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11:55 PM ET, September 10, 2009

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Wilson took caffeine pills in 2007  —  Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), who shouted “you lie!” at President Obama during his Wednesday night address to Congress, admitted to regularly consuming caffeine pills in 2007.  —  It is unclear if Wilson still takes NoDoz, a brand of pill that contains 200 milligrams …
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Adam Fogle / The Palmetto Scoop:
Get your free 'I'm With Joe Wilson' t-shirt  —  TPS/MADE IN MULTIPLES GIVING AWAY SHIRTS TO SUPPORT CONGRESSMAN  —  Congressman Joe Wilson may not have picked the best moment to voice his constituent's complaints about President Barack Obama's attempts to socialize health care, but he did so nonetheless.
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Shimkus walked on Obama: ‘Frustrated’  —  Rep. Joe Wilson, the South Carolina Republican who yelled at President Barack Obama during his address to Congress this week, wasn't the only one unhappy with what he heard.  —  Rep. John Shimkus, a Republican from Illinois, walked out.
Justin Elliott / LiveWire:
Flashback: Rep. Wilson Also Had To Apologize After Attacking Strom Thurmond's Illegitimate Daughter  —  Last night, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) issued an apology — “I let my emotions get the best of me when listening to the President's remarks” — and called the White House after heckling Obama during …
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Obama heckler Joe Wilson a member of neo-Confederate SCV, fought to keep Dixie flag flying in South Carolina  —  [Members of the James Younger Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in 2006.]  —  Looking into the background of Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, after his heckling of President Obama last night, I came across this:
Good Lt / The Jawa Report:
HORRIFIC BOMBSHELL: Joe Wilson Took NoDoz Caffiene Pills in 2007 Or Something  —  ...making him as bad as any college student cramming for exams.  Here are NoDoz, for the uninitiated.  —  Of course, this is just a pathetic leftwing non-smear-in-the-making (they're obviously trying …
Discussion: RBO
Dan / Riehl World View:   Interview: Rep. Joe Wilson (R) SC
Mere Rhetoric:
Video Flashback: Dems Shout And Boo At Bush During 2005 SOTU [Video]
Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
South Carolina Congressman Who Screamed at President Obama Fought …
PolitiFact.com statements:
Joe Wilson: “You lie!” …
The Huffington Post:
Joe Wilson Apologizes For Shouting “You Lie!” At Obama
Discussion: Blog entry
The Huffington Post:
Yosi Sergant, Obama Aide, Asked To Resign: Glenn Beck Strikes Again  —  Glenn Beck has struck again.  —  Yosi Sergant, who recently popped up on Beck's radar for his involvement in a conference call on national service, has been asked to resign as communications director by the National Endowment …
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James Rucker / Firedoglake:
A Line in the Sand Against Beck  —  Watching the Glenn Beck show this past month, one might have assumed that Van Jones had assaulted Beck, insulted his wife, and stolen his kids' lunch money.  Beck devoted time on a whopping 16 shows to crafting a distorted, despicable portrait of Van that few who know him would recognize.
ColorOfChange.org:
Six New Companies, Including the USPS, Humana Pledge Not to Run Additional Ads on Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck  —  62 Companies Now Boycotting the Controversial Host  —  OAKLAND, Calif.—ColorOfChange.org today confirmed that six new companies whose ads aired recently during Fox News …
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Beck Strikes Again; Yosi Sargent Reassigned at NEA
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
John Stossel Leaving ABC For Fox  —  First on TVNewser: John Stossel, the longtime ABC News correspondent and co-anchor of “20/20,” is leaving ABC to join Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network.  TVNewser has learned Stossel will host a weekly, one-hour program for the 2-year-old business channel.
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John Stossel / John Stossel's Take:
I'm Moving to FOX  —  It's time for a change.  —  In one month, I leave ABC News.  —  In October, I will join the folks at Fox.  —  I plan to do a one hour prime time show every week on FBN, the Fox Business Channel, and contribute to various existing programs on Fox News Channel.
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Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
Exposing ACORN: Introducing James O'Keefe
Discussion: Mashable!, Power Line and Nice Deb
Oren Yaniv / NY Daily News:
Semenya, forced to take gender test, is a woman ... and a man  —  (Photo by Lee Warren/Gallo ImagesGetty Images) Original Filename: 90065429.jpg  —  Tests show that controversial runner Caster Semenya is a woman ...and a man!  —  The 18-year-old South African champ has no womb or ovaries …
Discussion: Guardian and Pam's House Blend
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
STEELE BLASTS KENNEDY LETTER IN SPEECH.... In his speech last night, President Obama noted there are countless Americans who've “shared their stories” with policymakers “at town halls, in e-mails, and in letters.”  One of those letters, the president said, came from Ted Kennedy, who had …
Discussion: WhiteHouse.gov Blog
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U.S. Census Bureau News:
COVERAGE IN THE UNITED STATES: 2008  —  The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that real median household income in the United States fell 3.6 percent between 2007 and 2008, from $52,163 to $50,303.  This breaks a string of three years of annual income increases and coincides with the recession that started in December 2007.
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Guardian:
Al-Qaida faces recruitment crisis - anti-terror experts  —  Eight years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden is still at large but willing fighters and ideological support are in short supply  —  Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida is under heavy pressure in its strongholds in Pakistan's remote tribal areas …
The Daily Beast:
A Man on His Way to Bitterness  —  Blogs and Stories  —  Obama the candidate seemed to rise above his opponents.  The president Wednesday night was battling enemies, real and imagined.  —  This didn't look anything like the Barack Obama I remember from the campaign.
Discussion: The Opinionator
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:   Carlson: When did the Hopemeister turn bitter?
Tim Graham / NewsBusters.org:
Unanimous on The View: GOP ‘Incredibly Disrespectful’ to Obama  —  The ladies on ABC's The View were unanimous on Thursday: the Republicans were rude to President Obama.  Sitting in Elisabeth Hasselbeck's chair was Meghan McCain, who said Rep. Joe Wilson's shout “makes all Republicans look bad.”
Discussion: Hot Air
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
RED DAWN: GOP REVIVAL FOR 2010 HOUSE?  —  Republicans will pick up substantially, but fall short of full control  —  While the next slate of House elections does not occur until 2010, congressmen and their challengers certainly don't take off the “off-year.”
Robert Seidman / TVbytheNumbers:
Updated TV Ratings: SYTYCD vs. POTUS and Glee premieres nicely … Update: The presidential address was seen by 31.8 million across 10 networks in the final numbers.  —  Update: September 10, 2009 9:32a PDT, updated with some notes from FOX.  —  FOX easily won the night dominating the adults 18-49 and adults 18-34 demos.
Adam Fogle / The Palmetto Scoop:
SCGOP calls for Sanford's resignation  —  OVER 2/3 OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SAID DISGRACED GOVERNOR SHOULD GO  —  The tide of support from his own Republican Party officially turned against disgraced Gov. Mark Sanford Thursday as the South Carolina GOP called for his resignation.
Discussion: TPMMuckraker, MyDD and D-Day
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
HRC pushing to repeal marriage act  —  At a busy legislative moment, foes of the Defense of Marriage Act are re-starting the campaign against it.  Rep. Jerry Nadler is, I'm told, expected to introduce a bill that would repeal the legislation next week, and today Human Rights Campaign …
Discussion: Pam's House Blend
 
 
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David Paine / The Huffington Post:
The Politicization of 9/11  —  I finally understand …
Discussion: CNN and Philly.com
Matthew Jaffe / ABCNEWS:
Geithner: It's Time to Wind Down Economic Rescue Programs
Discussion: The Politico
Michael Binyon / Times of London:
Thatcher told Gorbachev Britain did not want German reunification
Discussion: The Daily Dish
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Obama: I'm Spending Too Much on the Troops
Nick Gillespie / Reason:
Where's the Paying Customer?
Discussion: Hot Air
Nielsen Wire:
32.1 Million Watch President Obama's Health Care Address to Congress on TV
Discussion: Hot Air
Associated Press:
Ahmadinejad to be barred from NY event
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The British Counter-Example
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David A. Fahrenthold / Capitol Briefing:
House Unearths a 14th Forged Letter from a Lobbyist
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