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Denise Lavoie / Associated Press:
Cop who arrested black scholar is profiling expert … CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - The white police sergeant criticized by President Barack Obama for arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his Massachusetts home is a police academy expert on racial profiling.
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Jimmy Orr / Christian Science Monitor:
Bill Cosby ‘shocked’ at Obama's statement on Harvard prof's arrest — On a Boston radio program this morning, Bill Cosby suggested that President Obama spoke too soon on the controversial arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. — “I've heard about five different reports …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Bias, Racism, Being a Jerk, and Abuse of Power — Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (wikimedia) — One of the biggest reasons why it's extremely difficult to have a real conversation about race in the United States is that every imputation of a racial dynamic immediately becomes a defensive spat …
Dr. Boyce Watkins / msnbc.com:
Consider this before crying ‘racial profiling’ — A battle of two egos and why I don't feel sorry for Henry Louis Gates — Henry Louis Gates Jr. is seen being arrested Thursday at his home in Cambridge, Mass., in this photo taken by a neighbor. — Anger lingers
Booman Tribune:Tired of the Stupid — The Village's desire, almost a demand really …
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ABCNEWS:Exclusive: Obama Stands By Criticism of Cambridge Police
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ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: President Obama Pushes Forward on Health Care Pitch — Despite Setback, Obama Warns Against ‘Scare Tactics,’ Says ‘America Has to Win it Here’ — President Obama continued to push forward on health care reform today, despite suffering a setback with news that a health care reform bill …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Pawlenty blasts Obama plan — On Fox just now, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty blasted away at Obama's health care plans. — “This whole health care proposal by president Obama is really quite a joke on a number of levels,” Pawlenty told Neil Cavuto. “I think he is scamming the American people.
New York Times:
As Health Bill Is Delayed, White House Negotiates — WASHINGTON — White House officials negotiated furiously on Thursday to keep major health care legislation on track after the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, said his chamber would not vote on a health measure until after Congress returned from its summer recess.
Jane Hamsher / Campaign Silo:Baucus, Snowe, Enzi “Bipartisan” Deal Close in Finance Committee
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Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:Dems punting on August deadline
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:HELP + Finance = Harry Reid's Recess
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
44 Charged by U.S. in New Jersey Corruption Sweep — A two-year corruption and international money-laundering investigation stretching from the Jersey Shore to Brooklyn to Israel and Switzerland culminated in charges against 44 people on Thursday, including three New Jersey mayors …
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Time:
Inside Bush and Cheney's Final Days — Hours before they were to leave office after eight troubled years, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney had one final and painful piece of business to conclude. For over a month Cheney had been pleading, cajoling, even pestering Bush to pardon …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“The guy forgot his keys, jimmied his way to get into the house... if I was trying to jigger into...” — I've already written about what Obama said about racism, Skip Gates, and the “stupidity” of the police. You can find the context of the issue there, including the whole text of Obama's remarks.
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The Born Identity — Barack Obama is not only the United States' first black president — he's also the first not-American president.
Pew Global Attitudes Project:
Confidence in Obama Lifts U.S. Image Around the World — Most Muslim Publics Not So Easily Moved — Overview — View Slideshow (w/Andrew Kohut commentary) — The image of the United States has improved markedly in most parts of the world, reflecting global confidence in Barack Obama.
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Brian Knowlton / New York Times:Global Views of U.S. Helped by Obama, Survey Says
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Kleinheider / Post Politics:
Stanley's First Wife Swore Out A Restraining Order In 1994 — While Sen. Paul Stanley tries desperately to hang on to his current marriage amid reports of a TBI confirmed admission of an extramarital affair with an intern and subsequent blackmailing by her boyfriend, allow Post Politics to take you on a trip down memory lane.
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
Conservative Activist Forwards Racist Pic Showing Obama As Witch Doctor — The election of our first black president has brought with it a strange proliferation of online racism among conservatives. — And we've got the latest example. — On Sunday night, Dr. David McKalip forwarded …
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Business Wire:
Nation's ENT Surgeons Respond to President Obama's Press Briefing Remarks on Tonsillectomy Procedures — ALEXANDRIA, Va.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), which represents 12,000 ear, nose, and throat surgeons in the U.S. …
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Jonathan Cohn / The Treatment:
Yup, Obama Opening Door on Exclusion — From his interview with Fred Hiatt, in the Washington Post: … There are two newsworthy items here. First, Obama says he is “confident” that both the House and Senate bills will iinclude his ideas to create an independent board to set Medicare payment policy …
Media Matters for America:
Mainstreaming the fringe: Lou Dobbs fuels birther bonfire — If James von Brunn weren't in a locked security ward at Southeast General Hospital in Washington, D.C., and awaiting trial for the murder of a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the 88-year-old racist and neo-Nazi might …
The Politico:
Dems raise concerns about Boxer — A big chunk of the House climate change bill is in the hands of Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer — and some of its supporters are worried that she's not up to the task. — In private conversations …
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