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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 …
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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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Adam Fogle / The Palmetto Scoop:
Jews, Gentiles and Jim DeMint — 2 STATE GOP COUNTY CHAIRS USE ETHNIC STEREOTYPE TO DEFEND SENATOR — A pair of South Carolina County Republican Party chairmen came to the defense of U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint Sunday by using a not-so-defensible comment about Jewish people.
Washington Post:
Poll: majority now supports public health insurance option — As Democratic congressional leaders and White House officials work to shape health care bills that will go to the House and Senate floors, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that support for a government-run health plan …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Support for Legalizing Marijuana Reaches New High — Majority in the West favors taxing marijuana sales to boost state revenues — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup's October Crime poll finds 44% of Americans in favor of making marijuana legal and 54% opposed.
Jon Cohen / Behind the Numbers:Post-ABC poll: few partisan fissures on Iran nukes
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The Politico:
CNBC, Reuters fall for climate hoax — In a dramatic shift, the Chamber of Commerce announced Monday that it is throwing its support behind climate change legislation making its way through the U.S. Senate. — Only it didn't. — An e-mail press release announcing the change is a hoax, say Chamber officials.
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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 A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:Pranksters stage Chamber of Commerce climate change event
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Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:Yes Men, Activist Group, Teamed Up On Chamber Hoax
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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.
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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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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 — The House health care bill is getting cheaper, but Democrats aren't boasting just yet. Because when they ultimately break silence the hope is to present conservative Democrats in both chambers with a bill …
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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 …
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Peter Bergen / The New Republic:The Front — The Taliban-Al Qaeda merger. — On July 25 …
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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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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
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John / Power Line:
Iran Double-Crosses Obama — This morning, I noted that Iran's government is telling the Iranian people that the Obama administration has consented to Iranian enrichment of uranium, thereby dismaying our European allies. I linked to, but did not discuss in detail, a Time article that appeared today.
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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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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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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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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Gates Blindsided by Rahm — Yesterday, in light of Rahm Emanuel's comments on delaying the decision on troops for Afghanistan, I asked: “Are Sunday talk show declarations by Emanuel and political advisor David Axelrod an appropriate way to announce the considered judgment of the president …
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 …
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