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Woman charged with email threats — By Bill Glauber of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - A 26-year-old woman was charged Thursday with two felony counts and two misdemeanor counts for allegedly making email threats against Wisconsin lawmakers during the height of the battle over Gov. Scott Walker's budget-repair bill.
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Early Childhood Teacher Charged In Death Threats — Update VI: Linked by Freedom Eden. — Update V: Our very first Memeorandum thread. — Update IV: Linked by Real Debate Wisconsin. — Update III: Linked by The Other McCain. — Update II: Linked by Gateway Pundit.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING: WI Teacher Charged With Sending Death Threats to GOP Lawmakers — A Wisconsin early childhood teacher was charged with sending death threats to state Republican lawmakers. — Her name is Katherine Windels and she is a Wisconsin teacher. — Here's the criminal complaint.
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POWIP, Breitbart.tv, Radio Vice Online, The Jawa Report and Doug Ross
New York Times:
NATO Warns Rebels Against Attacking Civilians — WASHINGTON — Members of the NATO alliance have sternly warned the rebels in Libya not to attack civilians as they push against the regime of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, according to senior military and government officials.
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Guardian:
Revealed: Gaddafi envoy in Britain for secret talks
Revealed: Gaddafi envoy in Britain for secret talks
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OpEdNews, Global Spin, Sky News, FrumForum, HotAirPundit and Hot Air
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
NATO warns Libyan rebels: If you attack civilians, we'll bomb you too; Update: Qaddafi sends envoy …
NATO warns Libyan rebels: If you attack civilians, we'll bomb you too; Update: Qaddafi sends envoy …
David Weigel / Weigel:
The Tea Party Comes to D.C., in Small Numbers, On Message — Tea Party Patriots and a small constellation of movement organizations held a rally near the Capitol just now, an attempt to back up the House and Senate GOP in the fight over the continuing resolution. — It was a small rally.
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Lauraklairmont / CNN:
Tea Party activist to GOP: ‘Take off your lace panties,’ cut more from the budget
Tea Party activist to GOP: ‘Take off your lace panties,’ cut more from the budget
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Tea Party group: ‘Cut it or shut it’
Tea Party group: ‘Cut it or shut it’
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Aaron_Sharockman / St. Petersburg Times:
Democrat chastized for saying ‘uterus’ on House floor — During last week's discussion about a bill that would prohibit governments from deducting union dues from a worker's paycheck, state Rep. Scott Randolph, D-Orlando, used his time during floor debate to argue that Republicans are against regulations …
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Paul Bedard / US News:
Pentagon Art: $600,000 Gurgling Toad Sculpture — A $600,000 frog sculpture that lights up, gurgles “sounds of nature” and carries a 10-foot fairy girl on its back could soon be greeting Defense Department employees who plan to start working at the $700 million Mark Center in Alexandria, Va. this fall.
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Pundit Press, Another Black Conservative, The Lonely Conservative, The Blaze and Verum Serum
Los Angeles Times:
Radioactivity surges again at Japan nuclear plant — Work on containing the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi complex is hampered because the level of radioactive iodine found in water inside exceeds 10,000 times the safety standard, officials say. — An aerial photo taken by a small drone shows damage …
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Dominic Di-Natale / Fox News:
Japan's Nuclear Rescuers: ‘Inevitable Some of Them May Die Within Weeks’
Japan's Nuclear Rescuers: ‘Inevitable Some of Them May Die Within Weeks’
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The Hill:
Boehner to GOP freshmen: ‘No number’ yet in budget talks — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told freshmen members of his conference Thursday that “there is no number” agreed to in a potential budget deal with Senate Democrats and the White House. — In a briefing to update …
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Rep. Gohmert: Libya Goal Is To “Deplete The Military” So Obama Can Call Up Private Army — 5 hours and 13 minutes ago — Matt Finkelstein — Last night on the House floor, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) offered a bizarre new theory about President Obama's decision to intervene in the Libyan crisis.
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Josh Rogin / The Cable:
Shah: GOP budget would kill 70,000 children — As Congress struggles to negotiate a budget deal to keep the government running, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) told lawmakers Wednesday that the GOP version of the budget bill would result in the deaths …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
GOP launches mock ‘Obama 2012’ ad — The mock ad, which features Obama riding a unicorn over a rainbow, declares: “Four more years: America needs more changing.” — Republicans are taking aim at President Obama's impending reelection effort with a mock campaign ad outlining his first two years in office.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Unions deploy money and muscle in Battle of Wisconsin — Chief Political Correspondent Follow Him @ByronYork — If you own a business in southern Wisconsin, you might have received a letter from the Wisconsin State Employees Union, Council 24 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
A Word About Digital Subscriptions to The Huffington Post — Today marks a significant transition for The Huffington Post Media Group, as we introduce digital subscriptions for employees of The New York Times. It's an important step that we hope you will see as an investment in The Huffington Post …
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The Wire
Debbie Siegelbaum / The Hill:
GOP says 5,000 non-citizens voting in Colorado a ‘wake-up call’ for states — Republicans on the House Administration Committee want to shore up voter registration rules in the wake of a Colorado study that found as many as 5,000 non-citizens in the state took part in last year's election.
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PoliPundit.com, Michelle Malkin and Doug Ross
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Mellon Doctrine — “Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers, liquidate real estate.” That, according to Herbert Hoover, was the advice he received from Andrew Mellon, the Treasury secretary, as America plunged into depression. To be fair, there's some question …
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Prairie Weather, Daily Kos and Economist's View
Laura B. Martinez / Monitor:
Cartels threaten to kill Texas Rangers, ICE agents — BROWNSVILLE — A new law enforcement bulletin warns that members of drug cartels have been overheard plotting to kill federal agents and Texas Rangers who guard the border, officials in Washington reported Thursday.
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Don't forget your hijab, soldier! American servicewomen encouraged to wear headscarves in Afghanistan — In an effort to get closer to the local population, American female soldiers stationed in Afghanistan are being encouraged to wear a Muslim headscarf when interacting with civilians.
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The Last Tradition, The Jawa Report and Jihad Watch
David Brody / The Brody File:
Evangelical Leaders Say Donald Trump May Find Support From Social Conservatives — Some key national Evangelical leaders tell The Brody File that Donald Trump “may find support among social conservatives” if he runs for President and there's a “growing curiosity” about him within Evangelical circles.
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GOP 12, Hot Air, HotAirPundit and Right Wing Watch
Diana Olick / Realty Check with Diana Olick:
Banks Fight Mortgage Principal Reduction — At the end of a day-long negotiation session over the foreclosure paperwork mess at the Department of Justice, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller and Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli came out for a brief chat with reporters. — They essentially said nothing.
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The Politico:
Mitt Romney will start raising cash for 2012 run in April — A top Mitt Romney official told supporters on a conference call Thursday that the former Massachusetts governor is eyeing mid-to-late April to begin raising money for his eventual presidential campaign, according to call participants
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Taylor Marsh, Ben Smith's Blog and The Caucus
New York Times:
Without the Campaign Donors, This Wouldn't Be Possible — Even by Washington's low standards, the House's Republican freshmen are turning pandering into a high art. At a recent transportation hearing in his home district, Representative James Lankford of Oklahoma heaped praise on a panel of private sector witnesses.
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Power Line
BBC:
Ivory Coast: ‘Heavy fighting’ near Gbagbo residence — Hamadoun Toure, spokesman for UN's Ivory Coast special representative: “The countdown has started” — Troops supporting the UN-recognised president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, appear poised for a final push to oust his rival …
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