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Sarah Palin to Obama: You ignored us in 2010, but you cannot ignore us in 2012! — ***UPDATED with Andrew Breitbart's speech*** — Sarah Palin, affirming her union connections, gave one of the best speeches I've heard her give today at a Tea Party event in Madison, WI.
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The Politico, The Gateway Pundit, JSOnline, Little Green Footballs, Althouse, Mediaite, sisu, iOwnTheWorld.com, Michelle Malkin, WISC-TV and American Power
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Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Labor protesters surround tea party at Palin rally
Labor protesters surround tea party at Palin rally
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Ventura County Star Stories, Little Green Footballs and Hot Air
host.madison.com:
Palin set to speak at tea party rally at Capitol
Palin set to speak at tea party rally at Capitol
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protein wisdom, Don Surber and Althouse
Serafin Gomez / Fox News:
At Tea Party Rally, Rubio Blasts Obama: He'd rather get Re-Elected than Lead
At Tea Party Rally, Rubio Blasts Obama: He'd rather get Re-Elected than Lead
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Cubachi, Liberty Pundits Blog and Fox Nation
R. Scott Moxley / Navel Gazing:
Racist Orange County Republican Email: President Obama and His Parents Are Apes — Orange County might be a beautiful oceanfront locale, but it's also home to Holocaust deniers, vicious anti-gay bigots and freakish big-haired televangelists. — Here, one of our Republican politicians welcomed …
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CNN:
Bachmann assails Obama over Libya — Bluffton, South Carolina (CNN) - Addressing a crowd of Tea Party activists in South Carolina on Saturday, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann called President Obama's decision to intervene in Libya “foolish” and said the NATO mission could end up boosting al Qaeda.
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Cubachi, The Politico, The Page and Liberty Pundits Blog
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Lee Ferran / ABCNEWS:
FBI Counter-Terror Official: Al Qaeda ‘Thrives’ After Dictators Fall
FBI Counter-Terror Official: Al Qaeda ‘Thrives’ After Dictators Fall
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Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch and The Jawa Report
David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Stripping Congress of its Power of the Purse? — Via Althouse, I learn the following from Jake Tapper: … This raises an extremely serious constitutional question: if Congress has refused to fund the “czars,” where exactly does President Obama get the authority and funding to pay them?
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Scalise says Obama violates Constitution over ‘czars’
Scalise says Obama violates Constitution over ‘czars’
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Michelle Malkin, Pajamas Media, Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative and HotAirPundit
Paul Krugman:
Civility is the Last Refuge of Scoundrels — At the beginning of last week, the commentariat was in raptures over the Serious, Courageous, Game-Changing Ryan plan. But now that the plan has been exposed as the cruel nonsense it is, what we're hearing a lot about is the need for more civility in the discourse.
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The Moderate Voice, Economist's View, Balloon Juice and The TrogloPundit
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
SO I GOT AN EMAIL FROM YALE PRESIDENT RICHARD LEVIN LAST NIGHT about the “sexual harassment” claims involving Yale. Here's the key bit: … It's worth noting that — as Wendy Kaminer pointed out in The Atlantic last week — this is a claim based almost entirely on free expression that some don't like:
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Washington Post:
NATO runs short on some munitions in Libya — Gallery: Conflict and chaos in Libya: As international airstrikes continue against forces loyal to Moammar Gaddafi, rebels face difficult battles. — Less than a month into the Libyan conflict, NATO is running short of precision bombs …
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Firedoglake, Mother Jones, Questions and Observations, Pajamas Media, Don Surber and FrumForum
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James Joyner / Foreign Policy:
Back in the Saddle — How Libya helped NATO get its groove back.
Back in the Saddle — How Libya helped NATO get its groove back.
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Eunomia and New Atlanticist
Alex Knott / Roll Call:
FEC Launches Audit of Obama's 2008 Campaign — The Federal Election Commission has launched an audit into President Barack Obama's record-breaking 2008 campaign. — Individuals familiar with the campaign told Roll Call Friday that the FEC has been investigating the financial records of Obama's previous campaign.
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CNN
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
About My Support for Natural Gas — Oh, puh-leeze! — Some readers of The New York Times are unimpressed with the idea of substituting natural gas for imported oil, even though such a move would help wean the country from its dependence on OPEC. Or so it appears after I made that argument …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Talking Dog and Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality …
Monster Hunter Nation:
HAPPY TAX DAY! — So this year I was molested more than ever before. Hooray for success! — I've got two sources of income. By day, I'm the finance manager for a defense contractor. Like most of you I do the whole withholding thing where they, oh so very subtly, yank a small portion of my paycheck.
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The Lonely Conservative, pandagon.net and PoliPundit.com
Peter Wood / Innovations:
Unearthing Matriarchy — Ten years ago, Cynthia Eller offered a useful and long-overdue demolition of a mistaken idea that gained widespread currency in women's studies and in some sectors of popular culture. In The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory: Why An Invented Past Will Not Give Women a Future …
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Vox Popoli
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Chemicals Were Injected Into Wells, Report Says — WASHINGTON — Oil and gas companies injected hundreds of millions of gallons of hazardous or carcinogenic chemicals into wells in more than 13 states from 2005 to 2009, according to an investigation by Congressional Democrats.
Colin Firth / CBS News:
Questions over Greg Mortenson's stories — He has written inspiring best sellers, including “Three Cups of Tea,” but are the stories all true? — Some of the most inspiring and dramatic stories in the best-selling book, “Three Cups of Tea,” by Greg Mortenson, are not true, multiple sources tell …
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Sky Dancing, newsfeed.time.com, The Other McCain and SWJ Blog
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Gore to young advocates: Battle industry lobbyists to turn the tide on climate — Al Gore told young green energy advocates Friday that progress on global warming must come from a strong grassroots movement that can counter the oil and coal lobbies, which he alleged have “paralyzed” governments.
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Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, HazZzMat, NewsBusters.org, Wonk Room, Michelle Malkin, New Orleans Times-Picayune and The Huffington Post
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Obama meets with young climate change activists
Obama meets with young climate change activists
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The Politico, CNN and Wonk Room