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The Daily Beast: Even some liberals are frustrated by Sonia Sotomayor’s carefully plotted answers this week. The Daily Beast’s Paul Campos on how she’s denying the truth about our legal system. Four hundred years ago, upon the occasion of his sudden religious conversion, Henry de Bourbon famously remarked that “Paris is well worth a Mass.” [...]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., a leader of fiscally conservative House Democrats, said Wednesday a House plan to overhaul the U.S. health-care system is losing support and will be stuck in committee without changes. “Last time I checked, it takes seven Democrats to stop a bill in the Energy and Commerce Committee,” Ross [...]

The Washington Post: Vice President Biden plans a political broadside this afternoon in the home district of Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), accusing the senior Republican lawmaker of joining in his party’s smear of the $787 billion Recovery and Reinvestment Act. “To those who say that our economic decisions ‘have not produced jobs, have not produced [...]

The New York Times: BOSTON — A hospital that serves thousands of indigent Massachusetts residents sued the state on Wednesday, charging that its costly universal health care law is forcing the hospital to cover too much of the expense of caring for the poor. The hospital, Boston Medical Center, faces a $38 million deficit for [...]

ABC News: PHOENIX — A Social Security Administration motivational management conference held at a high-end Valley resort last week cost $700,000, the SSA told the ABC15 Investigators. Costs for the conference at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa included airfare, hotel entertainment, dancers, motivational speakers, and food, an administration official said. A spokesperson outside the [...]

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WAPO: The confirmation hearing of Sonia Sotomayor opened this morning for its fourth — and perhaps final — day, with Republicans reprising their criticism of her role in a discrimination case involving Connecticut firefighters that was recently overruled by the Supreme Court. As Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee took turns in a [...]

Notice how Politico, an Obama propaganda outlet, uses violent terms n an attempt to intimidate his opposition: Politico: On the defensive over the economy and health care, the White House is shooting back with a double-barreled message for its critics and skeptics. To Republicans who say the stimulus isn’t working: Back off. To moderate Democrats [...]

Graphic: What Obama’s Wage Confiscation Program Means To New Yorkers NY Post: Congressional plans to fund a massive health-care overhaul could have a job-killing effect on New York, creating a tax rate of nearly 60 percent for the state’s top earners and possibly pressuring small-business owners to shed workers. New York’s top income bracket could [...]

Is he poised to join the Newt Gingrich Hall of Shame? Newt retracted his charge of racism in her judicial rulings. From Politico: In Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is sounding like a possible supporter. He opened up his comments by saying: “We’ll see what your future holds, but I think it’s [...]

The Telegraph: Israeli and Egyptian officials said two ships had sailed through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea. Media reports in Israel said the two Saar-class missile ships had been sent as a “message” to the Tehran government, which has repeatedly issued threats against Israel and is developing nuclear technology believed by the West [...]

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