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‘Mediscare,’ Republican style — Are Republicans ready to be trusted with the reins of power? — If you're thinking of answering this in the affirmative, you might want to pause long enough to learn what transpired on the third floor of the Capitol on Thursday.
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The Mahablog and Daily Kos
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Republican bill would enroll seniors in same health plans as lawmakers
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Crooks and Liars

Nice... Cee Lo Green Sings “F*ck You” Song & Flips Off Crowd at Obama Fundraiser (Video) — Cee Lo Green entertained Democrat donors today at Barack Obama's fundraiser in Atlanta, Georgia. He did a marvelous job, just what you'd expect at a presidential campaign stop.
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The POH Diaries and Scared Monkeys
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Cee Lo Green Sings ‘F*** You’ at Obama Fundraiser — Singer Cee Lo Green just finished performing his hit song at President Obama's campaign fundraiser at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Ga., and he started with the uncensored version. — The Grammy-winner and Atlanta native flicked off …
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Jammie Wearing Fools, Macsmind and The Daily Caller


The Case for Crazy: What the GOP Would Learn by Picking Rick Santorum — The party faithful will get to experience the adrenaline rush of going off a cliff together, like Thelma and Louise—elation followed by an electoral thud. — A cleansing bout of craziness in 2012 could be just what the GOP needs.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and The Moderate Voice

Destroy all churches — Obama silent while Saudi grand mufti targets Christianity — If the pope called for the destruction of all the mosques in Europe, the uproar would be cataclysmic. Pundits would lambaste the church, the White House would rush out a statement of deep concern …
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The POH Diaries

The Curious Case of Trayvon Martin — “He said that Tray was gone.” — That's how Sybrina Fulton, her voice full of ache, told me she found out that her 17-year-old son, Trayvon Martin, had died. In a wrenching telephone call, the boy's father, who had taken him to visit a friend …
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Orlando Sentinel and Balloon Juice


W.H. on Solyndra: ‘Ugh’ — White House staff knew enough about Solyndra's troubles in January 2011 to dismiss talk of inviting the company's executives into President Barack Obama's special State of the Union box, internal emails released Friday show. — The idea of seating Solyndra officials …
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers


Obama's History Lesson — Our lesson for today comes from George and Ira Gershwin: … Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers sang it in the film Shall We Dance? (1937). Seventy-five years on, the president revived it to tap dance around his rising gas prices and falling approval numbers.
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Power Line, Ed Driscoll, Pundit & Pundette and PoliPundit.com


Romney advisers try to lay groundwork for united GOP against Obama — Mitt Romney, although mired in a frustrating slog toward the presidential nomination, has directed his top advisers to lay the groundwork for uniting the Republican Party in preparation for what they see as an inevitable …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Lawyers, Guns & Money


OWN Cancels Rosie O'Donnell Talk Show — With dismal ratings on the little-watched network, Oprah Winfrey pulls the plug on O'Donnell's five-month-old talker. — OWN has pulled the plug on Rosie O'Donnell's five-month old talk show. — The daily show will tape its final episode on Tuesday …
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Macsmind

The worst of all worlds — America's economy is a mosaic of puzzles and contradictions that has economists and bloggers scrambling for explanations and scrutinizing the data for quirks and flaws. Lately, I've been thinking dark thoughts: what if all it takes is a single explanation that assumes all the data are correct?
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Felix Salmon and Mother Jones
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Off the Charts: Sales at Sit-Down Restaurants Suggest a Rising Economy
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Hullabaloo

Administration releases Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on preventive services policy — Officials at the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury today took the next step in the Obama administration's effort to ensure women access to recommended preventive services …
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Power Line, Hot Air, Wake up America, Washington Post, Pundit & Pundette, Maggie's Farm, The Volokh Conspiracy, LifeNews.com and Campaign 2012


Afghan Shooting Suspect Identified as Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales — WASHINGTON — The American soldier suspected of going on a rampage that left 16 Afghan villagers dead is Staff Sgt. Robert Bales of Lake Tapps, Wash., according to a senior American official.
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Outside the Beltway, News Desk and Secrecy News
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US soldier accused of shooting Afghan civilians identified
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Associated Press


Invisible Children Co-Founder Detained: SDPD — SDPD said he was found masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and possibly under the influence of something — A co-founder for Invisible Children was detained in Pacific Beach Thursday for being drunk in public and masturbating, according to San Diego Police Department.
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