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10:00 AM ET, August 11, 2009

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Political Punch:
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.
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Obama to Push Health Care Reform in Town Hall Meetings
Discussion: Hot Air
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
SEIU Recruits Obamacare Supporters to ‘Drown Out Voices’ …
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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.
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Rasmussen Reports:
45% Rate Obama Good or Excellent As A Leader, Down 19 Points From January
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Political Punch:
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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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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Southern Beale:
Don't talk to me about death panels, Sarah Palin.
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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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Hill jets may be scrapped
Discussion: Right Pundits and Instapundit
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
MSNBC anchor: Is “socialist” the new “N-word”?
Discussion: Below The Beltway
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 …
Discussion: The Page
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.
Discussion: Commentary and Atlas Shrugs
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 …
Discussion: The Raw Story and Newsalert
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 …
 
 
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Megan McArdle:
Rationing By Any Other Name  —  Robert Wright notes that …
Discussion: Crooked Timber and The Daily Dish
Times of India:
Jihadis thrice attacked Pakistan nuclear sites
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
6 Killed in Taliban Attack on City South of Kabul
Discussion: msnbc.com and The Huffington Post
Tom Bevan / Real Clear Politics:
New Poster Reveals the Ugly Face of Racism
Wall Street Journal:
The Next Fannie Mae
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Washington Post:
Ailing States Face Bleak Outlook in Next Fiscal Year
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Who's Ready for a New, Race-Based Government Entity Called the …
Israel Insider / Breitbart.tv:
NAKED EMPEROR NEWS: 'OBAMA'S MOTHER OF ALL POLITICAL LIES …
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
‘Concerned father’ on Fox: Obama's health-care reforms 'sentencing …
Steve Schmadeke / Chicago Tribune:
Judge sentences man to 6 months in jail for yawning
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