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White House Disputes Pelosi Contention that Town Hall Protests are “Un-American” — The White House disagreed this afternoon with the contention by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, that the disruptions at town hall meetings are …
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Kristin Jensen / Bloomberg:
Obama to Defend Health-Care Plan at Town Hall After Disruptions — Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama will defend his efforts to overhaul the U.S. health-care system at a town hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, today after a series of protests met his fellow Democrats in recent days.
New York Times:
White House Adapts to New Playbook in Health Care Debate — WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday started a new Web site to fight questionable but potentially damaging charges that President Obama's proposed overhaul of the nation's health care system would inevitably lead to “socialized medicine …
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Obama to Push Health Care Reform in Town Hall Meetings
Obama to Push Health Care Reform in Town Hall Meetings
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Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
SEIU Recruits Obamacare Supporters to ‘Drown Out Voices’ …
SEIU Recruits Obamacare Supporters to ‘Drown Out Voices’ …
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Ezra Klein:
Is the Government Going to Euthanize your Grandmother? An Interview With Sen. Johnny Isakson. — Sarah Palin's belief that the House health-care reform bill would create “death panels” might be particularly extreme, but she's hardly the only person to wildly misunderstand the section …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
CONSERVATIVE SENATOR CALLS PALIN ARGUMENT ‘NUTS’.... The health care reform bills working their way through Congress include a provision that shouldn't be controversial. Medicare would pay for voluntary counseling sessions on advance care planning between patients and physicians.
Keith Olbermann / msnbc.com:
‘Death Panel’ Palin dangerously irresponsible — Sarah the Quitter incites mob violence and national disunity by ‘making stuff up’ — SPECIAL COMMENT — Finally as promised a Special Comment on this terrible moment in American history, and those unfortunate and irresponsible Americans who have brought us to it.
Rasmussen Reports:
32% Favor Single-Payer Health Care, 57% Oppose — Thirty-two percent (32%) of voters nationwide favor a single-payer health care system where the federal government provides coverage for everyone. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% are opposed to a single-payer plan.
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Lost in Translation: Clinton Says She, Not Bill, is the Secretary of State — ABC News' Kirit Radia reports: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lost her cool Monday after a Congolese student, speaking through a translator, asked her what “Mr. Clinton” thought about a Chinese trade deal …
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Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies — (CNN) — Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and a champion of the disabled who founded the Special Olympics, died Tuesday, the Special Olympics said. She was 88. — Born on July 10, 1921, in Brookline, Massachusetts …
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Carla Baranauckas / New York Times:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Founder of Special Olympics, Dies at 88
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Founder of Special Olympics, Dies at 88
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Kate Snow / ABCNEWS:
Health Care ‘Death Panels’ a Myth — Claims That House Health Care Reform Bill Would Create ‘Death Panels’ Are Untrue — The accusations are shocking, inflammatory and often incorrect. — Shouts of “This is euthanasia!” and questions from angry citizens such as, “Adolph Hitler called his program the Final Solution.
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Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
GOP rebranding effort flames out — Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) generated the kind of buzz other politicians covet when he launched his bid to help rebrand the Republican Party last spring. — Television crews and reporters wedged themselves among the crowd of party faithful to cover …
Wall Street Journal:
Congress Retreats Over Jet Purchase — WASHINGTON — House leaders late Monday dropped plans to spend $550 million on Air Force passenger planes for use by senior government officials, a sum that more than doubled the Pentagon's official request and had drawn strong public criticism.
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
MSNBC Anchor: “Socialist' Is Becoming the New N-word' — UPDATE at end of post: Is this what Newsweek meant when it proudly declared on its cover, “We're All Socialists Now?” — Did you know that when you refer to someone as a socialist, you're really calling them the N-word?
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CNN:
GOP senator calls for Sanford's impeachment — (CNN) — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, already under fire for an extramarital relationship, should be impeached for abusing state finances, a Republican state senator said Monday. — Sen. David Thomas — the chairman of the Senate constitutional …
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Associated Press:
Productivity surges in the second quarter — Rises at fastest rate in six years; labor costs tumble — WASHINGTON - Productivity surged in the spring by the largest amount in almost six years while labor costs plunged at the fastest pace in nine years. — The Labor Department said Tuesday …
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Sarah Palin Resigned Due To Marital Troubles, Says Levi Johnston — Sarah Palin's marriage has been in trouble from the beginning, says Levi Johnston, the father of their grandson Tripp and ex-fiance of daughter Bristol. — What's more Levi told RadarOnline.com …
Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
DEFENDING THE BAILOUTS. — So Paul Krugman's column today makes the important point that government policy is the central reason that our recession hasn't become a depression and that the economy is poised for recovery. It's especially timely as conservatives use the health-care debate …
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Israel clouds Obama's nuclear summit — President Barack Obama's call for a nuclear security summit next March could end up turning an uncomfortable spotlight on at least one nation — Israel - and further strain the administration's relations with the Jewish state, analysts said.
John Bolton / Wall Street Journal:
Mary Robinson's Medal of Freedom — Anti-Americanism and anti-Israel activism win Obama's approbation. — Printer — Friendly — Barack Obama's decision to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Mary Robinson has generated unexpected but emotionally charged opposition.
Washington Post:
Obama Web-Tracking Proposal Raises Privacy Concerns — The Obama administration is proposing to scale back a long-standing ban on tracking how people use government Internet sites with “cookies” and other technologies, raising alarms among privacy groups. — A two-week public comment …
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Legislature overrides Palin's veto on stimulus — The Alaska Legislature voted Monday to override former Gov. Sarah Palin's veto of $28 million in federal stimulus money for energy cost relief. But it was as close as a vote can get. — Reversing a governor's appropriation veto requires …