memeorandum: House OK's barring union deductions (John Kennedy/Post on Politics)

9:05 PM ET, March 25, 2011

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Collective bargaining bill published despite restraining order — By Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - A controversial bill limiting collective bargaining for public workers has been officially published despite a temporary restraining order barring its publication.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit and FREEDOM EDEN

David Dayen / Firedoglake:

Wisconsin: Anti-Union Bill Published Despite Restraining Order — Wisconsin's Capitol Dome in Madison (photo: WxMom) — When I first read about this, I actually dismissed it. There was no way that the laws of the state of Wisconsin would be so consistently abrogated in this fashion, I thought.

Discussion: host.madison.com

James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:

‘Have You No Sense of Decency?’ The Wm. Cronon Story — BEIJING, China. I don't mean to keep butting in and have just a minute to type this out, but I think it's important to direct attention to a new abuse of power underway in Wisconsin. — William Cronon (right), whom I know very slightly …

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Paul Krugman:

Academic Intimidation — Regular readers may recall my praise for William Cronon's Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West, a great book that had a big influence on my work in economic geography. Cronon has inspired many other people; Josh Marshall was deeply influenced by his environmental history of New England.

Discussion: Crooked Timber

JSOnline:
GOP seeks e-mails of UW-Madison professor

Discussion: Obsidian Wings, TPMDC, Weigel and Econbrowser

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
My Worlds Collide — This is a bizarre, ugly turn of events.

Discussion: Scholar as Citizen, ECHIDNE of the snakes, Weigel, National Review, Daily Kos, Boing Boing, The Volokh Conspiracy, TPMDC, Grim's Hall, Washington Monthly, Paul Krugman, Firedoglake, ACS Blog and Washington Post

CNN:

Energized Muslim Brotherhood in Libya eyes a prize — (CNN) — Dr. Abdulmonem Hresha knows first hand how Moammar Gadhafi's regime works. He says the seeds of his opposition were sown when he was age 10. — He and classmates were taken to witness the public execution of a political opponent of Gadhafi.

The Hill:
Obama briefs lawmakers on Libya, says mission is going well

Discussion: The Politico, The Note, CNN, Firedoglake and Foreign Policy

The Politico:
Barack Obama to lawmakers: We won't kill Qadhafi

Discussion: Hot Air, CNN and The Hill

New York Times:

Allies Are Split on Goal and Exit Strategy in Libya — WASHINGTON — Having largely succeeded in stopping a rout of Libya's rebels, the inchoate coalition attacking Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's forces remains divided over the ultimate goal — and exit strategy — of what officials acknowledged Thursday …

Discussion: Reuters, Firedoglake, Weekly Standard, The Cable, Washington Post, This Just In, Hot Air, Yglesias, Taylor Marsh, Swampland, Steve Sailer's iSteve Blog, BBC, Connecting.the.Dots, Prairie Weather and Informed Comment

Josh Rogin / The Cable:
Why Obama's Libya war coalition is the smallest in decades

Discussion: Reuters, Mudville Gazette, Big Government, Eunomia, Hot Air and Outside the Beltway

Charles Krauthammer / Orange County Register:
The professor's war … President Obama is proud of how he put together …

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Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
In Defense of ‘Dithering’ — Five years ago a young politician …

Discussion: Opinion L.A. and Front Row Washington

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:

Huckabee Has Slight Edge, Palin Down, in GOP '12 Preferences — Romney, Palin would tie if Huckabee does not run — PRINCETON, NJ — Mike Huckabee tops a large list of potential GOP presidential candidates in current support for the party's 2012 nomination, with 19% of Republicans saying they are most likely to back him.

Discussion: Hot Air, TPMDC, USA Today, The Moderate Voice, CNN, Fox News, Ballot Box, Yglesias and HotAirPundit

Sam Roecker / Iowa Democratic Party:
Grassley on the GOP Field: “Only two or three of them are qualified to be president”

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Hill, Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway and The Daily Beast

Radio Iowa:
Senator Grassley says it's too early to make a presidential pick

Discussion: The Raw Story, The Atlantic Online and The Caucus

Adam Serwer / American Prospect:

Does Pawlenty Have a Sharia Problem? — Pawlenty's effort to expand Muslim homeownership could hurt him in the GOP primary. — Abid Lakhani wanted to buy a home. — Unfortunately, as an observant Muslim, his options were limited. Many Muslims hold that the paying or charging of interest …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Sky Dancing, Swampland, Yglesias, Weasel Zippers and No More Mister Nice Blog

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

Pawlenty shut down Islam-friendly mortgage program — Adam Serwer wrote today about a Minnesota program that offered mortgages compliant with Islamic law, structured to avoid interest payments. The program was a response to then-Governor Tim Pawlenty's push to increase minority home-ownership …

Discussion: Daily Kos and Wonkette

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

Bob Herbert to Leave The Times — Bob Herbert, a columnist for The New York Times Op-Ed page, is leaving the paper after nearly 20 years. — Mr. Herbert's resignation was announced in a memo to Times staff members on Friday. His last column will appear in the paper on Saturday.

Discussion: Poynter, Runnin' Scared, Shakesville and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

Gloria Galloway / Globe and Mail:

Harper government falls in historic Commons showdown — The second minority government of Stephen Harper has fallen. — Early Friday afternoon, 156 opposition MPs - all of the Liberals, New Democrats and Bloquistes present in the House of Commons - rose to support a motion of no-confidence.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

CBC News:
Election looms as government falls

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:

Florida looks to curtail union dues — The latest in the public sector union fight, this time in Florida: — After a largely party-line vote, the Florida House delivered a major blow to public employee unions, approving a bill that would ban automatic dues deduction and require members …

Discussion: RedState

John Kennedy / Post on Politics:
House OK's barring union deductions

Discussion: RedState

Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:

Woops, Newt Did It Again: Trying To Defend Libya Flip-Flop, Gingrich Reverses Himself On Air Power — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich went on Fox News last night to “attempt[] to clarify [his] stance on Libya,” as Fox itself put it, but only ran into more trouble.

Discussion: Wonk Room, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Indecision Forever, The Note, The Impolitic, The Daily Beast, Blogcritics, Daily Kos and Politifact.com Truth …

Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Newt Gingrich's Libya Shift, Issue by Issue

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, A plain blog about politics and Slate

Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:

Connie Mack will NOT run for U.S. Senate — U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV won't run for U.S. Senate. — “I've got two small children and it's hard enough to get to spend a lot of good quality time now. I have a wife. They are all very important to me and at the end of the day family has to be number one …

Discussion: The Politico, Washington Post, The Caucus, Swing State Project, Crowley Political Report, CNN, Post on Politics, Hotline On Call and TPMDC

Telegraph:

Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links — Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi's regime. — Mr al-Hasidi admitted he had earlier fought …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Right Wing News and Clayton Cramer's Blog

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:

CBO: Taxing mileage a ‘practical option’ for revenue enhancement — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week released a report that said taxing people based on how many miles they drive is a possible option for raising new revenues and that these taxes could be used to offset the costs …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Other McCain, Grim's Hall, Questions and Observations, Weasel Zippers, International Liberty, Don Surber, Scared Monkeys and Pajamas Media

Sarah Palin / Facebook:

Lamestream Media: Reload or White Flag? — “Let's keep pivoting around media bias, and not get distracted with the vulgar personal shots. Call out lies and set the record straight, but always keep the ball moving. No one ever won a game only playing defense.”

Discussion: Ballot Box, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Daily Dish, M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S …, iOwnTheWorld.com, Weasel Zippers, Big Journalism, Wonkette and The Gateway Pundit

Washington Post:

Number of black D.C. residents plummets as majority status slips away — Graphic: View how demographics in your neighborhood have changed over time. — The number of African Americans residing in the District plummeted by more than 11 percent during the past decade, with blacks on the verge …

Discussion: National Review, The Atlantic Online, Yglesias, Weigel and Political Insider

New York Times:

F.B.I. Memorandum — Below is the text of an unsigned, internal F.B.I. memorandum, obtained by The New York Times, that provides guidance to agents about when, in the course of interrogating a terrorism suspect, they should advise the suspect of his so-called Miranda rights to remain silent …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Lawfare, The Volokh Conspiracy, Wall Street Journal and TalkLeft

John Amato / Crooks and Liars:

Michigan Drastically Cutting Unemployment Insurance And Fox's Stuart Varney is Simply Giddy Over Real ‘Austerity’ — Michigan voted to extend unemployment initially, but has now become the first state to cut the number of weeks a person can have unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to 20 starting in 2012.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, MLive.com and Detroit Free Press

Emily Miller / Human Events:

Senate GOP Demand Balanced Budget Amendment for Raising Debt Ceiling — The Senate Republicans are preparing to tell President Obama that they want a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) to the Constitution passed in Congress in exchange for raising the statuary debt ceiling above $14.2 trillion.

Discussion: protein wisdom and International Liberty

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

Against The F-Word — During a debate over neoconservatism, Damon Linker insists that the ideology isn't fascistic: … Agreed (but one needs to recall Leo Strauss's early love affair with Mussolini and his contempt for what he saw as decadent liberal democracy).

Discussion: American Power and Prairie Weather

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

The Austerity Delusion — Portugal's government has just fallen in a dispute over austerity proposals. Irish bond yields have topped 10 percent for the first time. And the British government has just marked its economic forecast down and its deficit forecast up. — What do these events have in common?

Discussion: Clusterstock, Prairie Weather and Sky Dancing