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12:35 PM 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
Discussion: The Huffington Post and The Hill
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.
KOLD-TV:
Lubbock man arrested: weapon of mass destruction charge  —  LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - FBI agents arrested a Lubbock man on charges of Attempted Use of a Weapon of Mass Destruction.  The full text of an official statement is copied below.  —  WASHINGTON - Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Associated Press:
Saudi man charged with plotting terrorist attack  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI has arrested a 20-year-old Saudi student in Texas suspected of planning a terrorist attack using explosive chemicals.  The FBI says his possible targets included the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and FrumForum
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 …
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Aljazeera:
Gaddafi blames unrest on al-Qaeda  —  Libyan leader says protesters are young people being manipulated by al-Qaeda, as violence continues across the country.  —  Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has said in a speech on Libyan state television that al-Qaeda is responsible for the uprising in Libya.
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BBC:
Libya: Gaddafi blames Osama Bin Laden for protests
Discussion: The Page
New York Times:
Qaddafi Strikes Back as Rebels Close In on Libyan Capital
Discussion: FP Passport and FrumForum
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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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Rand Paul: Tea Party won't break away
Discussion: Cubachi and FrumForum
Marin Cogan / The Politico:   Town hall ‘rage’ over spending
Henry Chu / Los Angeles Times:
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange loses round in extradition fight  —  A British judge approves Swedish prosecutors' request to extradite Julian Assange in a sexual-assault case.  His lawyers say they will appeal, and the WikiLeaks founder condemns the decision as ‘a rubber-stamping process.’
Discussion: Blogcritics and Scared Monkeys
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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 …
Discussion: Wonkette
Rasmussen Reports:
67% Disapprove of Legislators Fleeing Wisconsin to Avoid Vote  —  Half of America's voters favor public sector unions for government workers, but they strongly oppose the tactic by Wisconsin state senators to flee their state to prevent a vote that would limit the rights of such unions.
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Lanny Davis / Pundits Blog:
Supplement to yesterday's post
Discussion: The Politico
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Pawlenty looks to take lead in boosting Wisconsin governor  —  Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) sought Thursday to take the lead among possible GOP presidential candidates in bolstering Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) in his state's labor dispute.  —  Pawlenty released a video …
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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.
Kenneth Tan / Shanghaiist:
Video of US Ambassador Jon Huntsman at “Jasmine Revolution” protests in Beijing hits the Chinese interwebs  —  On Monday, we expressed skepticism at reports suggesting US ambassador Jon Huntsman was present at the Jasmine non-Revolution in Beijing.  —  But Holy Angel Moroni!
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Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Spotted, Huntsman flees China rally
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and FrumForum
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 …
Matt Bai / New York Times:
How Chris Christie Did His Homework  —  Like a stand-up comedian working out-of-the-way clubs, Chris Christie travels the townships and boroughs of New Jersey­, places like Hackettstown and Raritan and Scotch Plains, sharpening his riffs about the state's public employees …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and The Page
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
kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — February 2011  —  In the wake of the health reform repeal vote in the U.S. House and the ongoing legal challenges over the individual mandate, nearly half the country either believes that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) …
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 by—hardly an hour goes by—without some new attack being launched against these two lonely libertarians.
 
 
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Democrats just don't understand the new populism
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Go to Wisconsin to support labor, liberal leader urges Obama
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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Professors ask Congress for an ethics code for Supreme Court
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Neither Party Has Edge on Federal Budget Dealings
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Revenge of the Pomeranians  —  Right now concerned citizens …
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Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
Fox's Shep Smith: Pretending Wisconsin Is About A Fiscal Crisis Is “Malarkey”
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