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1:15 PM ET, February 22, 2011

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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.
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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.
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.
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Billionaire Brothers' Money Plays Role in Wisconsin Dispute  —  WASHINGTON — Among the thousands of demonstrators who jammed the Wisconsin State Capitol grounds this weekend was a well-financed advocate from Washington who was there to voice praise for cutting state spending by slashing union benefits and bargaining rights.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Wisconsin, the gap widens between GOP and Dems  —  “They've painted themselves in a corner,” Wisconsin Republican state senator Randy Hopper says of his Democratic colleagues.  “There's no way for them to get out of it.”  —  Democratic senators last week fled Wisconsin rather than allow …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Rasmussen Poll on Wisconsin Dispute May Be Biased  —  We've noted before that the automated polling firm Rasmussen Reports has had problems with bias in a statistical sense: in the election last fall, its polls overestimated the standing of Republican candidates by roughly 4 percentage points on average.
Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
AFL-CIO Polls Show Wisconsin Supports Protestors, Opposes Walker … WASHINGTON - New polling conducted for the AFL-CIO and shared with The Huffington Post shows Wisconsin voters siding with the state workers, unions and protestors by large majorities and expressing net disapproval of Republican Governor Scott Walker
Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
George Will's Dishonest Assault On Unions  —  If there was an award for disingenuous sanctimony, Washington Post columnist George Will would be a runaway favorite for his assault on organized labor: … Absurd.  Wisconsin union members are simply seeking to influence the legislative process.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ezra Klein:
Wonkbook: Are Republicans overreaching? Or just negotiating effectively?
Discussion: The Caucus, Right Turn and Daily Kos
Josh Dorner / ThinkProgress:
Priorities?  GOP Governors Shift Burden To Poor, Middle Class To Pay For Tax Breaks For Rich, Corporations
Discussion: Firedoglake
Wall Street Journal:
Political Fight Over Unions Escalates
Discussion: Classical Values and The Politico
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Starving Wisconsin's unions
Discussion: New York Times
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
First look: Unions launch TV ad campaign backing Wisconsin public employees
Ezra Klein:
Column: Wisconsin is about power, not money
Discussion: The New Republic, Wonk Room and NPR
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin governor warns of layoff notices
Discussion: The Agonist
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Government pensions, an obesity epidemic
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Sky News Australia:
Cleric orders Gaddafi killed  —  Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi has issued a fatwa that any Libyan soldier who can shoot dead embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi should do so ‘to rid Libya of him.’  —  'Whoever in the Libyan army is able to shoot a bullet at Mr Gaddafi should do so …
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Andrew Solomon / News Desk:   How Qaddafi Lost Libya
Laura Rozen / The Politico:
Among Libya's lobbyists
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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Fox News:
Four Americans Killed on Yacht Hijacked by Somali Pirates
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Tony Perry / L.A. NOW:
Four American hostages killed by Somali pirates during rescue attempt [Updated]
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Wizbang
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.
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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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Scott Brown says, 'I'm not a Tea Party member,' welcomes GOP primary  —  “You're talking about being an ideologue?  If you're looking for one, I'm not it,” said Sen. Scott Brown.  —  Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) said he doesn't consider himself a member of the Tea Party movement and would welcome any primary challenger.
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Lbentzterp / CNN:
Lugar primary challenger says he has state GOP support
Discussion: Hotline On Call
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.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WI State Rep Busted For Sexual Misconduct - Says Charges Are a Distraction From Larger State Issues  —  Now we know what they do when they're not at work...  Wisconsin State Rep. Gordon Hintz told reporters today that his arrest for sexual misconduct is a distraction from larger issues facing the state.
John Sides / The Monkey Cage:
The Relationship between Union Membership and State Budget Deficits … That is from Joseph McCartin's piece in The New Republic on the current battle in Wisconsin.  I wanted to look at the relationship between unions and deficits more systematically.  Like McCartin I used the CBPP data …
Jennifer Chambers / Detroit News:
Michigan orders DPS to make huge cuts  —  Bobb told to consolidate services, close half of schools to end deficit  —  Lansing— Swift and severe changes are coming to Detroit Public Schools.  —  State education officials have ordered Robert Bobb to immediately implement a financial restructuring plan …
 
 
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J.P. Freire / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL  —  White House denies assisting Wis. union, but ties run deep
Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:
Marriage Equality Bill Introduced In Maryland Senate
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Home Prices Slid in December in Most U.S. Cities, Index Shows
Discussion: protein wisdom and Mother Jones
New York Post:
Topics  —  War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things.
Discussion: Power Line
Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
FLASHBACK: SEIU Brags About Local Media's Help to Smear Then-Candidate Scott Walker
Discussion: theblogprof and The Blast
Jacob Lew / USA Today:
Opposing view: Social Security isn't the problem
Discussion: Washington Monthly, Daily Kos and TPMDC
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