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Alaska Report News:
Todd and Sarah Palin to divorce — Affairs on both sides — AlaskaReport has learned this morning that Todd Palin and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin are to divorce. Multiple sources in Wasilla and Anchorage have confirmed the news. — A National Enquirer story exposing previous affairs …
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Gryphen / The Immoral Minority:
Exclusive! Sarah and Todd Palin are Splitsville! — Earlier this week one of my best sources claimed to have explosive new information for me. — It took all week for us to finally get together, but last night we finally sat down for an amazing conversation. And what I heard made my jaw drop.
CBS News:
Palin Spokespeople Deny Divorce Rumor — Describe Blog Report That Former Alaska Gov. and Husband Will Divorce as “Categorically False” — (CBS) An attorney for former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has denied a report that she and her husband are planning to divorce.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
GE's silencing of Olbermann and MSNBC's sleazy use of Richard Wolffe — (updated below) — The New York Times this morning has a remarkable story, and incredibly, the article's author, Brian Stelter, doesn't even acknowledge, let alone examine, what makes the story so significant.
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msnbc.com, Political Byline, The Moderate Voice, The Political Carnival, American Power and Discourse.net
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Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Liberals will get single-payer vote on House floor — Seeking to dampen liberal anger about deals cut with centrists, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said House leaders have agreed to allow a floor vote on a government-run, single-payer system.
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Matthew Yglesias, Burnt Orange Report, The Strata-Sphere, The Confluence, The Impolitic, Corrente and The Reaction
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Thomas Lifson / American Thinker:
Obama's revealing body language (updated and expanded)) — This picture truly is worth at least a thousand words. — I am stunned that the official White House Blog published this picture and that it is in the public domain. The body language is most revealing.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
IF HE'S CONFUSED, STOP INVITING HIM ON.... House Republican Caucus Chairman Mike Pence of Indiana is one of the leading right-wing critics of health care reform, and he appeared on MSNBC on Wednesday to chat about the issue with Andrea Mitchell. He argued that the Democrats' “government-run plan” …
Ceci Connolly / Washington Post:
Proposed Counseling for Seniors in Health Plan Spurs New Battle — Provision for End-of-Life Counseling Is Described by Right as ‘Death Care’ — A campaign on conservative talk radio, fueled by President Obama's calls to control exorbitant medical bills, has sparked fear among senior citizens …
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama's Pledge to Tax Only the Rich Can't Pay for Everything, Analysts Say — WASHINGTON — Behind Democrats' struggle to pay the $1 trillion 10-year cost of President Obama's promise to overhaul the health care system is their collision with another of his well-known pledges …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
BEN NELSON DOESN'T CARE FOR CRITICISM.... A couple of weeks ago, Sen. Ben Nelson (D) of Nebraska and a handful of centrist and center-right allies insisted that the Senate not vote on health care reform before the chamber's August recess. Democracy for America and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee …
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Leon Panetta / Washington Post:
Congress and the CIA: Time to Let Go of the Past, Move Forward — Last month, at a meeting overseas of intelligence service chiefs, one of my counterparts from a major Western ally pulled me aside. Why, he asked, is Washington so consumed with what the CIA did in the past …
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Emptywheel, unbossed.com, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, The Other McCain and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Life Expectancy Facts — Bicycles in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (my photo, available under creative commons license) — Via Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution commenter Adam comments: … The hypothesis that the health policy is not driving the difference is something we should seriously entertain.
CNN:
Suspect in gay sailor's death commits suicide — (CNN) — A sailor accused of killing another sailor was found dead in his cell in a southern California military jail, officials said Friday. — Petty Officer Jonathan Campos was found dead in the brig at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego, a military statement said.