls GOP Bluff On Spending And Deficits
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William Selway / Bloomberg:
Americans Oppose Republican Attack on Unions in Poll
Americans Oppose Republican Attack on Unions in Poll
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The Moderate Voice, CNN and The Page
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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Russell Berman / The Hill:
GOP ups pressure on president: 'Let's see some leadership' — House Republicans escalated pressure on President Obama to become directly involved in the budget debate roiling Capitol Hill, criticizing the White House for allowing a vacuum of leadership on the issue. — “Where is the president?”
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Dan Joseph / CNSNews:
Cantor: Budget Cannot Be Balanced in Next 10 Years Without ‘Severely Impacting’ Seniors — Which GOP Won't Do
Cantor: Budget Cannot Be Balanced in Next 10 Years Without ‘Severely Impacting’ Seniors — Which GOP Won't Do
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protein wisdom and The Raw Story
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama's Weekly Job Approval Retreats to 46%
Obama's Weekly Job Approval Retreats to 46%
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Weasel Zippers and The Fix
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
White House moving to repair troubled relationship with Cabinet — News this week of the first departure of a Cabinet secretary from the Obama administration comes amid a wide-ranging effort under the new chief of staff, William M. Daley, to repair badly frayed relations between the White House and the Cabinet.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
On Libya, too many questions — In September 1941, Japan's leaders had a question for Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto: Could he cripple the U.S. fleet in Hawaii? Yes, he said. Then he had a question for the leaders: But then what? — Following an attack, he said, “I shall run wild considerably …
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Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway:
Some Questions For Advocates Of Intervention In Libya
Some Questions For Advocates Of Intervention In Libya
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Common mistakes of left-wing economists? — T., a loyal MR reader, asked for a compendium. This is my off-the-cuff list, but in the interests of fairness I'm doing one on market-oriented economists as well. What are some of the common views found on the left which I consider …
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TheMoneyIllusion, Yglesias, Bleeding Heart Libertarians and EconLog
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Common mistakes of right-wing and market-oriented economists?
Common mistakes of right-wing and market-oriented economists?
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The Daily Dish
Mike Carter / Seattle Times:
Arrest in attempted MLK Day bombing in Spokane — The FBI has made an arrest in connection with the attempted bombing along the route of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in downtown Spokane. — An FBI source in Washington, D.C., said one man was arrested Wednesday northeast of Spokane.
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Talking Points Memo, KCPQ and TPMMuckraker
Tyler Durden / zero hedge:
Exclusive: Bill Gross Dumps All Treasuries, Brings Total “Government Related” Holdings To Zero, Flees To Cash - No QE3? — Based on still to be publicly reported data by Pimco's flagship Total Return Fund, the world's largest bond fund, in the month of January, has taken its bond holdings to zero …
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Money & Company
John Cassidy / Rational Irrationality:
Battle of the Bike Lanes — At the risk of incurring the wrath of the bicycle lobby, a constituency that pursues its agenda with about as much modesty and humor as the Jacobins pursued theirs, and which has found its heroine in transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan …
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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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DISSENTING JUSTICE, Feministing and Shakesville
aina.org:
9 Christians Killed, 150 Injured in Attack By 15,000 Muslims and Egyptian Army — (AINA) — According to Father Abram Fahmy, pastor of St. Simon the Tanner Monastery in Mokatam Hills, on the outskirts of Cairo, Copts were killed and injured today in a fresh attack by Muslims.
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