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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid to force repeated votes to end filibuster of Wall Street reform — Sen. Harry Reid will force Republicans to vote repeatedly against Wall Street reform to put pressure GOP centrists. — A senior Democratic aide said Reid would schedule votes to end a Republican filibuster of the reform bill …
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Jon Cohen / Behind the Numbers:
Most back stricter financial reform, advantage Obama — About two-thirds of Americans support stricter regulations on the way banks and other financial institutions conduct their business, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. — Majorities also back two main components …
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Annie Lowrey / The Washington Independent:
Democrat Ben Nelson Votes Against Moving Forward With Financial Regulation — Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) has voted no on the cloture motion to start debate on Sen. Chris Dodd's (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform bill — meaning the motion will likely fail, 58 to 42, short of the 60 votes needed.
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
G.O.P. Readies a Rival Bill on Financial Regulation
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Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Breaking: Ben Nelson votes for FinReg filibuster with his Republican buddies
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Merkley: End FinReg Filibuster to Bring Negotiations Out in the Open
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Jumping into immigration reform could cut both ways politically for Democrats
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Business and labor groups warn senators they're watching Wall St. reform votes
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Gizmodo:
Police Seize Jason Chen's Computers — Last Friday night, California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team entered editor Jason Chen's home without him present, seizing four computers and two servers. They did so using a warrant by Judge of Superior Court of San Mateo.
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Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Dem: Ariz. law like ‘Nazi Germany’ — A Colorado Democrat says Arizona is on its way to becoming a “police state” and its new immigration law is “reminiscent” of Nazi Germany. — “It is absolutely reminiscent of second class status of Jews in Germany prior to World War II …
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Jones under fire for Jewish joke — National Security Advisor Jim Jones's speech to a top Middle East think thank last week has been overshadowed somewhat by a brewing controversy over a joke he told at the outset. But within the speech, Jones made big news on the foreign-policy front.
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Anti-Defamation League: National Security Adviser Jones Told …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
National Security Advisor Gen. James Jones Scares Me
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Not What He Needs? — I'm going to lose my mind if I have to listen to any more gasbags go on about how poor Lindsay Graham has been stabbed in the back because Harry Reid put immigration reform before climate change for nothing but personal political reasons.
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Ezra Klein:
You wouldn't like Lindsey Graham when he's angry — If the policy inside the Kerry-Lieberman-Graham climate change bill seem to have finally come together, it looks like the politics are about to come apart. In a move that's surprised pretty much everybody, Harry Reid and the White House …
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Nationally, 60% Favor Letting Local Police Stop and Verify Immigration Status — Arizona Governor Jan Brewer last week signed a new law into effect that authorizes local police to stop and verify the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant.
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Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
No More Beer Summits: Tea Party ‘N-Word’ Incident Didn't Happen, And the Congressional Black Caucus Owes America an Apology — Rep. Andre Carson wants to change the subject. I don't blame him. — On April 13, 2010 he told AP reporter Jesse Washington, “I think we need to move toward …
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Jim Manzi / The American Scene:
Re: Reply to Jim Manzi — Thanks for your reply. I think that your directness and clarity have helped to isolate the key point of difference between us. — In response to my question - “Put yourself in the position of a senior government leader tasked with making real decisions that affect the lives of millions.
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Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Techno-GOP — Web-savvy is no longer a monopoly of the political left — Home to two-term Republican governor Rick Perry, Austin is also the newest outpost of the social networking giant Facebook, which announced it had surpassed Google as the most visited website in the United States around …
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Texas lawmaker: Obama is 'God's punishment on us.' — On Saturday, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) and several other elected officials boosted Fox News host Glenn Beck at an event at the Oil Palace in Tyler, TX. The day was full of right-wing flame-throwing, including Perry saying that he was …
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Silvana Naguib / American Prospect:
What to Make of ‘Boobquake’? — Today, women gathered in Washington's Dupont Circle for a protest. There weren't typo-ridden signs or rallying cries to pass legislation. Instead, there were just a lot of low-cut shirts. — Jen McCreight came up with the idea for the protest and proposed …
Ross Douthat:
Does Conservatism Need Fox News? — Amid a long commentary on last week's Jim Manzi-Mark Levin dust-up (and related matters), Jonah Goldberg made the following observation: … I suppose that it depends on what you mean by “success.” In a sense, the last eighteen months have been enormously successful …
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Sean Poulter / Daily Mail:
Remember that ash cloud? It didn't exist, says new evidence — Britain's airspace was closed under false pretences, with satellite images revealing there was no doomsday volcanic ash cloud over the entire country. — Skies fell quiet for six days, leaving as many as 500,000 Britons stranded overseas …
Hibah Yousuf / CNNMoney.com:
Economists: The stimulus didn't help — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The recovery is picking up steam as employers boost payrolls, but economists think the government's stimulus package and jobs bill had little to do with the rebound, according to a survey released Monday.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama seeks to ‘reconnect...young people, African-Americans, Latinos, and women’ for 2010 — The Democratic National Committee this morning released this clip of the president rallying the troops, if rather coolly, for 2010. Obama's express goal: “reconnecting” with the voters who voted …
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