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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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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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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
Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Gadhafi, Allies May Be Seeking Way Out, Clinton tells ABC News — In World News Interview, Secretary of State Downplays Concerns about Coalition and Power Transfer: 'I'm Very Relaxed' — People close to Libya's embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi are reaching out to allies around …
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Justin Elliott / Salon:
John McCain's Libya amnesia — In a single interview this morning, John McCain managed to inadvertently highlight one of the potential dangers of the war against Moammar Gadhafi, while at the same time experiencing a bout of amnesia about his own record on Libya.
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Dick Morris / The Hill:
Libya fails Powell Doctrine
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
NOW defends Palin against Maher attack, but says ‘We are on to you, right-wingers’ — In the wake of Bill Maher's tasteless slur against Sarah Palin Friday night, in which he called the former Alaska governor a “twat,” the National Organization for Woman (NOW) has not only denounced the use …
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Hollie McKay / Reuters:
Bill Maher Calls Sarah Palin a Female Vulgarism, NOW Stays Mum — Bill Maher and Sarah Palin. — Bill Maher uttered a female vulgarism when referring to former Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin on his HBO show Friday night. — “Did you hear this - Sarah Palin finally heard what happened …
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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 …
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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John B. Judis / The New Republic:
How the Left Got Libya Wrong
How the Left Got Libya Wrong
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Top Ten Ways that Libya 2011 is Not Iraq 2003
Top Ten Ways that Libya 2011 is Not Iraq 2003
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Libya February 17th, Guardian, Newshoggers.com and The 6th Floor
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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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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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
GOP Sen. Brown opposes Planned Parenthood cuts
GOP Sen. Brown opposes Planned Parenthood cuts
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Weasel Zippers and AmSpecBlog
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Snyder quickly falls out of favor — Over the last few weeks we've found that voters in Ohio and Wisconsin have quickly soured on their new Republican Governors, John Kasich and Scott Walker respectively. But Michigan's Rick Snyder wasn't like Kasich and Walker.
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Jason Palmer / BBC:
Religion may become extinct in nine nations, study says — Science and technology reporter, BBC News, Dallas — In the UK, Wales has the highest proportion of religiously “non-affiliated” — A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers.
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Sarah Courtney / Fox News:
President Obama Cancels Latin America Events — Cancel the sight seeing. With the situation escalating in Libya, President Obama scrapped Wednesday's his public schedule. He was expected to visit the San Andres Mayan Runins and meet with US Embassy staff.
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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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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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David Weigel / Weigel:
The Misadventures of Ginni Thomas, Action Journalist
Jeanette Rundquist / New Jersey Online:
Christie's budget cuts left N.J. schools unable to provide ‘thorough and efficient’ education, judge rules — TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie's deep cuts to state school aid last year left New Jersey's schools unable to provide a “thorough and efficient” education to the state's nearly 1.4 …
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David Nir / Daily Kos:
CT-Sen: Murphy leads in primary, Dems crush in general — Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos & SEIU (3/17-20, Democratic primary voters, no trendlines): … Fifth CD Rep. Chris Murphy holds a narrow lead over Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz in the Democratic primary …
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Chad Groening / OneNewsNow.com:
Huckabee: Listen to soldiers on ‘gays’ in military — Mike Huckabee says he would support legislation aimed at reinstating the 1993 law that prohibits homosexuals from serving openly in the military. — In January former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said if he were to become president in two years …
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Nearly 7 in 10 support air strikes in Libya, CBS News poll finds — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — Nearly seven in ten Americans support the use of military air strikes in Libya in order …
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Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Rep. Weiner compares decision on Libya to Holocaust, Rwanda — Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that the civil war in Libya was like the onset of the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide in that it demanded action from the forces of good. — “My view is that there are times …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The case for Tim Pawlenty — Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty is preparing to run for president in 2012.. (Photo by Laura Segall/Getty Images)Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty became the first major candidate to begin the process of running for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday …
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AmSpecBlog, National Review, The Atlantic Online and Politics
Sarah Palin / CBS News:
Anti-abortion fliers spark campus outrage — Racially charged anti-abortion ads ignite controversy at Princeton Theological Seminary — PRINCETON, N.J. — It has become the talk among African American students at the prestigious Princeton Theological Seminary — racially charged fliers and postings.
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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ESeifert / Democracy Corps:
Congressional Battleground 2012 — A new survey by Democracy Corps in 50 of the most competitive battleground Congressional districts - nearly all of which gave a majority to Obama in the last presidential election - shows the new Republican majority very much in play in 2012.
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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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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
MITT ROMNEY, PANDERING ROBOT.... Under the circumstances, it's not realistic to think Mitt Romney is going to offer blanket praise for President Obama's policy in Libya. But the former governor should at least try to be coherent about it. — Last night, Romney chatted with far-right radio host Hugh Hewitt …
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