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Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
Van Jones: Does the NYT Know What a Truther Is? — Amazingly, many New York Times print readers still don't know why Van Jones resigned! Here's how the paper's John Broder describes his situation: … Reading that, would you realize the petition was a Truther petition?
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Carl Pope / The Huffington Post:
We All Blew It — On Thursday evening, I got worried. Friday I put in a call to ask Van Jones how to help. Saturday I started writing a blog post, which would have appeared this morning. (I've attached it below because it goes into more detail on the history of the “Bush as addict” meme.)
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The Politico:
Beck up, left let down and Jones defiant — The resignation early Sunday of “green jobs” adviser Van Jones says as much about the Obama White House as it does about Jones - marking the latest sacrifice to the political gods after a long summer of compromises and surrenders highlighted the limits of White House power.
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Washington Post:
In Adviser's Resignation, Vetting Bites Obama Again — Uproar Concerned Environmental Aide's Past Activism — The resignation of White House environmental adviser Van Jones has revealed a lapse in the administration's vetting procedures that, nearly eight months into his tenure …
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Glenn Beck:Glenn Beck statement on resignation of Van Jones
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:The Death of the Soviet Union Was Not the Death of Communism — By: Andy McCarthy
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:Van Jones: A Moment of Truth For Liberal Institutions in the Veal Pen
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
New Fee on Health Insurance Companies Is Proposed to Help Expand Coverage — WASHINGTON — In a last effort to give the Senate a bipartisan health care bill, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee circulated a comprehensive proposal on Sunday to overhaul the health care system and proposed …
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Edmund Conway / Telegraph:
Barack Obama accused of making ‘Depression’ mistakes — Barack Obama is committing the same mistakes made by policymakers during the Great Depression, according to a new study endorsed by Nobel laureate James Buchanan. — His policies even have the potential to consign the US to a similar fate …
Mike Collett-White / Reuters:
“Capitalism is evil,” says new Michael Moore film — VENICE (Reuters) - Capitalism is evil. That is the conclusion U.S. documentary maker Michael Moore comes to in his latest movie “Capitalism: A Love Story,” which premieres at the Venice film festival Sunday.
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
China alarmed by US money printing — The US Federal Reserve's policy of printing money to buy Treasury debt threatens to set off a serious decline of the dollar and compel China to redesign its foreign reserve policy, according to a top member of the Communist hierarchy.
John / Power Line:
Labor Yes, Unions No — Both Gallup (via Byron York) and Rasmussen find support for labor unions at a historic low. This Gallup chart shows the trend: — What seems odd about these poll data is their volatility. Both Gallup and Rasmussen find support for unions down sharply from a year ago.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Where's This Going? — Am I the only one who thinks that if the Dems pass a bill with mandates and subsidies for poor and moderate income people to purchase it but no public option or competition with the insurers, that it will be pretty much a catastrophe for the Democrats in political terms?
Lisa Lerer / The Politico:
More czars on conservative hit list — Cass Sunstein, regulatory czar — Prolific Harvard law professor Cass Sunstein spent years examining the obscure corners of regulatory law and behaviorial economics. Now, conservatives are combing through his writings to build a case against his nomination …
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Washington Post:
Major U.S. Role in Mortgages Shaping Entire Market — Classes of Borrowers Cannot Find Loans as Publicly Backed Debt Mounts — In the go-go years of the U.S. housing boom, virtually anybody could get a few hundred thousand dollars to buy a home, and private lenders flooded the market …
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Rifqa Bary Facebook Fatwa: “We Need to Kill Her” — I have said from the very first that Rifqa Bary is the highest value target in America. Apostasy is the most egregious crime against Islam. Her crime is not just against the family. it is against Islam.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A More Perfect Death — As if there weren't enough end-of-life anxieties floating around the health care debate, the Montana Supreme Court has chosen this month to weigh whether their state should join nearby Oregon and Washington in endorsing physician-assisted suicide.
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