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1:50 PM ET, February 19, 2011

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John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
What's at Stake in Wisconsin's Budget Battle  —  Who's in charge of our political system—voters or unions?  —  This week President Obama was roundly criticized, even by many of his allies, for submitting a federal budget that actually increases our already crushing deficit.
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Patrick McIlheran / Real Clear Politics:
FDR's Ghost Is Smiling on Wisconsin's Governor  —  Somewhere, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is grinning past his cigarette holder at Wisconsin's governor.  They are on the same page regarding government unions.  —  Except that Scott Walker — Republican cheapskate, his visage Hitlerized …
Discussion: protein wisdom
New York Times:
Wisconsin Leads Way as Workers Fight State Cuts  —  The unrest in Wisconsin this week over Gov. Scott Walker's plan to cut the bargaining rights and benefits of public workers is spreading to other states.  —  Already, protests erupted in Ohio this week, where another newly elected Republican governor …
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
A Watershed Moment for Public-Sector Unions
Discussion: Sky Dancing and Right Turn
Patrik Jonsson / Christian Science Monitor:
Wisconsin protests: why ‘week of rage’ matters to rest of America
First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Upside down  —  How the protests in Wisconsin …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Delirious Joy in Bahrain  —  BAHRAIN — There's delirious joy in the center of Bahrain right now.  People power has prevailed, at least temporarily, over a regime that repeatedly used deadly force to try to crush a democracy movement.  Pro-democracy protesters have retaken the Pearl Roundabout …
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CNN:
Protesters in Bahrain retake downtown square
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Union Brothers and Sisters: Seize Opportunity to Show True Solidarity  —  The union-led school closures and demonstrations in Madison have left most ordinary Americans shaking their heads in disbelief.  Months ago, I penned a message to my fellow union brothers and sisters when I found myself …
BBC:
Libya protests: 84 killed in growing unrest, says HRW  —  Former UK envoy to Libya: “The most exciting question is what happens in Tripoli” (Footage from Libyan TV and amateur sources)  —  The number of people killed in three days of protests in Libya has risen to 84, according to the New York-based group Human Rights Watch.
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hrw.org:
Libya: Security Forces Kill 84 Over Three Days  —  (New York) - Government security forces have killed at least 84 people in three days of protests in several cities in Libya, Human Rights Watch said today, based on telephone interviews with local hospital staff and witnesses.
Guardian:
Libya protests: massacres reported as Gaddafi imposes news blackout
David S Morgan / CBS News:
Lawmaker: Gov's plan has torn Wisconsin apart  —  Dem state senator says Scott Walker's proposal to end collective bargaining for most public employees is “absolutely, positively wrong”  —  Protests are continuing at the State Capitol in Madison against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker proposal …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Pelosi says she's ‘proud’ of Wisconsin Democrats who fled
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi: GOP using Planned Parenthood as ‘whipping boy’ in health debate
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Steve Coll / New Yorker:
U.S.-TALIBAN TALKS  —  On August 22, 1998, Mullah Omar, the emir of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, made a cold call to the State Department.  The United States had just lobbed cruise missiles at Al Qaeda camps in his nation.  Omar got a mid-level diplomat on the line and spoke calmly.
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
House Votes to Cut $60 Billion, Setting Up Budget Clash  —  WASHINGTON — The House early Saturday approved a huge package of spending cuts, slashing more than $60 billion from domestic programs, foreign aid, and even some military projects, as the new Republican majority made good on its pledge …
Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Somali Pirates Hijack Yacht With American Couple  —  KAMPALA, Uganda — An American couple sailing across the Indian Ocean in a small yacht was captured by Somali pirates on Friday, maritime officials in East Africa said, and the pirates appeared to be taking the Americans back to the Somali shore.
Rick Piltz / Climate Science Watch:
House votes 244-179 to kill U.S. funding of IPCC  —  Just before 2 a.m. on February 19, the war on climate science showed its grip on the U.S. House of Representatives as it voted to eliminate U.S. funding for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  The Republican majority …
John / Power Line:
Just Wondering  —  A reader asks a good question about news coverage of events in Wisconsin: … Heh.  We all remember how liberal news coverage of tea party rallies rarely failed to note that they were “predominantly white.”  Somehow, that is no longer a salient fact …
John Merline / AOL News:
Opinion: What Does Government Do? … Pop quiz.  What's the biggest single job the federal government undertakes?  —  National defense?  Nope.  —  Homeland security?  Wrong.  —  Transportation?  Not even close.  —  Law enforcement?  No way.  —  Education?  Getting colder.  —  Foreign aid?
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Conservative budget amendment fails House amid fissure among Republicans  —  Updated at 3 p.m.:  —  A conservative budget proposal that would have cut an additional $22 billion across federal agencies on top of the $61 billion in cuts already proposed by House Republicans failed …
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Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
In Bahrain, the Bullets Fly
Cubachi:
Allen West lashes out at the “ignorance and dishonest rhetoric” of Congressional Democrats
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Scott / Power Line:
Governor Walker meets the press
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