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Josh Rogin / The Cable:
How Obama turned on a dime toward war — At the start of this week, the consensus around Washington was that military action against Libya was not in the cards. However, in the last several days, the White House completely altered its stance and successfully pushed for the authorization …
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New York Times:
Obama Warns Libya on Allied Action — WASHINGTON — President Obama ordered Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi on Friday to implement a cease-fire immediately and stop all attacks on Libyan civilians or face military action from the United States and its allies in Europe and the Arab world.
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Libya Says It Will Release Times Journalists — TRIPOLI, Libya — Four New York Times journalists missing in Libya since Tuesday were captured by forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and will be released Friday, his son, Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, told Christiane Amanpour in an ABC News interview.
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Marc Lynch / Foreign Policy:
The U.N.'s High Stakes Gamble in Libya
The U.N.'s High Stakes Gamble in Libya
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JSOnline:
Dane County judge halts collective bargaining law — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison — Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi issued a temporary restraining order Friday, barring the publication of a controversial new law that would sharply curtail collective bargaining for public employees.
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Nick Baumann / MoJo Articles:
GOP Bill Would Force IRS to Conduct Abortion Audits — Were you raped? Was it incest? And other questions the government's tax cops would have to ask women who've terminated pregnancies. — Post Comment — Under a GOP-backed bill expected to sail through the House of Representatives …
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
GOP Anti-Abortion Bill Will Force IRS Agents To Audit Abortions Of Sexual Assault Victims
GOP Anti-Abortion Bill Will Force IRS Agents To Audit Abortions Of Sexual Assault Victims
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Daily Kos and The Political Carnival
Daily Mail:
The moment nuclear plant chief WEPT as Japanese finally admit that radiation leak is serious enough to kill people — The boss of the company behind the devastated Japanese nuclear reactor today broke down in tears - as his country finally acknowledged the radiation spewing from the over-heating reactors …
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CBO's Latest 10 Documents:
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET FOR 2012 — Letter to the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye — ABSTRACT — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), with contributions from the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, has analyzed the President's budget submission for fiscal year 2012.
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
CBO: Obama budget worse than projected on 10-year deficit
CBO: Obama budget worse than projected on 10-year deficit
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Michelle Malkin and Cubachi
David Shribman / Associated Press:
CBO: Obama understates deficits by $2.3 trillion
CBO: Obama understates deficits by $2.3 trillion
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The Lonely Conservative and Weasel Zippers
Susie Madrak / Crooks and Liars:
War On The Poor: Minnesota Republicans Want To Bust Poor People Who Carry Cash — They're not just crazy, they're evil — and un-Christian, should they have the audacity to claim otherwise. If only we could force them to live like this, they wouldn't last a week: … It may not be right, Angel.
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Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
Answering Mark Levin's Challenge — On his Facebook page, Mark Levin takes exception to some of us who have said critical words about Sarah Palin. — In his response, Mark groups Karl Rove, David Frum, and me, all of whom served in the Bush administration.
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Mark Levin / Facebook:
Ronald Reagan & George W. Bush
Ronald Reagan & George W. Bush
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Forgotten Millions — More than three years after we entered the worst economic slump since the 1930s, a strange and disturbing thing has happened to our political discourse: Washington has lost interest in the unemployed. — Jobs do get mentioned now and then — and a few political figures …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Imperial President — The president's speech was disturbingly empty. There are, it appears, only two reasons the US is going to war, without any Congressional vote, or any real public debate. The first is that the US cannot stand idly by while atrocities take place.
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David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Bachmann accuses Weiner of trading in ‘fiction’ on budget. His retort: 'I don't think you want to go there' — There's something about Anthony Weiner that seems to really get under Sean Hannity's skin. Maybe it's the way he makes both Hannity and his guests look like utter buffoons.
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LexisNexis
Dan Riehl / Big Government:
Exclusive Interview With Jim Shankman, the Man Behind the Ann Althouse Threat — Jim Shankman, the Madison-based author of a now notorious, vile Internet screed directed at blogger Ann Althouse and her husband, returned my call late last night and we spoke for approximately 30 - 40 minutes.
John Melloy / Fast Money:
US Cost of Living Hits Record, Passing Pre-Crisis High — One would think that after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Americans could at least catch a break for a while with deflationary forces keeping the cost of living relatively low. That's not the case.
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Wonkette and Pajamas Media
Playboy / PR Newswire:
Helen Thomas is Playboy's April Interview — A Candid Conversation with the Disgraced Dean of the White House Press Corps About her Rage against Israel, her Sympathy for Palestinians and Why she was Fired — /PRNewswire/ — “I knew exactly what I was doing - I was going for broke.
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Wall Street Journal:
President ‘Present’ — Obama dodges the big decisions to keep his approval ratings up. — One knock on Barack Obama in the 2008 election was his record as an Illinois state senator, where he repeatedly ducked tough issues by voting “present.” It seems old habits die hard.
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Support for Gay Marriage Reaches a Milestone — More Than Half of Americans Say Gay Marriage Should Be Legal — More than half of Americans say it should be legal for gays and lesbians to marry, a first in nearly a decade of polls by ABC News and The Washington Post.
Sean Sullivan / Hotline On Call:
Half Would Vote Against Obama — Fully half of registered voters say they would definitely or probably vote for a candidate other than President Obama if the presidential election were held today, according to a new Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll.
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Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Cubachi and GOP 12
First Read / msnbc.com:
First Read's Top 10 Senate takeovers — From The NBC Political Unit — With the news that DNC Chairman and former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) is “increasingly likely” to run in Virginia and Rep. Dean Heller (R) getting into the Nevada race, we thought we'd bring you another Senate Top 10, our second of the year.
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John / Power Line:
One-Third of a French Fry Short of a Big Mac Meal — How can we put the current debate over the federal budget into a tangible perspective that anyone can understand? This morning I read a post by Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute in which he criticized the Washington Post's characterization …
Ed Payne / CNN:
Weekend full moon the biggest in about 20 years — (CNN) — If the moon looks a little bit bigger and brighter this weekend, there's a reason for that. It is. — Saturday's full moon will be a super “perigee moon” — the biggest in almost 20 years. This celestial event is far rarer …
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New York Magazine and The Awl
Ben Smith / The Politico:
John Brennan defends civilian trials for terrorists — President Barack Obama's top terrorism adviser on Friday delivered a forceful and detailed defense of the Obama administration's program of trying terror suspects in civilian courts and, eventually, shutting the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Washington Post:
SEC moves to charge Fannie, Freddie execs — The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving toward charging former and current Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives with violations related to the financial crisis, setting up a clash with the housing regulator that oversees the companies, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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RedState and The Atlantic Online