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Juan / Informed Comment:
Top Ten Myths about the Libya War — The Libyan Revolution has largely succeeded, and this is a moment of celebration, not only for Libyans but for a youth generation in the Arab world that has pursued a political opening across the region. The secret of the uprising's final days of success lay …
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BBC:
Libya conflict: Fighting rages near Gaddafi compound — Resident Omar describes rebels celebrating and waving opposition flags on Green Square — Heavy fighting is taking place in Tripoli around the compound of embattled Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi after rebels seized control of much of the city on Sunday.
Steve Clemons / The Atlantic Online:
Libya: Huge Win for Libyans, A Win for Obama, Challenges Next
Libya: Huge Win for Libyans, A Win for Obama, Challenges Next
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Guardian, The Moderate Voice, iOwnTheWorld.com and Taylor Marsh
New York Times:
Jubilant Rebels Control Much of Tripoli
Jubilant Rebels Control Much of Tripoli
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Aljazeera:
Fighting rages near Gaddafi's compound
Fighting rages near Gaddafi's compound
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Just One Week Into His Campaign, Rick Perry Disavows His Nine-Month-Old Book — Last November, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) published Fed Up, a 240-page ode to tentherism, which argues that everything from child labor laws to the Clean Air Act to Medicare violates the Constitution.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, The Political Carnival and Shakesville
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Perry: Nevermind — Rick Perry wrote in his book, “Fed Up,” …
Perry: Nevermind — Rick Perry wrote in his book, “Fed Up,” …
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GOP 12, Taegan Goddard's …, TPMDC, Swampland and The Daily Dish
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
In the Race to Succeed Weiner, a Surprising Anger at Obama — Of all the places to hear fulminations against President Obama, one of the least expected is the corner of 71st Avenue and Queens Boulevard, in the heart of a Congressional district that propelled Democrats like Geraldine A. Ferraro …
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Trial lawyers prep for war on Perry — America's trial lawyers are getting ready to make the case against one of their biggest targets in years: Texas Gov. Rick Perry. — Among litigators, there is no presidential candidate who inspires the same level of hatred - and fear - as Perry …
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Pajamas Media, New York Magazine, Hot Air and GOP 12
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Messing With Texas — Gov. Rick Perry of Texas hasn't lost an election in 10 tries. Among his vanquished opponents, this streak has inspired not only the usual mix of resentment and respect, but a touch of supernatural awe. “Running against Perry,” one of them told Texas Monthly, “is like running against God.”
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Paul Krugman, Daily Kos, The Agonist and Sadly, No!
Bloomberg:
Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2T in Loans — Citigroup Inc. (C) and Bank of America Corp. (BAC) were the reigning champions of finance in 2006 as home prices peaked, leading the 10 biggest U.S. banks and brokerage firms to their best year ever with $104 billion of profits.
Harvey Golub / Wall Street Journal:
My Response To Buffett And Obama — Before you ask for more tax money from me, raise the $2.2 trillion you already collect each year more fairly and spend it more wisely. — Over the years, I have paid a significant portion of my income to the various federal, state and local jurisdictions …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The ‘thank America last’ crowd — Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) issued a joint statement last night on the developments in Libya. It's worth taking a look at the lede. … Remember hearing about the “blame America first” crowd? Well, say hello to the “thank America last” crowd.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ThinkProgress, New York Times, Wonkette, The Daily Dish, iOwnTheWorld.com and Daily Kos
Laura Italiano / New York Post:
DA filing to reveal new ‘bombshells’ about DSK accuser's credibility — She lied about sex. She lied about money. She even lied about lying. — That's the conclusion of Manhattan prosecutors, who promise they'll drop “bombshells” in detailing new credibility issues for the hotel maid …
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TalkLeft, Guardian and New York Times
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Robert Costa / National Review:
‘She Will Run’ — Ames, Iowa — Political organizer Peter Singleton tells National Review Online that Sarah Palin will likely launch a presidential campaign by the end of September. “I believe that she will run,” he says. “I can't see her sitting this election out.”
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The Raw Story, The Moderate Voice, The Note, Pajamas Media, TheBlaze.com, RedState, Top of the Ticket and Althouse
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Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Tea Party Group Launches Iowa Radio Blitz for Palin Event
Tea Party Group Launches Iowa Radio Blitz for Palin Event
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GOP 12, Conservatives4Palin and Chicago Boyz
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
Attorney General of N.Y. Is Said to Face Pressure on Bank Foreclosure Deal — Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general of New York, has come under increasing pressure from the Obama administration to drop his opposition to a wide-ranging state settlement with banks over dubious foreclosure practices …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
There's Room for More G.O.P. Candidates — Rather than douse speculation about which additional Republicans might enter the presidential sweepstakes, Rick Perry's announcement that he would seek the White House seemed only to stoke the fire. At least five prominent Republicans — Sarah Palin …
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John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
Perry's GOP Shock Treatment
Perry's GOP Shock Treatment
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msnbc.com, The Politico and New York Times
Financial Times:
It is time for an Obama reset — Barack Obama, like the US economy whose fate is bound up with his own, is in a slump. Since the shameful debt-ceiling battle, events have landed one blow after another: the Standard & Poor's downgrade, a run of bad economic figures, crashing markets and growing fears of a second recession.
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Michael S. Malone / Ricochet Conversation Feed:
Mr. President, Don't Get Well Soon — [Ed.'s Note: The former editor of Forbes ASAP and the author of 15 books, including The Big Score and The Virtual Corporation, Mike Malone is now holed up at an undisclosed location in Oregon, where he's supposed to be completing his next book.
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Sense of Events
Joel Bakan / New York Times:
The Kids Are Not All Right — WHEN I sit with my two teenagers, and they are a million miles away, absorbed by the titillating roil of online social life, the addictive pull of video games and virtual worlds, as they stare endlessly at video clips and digital pictures of themselves and their friends, it feels like something is wrong.
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NewsBusters.org blogs, Weasel Zippers and Romanticpoet's Weblog
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
PARTNERS … - POLITICS - PROFILES - THE TALK OF THE TOWN - COMMENT - THIS WEEK'S ISSUE - THE FINANCIAL PAGE - NEWS DESK - THE POLITICAL SCENE
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SCOTUSblog, Man Are We Screwed, Prairie Weather, The Huffington Post and The Atlantic Online
Michael Winerip / New York Times:
Eager for Spotlight, but Not if It Is on a Testing Scandal — WASHINGTON — Why won't Michelle Rhee talk to USA Today? — Ms. Rhee, the chancellor of the Washington public schools from 2007 to 2010, is the national symbol of the data-driven, take-no-prisoners education reform movement.
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Eduwonk and Suburban Guerrilla
Martin Fackler / New York Times:
Large Zone Near Japanese Reactors to Be Off Limits — TOKYO — Broad areas around the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could soon be declared uninhabitable, perhaps for decades, after a government survey found radioactive contamination that far exceeded safe levels, several major media outlets said Monday.
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The Huffington Post and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Libya War argument — In April, 2003, American troops entered Baghdad and Saddam Hussein was forced to flee; six months later, the dictator was captured ("caught like a rat in a hole," giddy American media outlets celebrated) and eventually hanged. Each of those incidents caused massive numbers …
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Campaign 2012, National Review, Hit & Run and alicublog