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12:40 PM ET, February 23, 2011

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Murphy / The Beast:
Koch Whore  —  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker answers his master's call  —  “David Koch”: We'll back you any way we can.  What we were thinking about the crowd was, uh, was planting some troublemakers.  —  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker: You know, well, the only problem with that—because we thought about that...
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Adam Weinstein / Mother Jones:
Did Scott Walker Get Crank-Call Pwned?  (AUDIO)  —  Is that really Scott Walker?  A New York-based alt-news editor says he got through to the embattled Wisconsin governor on the phone Tuesday by posing as right-wing financier David Koch...then had a far-ranging 20-minute conversation about the collective bargaining protests.
Sam Stein / Reuters:
Gov. Walker Informed That Bill Targeting Unions May Cost State $46 Million In Federal Funds … WASHINGTON — Budget referees and transportation officials in Wisconsin have informed Gov. Scott Walker (R) that if he were to pass his controversial anti-union legislation into law …
Michelle Malkin:
The Howard Stern-ing of the Wisconsin showdown  —  A left-wing website that specializes in pranking celebrities, pundits, and politicians — a la Howard Stern — is doing a Snoopy dance over a fake call its operatives made to GOP Gov. Scott Walker.  —  The hoaxer pretended to be David Koch, the progs' favorite capitalist target.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Salon
Tim Fernholz / NationalJournal.com:
Bait and Switch?  —  Walker's budget plans don't fix what he says is the crisis.  —  Republican Gov. Scott Walker has kicked off a firestorm with his budget proposals, but his most controversial plans wouldn't address this fiscal year's shortfall.  —  Why now?
Judith Davidoff / host.madison.com:
Koch brothers quietly open lobbying office in downtown Madison  —  The billionaire brothers whose political action committee gave Gov. Scott Walker $43,000 and helped fund a multi-million dollar attack ad campaign against his opponent during the 2010 gubernatorial election have quietly opened …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Governor Walker's office confirms prank Koch call
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Althouse
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Wisconsin Governor Walker Punked by Fake Koch Call
Discussion: Dependable Renegade and Salon
David Weigel / Slate:   Did Scott Walker Reveal His Crisis-Ending Ruse to a Prank Caller?
Emily Schultheis / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich confronted over affair  —  PHILADELPHIA — Newt Gingrich's speech at the University of Pennsylvania Tuesday night quickly took a turn for the dramatic when the first student to question him brought up his admitted extra-marital affair and accused him of being “hypocritical” for espousing moral values.
Matt Negrin / The Politico:
W.H.: Obama won't speak on Libya  —  Jay Carney said that he didn't anticipate Obama speaking about Libya.  —  AP Photo  —  White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Air Force One that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will speak about Libya at 2:30 p.m. He referred questions on Libya to …
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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Here's to Libya's Freedom
Discussion: Washington Post
BBC:
Peru cuts ties with Libya and condemns violence
Ezra Klein:
Another judge rules the individual mandate constitutional  —  This time it was Judge Gladys Kessler in the D.C. Circuit Court.  Kessler, interestingly, rejected the idea that the individual mandate is a tax.  Her ruling for the mandate's constitutionality rested on the “necessary and proper clause …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Adam Weinstein / Mother Jones:
Indiana Official: “Use Live Ammunition” Against Wisconsin Protesters  —  A conservative deputy AG let his emotions get out of hand.  It wasn't the first time.  —  Post Comment  —  On Saturday night, when Mother Jones staffers tweeted a report that riot police might soon sweep demonstrators …
Discussion: TPMDC, The Raw Story and Shakesville
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George Zornick / ThinkProgress:
Indiana Official On Wisconsin Protestors: ‘Use Live Ammunition’  —  Jeffrey Cox is a deputy attorney general for the state of Indiana, and he has some strong views about the protests in Wisconsin.  In response to a Mother Jones tweet this weekend reporting that riot police might be used …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHEN THE RIGHT'S RHETORIC TURNS VIOLENT.... In the wake …
Discussion: Jay Bookman and Balloon Juice
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Scaling Back State Programs Is Least of Three Fiscal Evils  —  Less objectionable than reducing state worker pay or benefits, increasing taxes  —  PRINCETON, NJ — As Wisconsin and numerous other states struggle to reduce untenable budget deficits, a new USA Today/Gallup poll finds …
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Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Fox Reverses Results Of Gallup Poll To Claim Americans Oppose Union Collective Bargaining Rights
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and US News
Ezra Klein:
Wonkbook: Will Wisconsin spread?
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Matt Murphy / Dorchester Reporter:   Congressmen stir up union rally on Beacon Hill
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Democrat urges unions to ‘get a little bloody when necessary’
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago's next mayor: Emanuel  —  Ex-presidential adviser avoids runoff with 55%  —  Rahm Emanuel, a top adviser to two U.S. presidents who returned to Chicago just months ago, swept into the mayor's office Tuesday, inheriting a city reeling from recession and promising to reshape City Hall.
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Emanuel Triumphs in Chicago Mayoral Race  —  CHICAGO — Rahm Emanuel, a former congressman who worked for two presidents, was elected mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, a victory that marks a new path for a city that has, for 22 years, been led by a singular, powerful force, Richard M. Daley.
Linda Borg / Providence Journal:
Providence plans to pink slip all teachers  —  PROVIDENCE — The school district plans to send out dismissal notices to every one of its 1,926 teachers, an unprecedented move that has union leaders up in arms.  —  In a letter sent to all teachers Tuesday, Supt.
Frank Newport / Gallup:
D.C., Hawaii Still Most Approving of Obama; All States Decline  —  Approval is higher than average in 12 states plus D.C., lower than average in 18 states  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Residents of Hawaii gave native son President Barack Obama the highest average 2010 job approval rating (66%) …
Associated Press:
Wis. Licensing Dept. Looking Into Doctors' Notes  —  UW Health Says It's Also Investigating  —  MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin officials are investigating complaints about doctors who handed out medical excuses for pro-labor protesters at the Capitol.  —  Dave Ross, of the state Department …
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Unlikely Hospitalist / Pundit Press:
The Scrubbing has Begun...  Today the state of Wisconsin Department …
Discussion: The Happy Hospitalist
Scott Shane / New York Times:
WikiLeaks Cables Detail Qaddafi Family's Exploits  —  WASHINGTON — After New Year's Day 2009, Western media reported that Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, a son of the Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, had paid Mariah Carey $1 million to sing just four songs at a bash on the Caribbean island of St. Barts.
Associated Press:
Report: Ex-minister says Gadhafi ordered Lockerbie  —  STOCKHOLM — Swedish tabloid Expressen says Libya's ex-justice minister claims Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people in 1988.  —  Expressen on Wednesday quoted Mustafa Abdel-Jalil as telling …
Discussion: Hot Air, Cubachi and Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Lawsuit alleges FBI violated Muslims' freedom of religion
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords / Associated Press:
Wisconsin Dems' filibuster halts anti-union bill
Tim Carpenter / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Pro-Kline report concealed for months
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Jill Stanek
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
On Obama jobs tour, unemployed have little voice
Molly Ball / The Politico:
Harry Reid's prostitution lecture bombs
Discussion: Wonkette and Gawker
USA Today:
Limbaugh stirs up a food fight about the first lady
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
If Not Now, When?  —  What's unfolding in the Arab world today …
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