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3:55 AM ET, February 20, 2011

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Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Wisconsin Protesters Breitbarted Over Bogus Teachers' Excuses  —  Fox News broke this bulletin about an hour ago.  It stems from a video posted by the MacIver Institute Wisconsin alleging that a doctor is signing bogus excuses for teachers protesting in Madison.
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Michelle Malkin:
Badger State Battle: Unions vs. Tea Party in Wisconsin; Runaway Dems could be AWOL “for weeks;” recall campaigns launched; nine anti-Walker protesters arrested; fake doctors' notes for fake sick teachers (VIDEO)  —  It's Battle of the Protest Bands in Madison today, with thousands …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
At the Wisconsin protest, doctors offer to write excuse notes for teachers who called in sick.  —  Details and video here.  —  I saw these people myself today.  At first I thought it was some sort of comic street theater, but it was, apparently, real doctors, defending what they were doing.
Discussion: Instapundit and The Gateway Pundit
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Doctors handing out fake medical excuses at WI union protest
Michelle Malkin:
Photo gallery: What Big Labor protesters are teaching kids (language warning); Update: Slobs and more vulgarity and Fox hate  —  Thanks to reader Justin Falk for sending along these pictures from the progressive Peace&Love march in Madison, Wisconsin today (language warning).  Keep it classy, progs!
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Wall Street Journal:
Protests Fail to Sway Wisconsin Governor
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty / Big Government:   I Stand with Scott Walker
Washington Times:
Obama's war on democracy
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
ABCNEWS:
Tea Party Descends on Madison Protests  —  Wisconsin Tea Party Activists Are Now Weighing In on the Ongoing State Worker Protests and Exploring Measures to Recall the Missing Democratic Senators  —  Wisconsin tea party activists are now weighing in on the ongoing state worker protests …
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New York Times:
Dueling Protests in a Capital as Nothing Much Gets Done
BBC:
Libya protests: Reports of intense Benghazi violence  —  A former UK envoy to Libya says a key question is what happens in the capital Tripoli (Footage from Libyan TV and amateur sources)  —  Intense violence has been reported in Libya's second city, Benghazi, with troops said to have opened fire again on anti-government protesters.
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Anthony Shadid / New York Times:   Cycle of Suppression Rises in Libya and Elsewhere
CNN:
Libyan demonstrators say they'll soldier on despite violent crackdown
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Florida threatens to shred 2012 calendar  —  A deepening standoff between national Republicans and top party leaders in Florida has the potential to blow up the 2012 presidential primary calendar — and do lasting damage to the GOP in the nation's largest swing state.
Oregonian:
Rep. David Wu's staff confronted him over concerns about his mental health  —  WASHINGTON — Three days before the Nov. 2 election, U.S. Rep. David Wu's most loyal and senior staffers were so alarmed by his erratic behavior that they demanded he enter a hospital for psychiatric treatment.
Ian Lovett / New York Times:
Nevada Seeks to Cut Funds for Treating Gambling Addiction  —  Gordie Greco was hooked on gambling almost from the first time he shot dice at age 16.  And for 35 years, gambling was his life: he worked in the industry and made his own bets on sports and horses.
Discussion: FrumForum
Lexington Green / Chicago Boyz:
Getting to a Wisconsin Senate Quorum  —  Wisconsin Senate rules require a 3/5 quorum in the Senate.  There are currently 19 Republican senators, and 14 Democrat senators.  —  The GOP needs one more to get to 20.  —  The Democrat senators have apparently said they will stay away for weeks if necessary.
Discussion: The Other McCain
Rick Piltz / Climate Science Watch:
House votes 244-179 to kill U.S. funding of IPCC  —  Just before 2 a.m. on February 19, the war on climate science showed its grip on the U.S. House of Representatives as it voted to eliminate U.S. funding for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  The Republican majority …
Randy Wyrick / Vail Daily:
Michelle Obama in Vail for weekend  —  VAIL, Colorado — First lady Michelle Obama is among the Presidents Day weekend crowd.  —  Obama arrived Friday night for a weekend of skiing in Vail and Beaver Creek, according to local sources.  —  A motorcade of about a dozen vehicles …
John Merline / AOL News:
Opinion: What Does Government Do? … Pop quiz.  What's the biggest single job the federal government undertakes?  —  National defense?  Nope.  —  Homeland security?  Wrong.  —  Transportation?  Not even close.  —  Law enforcement?  No way.  —  Education?  Getting colder.  —  Foreign aid?
 
 
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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
UN settlement condemnation vetoed
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Organizing recall in Wisconsin
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