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Juan / Informed Comment:
An Open Letter to the Left on Libya — As I expected, now that Qaddafi's advantage in armor and heavy weapons is being neutralized by the UN allies' air campaign, the liberation movement is regaining lost territory. Liberators took back Ajdabiya and Brega (Marsa al-Burayqa), key oil towns …
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TalkLeft, Agence France Presse, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Times of India, The Washington Note and Sky Dancing
Daily Mail:
200 arrested as hardcore anarchists fight police long into night in Battle of Trafalgar Square after 500,000 march against the cut — Over 200 people were arrested as extremists brought violent chaos to central London yesterday after hijacking the much-heralded trade union protest against public spending cuts.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Riehl World View and Biased BBC
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John / Power Line:
There May Not Always Be An England — Do you remember the good old days when an Englishman's proudest boast was that he paid his way? That was then, and this is now: today something like a half million Englishmen demonstrated in London against proposed budget cuts. Their boast, apparently: someone else pays my way!
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE RIGHT'S SELECTIVE EMBRACE OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.... It's hardly a secret that in modern politics, conservative Christian Republicans tend to think the issue of religion in public and political life is “theirs.” It's one of those things that “everyone knows” — Democrats dominate when it comes to workers …
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Herman Cain Tells ThinkProgress ‘I Would Not’ Appoint A Muslim In My Administration — ThinkProgress filed this report from the Conservative Principles Conference in Des Moines, IA. — As the Republican presidential nomination process begins, one GOP candidate is making a name …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, iOwnTheWorld.com and Outside the Beltway
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Lieberman would back US action in Syria — Senate Homeland Security chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said the U.S. should intervene to help Syrian protestors if officials there turn weapons on the public as took place in Libya on Fox News Sunday. — Lieberman told host Chris Wallace …
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Guardian:
12 killed in Syrian port city — State-run news agency says armed gangs attacked neighbourhoods in Latakia as protests against Bashar Assad regime continue — The Syrian government has said 12 people were killed in violence in the port city of Latakia, which has been rocked by protests and unrest, yesterday.
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Hot Air
Washington Post:
Ridding Syria of a despot
Ridding Syria of a despot
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Booman Tribune, Israel Matzav and Maggie's Farm
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich: My Infidelities Helped Me Understand How To Impeach Clinton — This morning, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace questioned likely presidential candidate Newt Gingrich — who has placed social issues at the forefront of his emerging campaign — about his personal infidelities and multiple marriages.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, O.KayHenderson.com and Prairie Weather
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
GUESS WHO ‘STOLE THE SHOW’ IN IOWA?.... Iowa will host dozens of “cattle call” events for 2012 Republican presidential candidates over the next several months, and the latest was yesterday's gathering in Des Moines, hosted by far-right Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). Five likely aspirants showed up, and the receptions they received matter.
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msnbc.com and Washington Post
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Levin: Gadhafi ‘on his heels,’ Libyan people need to remove him — The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said on Sunday that Col. Moammar Gadhafi is “on his heels” and Libyan people need to take advantage of the situation and remove their dictator.
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Simon Neville / Daily Mail:
Vice President's staff lock journalist in a closet for hours during a fundraiser to stop him talking to guests — The White House website proudly says ‘President Obama is committed to creating the most open and accessible administration in American history.’
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Michelle Malkin, iOwnTheWorld.com and Maggie's Notebook
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
DeMint Says Other Republicans Should Enter 2012 Race — DES MOINES — Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina is not interested in running for the Republican presidential nomination, but he said Saturday that the presumed field might not be sufficient to inspire voters and he would welcome a last-minute entry by another candidate.
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The Note, Scared Monkeys and HotAirPundit