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Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
High flyer: RNC Chairman Steele suggested buying private jet with GOP funds — According to two knowledgeable sources, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele once raised the possibility of using party money to buy a private jet for his travel.
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The Hammer / Red County:
Michael Steele's Bondage Party Has an O.C. Connection — If you haven't seen it, the Huffington Post is having a fantastic time today with a story about the lavish spending by RNC Chair, Michael Steele. — Steele's questionable expenditures aside— and they should certainly be examined closely …
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Michelle Malkin:
Rejected RNC solicitations of the day — As you know, I've been printing rejected RNC solicitation forms and disgusted e-mails from readers for months — see here, here, here, and here, for example. Financial fraud has wracked other major GOP outfits — remember the NRCC accounting scandal …
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
FEC report details lavish Republican spending, including nearly $2,000 …
Tucker Carlson / The Daily Caller:
Tucker Carlson responds to RNC complaints about DC's Michael Steele article
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Jonathan Martin / Ben Smith's Blog:
GOP consultant who charged 2K to RNC at risque nightclub to return $
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The Huffington Post:
Voyeur West Hollywood: GOP Spent Funds At Club, Lavish Hotels [UPDATE]
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Justin Elliott / TPM LiveWire:
Man Charged With Threatening To Kill Rep. Eric Cantor — The U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia released this statement today. The text of an accompanying affidavit is also below. TPM's ongoing coverage of the story is here. — PRESS RELEASE — PHILADELPHIA - Today …
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Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
In the Wake of Arrests in Three States, Right-Wingers Rush to Defend Terror Suspects, Criticize FBI — Pictured: a non-Muslim Caucasian, and therefore, not a terrorist, — CNN: … Those are some serious charges. Attempted use of WMD. Seditious conspiracy.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
9 Tied to Militia Charged in Plot to Murder Officers — WASHINGTON — Nine members of a Michigan-based Christian militia group have been indicted on sedition and weapons charges in connection with an alleged plot to murder law enforcement officers in hopes of setting off an anti-government uprising.
Founding Blogger / Founding Bloggers:
BREAKING VIDEO: Reid Supporters Throwing Eggs And Assaulting Andrew Breitbart — Here is a smidge of our video from Saturday's Tea Party Express coverage in Searchlight, Nevada. — The AP calls this a hospitality tent. We call it destruction of property and assault. Either way, this is Harry Reid's Democrat Party.
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Leo Hickman / Guardian:
Humans ‘too stupid’ to save climate — In his first in-depth interview since the theft of UEA emails, the scientist blames inertia and democracy for lack of action — • Read the full transcript of James Lovelock's G2 interview with Leo Hickman — Humans are too stupid …
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Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
On Global Warming, Scientists and TV Weathercasters Are at Odds — The debate over global warming has created predictable adversaries, pitting environmentalists against industry and coal-state Democrats against coastal liberals. — But it has also created tensions between two groups …
CNN:
CNN Poll: Big shift on closing of Guantanamo Bay facility — Washington (CNN) - Attitudes about the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have changed dramatically since President Barack Obama took office, according to a new national poll. — Support for closing the facility …
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Avery Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
Flap on Children's Coverage Settled — Insurers Say They Will Accept Pre-Existing Conditions After Dispute on Timing, Warn of Higher Prices — Jade Harmer, right, with her mother, Tina, earlier this year. Jade could benefit from the new health-care law.
Wall Street Journal:
New iPhone May End AT&T U.S. Monopoly — Apple Inc. plans to begin producing this year a new iPhone that could allow U.S. phone carriers other than AT&T Inc. to sell the iconic gadget, said people briefed by the company. — The new iPhone would work on a type of wireless network called CDMA, these people said.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Iceland Bans Strip Clubs — Reykjavik, Iceland (cc photo by ezioman) — Iceland has decided to ban strip clubs, earning it the title of “the world's most feminist country” from Guardian columnist Julie Bindel. Not everyone is so sure. Miriam Perez says that “criminalizing …
rickymartinmusic.com:
VERSION ESPAÑOL — En los últimos meses me di a la tarea de escribir mis memorias. — VIEW ENGLISH VERSION BELOW — En los últimos meses me di a la tarea de escribir mis memorias. Un proyecto que sabia seria uno verdaderamente importante para mi porque desde que …
Jim Geraghty / National Review Online:
A Long Post: The Complete List of Obama Statement Expiration Dates — By: Jim Geraghty — By popular demand, a comprehensive list of expired Obama statements... HEALTH CARE MANDATES — STATEMENT: “We've got a philosophical difference, which we've debated repeatedly …
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Ezra Klein:
Access to medical care is not ‘candy’ or an ‘indulgence’ — For Robert Samuelson, the fact that the Affordable Care Act is fully paid for and in fact reduces the deficit isn't good enough. “If the administration has $1 trillion or so of spending cuts and tax increases over a decade …
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
With health bill, Obama has sown the seeds of a budget crisis
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Melissa Ludwig / MySanAntonio.com:
Students want ‘Our Lord’ phrase off diplomas — READ — A group of students at Trinity University is lobbying trustees to drop a reference to “Our Lord” on their diplomas, arguing it does not respect the diversity of religions on campus. — “A diploma is a very personal item …
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The Huffington Post:
Michael Calderone Leaving Politico, Latest In Mini-Exodus — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Politico media blogger Michael Calderone is leaving the site for Yahoo. — According to sources, he is expected to leave Politico within a matter of weeks to join Yahoo News' original content project, overseen by blogging editor Andrew Golis.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland:
Vandalism At Alaska Democratic Headquarters; State Chair Blames Palin — The headquarters of Alaska's Democratic Party was vandalized over the weekend and the state party chair thinks the incident was influenced by Sarah Palin. — “There has become this inflammatory rhetoric …
