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11:25 PM ET, March 4, 2011

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Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:
The Wisconsin Wobblies  —  Conservatives in Wisconsin are getting nervous that three Republican state senators may defect on the collective-bargaining reform vote.  —  Conservatives in Wisconsin are getting nervous that three Republican state senators may defect on the collective-bargaining reform vote.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Are Wisconsin Republicans preparing to break with Walker?  —  I don't know if these reports are true or not, and we should treat them with caution.  But we now have two news outlets, one local and one national, claiming GOP defections from Governor Scott Walker may be in the works.
Rasmussen Reports:
Wisconsin Governor Walker: 43% Approval Rating  —  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker won his job last November with 52% of the vote, but his popularity has slipped since then.  —  A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Wisconsin Voters finds that just 34% Strongly Approve of the job he is doing …
Jon Terbush / TPMDC:
Rasmussen Poll: Almost Six In Ten Wisconsin Voters Disapprove Of Gov. Walker  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's efforts to strip public employee unions of most of their collective bargaining rights appears to be so unpopular, that a Rasmussen poll now finds that almost 60% of likely Wisconsin voters disapprove of his job performance.
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Huckabee clarifies Portman criticism  —  (CNN) - Mike Huckabee is explaining comments he made earlier this week criticizing Oscar winner Natalie Portman for being pregnant and unmarried.  —  “In a recent media interview about my new book, A Simple Government, I discussed the first chapter …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Mike Huckabee: I didn't diss Natalie Portman
Discussion: The Other McCain
Breaking Boston News, Weather & Sports:
Study: Staring at breasts increases heart health  —  GERMANY (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Guys, listen up.  A study says it is actually healthy to stare at a woman's breasts.  —  Five-hundred men participated in the German study.  Half were told to refrain from looking at breasts for five years …
David Leonhardt / Economix:
The Struggles of Men  —  11:35 a.m. |  Updated to correct percentage decline in median wages since 1969.  —  The Hamilton Project has produced a fairly stunning chart, suggesting that median real wages for men have dropped significantly more than is commonly understood:
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Anna Holmes / New York Times:
The Disposable Woman  —  FORTY-THREE minutes into his “special live edition” with Charlie Sheen on Monday night, Piers Morgan finally got around to asking his guest a real question.  Before that, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Sheen had mostly traded chuckles and anecdotes about multiday benders …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
McConnell: White House offer to cut $6.5B is ‘unserious’  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday rejected the White House's opening offer to cut an additional $6.5 billion in spending as “unserious.”  —  Speaking on the Senate floor, the GOP leader said that Republicans …
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James Rosen / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
DeMint throws new wrench into legislative process
WKOW 27:
Rep. Nick Milroy tackled while trying to enter Capitol  —  MADISON (WKOW) — Representative Nick Milroy (D-South Range) had a confrontation with Capitol police as he tried to enter the building Thursday night.  —  Milroy was trying to get clothes from his office but police would not let him into the building.
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host.madison.com:
Media sue Walker for release of e-mails  —  Two local news organizations sued Gov. Scott Walker Friday for alleged failure to respond to their requests for e-mails that the governor claimed were overwhelmingly in favor of his controversial budget repair bill.
Discussion: First Draft
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Isthmus|The Daily Page:
Isthmus, Wisconsin Associated Press sue Gov. Scott Walker over access to emails
Discussion: The Raw Story and Poynter
John Blake / CNN:
Are whites racially oppressed?  —  White marchers gather at Glenn Beck rally this summer.  Were they driven by racial fears or patriotic sentiment?  —  (CNN) — They marched on Washington to reclaim civil rights.  —  They complained of voter intimidation at the polls.
George Russell / Fox News:
U.K. Pulls Plug on United Nations Spending, in Move That is Bound to Hearten U.S. Critics  —  Critics of U.S. spending on the United Nations got a huge boost—and supporters of that spending, especially the Obama Administration, took a body blow—from an unlikely source this week …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Rick Scott Rejects Obama Administration's Last-Ditch Pitch On High-Speed Rail … WASHINGTON — Putting a formal end to attempts to satisfy his concerns with the project, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has rejected a last-ditch effort by the Department of Transportation to build a portion of a national high-speed rail system in his state.
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Grist:
Before George Will was against high-speed rail, he was for it
Amanda Carey / The Daily Caller:
HHS Secretary Sebelius admits to double-counting in Obamacare budget  —  During a hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) admitted to double-counting in the Obamacare budget.  —  In her first appearance before the House Energy …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Boehner makes step toward defending DOMA in court  —  House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) took a step Friday toward formally defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court.  —  House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) took a step Friday toward formally defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court.
Discussion: CNN, The Politico, The Note and FrumForum
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: GOP Senator Yanked Off Committee Speaks Out, Was Informed 30 Minutes Before Anti-Union Vote  —  On Wednesday, just moments before a key committee in the Ohio State Senate was to vote on a GOP bill that would effectively dismantle public employees' right to collectively bargain …
Ryan J. Reilly / TPMMuckraker:
Gaffney, Jones Fight For Soul Of Anti-Sharia Movement At Rally By White House (VIDEO)  —  Rev. Terry Jones, the man who rose to national prominence last fall when he announced (but later backed off off) a plan to burn copies of the Koran, was clad in a beat-up black leather jacket when he showed …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
That Time Has Arrived  —  In our main editorial chat here at TPM I was just saying that with the new evidence of Gov. Walker going into the bunker-bound, ranting at his lackeys stage of this drama I figured that it could only be a few days before the first Gov. Walker “Hitler Downfall Parody Video” appeared on Youtube.
aina.org:
Ethiopian Muslims Burn Down Five Churches, More Attacks Feared  —  Washington — International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that in the past two days, thousands of Muslims have razed five churches and the homes of two evangelists in Asendabo, Ethiopia.
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and The Jawa Report
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Connecticut Town Ordered to Pay for Union Workers' Coffee  —  A Connecticut town must provide their union workers free coffee and milk, according to a ruling from the State Board of Labor Relations.  —  The board also ordered town leaders to reinstate “Dress Down Fridays” for the union clerical and custodial workers.
Michelle Malkin:
Hey, Eric Holder: Meet My People  —  We, the Unhyphenated Americans: Meet My People  —  My fellow Americans, who are “your people”?  I ask because U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who is black, used the phrase “my people” in congressional testimony this week.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How to Kill a Recovery  —  The economic news has been better lately.  New claims for unemployment insurance are down; business and consumer surveys suggest solid growth.  We're still near the bottom of a very deep hole, but at least we're climbing.  —  It's too bad that so many people …
Michael F. Cannon / National Review:
Mitch Daniels's Obamacare Problem  —  Mitt Romney isn't the only Republican presidential hopeful with an Obamacare problem: Indiana governor Mitch Daniels, were he to become the GOP's nominee, could also undermine the repeal campaign that has united the party's base and independent voters.
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Arizona GOP Bill Would Let Gov. Brewer Create An Armed Militia For Whatever She ‘Considers Necessary’  —  Arizona's GOP-run legislature has taken to marginalizing and villainizing the immigrant population with zeal — be it through SB 1070, HB 2191, or SB 1070 “on steroids.”
 
 
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Tim Lockette / Anniston Star:
Legislation would ban Islamic law in Alabama courts
John Rosenthal / Pajamas Media:
Frankfurt Shooter Admits To Shouting ‘Allah Akbar’
Boston Review:
BR — Stephen Ansolabehere and James M. Snyder, Jr.: “Weak Tea”
Discussion: Mother Jones and Power Line
Alan Farnham / ABCNEWS:
Jobless Picture Improves, but Not for Everyone
Discussion: Hot Air, Moe Lane and The Note
The White House:
Readout of President Obama's Video Teleconference with President Karzai and National Security …
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Beth Reinhard / NationalJournal.com:
A Fragile Front-Runner  —  Mitt Romney may look like a president.
Discussion: Boston Globe and TPMDC
Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Rory Reid's gubernatorial campaign circumvented contribution limits, created 91 shell PACs …
Discussion: The Fix
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Ezra Klein:
Washington is bad at scheming
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
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