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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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Fox News:
Rep. Wilson Outburst Leads Senate Dems to Close Loophole in Health Reform Bill — In the Senate, Democrats in the so called “Gang of Six,” began moving quickly to close the loophole Rep. Joe Wilson helped bring to light with his outburst during President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night.
Andie Coller / The Politico:
GOP ‘cranks’ dominating debate — Joe Wilson's outburst Wednesday night earned more than a personal rebuke from the president and a dagger-eyed gasp from the speaker of the House; it drew winces from Republicans worried that their party is becoming known less for the power of its ideals and more for the pettiness of its vitriol.
Newsweek Blogs:
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.
Richard Simon / Los Angeles Times:
Outrage over Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst isn't dying down — Although President Obama accepted the Republican congressman's apology for his ‘You lie’ remark, Democrats are calling for a public mea culpa and using the incident in fundraising appeals. — Reporting from Washington …
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Jay Newton-Small / Time:
After Obama's Speech, It's Back to Wooing the Skeptics — No one in the nation's capital is naive enough to think that President Barack Obama's address before Congress Wednesday evening was somehow, in one fell swoop, going to overcome all the opposition to health-care reform …
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:Wilson: ‘I will not be muzzled’
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Taebok / CBS News:
Poll: Obama's Speech Buoyed Public Support — President Obama attempt to explain his plans for health care reform to the American public Wednesday night appear to have been successful — to some extent. — A CBS News poll shows that Americans now give him the best marks of his presidency …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Following Speech, Support for Health Care Reform Up to 46% — President Obama's speech to Congress Wednesday night has provided at least a short-term boost in support for the health care reform plan that he and congressional Democrats have proposed. But the bounce is partisan in nature …
WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
PATRIOT DAY AND NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE, 2009 — BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — Through the twisted steel of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the scarred walls of the Pentagon, and the smoky wreckage in a field in southwest Pennsylvania …
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Elizabeth Shaw / MLive.com:
Anti-abortion activist shot in front of Owosso High School … OWOSSO, Michigan — State police at the Corunna post have confirmed a well-known anti-abortion activist was shot multiple times and killed this morning in front of Owosso High School. — The victim's identity has not yet …
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama sets stage for using budget maneuver to pass health reform — President Barack Obama this week has been laying the foundation for Senate Democrats to use a controversial budget maneuver to pass healthcare reform. — By offering Republicans olive branches during his address to Congress on Wednesday …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Dime Standard — On Wednesday night, Barack Obama delivered the finest speech of his presidency. The exposition of his health care views was clear and lively. The invocation of Teddy Kennedy was moving and effective. The rumination at the end about the American character and the role …
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.
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Matthew Syed / Times of London:Thatcher, Gorbachev, Bush: read the secret Kremlin records
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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.
Megan Fox / New York Post:
Betraying our dead — Forgetting the vows we made — Eight years ago today, our homeland was attacked by fanatical Muslims inspired by Saudi Arabian bigotry. Three thousand American citizens and residents died. — We resolved that we, the People, would never forget. Then we forgot.
Julian E. Barnes / Los Angeles Times:
Doubt raised on troop boost in Afghanistan war — President Barack Obama's strategy may be at risk as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she doesn't sees many backers in Congress for any new deployments. — Reporting from Washington - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she sees little support …
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Noahs / The Docket:
Judge angered by special treatment for Andrew Sullivan — Political commentator, author and writer for The Atlantic magazine Andrew M. Sullivan won't have to face charges stemming from a recent pot bust at the Cape Cod National Seashore — but a federal judge isn't happy about it.
Michelle Malkin:
Eight years later: Remembrance and resolve — Remember: Project 2,996. — Remember: “Let's roll!” — Remember: The angels on loan from God. — Remember: The 9/11 babies. — Remember: Falling Man. — Remembrance is worthless without resolve. Resolve is useless without action.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Cost of Urban Freeways — SE-SW Freeway, Washington DC (cc photo by dbking) — One of the great mistakes this country made decades ago was to seriously damage a large number of American cities by cutting freeways through existing neighborhoods. How much damage?
N. R. Kleinfield / New York Times:
Remembering a Future That Many Feared — The day dawned different and stayed that way. Traffic was thin and sidewalks quiet. The stock exchange didn't open, nor the airports, the schools, Broadway. People loaded up on bottled water, batteries, canoes.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
How one becomes “crazy” in Washington culture — (updated below) — Politico has an article on how certain mainstream Republican leaders are worried that “crackpots” are dominating their party's image (h/t reader jv): … While the Republican Party is absolutely dominated by people who are exactly that …
Gordon Brown / Telegraph:
I'm proud to say sorry to a real war hero — The treatment of code-breaker Alan Turing was utterly unfair, says Gordon Brown — This has been a year of deep reflection - a chance for Britain, as a nation, to commemorate the profound debts we owe to those who came before.
Michelle Malkin:
Special report: How Obama cronyism threatens rail security — How Obama cronyism threatens rail security — Creators Syndicate — New Delhi. Mumbai. Chechnya. Madrid. London. The question isn't whether America will suffer a jihadi attack on our passenger rail lines, but when.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Still Prefer Republicans for Combating Terrorism — Majority of independents and most Republicans favor GOP on the issue — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans continue to give the Republican Party a slight edge over the Democratic Party — 49% vs. 42% — in their perceptions of the party …
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