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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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Judge Issues Restraining Order To Block Collective Bargaining Bill — Dane County DA Filed Lawsuit — MADISON, Wis. — A Dane County judge has issued a restraining order on Friday to block publication of the state's collective bargaining law. — Judge Maryann Sumi issued the order …
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Judge Halts Implementation of Anti-Union Law in Wisconsin
Judge Halts Implementation of Anti-Union Law in Wisconsin
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Associated Press:
Judge blocks contentious Wisconsin union law
Judge blocks contentious Wisconsin union law
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WISCONSIN COURT BLOCKS ANTI-UNION BILL (FOR NOW). …
WISCONSIN COURT BLOCKS ANTI-UNION BILL (FOR NOW). …
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Crooks and Liars, Politics Daily and ACS Blog
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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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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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama issues warning to Gadhafi but rules out ground troops
Obama issues warning to Gadhafi but rules out ground troops
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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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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 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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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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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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David Shribman / Associated Press:
CBO: Obama understates deficits by $2.3 trillion
CBO: Obama understates deficits by $2.3 trillion
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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 …
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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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.
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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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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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.
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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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
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Sixty-four senators call on Obama to take up tax, entitlement reform — President Obama came under new pressure Friday to broaden talks about government spending to include tax and entitlement reform. — Sixty-four senators — 32 Democrats and 32 Republicans — called for the expanded talks in a letter to Obama.
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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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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Washington Post reporter named Biden communications director — Vice President Joe Biden has hired another veteran journalist to be his communications director: Washington Post congressional correspondent Shailagh Murray. — Murray succeeds Jay Carney, a former reporter for Time magazine …
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John Ellis / Politics:
Obama Nears Appointment Of Eric Schmidt As Commerce Secretary — The word in Washington is that President Obama is close to naming departing CEO Eric Schmidt as the nation's next Secretary of Commerce. — Mr. Schmidt picked up an important vote of confidence earlier this week …
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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 …