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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Doctors' Group Opposes Public Insurance Plan — WASHINGTON — As the health care debate heats up, the American Medical Association is letting Congress know that it will oppose creation of a government-sponsored insurance plan, which President Obama and many other Democrats see as an essential element …
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
How to Stop Socialized Health Care — Five arguments Republicans must make. — Printer — Friendly — It was a sobering breakfast with one of the smartest Republicans on Capitol Hill. We can fix a lot of bad stuff President Barack Obama might do, he told me.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Weekly Standard may have been shooter target — FBI agents visited the offices of the conservative Weekly Standard magazine yesterday after a shooting at the Holocaust Memorial Museum and told employees they'd found the magazine's address — A senior Standard staffer confirmed the visit but declined to discuss it in detail.
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Washington Post:
Grief, Shock After a ‘Gentle Giant’ Loses His Life in the Line of Duty — Colleagues called Stephen T. Johns “Big John,” for he was well over 6 feet tall. But mostly friends recalled the security guard's constant courtesy and friendliness. — “A soft-spoken, gentle giant,” said Milton Talley …
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A Suspect's Long History of Hate, and Signs of Strain — James W. von Brunn was growing despondent. — John de Nugent, an acquaintance who describes himself as a white separatist, noticed the change when they last spoke two weeks ago. — “He said his Social Security had been cut and that he was barely making it,” de Nugent said.
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
WHAT IF VON BRUNN HAD BEEN A MUSLIM? — I think Paul Campos' response to the shooting at the Holocaust Memorial Museum yesterday is worth pondering. … There's been a startling trend of fringe right violence recently, from Richard Poplawski to Scott Roeder and now James Von Brunn.
NY Daily News:Holocaust Museum shooter James Von Brunn's ex-wife says his racism ‘ate him alive’
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Matt Corley / Think Progress:Von Brunn's friend: 'The responsible white separatist community …
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Don Surber:
Why the left ridicules women — Too many American liberals cannot handle a strong, good-looking, intelligent, independent woman who disagrees with them — and so they make the crude, cruel and sexist remarks — including those about raping them or their 14-year-old daughters.
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Letterman says Palin joke in ‘poor taste’ — (CNN) - Late night comedian David Letterman, responding to criticism his recent joke about a member of Sarah Palin's family crossed the line, said on his show Wednesday night he is guilty of “poor taste.” — But Letterman, who has been a critic …
Jesse Walker / Reason:
The Brown Scare of '09 — Greg Sargent's reaction to the murder at the Holocaust Museum yesterday — “it's time to revisit criticism of ‘right-wing extremists’ report” — wasn't atypical. You could hear the same insta-reaction around the Web, as confirmation bias did its work and two or three crimes …
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Kyle / Right Wing Watch:
Is The Right Still “Proud To Be a Right-Wing Extremist”? — Back in April and May I wrote a whole series of posts about how the Right was systematically trumping-up a controversy over the Department of Homeland Security Report, “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence …
Roll Call:
Baucus Aides Warn K Street — Top aides to Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) called a last-minute, pre-emptive strike on Wednesday with a group of prominent Democratic lobbyists, warning them to advise their clients not to attend a meeting with Senate Republicans set for Thursday.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:How Bipartisan Do You Want? — After reading some items …
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John R. Bolton / Wall Street Journal:
What If Israel Strikes Iran? — The mullahs would retaliate. But things would be much worse if they had the bomb. — Printer — Friendly — Whatever the outcome of Iran's presidential election tomorrow, negotiations will not soon — if ever — put an end to its nuclear threat.
Times of London:
Foreign Office fury over settlement of Guantánamo Uighurs in Bermuda — The British Government responded with ill-disguised fury tonight to the news that four Chinese Uighurs freed from Guantanamo Bay had been flown for resettlement on the Atlantic tourist paradise of Bermuda.
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Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Rove: Bush Administration Has ‘No’ Responsibility For Current Budget Deficits — Last night on Fox News, former top Bush adviser Karl Rove chastised President Obama for his economic recovery package Congress and passed last February and criticized him for his new proposal to enact “pay as you go” …
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Haaretz:
Netanyahu's speech: Yes to road map, no to settlement freeze — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will announce in his foreign policy speech scheduled for Sunday the adoption of the road map and the “two-state solution” for settling the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, according to sources close to the prime minister.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2009: Virginia Governor Election — Virginia Governor: Deeds (D) 47%, McDonnell (R) 41% — Newly chosen Democratic gubernatorial nominee R. Creigh Deeds leads his Republican opponent, former Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell, by six points in the first poll of Virginia voters released since Tuesday's Democratic primary.
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Jared Allen / The Hill:
Dem mutiny on climate bill grows, says Peterson — More and more Democrats are ready to vote against Speaker Nancy Pelosi's climate change bill, according to a congressional committee chairman who opposes his leader. — The House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) …
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New York Times:
Republicans Open Senate Session, but Key Democrat Walks Out — ALBANY — Thirty Republicans and two Democrats who have sided with them began an unusual 11 a.m. session in the State Senate Thursday morning after other Senate Democrats failed in a court bid to stop the gathering.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Videos Shed New Light on Sotomayor's Positions — WASHINGTON — Judge Sonia Sotomayor once described herself as “a product of affirmative action” who was admitted to two Ivy League schools despite scoring lower on standardized tests than many classmates, which she attributed to “cultural biases” that are “built into testing.”
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New York Post:
RITE IS WRONG FOR SON OF CON — BIGS LET RICH CROOK HOLD BAR MITZVAH IN JAIL — Who needs the Waldorf? — A wealthy inmate was allowed to host a lavish bar mitzvah behind bars for his son at the downtown lockup known as the Tombs, The Post has learned.
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Libtalker Roseanne Barr Denounces Obama On Leftist Radio Program — NO HOLDS BARR-ED — Roseanne: 'Everybody's On The (Obama) Kool-Aid' — Now that he's in office, should dedicated Obamists support the president even as key campaign promises are broken and empty rhetoric becomes the order of the day?
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Karim Sadjadpour / Foreign Policy:
Why Iran '09 Could Be Like Florida '00 — This week's Iranian election has all the trappings of an American-style competition, with none of the results. — Americans can be forgiven for being a bit confused about the upcoming Iranian elections. While four years ago Secretary …
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