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The Politico:
GOP takes aim at Obamas' NYC trip — President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama landed in New York Sunday afternoon, and after taking a helicopter from JFK into Manhattan, drove up the West Side Highway, where the northbound lanes were shut down by police for their visit, past Ground Zero …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
SOMETIMES, A DATE IS JUST A DATE.... Ordinarily, this is the kind of human-interest story that I wouldn't even read. Apparently, though, it's angered quite a few Republicans, so I guess we might as well take a look at. … Good for them; I'm sure it's nice for the Obamas to get out once in a while.
New York Post:
OBAMA KEEPS HIS BIG APPLE PLEDGE — WOWS FIRST LADY WITH DINNER & B'WAY SHOW — By CHARLES HURT in DC and STEFANIE COHEN in NY — Two martinis, a swank restaurant, a Broadway show — President Obama really knows how to treat a First Lady. — “I am taking my wife to New York City …
Jazz Shaw / The Moderate Voice:
Was “Date Night” a Good Idea? — The President may have described it as keeping a campaign promise, but should he have taken the First Lady out for dinner and a show on Broadway in the Big Apple last night? Or is this one promise that needed to be broken and just hope that Michelle would still vote for him in 2012 anyway?
Stan Finger / Wichita Eagle:
George Tiller shot to death at Wichita church — WICHITA - George Tiller, the Wichita doctor who became a national lightning rod in the debate over abortion, was shot to death this morning as he walked into church services. — Tiller was shot just after 10 a.m. at Reformation Lutheran Church …
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New York Times:
Abortion Doctor Shot to Death in Church — George Tiller, a Wichita doctor who was one of the few doctors in the nation to perform late-term abortions, was shot to death on Sunday as he attended church, city officials in Wichita said. — Dr. Tiller, who had performed abortions since the 1970s …
Richard A. Clarke / Washington Post:
The Trauma of 9/11 Is No Excuse — Top officials from the Bush administration have hit upon a revealing new theme as they retrospectively justify their national security policies. Call it the White House 9/11 trauma defense. — “Unless you were there, in a position of responsibility after September 11 …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Jeffrey Rosen vows never to “blog” again — (updated below - Update II) — NPR has a thorough examination today of the controversy surrounding Jeffrey Rosen's New Republic anonymity-driven smear attack on Sonia Sotomayor's intellect and character. The audio news report …
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Israel to U.S.: ‘Stop favoring Palestinians’ — Tensions between Washington and Jerusalem are growing after the U.S. administration's demand that Israel completely freeze construction in all West Bank settlements. Israeli political officials expressed disappointment after Tuesday's round …
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Marla Singer / Zero Hedge:
I Am Marla's Observations On Artificial Selection In Chrysler Dealerships — Ok. You f**k me, then snub me. You love me, you hate me. You show me a sensitive side, then you turn into a total a**hole. Is this a pretty accurate description of our relationship, Barack?
New York Post:
RANGEL'S SICK JOKE — CRACKS WISE ON OFFICER'S DEATH, SAYS PRESIDENT'S NOT SAFE IN HARLEM — There's nothing like a tragic police shooting to bring a tasteless guffaw out of Rep. Charlie Rangel. — Speaking yesterday at a rally in honor of slain cop Omar Edwards …
Evan Harris / Political Punch:
Obama Administration Asserts Uighur Detainees Have No Right to Come to US — The Obama administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to reject a request for a hearing from 17 Chinese Muslims currently being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, arguing they have no right to come …
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Carol Rosenberg / MiamiHerald.com:
Some Guantánamo detainees to get laptops — To better prepare them for life in asylum, the U.S. military is setting up a virtual computer lab for some Guantánamo captives now cleared for release. — CROSENBERG@MIAMIHERALD.COM — GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba …