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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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Joe Wilson's Dirty Health-Care Secret — All in the Family: Rep. Joe Wilson (left) and his son, Alan Wilson, who is running for attorney general in South Carolina. Both men, and three of Rep. Wilson's other sons, get free military medical coverage. — By Adam Weinstein — Poor Joe Wilson.
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.
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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.
Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Countdown: Special Comment About the Shout of “You Lie” — Keith lets Rep. “Wrong-Way” Wilson have it in this Special Comment.
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Pam's House Blend
Susan Davis / Wall Street Journal:
Rep. Wilson's ‘Lie’ Yell Boosts Rival, Sparks Backlash — The raucous tone and raw emotions that characterized this summer's town-hall meetings on health-care policy made a brief appearance during President Barack Obama's address to Congress on Wednesday when a Republican lawmaker accused the president of lying.
Good Lt / The Jawa Report:
HORRIFIC BOMBSHELL: Joe Wilson Took NoDoz Caffiene Pills in 2007 Or Something
HORRIFIC BOMBSHELL: Joe Wilson Took NoDoz Caffiene Pills in 2007 Or Something
The Hill:
Pelosi halts effort to sanction Wilson
Pelosi halts effort to sanction Wilson
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The Politico, The Plum Line, The Hill, Open Congress, The Moderate Voice, Riehl World View, The New Republic, Taylor Marsh, Sister Toldjah and Salon
Justin Elliott / LiveWire:
Flashback: Rep. Wilson Also Had To Apologize After Attacking Strom …
Flashback: Rep. Wilson Also Had To Apologize After Attacking Strom …
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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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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.
Associated Press:
Sector Snap: Insurers gain ground after speech — NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of health insurers gained some ground Thursday after President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to reforming the health care system in a televised speech to a joint session of Congress.
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U.S. Census Bureau News:
COVERAGE IN THE UNITED STATES: 2008
COVERAGE IN THE UNITED STATES: 2008
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Colorado Senate Race — Colorado Senate: Bennet in Close Race with Two Potential Challengers — Colorado's appointed U.S. Senator Michael Bennet finds himself in a toss-up with two potential Republican challengers, Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck and Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier.
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Fox News:
2 ACORN Employees Fired, Could Face Criminal Charges — The community organizing group ACORN has fired two employees at its Baltimore office who were seen on hidden-camera video giving advice to a man posing as a pimp and a woman pretending to be a prostitute, as some legal experts raise questions …
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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 …
Michael Binyon / Times of London:
Thatcher told Gorbachev Britain did not want German reunification — Two months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Margaret Thatcher told President Gorbachev that neither Britain nor Western Europe wanted the reunification of Germany and made clear that she wanted the Soviet leader to do what he could to stop it.
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 …
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David Paine / The Huffington Post:
The Politicization of 9/11 — I finally understand what it really means when people say “no good deed goes unpunished.” — About seven years ago, the 9/11 community came together to support the wonderful idea that the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on America ought to become …
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.”
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 …
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Abu Muqawama, ATTACKERMAN, democracyarsenal.org, The Washington Independent and Matthew Yglesias
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.
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Michael F. Cannon / Cato @ Liberty:
Obama's Health Care Speech in Plain English — Hell of a speech last night, eh? Here are a few of my favorite gems. … True. And your employer mandate would kill hundreds of thousands of low-wage jobs that would never come back. … Translation: Boy! Are we going to force you to buy a lot of coverage!
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.”
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