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6:00 PM ET, March 22, 2011

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Henry Blodget / Clusterstock:
CAUGHT ON TAPE: Former SEIU Official Reveals Secret Plan To Destroy JP Morgan, Crash The Stock Market, And Redistribute Wealth In America  —  A former official of one of the country's most-powerful unions, SEIU, has a secret plan to “destabilize” the country.
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The Blaze:
REVEALED — THE LEFT'S ECONOMIC TERRORISM PLAYBOOK: THE CHASE CAMPAIGN BY A COALITION OF UNIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, LAWMAKERS AND STUDENTS TO TAKE DOWN US CAPITALISM AND REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH & POWER  —  For analysis by Business Insider and a partial transcript click here.  —  HERSEY10
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Former SEIU official demanded action to destabilize banking system, overthrow capital
Discussion: Nice Deb
New York Times:
At War in Libya  —  Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi has long been a thug and a murderer who has never paid for his many crimes, including the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.  The United Nations Security Council resolution authorized member nations to take “all necessary measures” …
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Daily Mail:
Who's in charge?  NATO members squabble over who leads Libyan bombings...and they can't even agree whether to assassinate Gaddafi  — Tensions with Britain as Gates rebukes UK government over suggestion Gaddafi could be assassinated  — No-fly zone called into question after first wave …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Maggie's Notebook
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
How the Left Got Libya Wrong
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The manipulative pro-war argument in Libya
Discussion: Washington Post, Yglesias and MyDD
Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
China Steps Up Denunciations of Allied Campaign in Libya
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Verum Serum
Online NewsHour:
Turmoil in Arab World: Deepening Divisions or Turning a New Page?
Discussion: Global Public Square
Stephanie Vallejo / Boston Globe:
Brown says to cut all federal funding of Planned Parenthood ‘goes too far’  —  WASHINGTON — US Senator Scott Brown opposes a House Republican plan to cut all federal funding for Planned Parenthood, the womens' health service provider, and today urged budget negotiators to reach a compromise.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
GOP Sen. Brown opposes Planned Parenthood cuts
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Liz Halloran / NPR:
Abortion Foes Target Family Planning Program
The Hill:
Cost of military campaign in Libya could wipe out GOP's spending cuts  —  U.S. military operations in Libya could wipe out a significant chunk of the budget cuts won by congressional Republicans in recent weeks, defense analysts say.  —  GOP leaders have trumpeted enacted spending reductions …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Top Dem rejects calls for Obama impeachment over Libya
Erika Niedowski / The Hill:
Obama faces bipartisan pushback on force; US has no 'king's army'
Business Wire:
Ginni Thomas Joins The Daily Caller  —  WASHINGTON—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Long-time Washington policy leader Ginni Thomas, the founder of the group Liberty Central, has agreed to join The Daily Caller.  —  Thomas is The Daily Caller's fourth major hire in recent weeks.
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David Weigel / Weigel:   The Misadventures of Ginni Thomas, Action Journalist
JSOnline:
Supreme Court debate focuses on rancor among current justices
Eyanir Chinea / Reuters:
Chavez says capitalism may have ended life on Mars  —  CARACAS (Reuters) - Capitalism may be to blame for the lack of life on the planet Mars, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday.  —  “I have always said, heard, that it would not be strange that there had been civilization on Mars …
David Gardner / Daily Mail:
Sexually assaulted and told 'You'll die tonight'... but spared as she's American: Female journalist's horror at the hands of Gaddafi's men  —  A female war photographer from the New York Times revealed tonight how she was repeatedly sexually assaulted during her nightmare hostage ordeal in Libya.
Robert Behre / The Post and Courier, Charleston SC:
Sen. Rand Paul tests presidential waters  —  Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., visited Charleston Monday to talk about his possible presidential bid, how to rein in the national debt and the current military action in Libya.  —  Paul, a tea party favorite who won his Senate seat last fall …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
That was quick: Four lines of code is all it takes for The New York Times' paywall to come tumbling down  —  The New York Times paywall is costing the newspaper $40-$50 million to design and construct, Bloomberg has reported.  —  And it can be defeated through four lines of Javascript.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
MITT ROMNEY, PANDERING ROBOT.... Under the circumstances, it's not realistic to think Mitt Romney is going to offer blanket praise for President Obama's policy in Libya.  But the former governor should at least try to be coherent about it.  —  Last night, Romney chatted with far-right radio host Hugh Hewitt …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Griping About Libya  —  I'm not likely to blog very much about Libya …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Yglesias
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Snyder quickly falls out of favor  —  Over the last few weeks we've found that voters in Ohio and Wisconsin have quickly soured on their new Republican Governors, John Kasich and Scott Walker respectively.  But Michigan's Rick Snyder wasn't like Kasich and Walker.
John Hawkins / Townhall.com:
7 Questions For Liberals About Obama's Libyan War  —  It seems like it was just yesterday when we had an “imperialist warmonger” in the White House who was going to be replaced by a peace-loving Democrat who promised “hope” and “change” instead.  It's funny how that worked out, isn't it?
Justin Elliott / Salon:
John McCain's Libya amnesia  —  In a single interview this morning, John McCain managed to inadvertently highlight one of the potential dangers of the war against Moammar Gadhafi, while at the same time experiencing a bout of amnesia about his own record on Libya.
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
A Proud ‘Lobbyist’ and ‘Southerner’ Weighs ‘President’  —  DES MOINES — He became wealthy as a lobbyist, representing tobacco companies and foreign governments.  A former Republican Party chairman, he would seem the ultimate Washington insider.  A white Southerner, he has faced questions about his remarks on race.
William Cronon / New York Times:
Wisconsin's Radical Break  —  NOW that a Wisconsin judge has temporarily blocked a state law that would strip public employee unions of most collective bargaining rights, it's worth stepping back to place these events in larger historical context.  —  Republicans in Wisconsin are seeking …
Telegraph:
Libya: US fighter jet crash lands in field near Benghazi  —  A US warplane has crash landed in a Libyan field in the area around Benghazi, The Telegraph can disclose.  —  The two crew members on the F-15E fighter jet ejected to safety.  One has already been recovered by US forces …
Keegan Gibson / PoliticsPA:
Exclusive: Democrats Recruiting Jack Stollsteimer to Challenge Meehan in PA-7  —  High-ranking Democrats are recruiting former Safe Schools Advocate Jack Stollsteimer to challenge freshman Congressman Pat Meehan, PoliticsPA has learned.  —  During a visit to Philadelphia …
Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Starbucks CEO rethinks health law position  —  Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz says the health overhaul law's employer requirements will impose “too great” a pressure on small businesses.  —  Schultz supported the law as he watched his company's health insurance tab — $250 million as of last year — surmount its coffee bill.
 
 
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