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Washington Post:
Hasan on Islam — Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, the Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood, was supposed to discuss a medical topic during gave a presentation to senior Army doctors in June 2007. Instead, he lectured on Islam, suicide bombers and threats the military …
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
The Best Speech Obama's Given Since...Maybe Ever — Today, at Ft. Hood. I guarantee: they'll be teaching this one in rhetoric classes. It was that good. My gloss won't do it justice. Yes, I'm having a Chris Matthews-chill-running-up-my- leg moment, but sometimes, the man …
NPR:
Transcript Of President Obama's Remarks — text sizeAAA — Following is an advance transcript of President Obama's remarks at the Fort Hood memorial service, as provided by the White House. — We come together filled with sorrow for the thirteen Americans that we have lost …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama's modest proposal: A Lieberman swap — A source at the White House for the president's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reports that Obama ended the event with a modest proposal for the domestic politics of both men. — At the meeting's conclusion …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Democrats Raise Alarms Over Health Bill Costs — WASHINGTON — As health care legislation moves toward a crucial airing in the Senate, the White House is facing a growing revolt from some Democrats and analysts who say the bills Congress is considering do not fulfill President Obama's promise …
OMB Director Peter Orszag / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Fiscally Responsible Health Reform Redux
Fiscally Responsible Health Reform Redux
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Des Moines Register
Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Political eyes on Republican Scozzafava after conservatives urge her to quit — It's a Grand Old Purging as moderate's ouster spotlights Republican dysfunction — GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. — Over Halloween weekend, Dede Scozzafava morphed from a rosy-cheeked Republican mom to a political figure of speech.
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John Cole / Balloon Juice:
An Object Lesson on Not Being Jerks — The closing bits of this WaPo piece on the NY-23 affair really sums it all up: … The funny thing about all of this is that no matter how bad all their ideas are, no matter how disastrous their governance has been, no matter how many horrible things …
The Huffington Post:
Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — With Reporting By Ryan Grim — One of Congress's foremost champions of abortion rights said on Monday that the Senate did not have the votes to add a more restrictive anti-abortion amendment to health care reform legislation.
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J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
McConnell warns of Senate fight over abortion
McConnell warns of Senate fight over abortion
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The Politico
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Pat Robertson on Ft. Hood: Islam is ‘not a religion’ and Muslims should be treated like ‘some fascist group.’ — This past weekend, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned against allowing “anti-Muslim sentiment” to emanate from the shooting at Fort Hood by Major Nidal Malik Hasan.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Rush to Therapy
The Rush to Therapy
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Firedoglake, The Moderate Voice, Marc Lynch, Democracy in America, TPMCafe, Commentary, The Mahablog and The Blotter
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Dunn leaving White House, Pfeiffer takes over — White House communications director Anita Dunn will step down from her post at the end of the month and Dan Pfeiffer, her deputy, will take over, according to sources familiar with the move. — Dunn, a longtime Democratic media consultant …
The Politico:
Clinton to Senate Dems: ‘We are winning’ — Bill Clinton walks through Capitol Hill as reporters ask questions. — John Shinkle — With the issue he has positioned to be his crowning achievement as president at a crossroads, Barack Obama once again called on his former rival to help him follow through.
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CBS News:
Justice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists — Posted by Declan McCullagh In a case that raises questions about online journalism and privacy rights, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all reader visits on a certain day.
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Crooks and Liars, Hot Air, Hit & Run, The Anchoress, Raw Story, Clayton Cramer's BLOG and POWIP
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The Huffington Post:
NEW YORK POST LAWSUIT: Shocking Allegations Made By Fired Employee — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — The New York Post editor fired after speaking out against a cartoon depicting the author of the president's stimulus package as a dead chimpanzee has sued the paper.
Wall Street Journal:
Confessions of an ObamaCare Backer — A liberal explains the political calculus. — Printer — Friendly — The typical argument for ObamaCare is that it will offer better medical care for everyone and cost less to do it, but occasionally a supporter lets the mask slip and reveals the real political motivation.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Tough future for Snowe as a Republican — It looks like Olympia Snowe could have a pretty hard time getting nominated for another term in the Senate as a Republican. — There are now more folks in her party who disapprove than approve of Snowe's job performance.
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Carrie Prejean confirms ‘sex tape,’ but ... Carrie Prejean, some might remember, is the California beauty queen who gained instant ignominy in some circles by agreeing with President Obama's ridiculous notion that marriage is a union between one man and one woman.
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Laura Rozen / Laura Rozen's Blog:
Breaking: Rajiv Shah for USAID administrator — An administration official has confirmed that Rajiv Shah will be nominated to be the next administrator of USAID. — POLITICO reported yesterday that the 36-year-old USDA chief scientist and undersecretary for research, education and economics …
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Hillary Rodham Clinton / US Department of State:
Nomination of Dr. Rajiv Shah as USAID Administrator
Nomination of Dr. Rajiv Shah as USAID Administrator
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The Washington Independent
New York Times:
Blackwater Said to Approve Iraqi Payoffs After Shootings — WASHINGTON — Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode …
New York Times:
Environmental Agency Warns 2 Staff Lawyers Over Video Criticizing Climate Policy — The Environmental Protection Agency has directed two of its lawyers to makes changes to a YouTube video they posted that is critical of the Obama administration's climate change policy.
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Hot Air, NewsBusters.org, Personal Democracy Forum blogs, The Foundry, Sweetness & Light and Michelle Malkin
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New York Post:
FBI blew off killer e-mail to al Qaeda — Officials admit shrugging off gunman's e-mails to Qaeda — The FBI knew for nearly a year before his murderous Fort Hood rampage that psycho Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan had repeatedly contacted al Qaeda — but the blundering agency last night admitted it dismissed the lead.
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New York Times, Newsweek Blogs, Federal Bureau …, The Strata-Sphere, Pajamas Media, USA Today, The Jawa Report and JammieWearingFool
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Washington Examiner:
Climate bill's ‘emergency provision’ gives Obama strong-man powers — By: EXAMINER EDITORIAL HOT ZONE ALERT — Both the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade energy approved earlier this year and the version just okayed by Sen. Barbara Boxer's Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's Democrats …
Joseph Weber / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: Warner: Obama misplayed health care debate — Freshman Sen. Mark Warner, Virginia Democrat, said Tuesday that President Obama has misplayed his attempt to reform U.S. heath care by focusing on insurance coverage instead of explaining that the current system is headed toward a financial meltdown.
Jordan Robertson / The Huffington Post:
Internet Virus Frames Users For Child Porn — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. — Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses …
Lindsey Hoshaw / New York Times:
Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash — ABOARD THE ALGUITA, 1,000 miles northeast of Hawaii — In this remote patch of the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of miles from any national boundary, the detritus of human life is collecting in a swirling current so large that it defies precise measurement.