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Michael O'Brien / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
House to consider resolution demanding Obama apologize to Crowley — Congress would demand that President Obama apologize to the officer the president said had “acted stupidly” in the arrest of a prominent Harvard professor under a resolution set to be introduced by one Michigan lawmaker.
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Dan / Riehl World View:
A Gatesgate At Henry Gates' “Bogus” Charity? — Henry Louis Gates, Jr controls a tax-exempt, non-profit charity, Inkwell Foundation, Inc, that managed to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct support in one year, yet only gave out $27,500 in grants, the bulk of which went to Gates' employees and Harvard colleagues.
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
It's Miller time for parties in racially charged incident — Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. said he accepted an invitation to have a beer with the white police officer who arrested him this week. — Gates, a black scholar, in a statement posted late Friday at The Root …
David Lawder / Reuters:
Black scholar agrees to beer with Obama, policeman — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A prominent black Harvard University scholar has accepted an invitation to have a beer with President Barack Obama and the white police officer who arrested him in a racially charged case.
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Orange County Register:
Mark Steyn: Obama knows ‘stupidly’ when he doesn't see it — Encounter between cops and black professor suggests grievance-mongering will always be with us. — Recommend — By common consent, the most memorable moment of Barack Obama's otherwise listless press conference on “health care” …
Tsamuel / theroot.com:
Gates Says ‘Yes’ to Beer With Crowley
Gates Says ‘Yes’ to Beer With Crowley
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Chris Frates / The Politico:
CBO deals new blow to health plan — For the second time this month, congressional budget analysts have dealt a blow to the Democrat's health reform efforts, this time by saying a plan touted by the White House as crucial to paying for the bill would actually save almost no money over 10 years.
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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Baucus in health driver's seat, destination unknown — Liberals malign him, the White House and his Senate leaders prod him and House Democrats blame him for their troubles. But Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) just keeps on keeping on. — President Obama wanted him to be done by now.
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Matthew Yglesias
CBS News:
Palin: “Bigger” Than Obama, or Quitter? — GOP Operatives in Heated Exchange, on “The Early Show Saturday Edition” — (CBS) Is Sarah Palin still a star, or a fading quitter? What does the future hold for her? — If a three-way discussion among Republican pundits on …
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Know-Nothing-in-Chief — There's no evidence Obama has even a sketchy grasp of economics. — Is President Obama an economic illiterate? Harsh as that sounds, there's growing evidence he understands little about economics and even less about economic growth or job creation.
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Yochi J. Dreazen / Wall Street Journal:
A Class of Generals — The cadets of 1976 graduated from West Point at a low moment for the Army and its storied training ground. But that year produced the generals running the nation's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as their key deputies. What happened? — Printer — Friendly
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The Moderate Voice
Matthew / FishBowlDC:
Man Bites Dog: U.S. Navy Commander Files Sex Complaint Against Female Miami Herald Journo — FishbowlDC Exclusive: US Navy Commander Jeffrey D. Gordon has filed a sexual harassment complaint against the Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg. — FishbowlDC obtained a copy of the July 22 …
Ezra Klein:
What's Going on in the House (or Is Health-Care Reform Becoming a Prisoner's Dilemma?) — News reports filtering out of the House suggest that talks between Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman and the seven Blue Dogs on his committee have broken down.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Gatesgate — I have been reluctant to really delve into the Gates story because well ... it just seems so obvious. And it's clear that it's just taking the wingnut bait. But since I write often about police abuse of power, particularly with tasers, some readers seem to be interested …
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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Bachmann Sees Health Care Debate In Political Terms: ‘We Can Take Heart’ Obama's ‘Dropping Like A Rock’ — Yesterday, The Conservative Women's Network hosted Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) for a discussion on critical legislation before Congress. ThinkProgress attended the event and recorded Bachmann's remarks.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Cheney plan to deploy the U.S. military on U.S. soil — (updated below - Update II - Update III) — This new report today from The New York Times' Mark Mazzetti and David Johnston reveals an entirely unsurprising though still important event: in 2002, Dick Cheney and David Addington urged …
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New York Times:
Bush Weighed Using Military in Arrests
Bush Weighed Using Military in Arrests
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