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7:45 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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Michael Hastings / Rolling Stone:
Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators
Jim White / Firedoglake:
Psy-Ops on Senators Just Another Example of Military Illegally Manipulating Information
Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Roger Ailes, Fox News Chief, Told Employee to Lie, Records Say  —  It was an incendiary allegation — and a mystery of great intrigue in the media world: After the publishing powerhouse Judith Regan was fired by HarperCollins in 2006, she claimed that a senior executive at its parent company …
Jay Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Fears Tripoli May Deploy Gas As Chaos Mounts  —  WASHINGTON—The government of Col. Moammar Gadhafi hasn't destroyed significant stockpiles of mustard gas and other chemical-weapons agents, raising fears in Washington about what could happen to them—and whether they may be used—as Libya slides further into chaos.
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New York Times:
Qaddafi Strikes Back as Rebels Close In on Libyan Capital  —  BENGHAZI, Libya — Thousands of mercenary and irregular forces struck back at a tightening circle of rebellions around the capital, Tripoli, on Thursday, trying to fend off an uprising against the 40-year rule of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi …
Michelle Malkin:
Video: Rhode Island union supporter to cameraman - “I'll f**k you in the ass, you faggot”  —  The hits keep on coming.  Here's another fine specimen of Big Labor civility:  —  At AFSCME's “solidarity” rally in Providence, Rhode Island on Tuesday, a cameraman was accosted by a fuming pro-union protester.
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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tax.com:
Really Bad Reporting in Wisconsin: Who ‘Contributes’ to Public Workers' Pensions?  —  When it comes to improving public understanding of tax policy, nothing has been more troubling than the deeply flawed coverage of the Wisconsin state employees' fight over collective bargaining.
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Newshoggers.com
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Official: U.S. military options for Libya being planned  —  (CNN) — In the first indication the crisis with Libya could take on a military dimension, the Pentagon is looking at “all options” it can offer President Barack Obama in dealing with the Libyan crisis, a senior U.S. military official told CNN on Thursday.
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The White House:
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 2/24/2011
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Rough Waters Strand Americans in Libya
Discussion: msnbc.com
The United States Department of Justice:
Texas Resident Arrested on Charge of Attempted Use of Weapon of Mass Destruction … WASHINGTON - Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and resident of Lubbock, Texas, was arrested late yesterday by FBI agents in Texas on a federal charge of attempted use of a weapon …
Chris Frates / The Politico:
White House meets lobbyists off campus  —  Caught between their boss' 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 say they believe the choice of venue is no accident.
Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
The Most Disturbing Personality on Cable Television  —  In the past few weeks Glenn Beck has spoken about the coming caliphate that he believes is about to envelope most of the world.  He then dilated on the anti-Christ with a man who says he has “new prophetic understanding into the end times.”
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
No labor officials on Sunday shows this weekend?  —  I tend not to get into the business of questioning the guest choices made by the Sunday shows.  But if there were ever a time the networks would want to book labor officials to appear, you'd think it would be now.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Unions: Sunday Shows Are Shutting Us Out
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A NEW LITMUS TEST FOR THE 2012 FIELD?.... This week …
Mother Jones:
Nebraska Resurrects “Justifiable Homicide” Abortion Bill  —  A state legislator pushes a bill that's even more sweeping than the South Dakota proposal that sparked a national controversy.  —  Post Comment  —  Just when abortion rights supporters thought they had beaten a controversial bill …
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Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Report: GOP budget cuts would hit U.S. economy  —  Goldman Sachs analysis says Republicans' $61 billion in cuts would trim U.S. economic growth by half this year.  Rep. John Boehner and others reject the report.  —  Reporting from Washington — Spending cuts approved by House Republicans …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Boehner raises campaign cash off of spending cuts
Discussion: CNN
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) …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Repeal has Americans flummoxed
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
JSOnline:
Madison police chief troubled by Walker's comments on protesters  —  By Sharif Durhams of the Journal Sentinel  —  Madison Police Chief Noble Wray said Thursday that he found comments by Gov. Scott Walker made about protesters at the state Capitol during a prank phone call “very unsettling and troubling.”
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host.madison.com:
Madison police chief asks Walker to explain ‘troubling’ statements
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 …
Douglas Feiden / NY Daily News:
UFT spends millions on dinners, parties, parking, coffee as thousands of teachers face layoffs  —  As nearly 5,000 city teachers face the ax, their union shells out millions of dollars on feasting, boozing and partying, the Daily News has learned.  —  Free-spending United Federation …
Michael Monk / Firedoglake:
Will Obama Find Those Shoes?  —  In the “flashback quote of the day” at Taegan Goddard's Political Wire, he highlights words from candidate Barack Obama, made in a 2007 speech (and referenced in Slate).  That quote is as follows (spoken word differs slightly from the prepared text quoted by others …
 
 
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Ezra Klein:
Unemployed public workers are bad for the economy
Discussion: Mother Jones
B.J. Reyes / Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
Hawaii now seventh state to legalize civil unions
Discussion: Politics Daily and National Review
Luis Martinez / ABCNEWS:
Boeing Wins $35B Pentagon Contract
Discussion: The Politico
Louise Radnofsky / Washington Wire:
Issa sends first subpoena to Obama administration
Discussion: Pajamas Media
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
AOL To Restructure Media Group Around Huffington Post - Here's The Internal Email
Ezra Klein:
Andy Stern: ‘It may not end beautifully in Wisconsin.’
Discussion: Left Coast Rebel and Wonkette