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9:00 PM ET, September 1, 2009

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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
51 Vote Rules May Force a Public Option Too Liberal for Some Dems  —  As Senate leaders begin work on a Democrat-only health care bill, they're finding themselves confronted with an unexpected irony: Though the caucus has reached an uneasy consensus around a public option that's modeled …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:   Reconciliation May Push Health Reform to the Left
CNN:
CNN Poll: Independents disapprove of Obama  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of independent voters disapprove of how Barack Obama's handling his job as president, according to a new national poll.  —  Fifty-three percent of independents questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Obama Slide  —  Two tides swept over American politics last winter.  The first was the Obama tide.  Barack Obama came into office with an impressive 70 percent approval rating.  The second was the independent tide.  Over the first months of this year, the number of people …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Justice Dept. to Recharge Enforcement of Civil Rights  —  WASHINGTON — Seven months after taking office, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is reshaping the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division by pushing it back into some of the most important areas of American political life …
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:   Republicans Disappointed In Holder's Decision To Enforce Civil Rights Laws.
Vincent Fernando / Clusterstock:
Hong Kong Broker Pulling A “Borat” On Sarah Palin  —  Hopefully Sarah Palin realizes she's been invited to Hong Kong as a practical joke.  —  CLSA, the Asia-focused broker who invited Mrs. Palin as keynote speaker for an Asian investment conference, is well known for their cheeky takes on investment research.
Tim Nudd / AdFreak:
WWF condemns 9/11 print ad by DDB Brazil  —  [NOTE: The WWF says it never approved this ad and is condemning it.  See the updates below.]  Just in time for the anniversary of 9/11 comes this tasteless, nightmarish print ad for the World Wildlife Fund, showing dozens of planes headed for lower Manhattan.
Rory Cooper / The Foundry:
Obama's Team Crosses the Rhetorical Line  —  (Update: The website cited below has been suspended by barackobama.com.  The screenshot to the right is the original page, but the embedded links will no longer work.  Click on the picture to the right for a full-screen view.)
Washington Post:
Thesis Thrusts Va. Gubernatorial Candidate's Past Views Into Spotlight  —  The Virginia governor's race ignited Monday over Republican Robert F. McDonnell's 20-year-old graduate thesis: Democrats assailed him in e-mail blasts and interviews for what he wrote about working women, homosexuals and …
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Aimai / No More Mister Nice Blog:
No, Seriously, Dude, Acolyte?  —  It is fun to wake up and find [edited to remove extra word] yourself accused of joining a cult—the cult of people who like incredibly detailed, footnoted, analytic, legal arguments about abstruse and painful political crimes?  The cult of people who follow links?
Discussion: TalkLeft
Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
YOU CAN'T KEEP A BAD MAN DOWN  —  SPITZER IS EYEING A COMEBACK  —  Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been privately talking with friends about a possible comeback, and is considering a run for statewide office next year, several sources told The Post.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Beltway culture, checks on journalists and secrecy obligations  —  I'm ambivalent about whether even to acknowledge this obviously disturbed, Cheneyite rant from Joe Klein.  On the one hand, I don't want to be dragged down into what is, for him, quite clearly a deeply emotional and personal matter …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Please, Not In Front Of The Kids (Or The Sockpuppets... Or The Editors)
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Torture's Ugly Dialogue  —  Call him Ishmael.  —  Call him a terrorist or a suicide bomber or anything else you want, but understand that he is willing — no, anxious — to give his life for his cause.  Call him also a captive, and know that he works with others as part of a team …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
What Richard Cohen Omits
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Nico Pitney / The Huffington Post:
Maria Bartiromo Presses 44-Year-Old Congressman: If Medicare Is So Good, Why Aren't You On It?  (VIDEO)  —  Earlier today, MSNBC's Carlos Watson hosted Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo for a discussion on health care.  —  At one point, Bartiromo was critical …
Gateway Pundit:
CAUGHT ON TAPE: Obama HCAN Organizer Instructs Supporters How to Shout Down Opponents & Take Over Meetings  —  More Hope and Change—  A Health Care for America Now (HCAN) organizer is caught on tape outside the meeting instructing supporters on how to shout down opponents who get up to ask …
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Josh Kalven / Progress Illinois:
Schakowsky Town Hall: Booing Ted Kennedy? Really?
Discussion: Think Progress and Hot Air
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Something New On Health Care: Deal-Breakers From The President  —  This time, the President is going to be specific.  Next week, President Obama is going to give Democrats a health care plan they can begin to sell.  —  He plans to list specific goals that any health insurance reform plan …
Rasmussen Reports:
Republican Voters Say GOP Reps in Congress Still Out of Touch  —  Seventy-four percent (74%) of Republican voters say their party's representatives in Congress have lost touch with GOP voters nationwide over the past several years.  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds …
The Huffington Post:
Cheney In 2012?  Some Key GOPers Aren't Kidding  —  At first, it seemed like a joke.  Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto opined on Monday that — if the 2012 election were to turn to national security — “it's hard to think of a better candidate... than Richard B. Cheney.”
pogo.org:
POGO Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding U.S. Embassy in Kabul  —  Dear Secretary Clinton:  —  As you know, last month eight rockets were fired into Kabul, two landing near the U.S. Embassy.1 Not long after, at least seven people were killed and 91 wounded, including children …
Discussion: CBS News and MoJo Blog Posts
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Daniel Schulman / MoJo Blog Posts:
Animal House in Afghanistan
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory: Nancy Pelosi Is Banning Patriotic Hold Music On Congressional Phones  —  Today, the right-wing site The New Ledger has a report about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) “problem” with “patriotic music”: … The post was picked up by various right-wing blogs.
Ernest Luning / Colorado Independent:
Bachmann: ‘Slit our wrists, be blood brothers’ to beat health care reform  —  U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann, a Minnesota Republican, chats with a supporter at an Independence Institute fundraiser in Denver on Aug. 31.  (Photo/Ernest Luning)  —  DENVER — In a fiery speech …
Nik Cubrilovic / TechCrunch:
Gmail Now Really Down - Can I Get My Email Back Please (Update: Its Back)  —  We wrote this morning about Gmail suffering some turbulence, but it appears now that it has completely crashed and disappeared.  Both Apps For Domain and the usual consumer Gmail service are down completely.
Discussion: Gmail Blog
Megan McArdle:
Does High Speed Rail Have a Future?  —  Forgive me for talking about high speed rail even though Ryan Avent says I'm not allowed to.  I just can't control myself, I'm afraid.  —  As libertarians go, I'm a big fan of high-speed rail.  I think it would be very nice if we had some in the …
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Jindal uses taxpayer money for a helicopter to shuttle him to church.  —  A report by The Advocate in Louisiana finds that state taxpayers have been paying for Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) to go to church...in a helicopter: … Last week, Jindal said that he “visits a church when he receives an invitation” …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Gestapo Precedent for “EITs”  —  Marc Ambinder addresses the subject of torture today.  Ambers poses the following analogy: … But that is the wrong analogy.  The sadism and murder of Jews and gypsies in Nazi Germany do not fall under a torture category.
Michelle Malkin:
Obama's Sept. 8 speech to schoolchildren  —  President Obama told a student report last month that he would be making an address to schoolchildren on September 8:  —  The Daily Paul picked up the story last week and linked to teachers' manuals pegged to Obama's address, which have now been linked on Drudge.
 
 
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David A. Harris / The Huffington Post:
Look Who's Coming To Dinner
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Sheila C. Bair / New York Times:
The Case Against a Super-Regulator
Discussion: Felix Salmon and Clusterstock
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Gonzales backs Holder's torture investigation.
Discussion: Salon
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
AFL-CIO: Gov't option an absolute must
Carlos Lozano / L.A. Now:
Media outlets paying for information in Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping case
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Republicans: Staunch Defenders of Medicare
Discussion: Wonkette
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Pastor Seeks Another Referendum in Gay Marriage Fight
Discussion: Open Left
 Earlier Items: 
Matt Taibbi / Taibblog:
Bailout Propaganda Begins
Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Massachusetts Cuts Back Immigrant Health Care
KC Johnson / Durham-in-Wonderland:
Simply Extraordinary  —  Three Duke University students …
 

 
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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