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Macon Phillips / WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
Facts Are Stubborn Things — Opponents of health insurance reform may find the truth a little inconvenient, but as our second president famously said, “facts are stubborn things.” — Scary chain emails and videos are starting to percolate on the internet, breathlessly claiming, for example …
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Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal:
White House Counsel's Job Is at Stake — WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials are holding discussions that could result in White House counsel Gregory Craig leaving his post, following a rocky tenure, people familiar with the matter said. — Mr. Craig, the top lawyer at the White House …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama vs. Drudge — The White House on Tuesday posted a three-minute video punching back at an old clip of President Barack Obama that was featured on the Drudge Report with the headline, “Uncovered Video: Obama Explains How His Health Care Plan Will ‘Eliminate’ Private Insurance.”
The Huffington Post:
Obama And DNC Try Turning Angry Mobs And Drudge Into Benefits — The White House and allied Democrats are ramping up efforts to make belligerent anti-Obama town hall crowds — and the media outlets that feed their resentment — the face of opposition to the president's health care agenda, aides tell the Huffington Post.
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
White House Strategy: Ridicule The Angry Republicans
White House Strategy: Ridicule The Angry Republicans
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
White House Attacks Drudge for Exposing Obama's Goal to Eliminate …
White House Attacks Drudge for Exposing Obama's Goal to Eliminate …
Chuck Norris from Creators Syndicate:
What Obama and My Wife Have in Common — Dear Mr. President: — First, happy birthday. I do hope today is an enjoyable day for you and your family. Coincidentally, I also will be celebrating this week the birth of someone dear to me, my beloved wife, Gena, whose birthday is Aug. 9.
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WorldNetDaily:
Why I doubt Kenyan birth document — I bet that got your attention. — For 24 hours, I have been deluged with e-mail - about 6,000 more than usual - that essentially fall into three categories: — Thank you for getting the goods on Barack Obama - I knew he was born in Kenya.
Koyaan / PolitiJab.com:
Kenyan Birth Certificate: PWNED!
Kenyan Birth Certificate: PWNED!
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Daily Mail:
Spoof poster of Obama's face painted as The Joker branded ‘dangerous and mean-spirited’ — A poster depicting Barack Obama as Batman villain The Joker has been called ‘mean-spirited and dangerous’ by the U.S. President's supporters. — The image, which has been adopted by Mr Obama's critics …
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KTLA:
Obama ‘Joker’ Poster Causing a Stir in L.A.
Obama ‘Joker’ Poster Causing a Stir in L.A.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
LA Weekly wets itself over Obama/Joker poster: “The only thing missing is a noose”
LA Weekly wets itself over Obama/Joker poster: “The only thing missing is a noose”
Wall Street Journal:
Geithner Vents as Overhaul Stumbles — WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner blasted top U.S. financial regulators in an expletive-laced critique last Friday as frustration grows over the Obama administration's faltering plan to overhaul U.S. financial regulation, according to people familiar with the meeting.
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New York Times:
Health Plan Opponents Make Voices Heard — WASHINGTON — Senator Arlen Specter and the health and human services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, were heckled and booed in Philadelphia on Sunday. — In Austin on Saturday, a throng of protesters enveloped Representative Lloyd Doggett …
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Gateway Pundit:
Lib “Blue Dog” Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-OH) Booed, Mocked & Laughed At During Town Hall (Video) — Another Day— Another Blue Dog Mocked at Obamacare Town Hall — Representative Steve Driehaus (D-OH) held a town hall on health care reform. While Driehaus campaigned as a fiscal conservative …
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New York Post:
HONORING AN AMERICA-HATER — THE Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. Past recipients include John Wayne, Norman Rockwell and Vaclav Havel. This year, one of the 16 recipients President Obama selected (along with such worthies as Sen. Edward Kennedy and the late Jack Kemp) …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
McDonnell leads by 14 — Bob McDonnell has opened up a 51-37 lead over Creigh Deeds in the race to be Virginia's next Governor, up from a 49-43 advantage four weeks ago. — The movement in the race likely has more to do with national trends than anything actually going on in Virginia.
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Pat Toomey / Philly.com:
Sotomayor: Qualified, mainstream — Judicial confirmation hearings weren't always ideological witch hunts. — When John Roberts and Samuel Alito were nominated to the Supreme Court, Republicans argued that they should be confirmed based on their impeccable qualifications and mainstream jurisprudence.
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Gwen Ottinger / Washington Post:
When ‘Clunkers’ Are Greener — Want to be green? Consider keeping your “clunker.” — The wildly popular “Cash for Clunkers” program is one of a number of policies funded by this year's stimulus package that encourage consumers to make major purchases in the name of the environment.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Is Obama's Vaunted Political Operation Getting Outworked By Tea-Baggers? — That's the question right now, in the wake of all the reports yesterday of rage and heckling directed at House Dems at health care town hall meetings around the country. — There's mounting evidence that these …
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Nan Swift / FreedomWorks:
SPECTER GETS SCHOOLED — Drudge had this great video of the crowd at an Sen. Specter town hall in Phillie yesterday - this is a must watch and a must emulate at town halls across the country over the next month. — Anonymous — Well, it is kind of amazing that my latest comment has not yet …
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Barbara F. Walter / Los Angeles Times:
Too soon to leave Iraq — Studies of civil wars in many countries reveal that the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq may be crucial to a real and lasting peace. — Over the next 2 1/2 years, the United States is scheduled to withdraw all of its troops from Iraq. Americans, for the most part, are elated.
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New York Times:
Bill Clinton Meets Kim Amid Talks on 2 Journalists — SEOUL, South Korea — Former President Bill Clinton met on Tuesday with Kim Jong-il, the reclusive and ailing leader of North Korea, while on a visit to negotiate the release of two imprisoned American television journalists, North Korean state media reported.
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ABC News:
Adelaide man caught up in bid to oust Obama — A self-described ‘grey-haired guy in a corner of little old Adelaide’ has been unwittingly implicated in a conspiracy to oust the 44th President of the United States from office. Unbeknown to David Bomford, a group called the Birthers have used …
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The Washington Independent
Brett J. Blackledge / Associated Press:
Obama administration withholds data on program … WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is refusing to release government records on its “cash-for-clunkers” rebate program that would substantiate—or undercut—White House claims of the program's success, even as the president presses …
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Marines Ban Twitter, MySpace, Facebook — The U.S. Marine Corps has banned Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites from its networks, effective immediately. — “These internet sites in general are a proven haven for malicious actors and content and are particularly high risk due …
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