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Winnebago County vote-count change alters Supreme Court race — By Sharif Durhams of the Journal Sentinel — The latest vote count in the state Supreme Court race in Winnebago County indicates incumbent David Prosser is leading Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg in votes.
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Christian Schneider / National Review:
BREAKING: Computer Error Gives Prosser 7,381 More Votes, Almost Certain Victory — After Tuesday night's Wisconsin Supreme Court election, a computer error in heavily Republican Waukesha County failed to send election results for the entire City of Brookfield to the Associated Press.
JSOnline:
Prosser gains 7,500 votes in Waukesha County — By Jason Stein, Bill Glauber and Sharif Durhams of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - In a political bombshell, the clerk in a Republican stronghold released new vote totals adding a net total of 7,403 new votes in the tight state Supreme Court race …
JSOnline:
Prosser's huge gain comes after Waukesha County flub is caught — By Laurel Walker of the Journal Sentinel — David Prosser gained 7,582 votes in Waukesha County, after a major counting error of Brookfield results was detected, County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus announced in a stunning development this afternoon.
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Daily Kos, Blogcritics, Hotline On Call, Althouse and TPMDC
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
UPDATED: Conservative Waukesha County Clerk “Finds” 7,000 Votes For Prosser — 4:30pm Update: In her press conference about a half-hour ago, Kathy Nickolaus claimed she failed to import the results from Brookfield City into her master tally that was reported to the press.
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The Political Carnival and The Mahablog
John Nolte / Big Government:
BREAKING IN WISCONSIN: Clerical Error Gives Prosser Net Gain of 7300+ Votes — By the time the votes in Wisconsin's State Supreme Court race were all counted the day after Tuesday's big election, Big Labor candidate, Joanne Kloppenburg, had a 204 vote lead out of almost 1.5 million cast.
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Big Hollywood, WisPolitics Election Blog, The Lonely Conservative and Cold Fury
620WTMJ:
Prosser Picks Up More Than 7,000 Votes — WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A conservative incumbent surged to a commanding lead in Wisconsin's hotly contested Supreme Court election Thursday, after a predominantly GOP county's clerk announced she had incorrectly entered vote totals in the race seen …
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The Gateway Pundit, The Jawa Report, Pundit Press, TPMDC and The Politico
WisPolitics Election Blog:
Waukesha County clerk apologizes for ‘human error’ that led to reporting incorrect vote totals
Waukesha County clerk apologizes for ‘human error’ that led to reporting incorrect vote totals
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Firedoglake, Ben Smith's Blog, iOwnTheWorld.com and Daily Pundit
Randallmelchert / RandyMelchert.com:
Latest: Prosser Landslide!
Latest: Prosser Landslide!
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Hot Air, M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S … and The Gateway Pundit
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Wisconsin Supreme Court race in flux as vote count conintues
Wisconsin Supreme Court race in flux as vote count conintues
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TPMDC, Talking Points Memo and AmSpecBlog
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Prosser Now Up 7,000+ Votes After Error Is Corrected
The Politico:
Does Ryan plan cause self-rationing? - Coburn: Drop the riders - BCBSA tracks exchange bills - Arizona ‘no’ to waiver - Women's health rally on the hill — **With reporting contributions from J. Lester Feder and David Nather — CLOSING IN ON A BUDGET DEAL?
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Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
In past, Democrats embraced policy riders — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and President Barack Obama hate policy riders. They have no place in spending bills, the top Democrats have said during the latest budget debate. — Unless, of course, they're Democratic policy riders.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WOULD BOEHNER SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT OVER PLANNED PARENTHOOD? …
WOULD BOEHNER SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT OVER PLANNED PARENTHOOD? …
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The Moderate Voice, Associated Press, The Caucus, The Politico, PERRspectives, MyDD, Little Green Footballs and CNN
Myglesias / Yglesias:
All Rationing Is Self-Rationing — Suzy Khimm writes that …
All Rationing Is Self-Rationing — Suzy Khimm writes that …
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Mother Jones, Hit & Run, National Review and The New Republic
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama: I'll veto funding for the troops — Consider this a trap well set and sprung. Frustrated that the Senate won't pass any budget bill while the House continues to negotiate to the brink of a government shutdown, John Boehner proposed a one-week CR to keep government open for a week …
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Doug Ross, Pajamas Media, BLACKFIVE and Outside the Beltway
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
3rd Meeting on Budget Fight as Clock Winds Down
3rd Meeting on Budget Fight as Clock Winds Down
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TalkLeft, CNN, New York Magazine, Mother Jones and The Caucus
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House approves stopgap despite White House veto threat
House approves stopgap despite White House veto threat
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Firedoglake, The Hill, Outside the Beltway and No More Mister Nice Blog
Washington Post:
White House talks fail to produce budget deal; House passes stopgap bill
White House talks fail to produce budget deal; House passes stopgap bill
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The Politico, Fox News, Bloomberg, National Review, RedState and Booman Tribune
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Breaking down Trump's numbers — There's been a lot of coverage of Donald Trump's good poll numbers with Republicans over the last week- what's gotten less attention is that Trump's popularity with GOP voters is a brand new development. — We did a national poll asking about Trump …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Barbour, Bryant lead in Mississippi
Barbour, Bryant lead in Mississippi
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog, GOP 12, Hullabaloo and msnbc.com
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Riders Caused The Storm: Government Shutdown Looms Over Anti-Abortion And Anti-EPA Measures — If a government shutdown happens, it'll be because Republicans are demanding policy restrictions in addition to spending cuts before agreeing to fund the government through September.
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ThinkProgress, Bloomberg, RedState, The Reality-Based Community, The Democratic Daily and Democratic Strategist
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Harry Reid: We Can't Pass Troop Funding Bill Because It Bans Taxpayer Funding of Abortion in D.C.
Harry Reid: We Can't Pass Troop Funding Bill Because It Bans Taxpayer Funding of Abortion in D.C.
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Weasel Zippers and That Mr. G Guy's Blog
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
While Slamming Obama For Opposition To ‘Troop Funding Bill,’ House GOP Votes Down Troop Funding — Twice
While Slamming Obama For Opposition To ‘Troop Funding Bill,’ House GOP Votes Down Troop Funding — Twice
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NationalJournal.com, Weigel and Daily Kos
Myglesias / Yglesias:
The Trouble With Taxing Exclusively The Rich — In their sketch version of a budget (PDF) the Congressional Progressive Caucus makes a heroic effort to finance progressive government basically exclusively by raising taxes on rich people. — Specifically:
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Angry Bear and National Review
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
The People's Budget — Phil Klein has a leaked version …
The People's Budget — Phil Klein has a leaked version …
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Washington Examiner
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Tea Party senator: Obama might have planned shutdown with ‘malicious’ intent — Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) suggested Thursday that President Obama might have begun planning a government shutdown last year with “malicious” intent. — “Why was it that a few months ago ... when the president …
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Cubachi, The Lonely Conservative, RealClearPolitics Video Log, Pat Dollard, Mediaite and Liberty Pundits Blog
Ynetnews:
Iron Dome intercepts first rocket — Ashkelon residents report seeing Grad explode in midair as dozens of rockets fired at south, meanwhile Hamas says Israel taking advantage of Goldstone's regret over Gaza war report to bomb Strip — Latest Update: — Residents in Ashkelon reported …
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Weasel Zippers, BLACKFIVE, Pajamas Media and JOSHUAPUNDIT
Geoffrey R. Stone / The Huffington Post:
Eviscerating the Establishment Clause … In a decision earlier this week in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn, the five conservative Justices on the Supreme Court (Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito) carved a large hole out of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
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Firedoglake and The Atlantic Online
City Room:
Cathleen Black Is Out as City Schools Chancellor — Deputy Mayor Dennis M. Walcott at a news conference at which he was introduced as the new schools chancellor by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Cathleen P. Black stepped down from the position Thursday. — Cathleen P. Black …
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Telegraph:
First homosexual caveman found — Archaeologists have unearthed the 5,000-year-old remains of what they believe may have been the world's oldest known gay caveman. — The male body - said to date back to between 2900-2500BC - was discovered buried in a way normally reserved only for women …
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