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WI Dems Deny Return Date Set

WI Dems Deny Return Date Set Reuters reports: Wisconsin Democrats who fled the state more than two weeks ago to block a vote on a Republican plan to limit public union collective bargaining said on Sunday they have no immediate plans to return. "I think the situation has not …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Building A New Order In Free Libya

Rebels Restore Order in Free Libya The New York Times reports: The signs in Bayda still read the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab State of the Masses. It was never much of a state, nor did the people have much say. Now two weeks after its liberation, residents of this …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Protesters Attacked With Knives In Cairo

Cairo Protesters Attacked BBC News reports: Pro-democracy activists in Egypt have been attacked by men in plain clothes, armed with knives, outside the interior ministry in Cairo, reports say. It is the first such attack since the fall of Hosni Mubarak last month. Protesters …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

White House Warns Against Islamophobia

WH Warns Against Islamophobia Politico reports: As a House committee prepares to turn the spotlight on Al Qaeda’s efforts to radicalize Muslims in America, the White House issued a public plea Sunday to focus on the American Muslim community’s support for anti-terrorism efforts and …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Egyptian PM Names New Cabinet

Egyptian PM Names New Cabinet The New York Times reports: CAIRO —  Egypt ’s interim prime minister appointed a new caretaker cabinet on Sunday, answering a public demand to eliminate most ministers with links to former President  Hosni Mubarak , even as protesters nationwide …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

GOP Urges Aid For Libyan Rebels

GOP Urges Aid For Libyan Rebels The Wall Street Journal reports: Forces loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi struck back against rebel-held cities across Libya on Sunday, while Republican leaders in Congress pressed for the U.S. to consider providing arms, intelligence and training to the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Navy Prints Training Materials For End of DADT

Navy Preps Post-DADT Training The Washington Post reports: Four documents -- a 24-slide PowerPoint presentation, a two-page pamphlet, an eight-page "Frequently Asked Questions" form and 14 written vignettes -- are being used by naval commanders and senior enlisted officers to train …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Fashion and Fascism

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Fox Considers Life After Beck

Fox Considers Life After Beck The New York Times reports: Almost every time I flipped on television last week, there was a deeply angry guy on a running tirade about the conspiracies afoot, the enemies around all corners, and how he alone seemed to understand what was under …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Obama May Tap Oil Reserves

Obama May Tap Oil Reserves Reuters reports: White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley said on Sunday the Obama administration is considering tapping into the U.S. strategic oil reserve as one way to help ease soaring oil prices. Speaking on NBC television's "Meet the Press," Daley …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Durbin: No Cuts Over $10.5 Billion

Durbin: No Cuts Over $10.5B Reuters reports: Assistant Senate Democratic leader Dick Durbin drew a line in the sand on Sunday in his party's budget battle with Republicans, who are pushing deep spending cuts to trim the federal deficit. Durbin, one of President Barack Obama's …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Qaddafi Stops Rebel Advance

Qaddafi Repels Rebel Advance Washington Post reports: Moammar Gaddafi's loyalists escalated a lethal counterattack on Sunday, heightening assaults on rebel-held cities near his western stronghold of Tripoli and pushing back opposition forces attempting to advance toward the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Oil Lobby Fights Libya Sanctions

Oil Lobby Fights Libya Sanctions Suzy Khimm at Mother Jones writes: As Muammar Qaddafi's violent backlash against protestors has intensified, the US has swiftly taken action to punish his brutal response to Libya's popular uprising. Earlier this week, President Obama announced …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 6, 2011

Newt Expects to 'Be in the Race'

Newt Expects to 'Be in the Race' ABC News reports: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he expects to be a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Gingrich announced Thursday that he's exploring a run for president, launching a website to collect donations…

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 6, 2011

Sherrod Brown Sorry for Hitler Comparison

Sherrod Brown Sorry for Hitler Comparison CNN reports: Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is apologizing for invoking Hitler and Stalin on the Senate floor. "I should not have mentioned the hostility of tyrants, like Hitler, to unions," he said in a statement released Friday. "I …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 6, 2011

Cuba Convicts U.S. Aid Worker

Cuba Convicts U.S. Aid Worker BBC reports: The trial of US aid worker Alan Gross for crimes against the state in Cuba has ended, with the verdict yet to be formally announced. There was earlier confusion over the wording that concluded the trial, with suggestions Mr Gross was …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 6, 2011

Michael Moore: 'Madison is Only the Beginning'

Michael Moore: 'Madison is Only the Beginning' The AP reports: Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore urged Wisconsin residents Saturday to fight against Republican efforts to strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights, telling thousands of protesters that "Madison …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 6, 2011

Saudi Govt: No Protests Allowed

Saudi Govt: No Protests Allowed Reuters reports: Saudi Arabia warned potential protesters on Saturday that a ban on marches would be enforced, signaling the small protests by the Shi'ite minority in the oil-producing east would no longer be tolerated. "The kingdom's regulations …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 6, 2011

Romney: My Health Care Plan 'Wasn't Perfect'

Romney: My Health Care Plan 'Wasn't Perfect' Politico reports: Mitt Romney repeatedly called for the repeal of “Obamacare” in a Saturday night speech to New Hampshire Republicans, even as the former Massachusetts governor admitted his own state’s health care program “wasn’t …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 6, 2011