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Emergency Cooling Effort Failing at Japanese Reactor, Deepening Crisis — TOKYO — Japan's struggle to contain the crisis at a stricken nuclear power plant worsened sharply early Tuesday morning, as emergency operations to pump seawater into one crippled reactor failed at least temporarily …
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Radioactive Releases in Japan Could Last Months, Experts Say — WASHINGTON — As the scale of Japan's nuclear crisis begins to come to light, experts in Japan and the United States say the country is now facing a cascade of accumulating problems that suggest that radioactive releases of steam …
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Let's cool the political meltdown over Japan's damaged nuclear power plants.
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The Moderate Voice, Yglesias, The Daily Dish and Atomic Insights Blog
Tom Zeller Jr / New York Times:
U.S. Nuclear Plants Have Same Risks, and Backups, as Japan Counterparts
U.S. Nuclear Plants Have Same Risks, and Backups, as Japan Counterparts
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Judd Gregg / The Hill:
Sadly, the primary process might help Sarah Palin — It is difficult to believe, but the first election for the next president of the United States is less than a year away. — The New Hampshire primary is alive and well and headed toward a date of Valentine's Day next year …
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Going Rogue on Ailes Could Leave Palin on Thin Ice — Before Sarah Palin posted her infamous “Blood Libel” video on Facebook on January 12, she placed a call to Fox News chairman Roger Ailes. In the wake of the Tucson massacre, Palin was fuming that the media was blaming her heated rhetoric …
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Campaigning as All Things to All Republicans
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Anne-Marie Slaughter / New York Times:
Fiddling While Libya Burns — PRESIDENT Obama says the noose is tightening around Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. In fact, it is tightening around the Libyan rebels, as Colonel Qaddafi makes the most of the world's dithering and steadily retakes rebel-held towns.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Iraq Then, Libya Now — Five years ago, in the darkest days …
Iraq Then, Libya Now — Five years ago, in the darkest days …
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The Slippery Slope Of Unilateralism
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Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN Poll: Americans say yes to no fly zone, no to ground troops
CNN Poll: Americans say yes to no fly zone, no to ground troops
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
On Libya and budget, President Obama votes ‘present’
On Libya and budget, President Obama votes ‘present’
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'She's becoming Al Sharpton, Alaska edition' — Sarah Palin has played the sexism card, accusing critics of chauvinism against a strong woman. — She has played the class card, dismissing the Bush family as “blue bloods,” and complaining that she is the target of snobbery by people …
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Japan, Reno humor in Barbour's shop — Every morning, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour's press secretary sends to Barbour's staff and other allies a list of press clippings, along with a daily compendium of birthdays, historical notes, and jokes — which have recently included humor …
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Hackers Just Released What They Say Is A Damning Trove Of Emails About Bank Of America And Its Mortgage Practice — Hacker group Anonymous (aka OperationLeaks on Twitter) just released what they say is a trove of damning documents on Bank of America. — You can find them here: bankofamericasuck.com
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Chris V. Nicholson / DealBook:
Bank of America Unit Tried to Hide Foreclosure Information, Hackers Say
Bank of America Unit Tried to Hide Foreclosure Information, Hackers Say
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Chamber Of Commerce's Top SCOTUS Litigator Admits Justices Give Special Treatment to Chamber — A new study co-authored by conservative Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner confirms something that has been obvious to Supreme Court watchers for years — the Roberts Court places a huge thumb on the scale in favor of corporate interests.
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Jess Bravin / Washington Wire:
Judge Posner Dissents on Mock Trials
Judge Posner Dissents on Mock Trials
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Rubio to oppose new spending bill — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) said Monday that he won't support any new short-term measures to fund the government and keep it running. — Rubio, the freshman conservative senator, ruled out supporting the forthcoming measure by House Republicans to extend funding …
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Sen. Marco Rubio / rubiopress's Diary:
No More Short-Term Budget CR's
No More Short-Term Budget CR's
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Conservative bloc leader to oppose GOP bill with ‘bite-sized’ cuts — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the head of the powerful conservative Republican Study Committee, will vote against the three-week House spending bill Tuesday. — Jordan's decision will put pressure on other conservative members …
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Cable News Viewership Declines Double Digits in 2010 … After years of audience growth, cable news may have hit a wall. — According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism's annual State of the News Media report, cable news viewership for CNN, MSNBC and Fox News fell substantially in 2010 …
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Al Franken: 'They're coming after the Internet' — AUSTIN, Texas — Sen. Al Franken claimed Monday that big corporations are “hoping to destroy” the Internet and issued a call to arms to several hundred tech-savvy South by Southwest attendees to preserve net neutrality.
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Iowa Woman Jailed for Thinking about an Abortion — Sounds far-fetched, right? Well it isn't. The anti-choice zealots aren't content to limiting a woman's access to safe and legal abortion, they're now thought police: … Yes, as if Ms. Taylor's existing problems weren't enough …
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Shakesville
Mark Memmott / NPR:
NPR: O'Keefe ‘Inappropriately Edited’ Video; Exec's Words Still ‘Egregious’ — An update on our post from Sunday about the questions that have been raised regarding conservative political activist James O'Keefe's editing of his secretly recorded video of then-NPR chief fundraiser Ron Schiller slamming conservatives.
The Note:
Michele Bachmann's Historical Blunder — ABC New's Amy Walter and Amy Bingham report: — A blunder of historical fact - not proportions - tainted Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's first visit to New Hampshire this weekend. Speaking to students and conservative activists in Manchester …
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