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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sens: Snowe's healthcare vote puts her top Commerce perch at risk — Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) is risking a shot at becoming the top Republican on an influential Senate committee by backing Democratic healthcare legislation, according to senators on the panel.
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Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Echoing Insurance Industry, Lieberman Says He Doesn't Support Baucus Bill — In August, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told CNN that he believed it was the wrong time for President Obama and Congress to attempt health care reform. “I'm afraid we've got to think about putting a lot of that off until …
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:Senate Finance Committee Passes Bill 14-9: What Now?
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:Olympia Snowe's Vote: Thanks But No Thanks.
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CNN:Key Senate committee passes health care plan
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James Oliphant / Los Angeles Times:Healthcare overhaul bill clears Senate Finance Committee
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MSteele / GOP.com:
Let me ask you — The Internet has been around a while, now. But, I still find it an amazing platform for innovation, not just in technology, but in life. Beyond admiring the way it powers so many inventions and businesses, it has become a personal thing for me.
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Top Ten Reasons Why The GOP Website Relaunch Is Fizzlin' — 10. In a section devoted to “future leaders,” there were none. — 9. In the subsequent rush to get up a “future leaders” page, they choose “you.” — 8. The last GOP accomplishment cited on the accomplishment page was from 2004.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Missing from GOP.com: Future — This is, a youngish Republican points out to me this morning, a bit of an unfortunate place for an empty page on the Republican National Committee's nifty new website. — That would be the “Future Leaders” page. — Post Comment — Pages — HILARIOUS!
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Michael McAuliff / Mouth of the Potomac:GOP Posts Password, Admin Instructions on New Web Site
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Mark Maske / Washington Post:
NFL Casts Doubt on Limbaugh's Bid — BOSTON—Commissioner Roger Goodell said here Tuesday that it would be inappropriate for the owner of an NFL franchise to make the sort of controversial statements attributed in the past to conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Matthews muses on killing Rush Limbaugh — Call this the opposite of a tingle up one's leg. No surprise here from the classiest cable network to drag anchor in the ratings, but consider if someone on Fox had offered this kind of fantasy musing on air about a liberal show host — say, Keith Olbermann or Matthews himself.
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Stick a fork in Limbaugh's NFL dream, it's done — In the wake of today's stinging comments from respected Indianapolis Colts owner, Jim Irsay, my guess is that Limbaugh's chances of successfully bidding to become an owner of the St. Louis Ram are close to nil.
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:Matthews: 'Someone's Going To Jam a CO2 Pellet Into Rush's Head'
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Anthony Man / Broward Politics:
Robert Wexler to resign from Congress — Update: U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, who represents Broward and Palm Beach counties, plans to resign from Congress. Wexler plans to meet with reporters Wednesday morning in Boca Raton to detail his next move. A Democratic source with knowledge …
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Graham: GOP ‘not going to be the party of angry white guys’ — (CNN) - South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has always enjoyed a little back-and-forth with belligerent audiences. — He was at it again on Monday night as he faced down an angry town hall crowd in Greenville packed with libertarians …
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Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
GOP Tweets clip of Hitler praising Pelosi UPDATE — Hitler hearts Pelosi? — That seems to be a view the National Republican Congressional Committee [which brought you the put-Pelosi-in-her-place statement last week] seems to be endorsing, judging from what the committee posts on their Twitter account.
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Justin Elliott / TPMMuckraker:
Orly Taitz Responds To Judge's $20k Fine: Shove It! — Reached on her cell phone by TPMmuckraker and informed of the $20,000 fine imposed on her by a federal judge this morning, Birther attorney Orly Taitz responded, first, with laughter. — “So he didn't recuse himself?”
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Jeffrey Herf / The New Republic:
Bombs Away — The only credible threat Obama can leverage against Iran — Our negotiations with Iran are not off to a good start. After the initial meeting in Geneva on October 1—with Iran on one side and Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China, and the United States on the other …
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Fox News:
Christian Convert Teen Must Go Back to Ohio, Judge Rules — A 17-year old girl who fled from her home, fearing her Muslim parents would kill her for converting to Christianity, must go back to Ohio, a Florida judge ruled Tuesday. — Judge Daniel Dawson ruled Ohio has jurisdiction over the case involving the teen, Rifqa Bary.
Associated Press:
Controversial Bush-Era EPA E-mail Released — Message Buried by Bush Administration Because of Its Conclusions on Global Warming Surfaces — (AP) A controversial e-mail message buried by the Bush administration because of its conclusions on global warming surfaced Tuesday …
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O'Reilly Falafel Suit Turns Five — Fox News star's pervy sex fantasies, boasts just never get old — Happy anniversary, Bill O'Reilly! On this date five years ago, the Fox News Channel host was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit brimming with lurid details about vibrators, phone sex …
Booman Tribune:
Can I Vent? — Yesterday was probably the most embarrassing day yet for the progressive blogosphere during the short reign of the Obama administration. So, now is probably a good time to just let loose and register my disgust with the movement I've been a part of for the last five years.
WHDH-TV:
Symbol carved into green at Lakeville golf course — LAKEVILLE, Mass — Police along with the Secret Service are investigating after a local country club discovered a symbol resembling a swastika carved into the green. — Lakeville County Club workers discovered the vandalism early Monday morning.
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Charles Johnson Now So Anti-Racist He's Denouncing Fake Racist Quotes — Charles Johnson was against fake but accurate before he was for it. — No link for the idiot. I'll just quote him. From a thread: … That link I've left in provides a flurry of extremely dubious Limbaugh “quotes” — and not a single link or citation.
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