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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Top Dem rejects calls for Obama impeachment over Libya — A key Senate Democrat on Tuesday tamped down the suggestion by some in his own party that President Obama could be impeached for launching military strikes on Libya. — Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), a supporter of the U.S. mission …
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
In Official Notification Two Days Later, President Obama Alerts Congress the US Joined a War — Amidst claims by members of Congress that they were insufficiently consulted, and ensuing White House pushback, President Obama Monday officially notified congressional leaders that at …
Erika Niedowski / The Hill:
Obama faces bipartisan pushback on force; US has no 'king's army' — President Obama has long trumpeted a desire to see lawmakers from both sides come together in bipartisan fashion, and now they have: to criticize his taking military action in Libya without formally consulting Congress.
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John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Republican says action in Libya is an ‘affront’ to the US Constitution
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New York Times:
At War in Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi has long been a thug and a murderer who has never paid for his many crimes, including the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. The United Nations Security Council resolution authorized member nations to take “all necessary measures” …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Problem With Partners — These days we are all co-religionists in the church of multilateralism. The Iraq war reminded everybody not to embark on an international effort without a broad coalition. — Yet today, as an impeccably crafted multilateral force intervenes in Libya, certain old feelings are coming back to the surface.
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JustOneMinute, Guardian, The Mahablog and Balloon Juice
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Obama: Qaddafi must go, but current Libya mission focused on humanitarian efforts
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CBS News, Washington Post, Cato @ Liberty, The Other McCain and The Cable
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
A Libyan Fight for Democracy, or a Civil War?
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Yglesias, Swampland and The Washington Note
Telegraph:
Libya: US fighter jet crash lands in field near Benghazi — A US warplane has crash landed in a Libyan field in the area around Benghazi, The Telegraph can disclose. — The two crew members on the F-15E fighter jet ejected to safety. One has already been recovered by US forces …
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New York Times:
American Warplane Crashes in Libya as Ground Fighting Continues — WASHINGTON — An American F-15E fighter jet crashed in Libya overnight and one crew member has been recovered while the other is “in the process of recovery,” according to a spokesman for the American military's Africa Command …
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David Rising / Associated Press:
US jet crashes in Libya, both crew are safe
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John Hawkins / Townhall.com:
7 Questions For Liberals About Obama's Libyan War — It seems like it was just yesterday when we had an “imperialist warmonger” in the White House who was going to be replaced by a peace-loving Democrat who promised “hope” and “change” instead. It's funny how that worked out, isn't it?
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Henry Blodget / Clusterstock:
CAUGHT ON TAPE: Former SEIU Official Reveals Secret Plan To Destroy JP Morgan, Crash The Stock Market, And Redistribute Wealth In America — A former official of one of the country's most-powerful unions, SEIU, is detailing a secret plan to “destabilize” the country.
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JSOnline:
Supreme Court debate focuses on rancor among current justices — Collective bargaining battle looms over race for Wisconsin's high court — In a further sign of acrimony on the state's highest court, Supreme Court Justice David Prosser said Monday that discord among the seven justices …
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New York Times, Wonk Room and FREEDOM EDEN
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Aleister / American Glob:
PHOTO QUIZ: Who Looks More Comfortable With Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Obama Or Palin? — Offered without comment... - Name * — Site — Message * — Charles
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The Hill:
Cost of military campaign in Libya could wipe out GOP's spending cuts — U.S. military operations in Libya could wipe out a significant chunk of the budget cuts won by congressional Republicans in recent weeks, defense analysts say. — GOP leaders have trumpeted enacted spending reductions …
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The Note, The Political Carnival, NationalJournal.com, Outside the Beltway and Prairie Weather
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP leaders pledge to block deficit package that increases taxes — Republican leaders in the Senate and House will not agree to tax increases in the guise of reform measures, according to a prominent conservative advocate for lower taxes. — Conservatives have grown increasingly worried …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
A Proud ‘Lobbyist’ and ‘Southerner’ Weighs ‘President’ — DES MOINES — He became wealthy as a lobbyist, representing tobacco companies and foreign governments. A former Republican Party chairman, he would seem the ultimate Washington insider. A white Southerner, he has faced questions about his remarks on race.
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William Cronon / New York Times:
Wisconsin's Radical Break — NOW that a Wisconsin judge has temporarily blocked a state law that would strip public employee unions of most collective bargaining rights, it's worth stepping back to place these events in larger historical context. — Republicans in Wisconsin are seeking …
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Althouse, Daily Kos and AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
Robert Behre / The Post and Courier, Charleston SC:
Sen. Rand Paul tests presidential waters — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., visited Charleston Monday to talk about his possible presidential bid, how to rein in the national debt and the current military action in Libya. — Paul, a tea party favorite who won his Senate seat last fall …
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Ballot Box and Cubachi
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
AZ Senate President Russell Pearce Takes Tentherism To New Level: ‘You Are Not A Citizen Of The United States’ — One of the most radical offshoots of modern conservatism in the United States is called “tentherism,” which invokes the Constitution's Tenth Amendment to claim that a whole host …
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Sarah Palin / CBS News:
Poll: Obama's disaster management gets solid marks — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — The U.S. and other countries began cruise missile and air strikes in Libya on Saturday — an effort to protect civilians …
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The Politico, Swampland, Mediaite and CNN
Associated Press:
Lindsay Lohan's dad arrested in West Hollywood — WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Los Angeles say Lindsay Lohan's father has been arrested over allegations he held his girlfriend against her will and prevented her from calling 911. — Sheriff's investigators say deputies …
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David Gardner / Daily Mail:
Sexually assaulted and told 'You'll die tonight'... but spared as she's American: Female journalist's horror at the hands of Gaddafi's men — A female war photographer from the New York Times revealed tonight how she was repeatedly sexually assaulted during her nightmare hostage ordeal in Libya.
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Pajamas Media
New York Times:
China Tightens Censorship of Electronic Communications — BEIJING — If anyone wonders whether the Chinese government has tightened its grip on electronic communications since protests began engulfing the Arab world, Shakespeare may prove instructive. — A Beijing entrepreneur …
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Politics, Mediaite, Hit & Run and New York Times
Katie Roiphe / Slate:
It's School Admissions Season in New York City — Does your 18-month-old have what it takes? — When T.S. Eliot wrote about the cruelest month “mixing memory and desire”, he might also have had in mind that this is the season of school admissions in New York City.
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Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
Sexism Is Alive And Well At National Review — National Review's Mark Krikorian thinks it's just awful that women might play a role in making public decisions: … I don't know how much influence Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, and Samantha Power had over the Obama administration's Libya policy, and neither does Mark Krikorian.
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ECHIDNE of the snakes
Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Starbucks CEO rethinks health law position — Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz says the health overhaul law's employer requirements will impose “too great” a pressure on small businesses. — Schultz supported the law as he watched his company's health insurance tab — $250 million as of last year — surmount its coffee bill.
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