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6:45 PM ET, March 17, 2011

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George Zornick / ThinkProgress:

During NPR Funding Debate, Rep. Jim McGovern Proposes No Federal Funding Should End Up At Fox News — Today, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that would strip all federal funds from NPR. Conservatives have long targeted NPR because they believe it has a liberal bias …

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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:

Trump torches GOP presidential field — Businessman Donald Trump took shots at the field of potential Republican presidential candidates and also fired one at House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) as he contemplates a 2012 bid. — Trump said he could put up as much as $600 billion …

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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:

Anthony Weiner Sarcastically Mocks GOP NPR Defunding Bill (VIDEO) — Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) thinks the House bill to defund NPR is completely ridiculous. And he thinks the Republicans who rushed it to the floor Thursday are wasting everyone's time. — The way he expressed his feelings to the nation?

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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

HOUSE GOP CUTS OFF NPR.... Following an emergency session — an emergency session — of the House Rules Committee, the House met today to tackle a pressing matter of great national importance to the new Republican majority. Was it about creating jobs? No, in fact the proposal on the floor would layoff roughly 9,000 American workers.

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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
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Fhardingj / CNN: House Republicans vote to eliminate federal funding for NPR, Dems fight back

Paul Blumenthal / Sunlight Foundation Blog:
Does the NPR Defund Vote Violate 72 Hour Pledge?

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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Palin trails Sheen with independents — We've found a lot of brutal poll numbers for Sarah Palin so far in 2011: down in South Dakota, down in South Carolina, down in Arizona, only up by 1 point in Texas, only up by 1 point in Nebraska to name a few. But this has to be the worst- independent voters …

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Joshua Hersh / The Daily:

Obama's indecision on Libya has pushed Clinton over the edge — Fed up with a president “who can't make his mind up” as Libyan rebels are on the brink of defeat, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is looking to the exits. — At the tail end of her mission to bolster the Libyan opposition …

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Guardian:
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William J. Broad / New York Times:
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New York Times:
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
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New York Times:
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

The Times Announces Digital Subscription Plan — The New York Times rolled out a plan on Thursday to begin charging the most frequent users of its Web site $15 a month in a bet that readers would pay for news they have grown accustomed to getting free. — Beginning March 28 …

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New York Times:

A Letter to Our Readers About Digital Subscriptions — Today marks a significant transition for The New York Times as we introduce digital subscriptions. It's an important step that we hope you will see as an investment in The Times, one that will strengthen our ability to provide high-quality journalism …

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New York Times:

Become a Digital Subscriber starting March 28. — Unrivaled coverage. Unlimited access. — Frequently Asked Questions — Experience The Times. Anyway you want it. — NYTIMES.COM — SMARTPHONE APPS — TABLET — HOME DELIVERY — NYTimes.com — The world's premier news site.

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Keach Hagey / The Politico:

House passes bill to defund NPR — In the latest Republican attack on public broadcasting, the House passed a bill Thursday that would block federal funding from reaching NPR. — The vote — which passed 228 to 192, with one voting present — came a week after a video sting …

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
House approves GOP bill to defund NPR

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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
House votes to move forward on defunding NPR

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Jennifer Steinhauer / The Caucus: House Votes to Cut Off Money for NPR

James Poniewozik / Time:

NPR Sting: Edited Video Makes Schiller, O'Keefe Look Bad — On March 9, the list of radio jobs lost to video got a little longer. NPR, under siege by conservatives who want to zero out public-media funding, ousted its CEO after a video sting by a group run by conservative provocateur James O'Keefe.

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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
New O'Keefe tape shows George Soros has donated to NPR before last year

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Simon Maloy / Media Matters for America:
O'Keefe's Latest NPR Bombshell Instantly Falls Apart

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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
Latest James O'Keefe NPR Tape Immediately Proves A Dud

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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:

DeMint won't back Romney without repudiation of Mass. health law — Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) “would never consider” endorsing Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for president again in 2012 unless Romney repudiates the health reforms he sought as governor, a source close to DeMint said Thursday.

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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Worse than they're letting on

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Michelle Malkin:

Mmm, mmm, mmm: NJ shuts down Barack Obama Elementary School — How fitting that a school named after our profligate, post-achievement president is shutting down thanks to fiscal mismanagement and non-achievement. — R.I.P., Barack Obama Elementary School (hat tip: reader Peter):

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APP.com:
State monitor orders Asbury's Barack Obama School closed

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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:

Never Anger A Man Named Erskine — Erskine Bowles has harsh words for the left: … A couple points here. First, I'm incredibly impressed that the reporter, Damian Paletta, transcribed Bowles' use of the word “dern,” rather than change it to “darn.” But is it really spelled “dern”?

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ABCNEWS:

Trump on Boehner: 'I Don't Like the Crying' — “I don't like the crying,” he said of Boehner. “I do not like it. I don't understand it. I really like him as a person. I think the crying is an emotional thing that frankly, probably makes him a very nice man. But you know, I don't like to see it in a leader.”

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Brett Michael Dykes / Yahoo! News:

Dog in Japan stays by the side of its ailing friend in the rubble — It's a universal truth that dogs are man's best friend, but they're pretty darn loyal to their own as well. Case in point: this tear-inducing video, via the website Jezebel, showing a dog, shivering and disoriented …

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Charlie Langton / MyFOX Detroit:

Two Charged in Tea Party Election Fraud — Men were officials in Oakland Co. Democratic Party — PONTIAC, Mich. (WJBK) - Two former leaders of the Oakland County Democratic Party are facing a total of nine felonies for allegedly forging election paperwork to get fake Tea Party candidates on November's ballot.

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Wall Street Journal:

TARP Was No Win for the Taxpayers — Treasury's claim that the bank bailouts will return a profit ignores the other, more costly programs enabling the banks to repay their TARP funds. — Today the Senate Banking Committee will explore the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).

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