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6:00 PM ET, October 19, 2009

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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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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.
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Fake “Chamber” Press Release Dupes Reuters
Discussion: EnviroKnow
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Washington Post:
Doctor pay, and its cost, are part of health reform  —  A test of President Obama's pledge to pay for health care  —  IN THE WORLD according to Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), setting Medicare payment levels for doctors has nothing to do with health reform.  Really.
Emily Cadei / Eye on 2010:
Ensign's Parents Among Reid's Campaign Donors
Discussion: The Hill
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.
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 …
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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 …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and MyDD
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
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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Rasmussen Reports:
Palin Is Distant Second in GOP Match-Ups with Huckabee, Romney  —  Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's forthcoming autobiography has been at the top of the Amazon book charts for weeks, and it hasn't even been released yet.  At least in the eyes of the political Left, she is now perhaps America's most visible national Republican.
Megan McArdle:
Taking Charge of Our Climate  —  I don't know enough about climate change debate to weigh in on the cage match between Levitt/Dubner, the environmental blogs, and, it seems, most of the liberal environmental blogosphere.  I know enough about journalism to know that asking your sources to feed …
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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.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Reading Material  —  I find the idea that senior military …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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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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 …
Discussion: AmSpecBlog, The Other McCain and TPMDC
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.
Jon Cohen / Behind the Numbers:
Post-ABC poll: few partisan fissures on Iran nukes  —  Americans overwhelmingly see Iran's nuclear program as geared toward the development of atomic weaponry, and more than eight in 10 support direct diplomatic talks to try to resolve the situation, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Romney on Iran: “Unalloyed Evil”
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 …
American Strategy / The New America Foundation:
Revenge of the Drones  —  An Analysis of Drone Strikes in Pakistan  —  As a result of the unprecedented 41 drone strikes into Pakistan authorized by the Obama administration, aimed at Taliban and al Qaeda networks based there, about a half-dozen leaders of militant organizations have been killed …
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Peter Bergen / The New Republic:
The Front  —  The Taliban-Al Qaeda merger.  —  On July 25 …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
New York Times:
Decision on Afghan Troops May Wait  —  WASHINGTON — The White House signaled Sunday that President Obama would postpone any decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan until the disputed election there had been settled and resulted in a government that could work with the United States.
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If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It  —  The Senate Finance Committee vote …
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