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Juli Weiner / Vanity Fair:
“Best Wishes, Donald Trump”: A Future President's Letter to Vanity Fair — The Donald has inveighed (in Sharpie!) against our intrepid blogger. We found his comments so delightful, we had to share. — It was with great delight and a sense of kinship that we at Vanity Fair read Donald Trump's letter …
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Lukas I. Alpert / NY Daily News:
Donald Trump fires back after White House aide declares that he has ‘zero chance’ to be President — The White House stopped just short of dismissing Donald Trump as a clown Sunday - calling him a “sideshow” act with “zero chance” of becoming president. — Chief Obama adviser David Plouffe unleashed …
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The Reaction, Pajamas Media, The Gateway Pundit, Ben Smith's Blog and The Hill
orchidforchange.com:
Statement & Account of Ramona Kitzinger, Waukesha Board of Canvassers member since 2004: — (Waukesha County Democratic Party)On Tuesday night, I received a voice message from someone in the office of Clerk Kathy Nickolaus informing me of a Wednesday canvass meeting, which I returned …
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Hot Air, Pajamas Media, WisPolitics Election Blog, National Review, TPMDC, Ben Smith's Blog, RandyMelchert.com and Verum Serum
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JSOnline:
Democrat on Waukesha County vote panel speaks out — By Laurel Walker of the Journal Sentinel — Waukesha - The Democrat on the Waukesha County Board of Canvassers who was widely quoted as endorsing Waukesha County's official ballot count that flipped the Supreme Court winner last week has more to say.
Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Michele Bachmann stares down heckler in Iowa — IOWA CITY, Iowa — Michele Bachmann said again Monday that the American intervention in Libya was a mistake — but this time she had to talk over a heckler who shouted vulgarities at her. — Jenny Watkins, 22, shouted at Bachmann …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Ron Paul antes up on abortion
Ron Paul antes up on abortion
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Little Green Footballs and Top of the Ticket
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
In Iowa, Bachmann blasts GOP on budget deal
In Iowa, Bachmann blasts GOP on budget deal
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Radio Iowa, The Politico and CNN
Lauraklairmont / CNN:
CNN Poll: Majority support deal to avert government shutdown — Washington (CNN) - Who won last week's showdown over the federal budget and the government shutdown-that-wasn't? — It looks like the public gives the Democrats more credit for the deal than the Republicans …
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
WH: Obama regrets vote against raising debt limit
WH: Obama regrets vote against raising debt limit
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Associated Press, Weasel Zippers, The Moderate Voice, msnbc.com, InvestmentWatch and The Politico
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Boehner: Relationship with Obama improved after budget battle
Boehner: Relationship with Obama improved after budget battle
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The Politico and Indecision Forever
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago school bans some lunches brought from home — To encourage healthful eating, Chicago school doesn't allow kids to bring lunches or certain snacks from home — and some parents, and many students, aren't fans of the policy — A Little Village Academy student cringes at an enchilada dish served at his school.
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Liz Goodwin / Yahoo! News:
Chicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in national food fight
Chicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in national food fight
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The Moderate Voice and Blogcritics
CBS Chicago:
Gas Prices Climbing Toward $5 Per Gallon — CHICAGO (CBS) - At one time, $5 per gallon gas seemed like a farfetched idea, but that is no longer the case. — As CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez reports, as of Monday, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in the Chicago area is $4.11 …
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Power Line, Scared Monkeys, BizzyBlog, The Politico and The Lonely Conservative
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHAT PAUL RYAN'S CONSTITUENTS THINK, AND WHY IT MATTERS.... Rep. Paul Ryan's (R) Wisconsin district isn't competitive. Over the last decade, his most competitive race was the one he won by “only” 26 points. Last year, the margin was 38 points. — But when the Associated Press checked …
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The Moderate Voice and Booman Tribune
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Chris Matthews: Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan Will ‘Kill Half the People Who Watch My Show’
Chris Matthews: Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan Will ‘Kill Half the People Who Watch My Show’
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Weasel Zippers
CNN:
New earthquake jolts Japan coast — Are you there? Send your images, video via iReport. — Tokyo (CNN) — At least six people were killed when a magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck Japan Tuesday morning, a local fire department said. — The six were killed when a landslide triggered …
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The Foundry
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Greg Scoblete / RealClearWorld:
U.S. Military Spending vs. the World — The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has a new report out highlighting global military expenditures. As the above chart indicates, the U.S. retains a healthy lead. Regionally, defense spending in Europe has fallen 2.8 percent …
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Debbie Siegelbaum / The Hill:
Capitol Police arrest DC mayor at rally against budget deal
Capitol Police arrest DC mayor at rally against budget deal
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CNN and Weasel Zippers
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
REPORT: U.S. Military Spending Has Almost Doubled Since 2001
REPORT: U.S. Military Spending Has Almost Doubled Since 2001
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American Prospect, Yglesias, Outside the Beltway, Shakesville, Comments from Left Field and The Agonist
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO OFFER THE LOW-WAGE WORKFORCE FOR FOREIGN COMPANIES.... Ikea's labor dispute in Southern Virginia should be a bigger story. … It's quite an ordeal. Workers are forced to work overtime, often with little notice, and those who don't go along face disciplinary action.
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The Reality-Based Community
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Nathaniel Popper / Los Angeles Times:
Ikea's U.S. factory churns out unhappy workers
Ikea's U.S. factory churns out unhappy workers
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ThinkProgress, Yglesias, The Impolitic and Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
Appeals court upholds Justice challenge on Ariz. immigration law — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a lower court decision that blocked the most contested provisions of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect. — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals …
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Dylan Smith / TucsonSentinel.com:
Appeals court rules against SB 1070
Appeals court rules against SB 1070
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Arizona Republic, Crooks and Liars, MyDD, The Atlantic Online, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Guardian
Jonathan Welsh / Driver's Seat:
Chevy Recalls Cruze After A Steering Wheel Falls Off … Imagine turning your car's steering wheel, or giving it a gentle tug, and having it break away from the steering column. Now you're speeding along holding the suddenly useless wheel. — It sounds like a vision from a cartoon, or every driver's nightmare.
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The Lonely Conservative, Pajamas Media and InvestmentWatch
The Note:
Mitt Romney Announces 2012 Presidential Exploratory Committee: 'Obama's Policies Have Failed' — ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: — UPDATED: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney formally launched his 2012 presidential exploratory committee on Monday in a Web video, declaring that “President Obama's policies have failed.”
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TPMDC, The Politico, CNN, Washington Wire, Left Coast Rebel, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway, MyDD and Pajamas Media
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Lauraklairmont / CNN:
Trump says he is Obama campaign's ‘worst nightmare’
Trump says he is Obama campaign's ‘worst nightmare’
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Mediaite, Taylor Marsh, Cubachi, The Hill, Ben Smith's Blog and The Democratic Daily
New York Times:
Democrat in Missouri to Oppose Health Care Law — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri's Democratic attorney general broke with his party on Monday and urged a federal judge to invalidate the central provision of the new health care law. — The filing of the court brief by Attorney General Chris Koster …
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Moe Lane, Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Jonathan Alter out at Newsweek — The final member of the “Newsweek Six” has left the building. — Jonathan Alter, the only remaining member of the gang of television-loving newsweekly scribes so dubbed by Slate's Jack Shafer, is no longer with the publication.
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New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Pakistan Tells U.S. It Must Sharply Cut C.I.A. Activities — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan has demanded that the United States steeply reduce the number of Central Intelligence Agency operatives and Special Operations forces working in Pakistan, and that it put on hold C.I.A. drone strikes aimed …
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New York Magazine, The Page, Washington Post, Swampland, Truthdig, Balloon Juice and Los Angeles Times
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Where Hippie Punching Gets You — Jonathan Cohn makes the good point that Obama's speech on Wednesday is unfortunately going to be seen as the left most position in the debate which makes a compromise between his plan and Ryan's the “juuust right” sweet spot.
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Booman Tribune, The TrogloPundit, Eschaton and Shakesville
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Revolver — Why do some of the most capable public servants in America, people like economist Peter Orszag, keep circling back from Washington to Wall Street? One guess. — When Peter Orszag left his post as White House budget director last summer, it made perfect sense, on several levels …