memeorandum: GHEI: The return of stagflation (Washington Times)

8:40 AM ET, June 26, 2011

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Justices' feud gets physical — Prosser, Bradley clashed on eve of union ruling — By Crocker Stephenson, Cary Spivak and Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley late Saturday accused fellow Justice David Prosser of putting her in a chokehold during …

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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

Four Ways Justice David Prosser Can Be Removed From Office — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser — Earlier today, news broke that Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser allegedly grabbed fellow Justice Ann Walsh Bradley around the neck during argument in her chambers last week.

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Ann Althouse / Althouse:

An alternate account of the Prosser-Bradley confrontation surfaces: Did she “charge him with fists raised”? — The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel presents new detail to the undersourced report that everyone's talking about today: … According to the Journal Sentinel, Prosser issued a statement today …

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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Wisconsin Judge Said to Have Attacked Colleague

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Bill Lueders / host.madison.com:
Prosser allegedly grabbed fellow justice by the neck

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www.WisconsinWatch.org / WisconsinWatch.org:
Supreme Court spat got physical

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Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:

Iowa Poll: Romney, Bachmann in lead; Cain third; others find little traction — Illustration by Mark Marturello/The Register — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann sit atop the standings in the year's first Des Moines Register Iowa Poll on the Republican presidential field.

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Juana Summers / The Politico:

Des Moines Register poll shows Romney, Bachmann in the lead — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann topped Iowa's Des Moines Register poll out Saturday night. — The poll shows Romney receiving 23 percent support from likely Republican caucus-goers …

Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:

Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney lead in first Iowa GOP poll — She hasn't even officially announced her presidential campaign yet, but already Rep. Michele Bachmann is virtually tied with Mitt Romney in the 2012 Iowa caucus polling season. — In the first summer poll, published just minutes ago …

Adrian Carrasquillo / Fox News:

Report: Hugo Chávez in Critical Condition In Cuban Hospital — Hugo Chávez extended stay in a Cuban hospital is because he is in critical condition, according to a report in El Nuevo Herald. — The Venezuelan president, who was last seen in public June 9 and last heard from on June 12 …

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Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:

Al Gore: Pushing back on environment — Democrats may not exactly be thrilled with the idea, but Al Gore has thrust himself back into the spotlight as President Barack Obama's green conscience. — With a frontal attack Wednesday on Obama's environmental record, the former vice president …

Washington Times:

GHEI: The return of stagflation — Obama's Carter-era policies bring back Carter-era problems — The silver lining in the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee Meeting on Wednesday is that quantitative easing seems to be off the table for now. Once the Fed ends its $600 billion bond-buying program …

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Why Is He Bi? (Sigh) — HE was born this way. — Bi. — Not bisexual. Not even bipartisan. Just binary. — Our president likes to be on both sides at once. — In Afghanistan, he wants to go but he wants to stay. He's surging and withdrawing simultaneously.

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Pelosi demands seat at debt talks — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will demand a seat in the table for the final talks on the national debt limit, putting a strong liberal voice in the room. — Pelosi and House Democrats were left out of the negotiations between President Obama …

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