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Newsweek:
How Dumb Are We? — NEWSWEEK gave 1,000 Americans the U.S. Citizenship Test—38 percent failed. The country's future is imperiled by our ignorance. — What Don't You Know? Take the Quiz. — They're the sort of scores that drive high-school history teachers to drink.
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Newsweek:
Take the Quiz: What We Don't Know — The U.S. citizenship test is comprised of 100 questions, across five categories: American government, systems of government, rights and responsibilities, American history and integrated civics. Ten questions from the 100 are chosen randomly for the test-taker.
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msnbc.com, Vox Popoli, JSOnline and Joanne Jacobs
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
PONDERING THE ‘HOW DUMB ARE WE?’ QUESTION.... Newsweek …
PONDERING THE ‘HOW DUMB ARE WE?’ QUESTION.... Newsweek …
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Booman Tribune
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Very Liberal Intervention — In its month-long crab walk toward a military confrontation with Libya's Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Obama administration has delivered a clinic in the liberal way of war. — Just a week ago, as the tide began to turn against the anti-Qaddafi rebellion …
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Washington Examiner, Washington Monthly, Fox Nation, About.com US Liberal Politics, Washington Post, Sister Toldjah, Sadly, No!, Questions and Observations, Booman Tribune, Firedoglake, Right Wing News, Taylor Marsh, Daily Kos, No More Mister Nice Blog, NewsBusters.org blogs, The Mahablog, CBS News, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Balloon Juice, Weekly Standard, American Power, Connecting.the.Dots and The Hill
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Right's New Meme — Most of the GOP leadership is playing it mum or playing it vicious on the Libya madness. Surprise! Obama cannot win because his un-Bush style of intervention is so ... liberal. Palin is the most vacuous, of course. Her criticism is entirely of style …
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New York Times, Swampland, Washington Post and NewsBusters.org blogs
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Webb critical of Obama's Libya operation: 'This isn't the way that our system is supposed to work'
Webb critical of Obama's Libya operation: 'This isn't the way that our system is supposed to work'
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Weasel Zippers
Steven Metz / The New Republic:
Libya's Coming Insurgency
Libya's Coming Insurgency
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SWJ Blog, Information Dissemination, New Atlanticist and New York Times
The Note:
Sarah Palin To Israelis: “Why Are You Apologizing All The Time?” — ABC News' Mary Bruce Reports: Sarah Palin made her first pilgrimage to the Holy Land on Sunday, joining a long line of presidential hopefuls who have traveled to Israel prior to throwing their hat in the ring.
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Associated Press, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Politics, Salon, Weasel Zippers and Booman Tribune
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Conal Urquhart / Guardian:
Palin pulls out of Bethlehem visit — Former governor of Alaska goes to Greek Orthodox monastery and Jerusalem during tour of Israel — Sarah Palin apparently had second thoughts about crossing an Israeli checkpoint on Mondayto visit Bethlehem during a three-day visit to Jerusalem.
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
“Why are you apologizing all the time?”
“Why are you apologizing all the time?”
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Nice Deb, Cubachi, The Politico, Pajamas Media, Conservatives4Palin, Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Palin's take on Israel: Too apologetic
Palin's take on Israel: Too apologetic
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Politics, NewsReal Blog, Ben Smith's Blog, Politics Daily, Cubachi and The Atlantic Online
David Catanese / The Politico:
McCaskill will sell ‘the damn plane’ — Sen. Claire McCaskill is selling the personal plane that has caused her turbulence in recent weeks after POLITICO revealed she used taxpayer money to cover the cost of political travel. — The first-term Democrat said she was very happy she was able …
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CNN, Michelle Malkin, TPMDC, Taegan Goddard's … and Weigel
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Sen. Claire McCaskill admits owing $287K in taxes on private plane
Sen. Claire McCaskill admits owing $287K in taxes on private plane
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The Politico, Ben Smith's Blog, The Lonely Conservative, National Review and The Caucus
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
Breaking: Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Failed to Pay $287,000 in Property Taxes on Aircraft
Breaking: Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Failed to Pay $287,000 in Property Taxes on Aircraft
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The Gateway Pundit and Pajamas Media
Lauraklairmont / CNN:
CNN Poll: Most support no fly zone in Libya but not ground troops — Washington (CNN) - Seven in ten Americans support military action by the U.S. and other countries to establish a no-fly zone in Libya, a 14-point increase since last week, according to a new national poll.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Poll: Majority approve of Obama's actions on Libya
Poll: Majority approve of Obama's actions on Libya
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The Huffington Post, The Politico, CNN, FP Passport and The Interpreter
David Weigel / Weigel:
Poll: Only 50 Percent of Voters Back Obama's Handling of Libya
Poll: Only 50 Percent of Voters Back Obama's Handling of Libya
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Firedoglake, The Politico and The Daily Dish
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Now it's time to defund NPR — Even after they fired me, called me a bigot and publicly advised me to only share my thoughts with a psychiatrist, I did not call for defunding NPR. I am a journalist and NPR is an important platform for journalism. — But last week my line of defense for NPR ran into harsh political realities.
Jon Boone / Guardian:
US army's ‘kill team’ in Afghanistan — Commanders brace for backlash of anti-US sentiment that could be more damaging than after the Abu Ghraib scandal — Commanders in Afghanistan are bracing themselves for possible riots and public fury triggered by the publication of “trophy” …
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Daily Mail:
‘Repugnant’: U.S. army apologises for graphic photos of soldiers with civilian corpses as violence is feared in Afghanistan — U.S. army forced to issue an apology over ‘trophy’ photos of soldiers grinning over bloodied Afghan corpses. — German newspaper Der Spiegel …
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Big Peace
Kate Golden / WisconsinWatch.org:
Analysis: Emails favored Walker 2-1 — One-third of positive emails from out of state … By Kate Golden — Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism — Gov. Scott Walker was right: The angry crowds in Madison didn't tell the whole story of how Wisconsinites felt.
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Chris Good / The Atlantic Online:
Stock Footage of Minorities in Pawlenty's Presidential Announcement Video — Few minorities are featured in Tim Pawlenty's presidential announcement video, and, as it turns out, most of them were taken from Getty stock footage. — Pawlenty, who served as governor of Minnesota until January …
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ThinkProgress, The Political Carnival and Daily Kos
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
TOO ‘BROKE’ FOR IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS?.... Part of the problem with the budget plan approved by House Republicans is that it has too many problems. For critics, it's hard to even know where to start with all the spectacular flaws, and Democrats have struggled — if they've even tried …
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The Maddow Blog
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Suzy Khimm / Mother Jones:
Death By a Single GOP Cut?
Death By a Single GOP Cut?
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Sky Dancing, Little Green Footballs and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*
David Weigel / Weigel:
Why Obama Doesn't Need to Ask Congress Before Attacking Libya — It's simple: Most of Washington doesn't want him to. To coin a phrase: If they want the president to do it, that means it's legal. — Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Congress's most prominent hawks, who must at this point …
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Patterico's Pontifications and Pundit & Pundette
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
GOP Senate candidate slams ‘Libya intervention’
GOP Senate candidate slams ‘Libya intervention’
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The Politico
Megan Scully / NationalJournal.com:
Costs of Libya Operation Already Piling Up — A U.S. F-16 fighter jet takes off from Aviano Air Base in Italy on Sunday. The cost of the first day of Operation Odyssey Dawn topped $100 million. — With U.N. coalition forces bombarding Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi from the sea and air …
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The Huffington Post, The Atlantic Online, Weigel and Salon
David Boaz / Britannica Blog:
What Ever Happened to the Antiwar Movement? — About 100 antiwar protesters, including Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame, were arrested Saturday outside the White House in demonstrations marking the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. It's a far cry from the Bush years …
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The Raw Story, The Daily Dish, Pajamas Media, Moe Lane and Outside the Beltway
Mary Beth Schneider / Indianapolis Star:
Indiana Republicans at a loss without Democrats — Legislative timeline — Jan. 6: Indiana General Assembly goes into session, and after only nine minutes the first spat breaks out. Democrats object to the filing of right-to-work legislation, which would bar which bars companies and unions …
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TPMDC, National Review and The Maddow Blog
Richard Hartley-Parkinson / Daily Mail:
For the sins of his father: Gaddafi's son ‘killed in kamikaze pilot attack on barracks’ — Colonel Gaddafi suffered a massive personal setback today when one of his sons was allegedly killed in a suicide air mission on his barracks. — Khamis, 27, who runs the feared Khamis Brigade …
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Guardian and Sky Dancing
Michelle Malkin:
Hey, NPR: Fund your own lame liberal humor — and leave my family alone — If the obscure and has-been comedians who appear on National Public Radio want to mock conservatives and spread left-wing propaganda, they should do it on their own damned dime. — The government-sponsored radio …
Michelle Mondo / MySanAntonio.com:
The Beefy Crunch Burrito incident — Man upset by price gets in shootout with police; no one hurt. — mmondo@express-news.net — Members of the SAPD SWAT team work the scene of a standoff at the Rodeway Inn. Photo: EDWARD A. ORNELAS/eaornelas@express-news.net / SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS NFS
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msnbc.com and The Jawa Report
Matthew Shaer / New York Magazine:
Not Quite Copenhagen — Is New York too New York for bike lanes? — The biker careers against traffic; the driver veers into the forbidden lane; the jaywalker marches, oblivious. But only the sucker yields. — Photo-illustration by Peter Rad — On a blustery day this winter …
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City Room, Grist, Gothamist and National Review
Christianity Today:
Q & A: Herman Cain on Faith, Calling, and Presidential Aspirations — Jesus also said, “The poor will always be with us.” He did not say, “The poor have to always be poor.” And if you look at the poor in this country, some people don't remain poor.I think that's what Christ expects of us …
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The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers and TPMDC
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Barney Frank: Obama might not have stomach for fight over Elizabeth Warren — President Obama may not be willing to endure the ideological battle that would result from nominating Elizabeth Warren to head the new consumer protection agency, a top Democrat said Monday.
Indianapolis Star:
First family has ‘an awful lot to think about’ — A weekly look at Gov. Mitch Daniels' activities as he weighs a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. — National pundits are speculating that one person is standing between Mitch Daniels and the White House, and it's not Barack Obama.
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Washington Post and GOP 12