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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, has a secret plan to “destabilize” the country.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Left Coast Rebel, Right Wing News and Weasel Zippers
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The Blaze:
REVEALED — THE LEFT'S ECONOMIC TERRORISM PLAYBOOK: THE CHASE CAMPAIGN BY A COALITION OF UNIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, LAWMAKERS AND STUDENTS TO TAKE DOWN US CAPITALISM AND REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH & POWER — For analysis by Business Insider and a partial transcript click here. — HERSEY10
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Pajamas Media, The Other McCain, YID With LID, Atlas Shrugs and Verum Serum
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Former SEIU official demanded action to destabilize banking system, overthrow capital
Former SEIU official demanded action to destabilize banking system, overthrow capital
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Nice Deb
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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The Politico, Weasel Zippers, Balloon Juice and The Hill
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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.
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Republican says action in Libya is an ‘affront’ to the US Constitution
Republican says action in Libya is an ‘affront’ to the US Constitution
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John B. Larson / CNN:
Obama should have given Congress more say on Libya
Obama should have given Congress more say on Libya
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Ben Smith's Blog and Washington Post
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
The Problem With Partners
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Firedoglake, National Review, Booman Tribune, Guardian, JustOneMinute, The Mahablog and Balloon Juice
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
How the Left Got Libya Wrong
How the Left Got Libya Wrong
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Salon, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Dish and White House.gov Blog
Max Boot / New York Times:
Planning for a Post-Qaddafi Libya
Planning for a Post-Qaddafi Libya
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NewsReal Blog, Democracy in America, JustOneMinute, Cato @ Liberty, Swampland, Firedoglake and Politics Daily
Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Dislike for Qaddafi Gives Arabs a Point of Unity
Dislike for Qaddafi Gives Arabs a Point of Unity
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democracyarsenal.org, Eunomia, Washington Post and Yglesias
Stephanie Vallejo / Boston Globe:
Brown says to cut all federal funding of Planned Parenthood ‘goes too far’ — WASHINGTON — US Senator Scott Brown opposes a House Republican plan to cut all federal funding for Planned Parenthood, the womens' health service provider, and today urged budget negotiators to reach a compromise.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
GOP Sen. Brown opposes Planned Parenthood cuts
GOP Sen. Brown opposes Planned Parenthood cuts
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Mike Pence, Chief Sponsor Of Bill To Defund Title X, Says 'I've Never Advocated Reducing Funding For Title X'
Mike Pence, Chief Sponsor Of Bill To Defund Title X, Says 'I've Never Advocated Reducing Funding For Title X'
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Liz Halloran / NPR:
Abortion Foes Target Family Planning Program
Abortion Foes Target Family Planning Program
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Truthdig, NewsBusters.org blogs and The Stranger …
Business Wire:
Ginni Thomas Joins The Daily Caller — WASHINGTON—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Long-time Washington policy leader Ginni Thomas, the founder of the group Liberty Central, has agreed to join The Daily Caller. — Thomas is The Daily Caller's fourth major hire in recent weeks.
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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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theblogprof, Fox Nation, neo-neocon, Left Coast Rebel, Booman Tribune, Betsy's Page, Outside the Beltway and FREEDOM EDEN
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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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The Jawa Report, Israel Matzav, Pajamas Media and Maggie's Notebook
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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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 …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
That was quick: Four lines of code is all it takes for The New York Times' paywall to come tumbling down — The New York Times paywall is costing the newspaper $40-$50 million to design and construct, Bloomberg has reported. — And it can be defeated through four lines of Javascript.
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The Daily Dish and TechCrunch, more at Mediagazer »
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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Eyanir Chinea / Reuters:
Chavez says capitalism may have ended life on Mars — CARACAS (Reuters) - Capitalism may be to blame for the lack of life on the planet Mars, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday. — “I have always said, heard, that it would not be strange that there had been civilization on Mars …
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Michelle Malkin, Outside the Beltway and Clusterstock
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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POWIP, Prairie Weather, Althouse and Daily Kos
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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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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Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, Boehner and Moe Lane
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 …