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Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
1 hour ago - "Most of the [politicians deciding #hcr] can't get pregnant, so why should they give a damn" - @NatashaChart http://bit.ly/dikPyi peterdaou - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
1 hour ago - The Lincoln Model: A reader writes: Don't forget the President is still following the script from Doris Kearns-... http://bit.ly/9qrDpp dailydish - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
1 hour ago - Broken Record: Alex Koppelman looks at the legislative accomplishments of the far-left hero who wants to kill hea... http://bit.ly/9SnVRh dailydish - permalink
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly
1 hour ago - Senate parliamentarian throws a curveball, but it doesn't *have* to be bad news - unless Dems let it http://bit.ly/912leu stevebenen - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
1 hour ago - Mental Health Break: Film noir set to Massive Attack's "Angel."  So perfect: (Hat tip: J-Walk Blog) ... http://bit.ly/8Xzswz dailydish - permalink
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
1 hour ago - NYC launches graphic new anti-smoking ad http://bit.ly/X5yo via @TobaccoFreeKids peterdaou - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
1 hour ago - If Not Now, When?: Ezra makes an essential point:Over the past hundred or so years, the health-care system has go... http://bit.ly/9oMJsE dailydish - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
1 hour ago - The Cannabis Closet: Anxiety Attacks: A reader writes: I know you closed this thread awhile ago but after readin... http://bit.ly/a8fHHU dailydish - permalink
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly
2 hours ago - RT @mattyglesias: Preparing to retract the nice things I've said about Mike Capuano over the years: http://bit.ly/drYPdS stevebenen - permalink
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
2 hours ago - You realize the right is winning the climate change message war? http://bit.ly/9ljk6A My take, recently: http://bit.ly/cw4GN6 peterdaou - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
2 hours ago - Biden's Humiliation Reax: Haaretz:Rather than making conciliatory gestures toward the Palestinians and promoting ... http://bit.ly/9EC1Br dailydish - permalink
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
2 hours ago - Travesty: First black woman elected to SC Legislature freezes to death alone http://bit.ly/cc1d2L via @ktumulty Misha44_ peterdaou - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
2 hours ago - "So That Means You Love Each Other" Ctd: A reader writes: The video of the child who says..."that means you love... http://bit.ly/aWMdAk dailydish - permalink
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
3 hours ago - RT @senatus Parliamentarian rules Senate can't use reconciliation on bill not law yet http://bit.ly/bQyvWq via @davidhauptmann peterdaou - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
3 hours ago - Israel's Increasing Threat To The US: Biden gets it:“This is starting to get dangerous for us,” Biden castigated ... http://bit.ly/adTQiU dailydish - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
3 hours ago - Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Friedersdorf remembers Fouad al-Rabiah's case:Ms. Cheney, Mr. Kristol, Mr. Thiessen... http://bit.ly/aOMuEi dailydish - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
3 hours ago - Cool Ad Watch: Country In Motion from Federico Costa on Vimeo. http://bit.ly/du60Iy dailydish - permalink
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
3 hours ago - Reid writes to McConnell confirming use of reconciliation to modify #hcr bill http://is.gd/aeCvz via @AARPadvocates @senatus peterdaou - permalink
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish
3 hours ago - The View From Your Window: Johannesburg, South Africa, 2.08 pm http://bit.ly/dzJZ70 dailydish - permalink
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post
4 hours ago - Why is it so difficult for the WH and Congressional Dems to present a unified message on #hcr? peterdaou - permalink
Meghan McCain / Blogs and Stories
1 hour ago - New column out tomorrow on The Daily Beast. About the sad hypocrisy of recent gay (and allegedly gay) sex scandals. McCainBlogette - permalink
Ezra Klein / American Prospect
1 hour ago - RT @chrislhayes In the mood for some adorable kids singing Phoenix's "Lisztomania" ? You're welcome! http://bit.ly/d1a... OH GOD YES PLEASE ezraklein - permalink
Anamariecox / Swampland
1 hour ago - RT @erikmal: Pretty sure @anamariecox (or her evil drunk twin) is modeling this #Lost T-shirt: http://bit.ly/dcPqaW // I wish! Nifty shirt. anamariecox - permalink
Ezra Klein / American Prospect
1 hour ago - National coverage of the AG recusing himself in NY shows the difference between news that's important and news that's interesting. ezraklein - permalink
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central
1 hour ago - GOP leadership confirms on record that parliamentarian says law must be passed before reconciliation fix: http://tinyurl.co... ThePlumLineGS - permalink
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central
1 hour ago - GOP leadership confirms on record that parliamentarian says law must be passed before reconciliation fix: http://tinyurl.co... ThePlumLineGS - permalink
Reid Wilson / The Politico
1 hour ago - LeBron suspended 50 games for steroid use! -- http://is.gd/afs0y -- Okay, it's Cleveland Indians minor league pitcher Steven LeBron. PoliticsNation - permalink
Reid Wilson / The Politico
1 hour ago - LeBron suspended 50 games for steroid use! -- http://is.gd/afs0y -- Okay, it's Cleveland Indians minor league pitcher Steven LeBron. PoliticsNation - permalink
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters
2 hours ago - RT @jonathanhsinger: If the Ds have lost Caddell, it's over... MT @TheFix Pat Caddell: "The battle for public opinion [on #hcr] has been ... EricBoehlert - permalink
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post
2 hours ago - Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen in WaPo op-ed: "The battle for public opinion [on health care] has been lost." http://ow.ly/1hjyi TheFix - permalink
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard
2 hours ago - @PElliottAP @jonathanhsinger That's just how ahead of the game Phil Elliot is! #FF mkhammer - permalink
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post
2 hours ago - The Fix takes Manhattan! http://bit.ly/amIo9T TheFix - permalink
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central
2 hours ago - In interview, Bernie Sanders commits to introducing public option amendment: http://bit.ly/bfJhLb Hard for Dem leaders to stop this now ThePlumLineGS - permalink
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters
3 hours ago - RT @rcpblog Tiger Back in 2 Weeks?: So says the New York Post// The Masters will never forgive him for bringing the media circus EricBoehlert - permalink
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central
3 hours ago - Huge majority of MoveOn members supports passing Senate bill, suggesting that on the left kill-bill camp lost argument http://bit.ly/9LzUWj ThePlumLineGS - permalink
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard
3 hours ago - "Conyers is to report to prison July 1." Oh, yes. RT @guypbenson: I wonder if she called judge "Shrek" http://bit.ly/bsi4OB #monicaconyers mkhammer - permalink
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post
3 hours ago - I have but two words. Hoya. Saxa. TheFix - permalink
Meghan McCain / Blogs and Stories
3 hours ago - "Blogging is such a bitch" - Me ;-) McCainBlogette - permalink
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times
4 hours ago - USC Lear Center study: a whopping 22 seconds of half hour LA TV news goes to civic affairs. Crime 3 mins, Sports/weather 3 1/2 mins. LATimesrainey - permalink
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post
4 hours ago - Patrick Kennedy. Wow. http://ow.ly/1hbZl TheFix - permalink
Halboedeker / The TV Guy
8 min ago - ‘Busy afternoon’: Bad weather sweeps through Central Florida http://bit.ly/aL8bWZ tvguyhal - permalink
Halboedeker / The TV Guy
8 min ago - Corey Haim: Corey Feldman tells Larry King that Hollywood builds child stars up, then walks away from them http://bit.ly/bsdnYg tvguyhal - permalink
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico
1 hour ago - @KSpainNRCC You linked me to the Mountain Dew website! politicojosh - permalink
Josh Rogin / CQ Politics
1 hour ago - RT @sophia_yan: on time.com: virginia is for lovers, but how about gay ones? http://twurl.cc/2b51 joshrogin - permalink
Glenn Thrush / The Politico
1 hour ago - Reid's wife and daughter injured in DC-area accident. Condition unknown. http://bit.ly/aqg7eN GlennThrush - permalink
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico
1 hour ago - RT @hambypCNN: Harry Reid's wife and daughter hospitalized after car accident -- http://bit.ly/9IedFu politicojosh - permalink
Josh Rogin / CQ Politics
1 hour ago - Clinton, Medvedev to meet in Moscow http://bit.ly/9JVJXM joshrogin - permalink
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico
1 hour ago - Make sure to check out @PoliticsNation must-read whip count of Pelosi's HCR votes, and who could flip http://bit.ly/aRZQCE politicojosh - permalink
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico
1 hour ago - RT @LCGpolling: msnbc reporting that Cuomo has launched investigation of Gov. Paterson NY politicojosh - permalink
Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times
1 hour ago - Blagoblog Blagojevich wants his trial moved to November: Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has repeatedly said he's loo... http://bit.ly/b1aWqW natashakorecki - permalink
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS
2 hours ago - President Obama, feeling charitable in a Nobel way > http://bit.ly/c3f5Cg jaketapper - permalink
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS
2 hours ago - today's Qs for O's WH - the Slaughter Rule and PEPFAR funding flatlined > http://bit.ly/cRkDBL jaketapper - permalink
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico
2 hours ago - RT @jmartpolitico: RT: @benpolitico DNC research director @shaunacdaly on twitter. Early focuses, for 2012 tea leaf reading: Mitt Romney ... politicojosh - permalink
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS
2 hours ago - @tracymarino still working on it jaketapper - permalink
Patrick Gavin / The Politico
2 hours ago - @RussertXM_NBC It's on! (Cc:@keeekster @norahodonnell). I'm off to get in Tom Cruise/Top Gun shape until then... pwgavin - permalink
Josh Rogin / CQ Politics
2 hours ago - RT @glcarlstrom: Coalition of the Shilling: Hodge updates his @dangerroom journos/CNAS post for The Nation. http://is.gd/aeO0e joshrogin - permalink
Patrick Gavin / The Politico
2 hours ago - Good week 4 Central Asia Institute's Greg Mortensen ("3 Cups of Tea"): 1st, A-List tribute on Sunday, now $100,000 from Obama's Nobel money pwgavin - permalink
Halboedeker / The TV Guy
2 hours ago - Dear Conan O’Brien: Please come to Florida http://bit.ly/9H47h2 tvguyhal - permalink
Patrick Gavin / The Politico
3 hours ago - Congrats to @lovethebay, a new member of RAINN's Board of Directors pwgavin - permalink
Greg Hinz / Chicago Business
3 hours ago - Kirk for Israel, Giannoulias for limits on Wall Street -- the latest from the Senate race. http://tinyurl.co... GregHinz - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
1 hour ago - RT @philipaklein: Paul Ryan tells me Dems will start process on Monday by ramming "shell" HC bill thru committee: http://bit.ly/duyeLu allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
1 hour ago - Useful idiot thanked http://is.gd/afDKP allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
1 hour ago - @justkarl @JayCost The key here is reassuring wavering House Dems that Reid will act, and I don't know how they can do that now allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
1 hour ago - @justkarl @JayCost ...something if nothing's been signed yet? allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
1 hour ago - @justkarl @JayCost But per today's ruling, reconciliation can't proceed without Obama signing something. How does Reid pass... allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
1 hour ago - @JayCost The Senate can't pass the fix until Obama signs something, which means the Senate bill must be deemed passed first allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
1 hour ago - @JayCost Yes, but what if the Senate then says, "Ah, screw the fix"? allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
1 hour ago - @incognitoshelly I'm incapable of caring for myself. Thank god for the NY City Council allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
1 hour ago - @JayCost I think it does. I tweeted you about it before. How can O sign the fix if the Senate hasn't passed it yet allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
1 hour ago - Revealed: The charities Obama donated his Peace Prize money to http://is.gd/afw8s allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
1 hour ago - @shellyroche It's for our own good! allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
2 hours ago - @justkarl Right. Biden will now have to go whole-hog authoritarian in overruling parliamentarian allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
2 hours ago - @JayCost @justkarl Obama can't sign House reconciliation fix since Senate hasn't passed anything yet allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
2 hours ago - @JayCost @justkarl What happens then, per today's ruling? Obama signs ... only the Senate bill? That's the same as no Slaughter strategy allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
2 hours ago - @JayCost @justkarl Let's piece this out. Under Slaughter strategy, House passes reconciliation fix and "deems" Senate bill passed too... allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
3 hours ago - RT @justkarl: Dude, that's pretty huge. It forces the House to take a leap of faith (+ Pelosi can't promise Stupak amdt survives the Senate) allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
3 hours ago - Or does it? allahpundit - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
3 hours ago - Actually, I guess that doesn't really affect the Slaughter strategy allahpundit - permalink
P.J. Gladnick / NewsBusters.org
3 hours ago - CBS Political Hotsheet Reporter Suggests 'Slaughter Solution' Term Unfair http://tinyurl.co... #tcot pjcomix - permalink
Allahpundit / Hot Air
3 hours ago - Uh oh: Slaughter strategy in trouble? http://is.gd/aeY0V allahpundit - permalink
Karen Tumulty / Time
1 hour ago - New Blog Entry, "Follow-up Follow-up: Free the White House Press Corps" - http://tinyurl.co... ktumulty - permalink
Karen Tumulty / Time
2 hours ago - New Blog Entry, "Underplayed Story of the Day: Juanita Goggins" - http://tinyurl.co... ktumulty - permalink
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard
3 hours ago - @staks33 on Fox right now talking #jihadjane thegoldfarb - permalink
Newt Gingrich / Washington Times
5 hours ago - you can sign up for my weekly newsletter at http://Newt.org newtgingrich - permalink
Connie Hair / Human Events
6 hours ago - Slaughter House Solution http://bit.ly/94kKN8 #tcot #hcr ConnieHair - permalink
Karen Tumulty / Time
6 hours ago - New Blog Entry, "Ari's Next Act" - http://tinyurl.co... ktumulty - permalink
Karen Tumulty / Time
7 hours ago - New Blog Entry, "Follow-up: Free the White House Press Corps!" - http://tinyurl.co... ktumulty - permalink
Newt Gingrich / Washington Times
7 hours ago - President Obama has given 2 weeks notice -- contact your congressman now http://bit.ly/aCZ5B8 newtgingrich - permalink
Newt Gingrich / Washington Times
9 hours ago - important step toward congressional reform from @gopleader http://bit.ly/9rYtmU newtgingrich - permalink
Karen Tumulty / Time
10 hours ago - More of this, please! RT @stevebeste @poniewozik Because of u, @ktumulty @michaelscherer & @JNSMALL I have subscribed 2 the print edition. ktumulty - permalink
Karen Tumulty / Time
11 hours ago - New Blog Entry, "The Pennsylvania Senate Race: Will Specter Survive (Again)?" - http://tinyurl.co... ktumulty - permalink
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard
yesterday - You wonder why Holder wasn't comparing himself to John Adams at his confirmation hearing... http://bit.ly/a1wQjh thegoldfarb - permalink
Toby Harnden / Toby Harnden's blog listings
yesterday - Eric Massa accused of attempted "snorkelling" during his Navy days http://pwire.at/9... tobyharnden - permalink
Newt Gingrich / Washington Times
yesterday - Incredible. We’ve gone from passing bills without reading them to passing bills without voting on them http://bit.ly/bxop9v newtgingrich - permalink
Karen Tumulty / Time
yesterday - Kenneth, what is the frequency? http://bit.ly/9PfZMW ktumulty - permalink
Connie Hair / Human Events
yesterday - Latest on #hcr Pelosi Plan http://bit.ly/cvgz3S #tcot ConnieHair - permalink
Connie Hair / Human Events
yesterday - @seanhannity Thank you for reading my column on the air! =] <3 ConnieHair - permalink
Karen Tumulty / Time
yesterday - @clairecmc, you are looking very springlike in that pink jacket. ktumulty - permalink
Connie Hair / Human Events
yesterday - Pelosi's Latest Healthcare Plan http://bit.ly/cvgz3S #tcot #hcr ConnieHair - permalink
Karen Tumulty / Time
yesterday - New Blog Entry, "1,000 Words: Best-Dressed Edition" - http://tinyurl.co... ktumulty - permalink