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Van Jones Did Not Fill Out WH Questionnaire — Van Jones, the Obama green jobs czar who resigned shortly after midnight Sunday, did not fill out the exhaustive questionnaire White House officials required of every Cabinet-level secretary and deputy-secretary position.
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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 — With due respect, I think Charles Krauthammer had it badly wrong on Van Jones when he said (see post below), “I'm not even disturbed that this guy is a communist. It is not the first time we had a communist in the U.S. government.
John / Power Line:
A Van Jones Postscript — The defining accomplishment of Van Jones's life was his founding of the Ella Baker Freedom Center. While the controversy over his appointment was going on I meant to look into who she was, but didn't get it done. Ron Radosh, an expert on the hard left of which he was once a member, has the answer:
Andrew Breitbart / Washington Times:
Couric should look in mirror — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — Now that White House “Green Jobs Czar” Van Jones has resigned, what's next? — Inevitably, the American mainstream media - ABC, NBC, CBS, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, et al - must be held to account …
Washington Post:In Adviser's Resignation, Vetting Bites Obama Again
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Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama — Back to School Event — The President: Hello everyone - how's everybody doing today? I'm here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we've got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade.
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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?
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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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Source: Senator's health care plan skips public option — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A proposed health care bill by the powerful chairman of the Senate Finance Committee does not include a government-run insurance plan, a source close to the discussions said Monday.
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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 …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama fires up labor in healthcare fight — President Barack Obama dusted off his most famous campaign speech Monday to get the labor union crowd “fired up and ready to go” in helping him pass healthcare reform. — Obama, addressing the AFL-CIO's annual Labor Day picnic in Cincinnati …
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Andrew Sullivan / Times of London:Obama's in the ER but he'll get his reforms
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Sheriff Reports 10,000 at New Lenox/Joliet Rally — Breaking news from New Lenox/Joliet... the sheriff's office is reporting to us that the crowd estimate for the rally here is 10,000+ and they are shutting down a portion of Interstate 80 for traffic control do to the massive influx of people.
Boston Globe:
Joseph Kennedy will not run for Senate — Joseph P. Kennedy II announced today that he will not seek the Senate seat held by his uncle, a move likely to end the Kennedy family's half century of political dominance in Massachusetts and entice several other candidates to jump into the race.
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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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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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Michael Luo / New York Times:
Out of Work, and Too Down to Search On — “You send out so much, and you don't get responses. Then when you get called in, you're treated like you're too old.” RAY RUCKER, a 62-year-old former facilities manager from Overland Park, Kan. More Photos > — They were left out of the latest …
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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Florida GOP Chair on Obama's Speech to Students: “It's a Good Speech, I'll Let My Kids Watch” — ABC News' Steven Portnoy reports: The Florida Republican party chairman who last week accused the president of trying to “indoctrinate America's children to his socialist agenda” …
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Forbes:
Too Many Kooks — Obama's school speech drives the right crazy. — The Silly Season ceases to be “silly” when what passes for political debate in America turns not merely stupid or witless, but certifiably demented. — I write of the kooky reaction of many conservatives—politicians …
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