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3:25 PM ET, February 22, 2011

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New York Times:
Union Bonds in Wisconsin Begin to Fray  —  JANESVILLE, Wis. — Rich Hahan worked at the General Motors plant here until it closed about two years ago.  He moved to Detroit to take another G.M. job while his wife and children stayed here, but then the automaker cut more jobs.
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Wisconsin State Senator Smacks Down Chris Matthews: 'You're Completely Uninformed'  —  MSNBC's Chris Matthews tried Monday to push the liberal media meme that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker exempted police and firefighters from his budget repair plan because their unions endorsed him in last November's election.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Make Everybody Hurt  —  Over the past few weeks we've begun to see the new contours of American politics.  The budget cutters have taken control of the agenda, while government's defenders are waging tactical retreats.  Given the scope of the fiscal problems, it could be like this for the next 10 or 20 years.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
What Did Walker Campaign On?  —  Last night, I heard on Fox News from Stephen Hayes that Wisconsin governor Scott Walker had run on a platform to end collective bargaining rights for public sector unions.  I can find no evidence of this in the public record.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Balloon Juice
Josh Dorner / ThinkProgress:
Priorities?  GOP Governors Shift Burden To Poor, Middle Class To Pay For Tax Breaks For Rich, Corporations  —  State budgets across the country are in disarray as a weak economy, the end of tens of billions in Recovery Act funds, and a GOP-led House that is pushing for deep cuts to many programs …
ThinkProgress:
Is Scott Walker Cutting Off Internet Access To Thwart Protesters?
Discussion: CNN
Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
George Will's Dishonest Assault On Unions
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ezra Klein:
Column: Wisconsin is about power, not money
Discussion: Wonk Room and Mother Jones
Indianapolis Star:
Democrats trigger Statehouse showdown over anti-union legislation  —  House Democrats are leaving the state rather than vote on anti-union legislation, The Indianapolis Star has learned.  —  A source said Democrats are headed to Illinois, though it was possible some also might go to Kentucky.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Indiana Dem chair confirms: Dems have fled statehouse to stall anti-union push  —  It's spreading.  —  Democratic state legislators in Indiana have fled the statehouse in an effort to stall anti-union legislation being pushed by Republicans, and they are saying they won't come back until …
Discussion: TPMDC and Washington Post
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Indiana lawmakers also fleeing for border to avoid labor-bill vote  —  Mirroring recent events in Wisconsin, Democrats in Indiana's state legislature plan to leave the state rather than vote on a bill that would bar unions from certain bargaining rights.  —  According to the Indianapolis Star …
Scott Wong / The Politico:
Harry Reid spending bill exposes deep divide with John Boehner
Discussion: The Note
Thomas M. Burton / Wall Street Journal:
Indiana Democrats Stage Walkout
News Item:
› - Statement from John and Kimberley Thune  —  For months now, my wife Kimberley and I have received encouragement from family, friends, colleagues, and supporters from across South Dakota and the country to run for the presidency of the United States.
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The Politico:
Thune out  —  John Thune isn't running for president.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Sen. John Thune won't run for president in 2012
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Gawker
CBS News:
4 Americans on hijacked yacht dead off Somalia  —  U.S. Navy warship shadowing seized vessel takes action after gunshots are heard; 4 hostages apparently killed by captors, some pirates dead  —  The four Americans aboard a yacht hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia are dead.
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Tony Perry / L.A. NOW:
Four American hostages killed by Somali pirates during rescue attempt [Updated]
Fox News:   Four Americans Killed on Yacht Hijacked by Somali Pirates
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Sky News Australia:
Cleric orders Gaddafi killed
New York Times:
Chaos Grows in Libya as Defiant Qaddafi Vows to Fight
Andrew Solomon / News Desk:
How Qaddafi Lost Libya
The Politico:
Ex-aide's book paints harsh portrait of Sarah Palin  —  A new memoir from an embittered former aide to Sarah Palin includes a trove of emails that vividly illustrate her intense focus on image and depiction in the media.  —  The emails, apparently from the former Alaska governor …
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Jack Stuef / Wonkette:
Sarah Palin Has Secret ‘Lou Sarah’ Facebook Account To Praise Other Sarah Palin Facebook Account  —  Sarah Palin has apparently created a second Facebook account with her Gmail address so that this fake “Lou Sarah” person can praise the other Sarah Palin on Facebook.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Government pensions, an obesity epidemic  —  In New York City, the No. 2 guy in the fire department retired on a pension worth $242,000 a year.  In New York State, a single official holding two jobs and one pension took in $641,000.  A lieutenant with the Port Authority police retired …
Discussion: Yglesias and National Review
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BooMan / Booman Tribune:
Wanker of the Day: Richard Cohen
Discussion: TalkLeft and Eschaton
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Two-Thirds of Wisconsin Public-School 8th Graders Can't Read Proficiently—Despite Highest Per Pupil Spending in Midwest  —  (CNSNews.com) - Two-thirds of the eighth graders in Wisconsin public schools cannot read proficiently according to the U.S. Department of Education …
Daily Mail:
Four men slashed teacher's face and left him with fractured skull ‘for teaching other religions to Muslim girls’  —  Four men launched a horrific attack on a teacher in which they slashed his face and left him with a fractured skull because they did not approve of him teaching religion to Muslim girls.
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
New York's Little Italy, Littler by the Year  —  In 1950, nearly half of the more than 10,000 New Yorkers living in the heart of Little Italy identified as Italian-American.  The narrow streets teemed with children and resonated with melodic exchanges in Italian among the one in five residents born …
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and Joe. My. God.
 
 
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Bob Bowdon / The Huffington Post:
Why Has Google Been Collecting Kids' Social Security Numbers?
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Emanuel takes aim at Wisconsin governor
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At War:
Ahead of ‘Day of Rage,’ Iraqis Have Mixed Demands
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
How do we think them to teach like lawyers when we're only hiring PHDs?
Discussion: Althouse
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Plutocracy Now: What Wisconsin Is Really About
Discussion: Yglesias and Mother Jones
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep. Huizenga: Raising The Social Security Age For Future Retirees Is Fine Because 'I'm Gonna Be Okay'
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Julie Hayden / KDVR:
Online Poll - Drawing Arrest
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
REPUBLICANS AND THE ‘BEYOND REDEMPTION’ THRESHOLD. …
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The “Badger 14”:
Wisconsin TV station breaks embargo; publishes location of missing “Badger 14″ senators
Discussion: WAOW-TV, The Gateway Pundit and WTMJ
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Poll: Could Trump beat Obama in 2012?
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Scott Brown says, 'I'm not a Tea Party member,' welcomes GOP primary