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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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Commentary, Erick's blog, Betsy's Page, American Power, POWIP, RedState, Gateway Pundit, Pajamas Media and Ben Smith's Blog
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Van Jones: A Moment of Truth For Liberal Institutions in the Veal Pen — I first met Van Jones when he was honored last year by the Campaign for America's Future at their gala dinner. He was being swarmed by all of the liberal institutional elite, who just could not be more full of praise …
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?
Glenn Beck:
Glenn Beck statement on resignation of Van Jones — The American people stood up and demanded answers. Instead of providing them, the Administration had Jones resign under cover of darkness. I continue to be amazed by the power of everyday Americans to initiate change …
Keith Olbermann / Daily Kos:Send Me Everything You Can Find About Glenn Beck
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Washington Post:In Adviser's Resignation, Vetting Bites Obama Again
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Swampland, AmSpecBlog, The Corner on National …, Weekly Standard, Hot Air, NewsBusters.org and Power Line
Jackturner / Jack & Jill Politics:When Will This White House Learn You Cannot Negotiate With Terrorists?
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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Martina Stewart / CNN:Klobuchar on a health care bill: 'I would like to see us at 60′
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The Reaction
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.
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Outside The Beltway, The Moderate Voice, Fausta's Blog, Below The Beltway, The Other McCain, Ztower and Not Tucker Carlson
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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theblogprof, The Anchoress, Gateway Pundit, Pajamas Media, Althouse, Cold Fury, Babalú Blog and JammieWearingFool
Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Sudan Court to Define Indecent Dress for Women — NAIROBI, Kenya — A Sudanese court on Monday decided not to lash a woman for wearing trousers in public but convicted her of violating the country's decency laws and fined her the equivalent of $200. — The woman, Lubna Hussein …
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Jules Crittenden:
Happy Labor Day! — I'll celebrate the way I usually do ... working, and damned glad I have a job. Thanks to the sound and aggressive management of the company I work for, with an owner/publisher who made the tough choices and did what he had to do to keep us going.
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Gateway Pundit
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 …
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