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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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The Underground Conservative:
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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Breitbart.tv, 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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Left Coast Rebel, Another Black Conservative, Weasel Zippers, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Last Tradition, Aljazeera, The Gateway Pundit, Babalú Blog, The Unreligious Right, Firedoglake, Ross Douthat, Pajamas Media, Salon, Pat Dollard, Questions and Observations, Atlas Shrugs, Cold Fury, Outside the Beltway, Doug Ross, Power Line and Hot Air
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Guardian:
Revealed: Gaddafi envoy in Britain for secret talks — Exclusive: Contact with senior aide believed to be one of a number between Libyan officials and west amid signs regime may be looking for exit strategy — Libyan fixer's visit to London may show sons want way out
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OpEdNews, Global Spin, Sky News, FrumForum, HotAirPundit and Hot Air
New York Times:
Anxiety Roils Libyan Capital Amid Top-Level Defections
Anxiety Roils Libyan Capital Amid Top-Level Defections
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Guardian, The Sundries Shack, Close Read, BBC, FrumForum, The Daily Dish, Mudville Gazette, FP Passport and Firedoglake
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 …
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The Jawa Report, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Eunomia, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Cubachi and Spiegel Online
New York Times:
2 Cabinet Officials Say U.S. Isn't Likely to Arm Libyans
2 Cabinet Officials Say U.S. Isn't Likely to Arm Libyans
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FrumForum, Pat Dollard, Pajamas Media and Booman Tribune
David S. Cloud / Los Angeles Times:
Robert Gates again rules out U.S. ground forces for Libya
Robert Gates again rules out U.S. ground forces for Libya
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Pajamas Media, Danger Room and Hot Air
Lauraklairmont / CNN:
Tea Party activist to GOP: ‘Take off your lace panties,’ cut more from the budget — Washington (CNN) - Some conservative Tea Party activists attending a rally on Capitol Hill Thursday pushed for deeper cuts to the federal budget with many saying if more spending isn't slashed - they believe that government operations should go dark.
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ABCNEWS, The Politico, Left Coast Rebel, Time, Swampland, Blogcritics and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*
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David Weigel / Weigel:
The Tea Party Comes to D.C., in Small Numbers, On Message
The Tea Party Comes to D.C., in Small Numbers, On Message
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Crooks and Liars, Daily Kos, News Hounds, Hullabaloo and The Politico
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Tea Party group: ‘Cut it or shut it’
Tea Party group: ‘Cut it or shut it’
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Cubachi, Fox News, Liberty Pundits Blog, The Last Tradition, Taylor Marsh, The Impolitic and New York Times
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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Sky Dancing, Focal Point, Swampland, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, Mother Jones, No More Mister Nice Blog, Liberal Values, The Political Carnival, Crooks and Liars, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Booman Tribune, ECHIDNE of the snakes, Outside the Beltway, The Raw Story, Pam's House Blend and Emptywheel
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
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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The Politico
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 …
Bruce Bartlett / Capital Gains and Games blogs:
Dopiest Constitutional Amendment of All Time? — Today, all 47 Senate Republicans introduced a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget. Full text available here. Presumably, this is the amendment that Republicans plan to demand as their price for increasing the federal debt limit.
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Angry Bear
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Emily Miller / Human Events:
McConnell: All 47 GOP Senators Co-Sponsor New Balanced Budget Amendment
McConnell: All 47 GOP Senators Co-Sponsor New Balanced Budget Amendment
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Cubachi, Hot Air, Liberty Pundits Blog and NewsBusters.org blogs
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
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
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
SHOCKING DISCOVERY: The Day After 9-11 Van Jones Led Rally Where They Cheered American Killers (Video) — Hero of the Left- — Kristinn Taylor and Andrea Shea King reported recently at Big Government on a long lost video of Van Jones leading a rally in Oakland, California the day after 9-11 where they cheered the American killers.
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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Shock: HuffPo Front Page Star Led Anti-American Rally - Day After 9-11!
Shock: HuffPo Front Page Star Led Anti-American Rally - Day After 9-11!
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NewsBusters.org blogs, Big Hollywood and Nice Deb
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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Doug Ross and Pajamas Media
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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Reuters, Angry Bear, Firedoglake and CNNMoney.com
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
Manya Brachear / Chicago Breaking News:
Farrakhan defends Libya's Gadhafi as ‘brother’ — Warning that destruction could be on America's doorstep because it oppresses “God's chosen people,” Minister Louis Farrakhan, the controversial Nation of Islam leader, defended Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi today, calling the U.S. action in Libya hypocrisy.
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Weasel Zippers and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
New York Times:
A Morning at an Israeli Checkpoint — PARIS — We have just returned from a week in Israel and Palestine. We organize a chamber music festival in Southwest France and are interested in bringing Israeli and Palestinian students to our master classes. — We had no trouble reaching Ramallah from Jerusalem by public transportation.
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NewsReal Blog, Israel Matzav and Elder of Ziyon
Dominic Di-Natale / Fox News:
Japan's Nuclear Rescuers: ‘Inevitable Some of Them May Die Within Weeks’ — March 14: A Red Cross rescue worker, in red, is scanned for signs of radiation upon returning from Fukushima to his hospital in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture. — Workers at the disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant …
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msnbc.com, Hot Air, Kyodo News and HotAirPundit