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11:30 AM ET, February 24, 2011

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Michael Hastings / Rolling Stone:
Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators  —  The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in “psychological operations” to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war, Rolling Stone has learned …
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Mark Joyella / Mediaite:
Could Get Ugly: Rolling Stone Says Army Deployed ‘PsyOps’ To Influence Senators  —  In a story breaking overnight that's sure to explode on cable news through the day, a report in Rolling Stone suggests the U.S. Army deployed a a specialized “psychological operations” team to target Senators …
Discussion: Firedoglake and msnbc.com
Michelle Malkin:
Video: CWA union thug strikes young female FreedomWorks activist; Updated  —  This is Tabitha Hale, a young conservative activist/original Tea Party organizer/blogger who works for Washington, D.C.-based FreedomWorks.  I know her from her great grass-roots work with Smart Girl Politics when the Tea Party movement was just emerging.
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Tabitha Hale / RedState:
Union Thuggery Descends On FreedomWorks  —  Today, union thugs descended on the FreedomWorks office.  It was the middle of the day, and there was some excitement outside as all the buses pulled up and people started to fill the courtyard.  We decided to go out and show our support for freedom.
Kyle Cheney / Boston Herald:
Capuano ‘bloody’ comment becomes flashpoint in union flap  —  U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano expressed regret Wednesday for his choice of words at a Tuesday rally to support Wisconsin workers, after national and local Republicans pounced on him for “over-the-top and inflammatory rhetoric.”
Ezra Klein:
Andy Stern: ‘It may not end beautifully in Wisconsin.’  —  Last year, Andy Stern retired as the president of SEIU, the service employees union that he'd built into a 2.2 million member heavyweight.  During his tenure, Stern was known — and sometimes reviled — for his efforts to reform organized labor …
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Democrats just don't understand the new populism
Discussion: Grim's Hall and Betsy's Page
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Liberals to stage Tea Party-like revolts against GOP spending cuts  —  Democratic strategists believe their Tea Party moment has arrived.  —  Working with labor unions and liberal groups, they are using the Presidents Day congressional recess to organize a public backlash against billions of dollars in cuts to federal programs.
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Marin Cogan / The Politico:
Town hall ‘rage’ over spending
Discussion: The Note
Chris Frates / The Politico:
Lobbyists: White House sends meetings off-site to hide them  —  Caught between their boss's anti-lobbyist rhetoric and the reality of governing, President Barack Obama's aides often steer meetings with lobbyists to a complex just off the White House grounds - and several of the lobbyists involved …
Guardian:
WikiLeaks founder must face Swedish rape allegations  —  WikiLeaks founder can be sent to Sweden, Belmarsh magistrates court rules  —  Follow reactions to the ruling on our live blog  —  The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault.
Discussion: The Hill and AOL News
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Aurelius / Pundit Press:
Go Figure: Obama White House Can't Spell “Libya”  —  Well, I may now know why President Obama took so long to talk about the revolts in Libya: his advisors and press people simply cannot spell the country's name.  I mean, it's five whole letters!  No one can figure that out:
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Pushes Mortgage Deal  —  Obama Proposal Seeks Multibillion-Dollar Settlement of Loan-Servicing Cases  —  The Obama administration is trying to push through a settlement over mortgage-servicing breakdowns that could force America's largest banks to pay for reductions in loan principal worth billions of dollars.
John / Power Line:
The Left's War on the Kochs  —  The most extraordinary story in the news these days is the all-out assault that the Left is mounting against Charles and David Koch and their company, Koch Enterprises.  A day doesn't go buy—hardly an hour goes by—without some new attack being launched against these two lonely libertarians.
Reid Wilson / NationalJournal.com:
McCain's Shift Makes Him Senate's Most Conservative  —  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., along with seven of his colleagues, voted most often on the conservative side.  —  The politician who once best exemplified the idea of a “maverick” independent has shifted so far to the right that he is now tied …
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Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Spotted, Huntsman flees China rally  —  ‘You want to see chaos in China,’ a man says.  'No, I don't,' Huntsman answers.  AP Photo  —  Jon Huntsman was caught on tape at an anti-government protest in China—and quickly left the scene after someone in the crowd noticed the U.S. ambassador's presence …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and FrumForum
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Teddy Schleifer / The Daily Princetonian:
Daniels '71: Into the spotlight  —  After Mitch Daniels '71 was arrested, indicted and convicted on charges of drug use as an undergraduate in May 1970, he said that he thought his aspiring political career was doomed.  “Any goal I might have had for competing for public office were shot,” …
Discussion: CNN and The Politico
Inside Higher Ed:
Roadblocks for ROTC?  —  When the federal government repealed the Pentagon's “don't ask, don't tell” policy last year, it seemed to remove the chief obstacle keeping the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program from returning to many elite universities.  But the debate on ROTC's return …
Discussion: RedState
Nick Bunkley / New York Times:
G.M. Reports an Annual Profit, Its First Since 2004  —  DETROIT — General Motors, which nearly collapsed from the weight of its debts two years ago before reorganizing in a government-sponsored bankruptcy, said Thursday that it earned $4.7 billion in 2010, the most in more than a decade.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The New Republic
Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
The Executive Power Grab in the Decision Not to Defend DOMA  —  I can understand the intense political pressure on the Obama Administration not to defend DOMA.  Presumably Obama and pretty much every significant lawyer in the Obama Administration opposes DOMA, whether or not they can take that position on the record.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Neither Party Has Edge on Federal Budget Dealings  —  Americans favor compromise over budget shutdown by 2-to-1 margin  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Americans are closely divided over whether the Republicans in Congress (42%) or President Obama and the Democrats (39%) are doing the better job …
Discussion: The Hill, CNN and Top of the Ticket
New York Times:
Qaddafi Massing Forces in Tripoli as Rebellion Spreads  —  BAIDA, Libya — Forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi were reported to be striking back in several cites surrounding Tripoli on Thursday, as rebellion crept closer to the capital and defections of military officers multiplied.
Discussion: FP Passport and FrumForum
 
 
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Go to Wisconsin to support labor, liberal leader urges Obama
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Thomas M. Burton / Wall Street Journal:
Indiana GOP Drops Union Bill, but Democrats Stay Out of State
Discussion: Ezra Klein
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Professors ask Congress for an ethics code for Supreme Court
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Instapundit
Bryan Schott / Utah Policy:
UtahPolicy.com Exclusive: Poll Shows Utahns Want Someone Other than Hatch in U.S. Senate
Discussion: The Fix and TPMDC
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Revenge of the Pomeranians  —  Right now concerned citizens …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Prairie Weather
Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
Fox's Shep Smith: Pretending Wisconsin Is About A Fiscal Crisis Is “Malarkey”
Discussion: protein wisdom
CREW:
CREW: WI Governor Violated State Law by Sending Troopers After Missing Legislator
Discussion: Mother Jones and Daily Kos
Rashid Ameer / The Express Tribune:
Honour crime: Woman killed for refusing to divorce husband
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