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7:50 PM ET, October 19, 2009

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Rachel Weiner / The Huffington Post:
GOPers: DeMint Like A Jew “Watching Our Nation's Pennies”  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Two South Carolina County Republican Party chairmen stepped up to rebut criticism of Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) in a newspaper editorial Sunday.  But their defense of the senator might be overshadowed …
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TheTandD.com:
DeMint watches out for all of us  —  Recently your newspaper published a letter from state Rep. Bakari Sellers attacking U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint and his opposition to congressional earmarks.  —  There is a saying that the Jews who are wealthy got that way not by watching dollars …
Adam Fogle / The Palmetto Scoop:
Jews, Gentiles and Jim DeMint
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chamber-of-commerce.us:
A Survival Strategy for Free Enterprise Over the Long Term  —  Address by Thomas J. Donohue  —  President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce  —  U.S. Chamber of Commerce  —  Washington, D.C.  —  As Prepared for Delivery  —  Thank you very much, Sheila, and good day to everyone.
David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
GOP Launches Strategy to Trip Up Health Bill  —  Senate Republicans, acknowledging they lack the votes to block a health care reform bill outright, have implemented a comprehensive political strategy to delay, define and derail.  —  With Democratic leaders and White House officials holed …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Pelosi Aims to Squeeze Skeptics on Public Option With Cheaper Bill Than Senate
Discussion: Ezra Klein
The Note:
Finance Bill's Final Language: 1,502 Pages
Discussion: Townhall.com
Emily Cadei / Eye on 2010:
Ensign's Parents Among Reid's Campaign Donors
Discussion: The Hill
Manu Raju / The Politico:   Lobbyists' $100K haul for Reid
Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
AP Newsbreak: New medical marijuana policy issued  —  AP Newsbreak: New medical marijuana policy issued by Obama administration  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Support for Legalizing Marijuana Reaches New High
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama's commendable change in federal drug enforcement policy
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Romney on Iran: “Unalloyed Evil”
Tony Romm / The Hill:
Thomas to White House: Stay out of Fox News fight  —  Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas on Monday advised the Obama administration to stand down and avoid further fighting with Fox News and its correspondents.  —  In an interview with MSNBC, the columnist — who is promoting …
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Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Losing: Helen Thomas, NYT, and The Nation Object to White House Fight With Fox News  —  Well, it's not the first time the Grande Liberal Dame of the press corps has had words for the Obama White House, but today Helen Thomas is voicing more unlikely sentiments by telling the White House attack dogs to heel in the Fox News fight.
Richard Perez-Pena / Media Decoder:
Times Says It Will Cut 100 Newsroom Jobs  —  The New York Times plans to eliminate 100 newsroom jobs - about 8 percent of the total - by year's end, offering buyouts to union and non-union employees, and resorting to layoffs if it cannot get enough people to leave voluntarily, the paper announced on Monday.
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John Koblin / New York Observer:
New York Times Cutting 100 Newsroom Jobs  —  The New York Times is cutting 100 jobs by the end of the year, the Times' editor Bill Keller just announced to the staff via email.  —  “This is not a good day,” said John Geddes, the paper's managing editor to the assembled staff in the newsroom …
Club for Growth:
New TV Ad in NY-23  —  Club and Club PAC Launch TV Ad in NY-23  —  Washington - Club for Growth and Club for Growth PAC will launch a $300,000 television ad campaign tomorrow in the special election for New York's 23rd Congressional District.  The campaign follows the Club …
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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Dick Armey Heads to NY-23 for Hoffman
Discussion: The Hill, Hot Air, Big Government and TPMDC
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Illinois Senate Election  —  Illinois 2010 Senate Race Still Neck-and-Neck  —  The 2010 U.S. Senate race in Illinois is now a dead heat between the top Democratic and Republican contenders.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds Republican hopeful Mark Kirk tied …
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US Department of Justice:
Maryland Scientist Charged with Attempted Espionage  —  A Maryland scientist who once worked in varying capacities for the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been arrested for attempted espionage, David Kris …
CNN:
CNN Poll: Will Afghanistan turn into another Vietnam?  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - A slight majority of Americans think that the war in Afghanistan is turning into another Vietnam, according to a new national poll which also indicates that nearly six in 10 oppose sending more U.S. troops to the conflict.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Banks Are Not All Right  —  It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.  O.K., maybe not literally the worst, but definitely bad.  And the contrast between the immense good fortune of a few and the continuing suffering of all too many boded ill for the future.
David Sharrock / Times of London:
Hillary Clinton suffers ‘mis-speaking’ relapse with Belfast bomb claims  —  Hillary Clinton has been caught out “mis-speaking” again in a manner that suggests that she hasn't learnt from past experiences of her globe-trotting, “lily-gilding” speeches.  —  The US Secretary of State …
Jamie Fly / Weekly Standard:
Sen. Kerry's Colossal Error of Judgment  —  Over the weekend, Sen. John Kerry provided some covering fire for President Obama's dithering about his strategy for Afghanistan, telling CBS News that:  —  “I don't see how President Obama can make a decision about the committing of our additional forces …
Marisa Treviño / Latina Lista:
Special Sunday Post: RNC Chairman Michael Steele's bizarre interview with Univision's Jorge Ramos  —  For months now, I've resisted trying to equate Michael Steele with Sarah Palin — a Republican Party choice (a.k.a. token) to appease a certain demographic.  Palin was to appeal to women voters.
 
 
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Michael V. Hayden / CNN:
Hayden: Wrong to release interrogation memos
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JSOnline:
He's in the Army now  —  Wife's cancer prompts man to enlist
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Gates Blindsided by Rahm
Discussion: Washington Post
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Students' Advocate Was Once Convicts' Last Hope
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Mika: With One Exception, Every CBS Reporter, Director, Anchor A Liberal
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It  —  The Senate Finance Committee vote …
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Jon Walker / Firedoglake:
Excise Tax on “Cadillac” Health Insurance Benefits is Regressive
Discussion: QandO
Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blog:
Who's running the WashTimes edit page?
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CNN:
Sarah Palin joins LinkedIn
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