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P.J. Gladnick / NewsBusters.org:
Climategate: MSM Writers Try to Ignore Scandal in Global Warming Stories But Readers Bring Them Back to Reality — An hilariously bizarre situation is happening in the wake of the growing Climategate scandal. Many of the mainstream media stories about global warming are simply pretending it doesn't exist.
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Doug Ross, Pajamas Media, The Strata-Sphere, Canada Free Press, The Corner on National … and Gateway Pundit
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David Derbyshire / Daily Mail:
Scientist in climate change ‘cover-up’ storm told to quit — The scientist at the heart of the climate change scandal was under growing pressure to quit last night. — George Monbiot, a leading environmentalist, said Phil Jones should resign from the Climatic Research Unit over leaked emails …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Poll: More Americans growing skeptical of global warming
Poll: More Americans growing skeptical of global warming
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Washington Monthly, MoJo Blog Posts, Pundit & Pundette, Boston Globe, Hot Air and The Washington Independent
Troutfishyman / Bloomberg:
Congress May Probe Leaked Global Warming E-Mails
Congress May Probe Leaked Global Warming E-Mails
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QandO, Washington Post, Washington Times, Wonk Room, Andrew Bolt, Newsweek Blogs, Sense of Events, Climate Progress, Power Line, The Strata-Sphere, Transterrestrial Musings, Watts Up With That?, The Corner on National …, Pajamas Media, Hot Air, Left Coast Rebel and She Flies With Her Own Wings
Telegraph:
Bob Ainsworth criticises Barack Obama over Afghanistan — Bob Ainsworth, the defence secretary, has blamed Barack Obama and the United States for the decline in British public support for the war in Afghanistan. — Mr Ainsworth took the unprecedented step of publicly criticising …
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Ben Smith's Blog, Jules Crittenden, Mudville Gazette, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Gateway Pundit, Don Surber and Hot Air
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Strategy on Afghanistan Will Contain Many Messages — WASHINGTON—In declaring Tuesday that he would “finish the job” in Afghanistan, President Obama used a phrase clearly meant to imply that even as he deploys an additional 30,000 or so troops, he has finally figured out how to bring the eight-year-long conflict to an end.
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USA Today, Commentary, marbury, The Nation, The Hill, Prairie Weather, Political Punch and The Politico
Anahad O'Connor / The Caucus:
A Stylish State Dinner, With Typos — The White House pulled out all the stops in preparation for President Barack Obama's first state dinner on Tuesday night, hiring a new florist, selecting a renowned guest chef, and even inviting a number of high-profile musicians to perform.
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Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Modern Flourishes as Obamas Host State Dinner — WASHINGTON — It is an old tradition, a White House dinner governed by ritual and protocol that happens to be this city's hottest social event. But at their first state dinner on Tuesday night, President Obama and his wife, Michelle …
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The Politico, DownWithTyranny!, Mediaite, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, TVNewser and The Caucus
Rowan Scarborough / Fox News:
Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist — Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004.
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And So it Goes in Shreveport, Jules Crittenden, Left Coast Rebel, Political Byline, MsUnderestimated, Gateway Pundit, Another Black Conservative, ThreatsWatch, Weekly Standard, The Jawa Report, Power Line, Townhall.com, Fausta's Blog, Tim Blair, BLACKFIVE, Don Surber and JammieWearingFool
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Peter Finn / Washington Post:
Key coordinator of detainee policy quits — A key official in the Obama administration's effort to remake detention policy and close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay has resigned. — Phillip Carter, who was appointed deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee policy in April …
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Invictus
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Carol Rosenberg / MiamiHerald.com:
Detainee policy appointee quits Pentagon post — The Pentagon's top detainee affairs policy appointee has quit the Defense Department just seven months into the job, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday. — Phillip Carter, a former Army captain and Iraq War veteran, had been an outspoken critic …
Wall Street Journal:
The Uncertainty Economy — Tim Geithner is not the Democrats' biggest problem. — Printer — Friendly — Preparing to write about yesterday's downward revision in third-quarter GDP, we were tempted to say the Obama Administration has hit a speed-bump on its promised exit out of the recession.
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
Police: Sparkman Committed Suicide, Made It Look Like Murder For Insurance Scam — Census worker Bill Sparkman committed suicide and deliberately made it look like murder as part of an insurance scam, Kentucky state police have concluded. — State police, working with the FBI …
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Lou Dobbs Weighs Senate Run, as a Steppingstone — The Lou Dobbs-for-Senate rumor had barely crested when the Lou Dobbs-for-president rumor suddenly overtook it this week. — Mr. Dobbs, the former cable television anchor of the sonorous voice and tough-talking immigration politics …
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Angelina Jolie Not a Fan of Obama — Barack Obama does not have Angelina Jolie's seal of approval. — “She hates him,” a source close to the U.N. goodwill ambassador, 34, tells the new issue of Us Weekly (on newsstands now). — “She's into education and rehabilitation and thinks Obama is all about welfare and handouts.
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NewsBusters.org, Don Surber, Gateway Pundit, KURU Lounge, Hot Air and Real Clear Politics
Erik Wemple / City Desk:
Breaking: Washington Post to Close Bureaus in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles — According to an informed source, the Washington Post will soon announce that it will close its news bureaus in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, as part of a cost-saving measure.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama's Approval Slide Finds Whites Down to 39% — Support has declined much more among whites than among nonwhites — PRINCETON, NJ — Since the start of his presidency, U.S. President Barack Obama's approval rating has declined more among non-Hispanic whites than among nonwhites …
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Joe Klein / Time:
Obama's First Year Policies Need Time to Settle In — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates listen as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a Cabinet meeting at the White House — Over the past few weeks, Barack Obama has been criticized for the following …
Erik Kain / American Tory:
How Glenn Beck Can Save the Right … Glenn Beck appears at a rally in Huntington, WV in May 2003 (Shaun Heasley/Getty) — As the Obama administration pushes its expensive healthcare reform agenda, tackles global warming head-on (sort of), and moves forward with its various stimulus projects and bailouts …
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Riehl World View
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Analysis: Obama makes decisions slowly, and with head, not gut — President George W. Bush once boasted, “I'm not a textbook player, I'm a gut player.” The new tenant of the Oval Office takes a strikingly different approach. President Obama is almost defiantly deliberative …
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Beat the Press
Kevin Sack / New York Times:
From the Hospital to Bankruptcy Court — NASHVILLE — Some of the debtors sitting forlornly in this city's old stone bankruptcy court have lost a job or gotten divorced. Others have been summoned to face their creditors because they spent mindlessly beyond their means.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Mulls New Panel to Tackle Deficit — Bipartisan Commission Considered as Administration Seeks to Show Resolve on a Problem that Dogs Its Broader Agenda — WASHINGTON — The White House is considering a bipartisan commission to tackle the nation's swelling deficit …
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CNN, Think Progress, The Note, Bloomberg, Commentary, Capitol Briefing, The Agonist and Political Punch
Frank Newport / Gallup:
In U.S., More Support for Increasing Troops in Afghanistan — Americans now tilt slightly toward sending in new troops as opposed to reducing number — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans over the last two weeks have become slightly more likely to favor sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan …
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Politics Daily
The Huffington Post:
Mark Halperin's Mary Landrieu Photoshop: Pure Class — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — As many of you know, Mark Halperin is this babbling idiot whom Time magazine hired to cobble together this insipid web product called “The Page,” which is designed to scam people looking for trenchant …
Gautam Naik / Wall Street Journal:
Energy Push Spurs Shift in U.S. Science — OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — The Obama administration's push to solve the nation's energy problems, a massive federal program that rivals the Manhattan Project, is spurring a once-in-a-generation shift in U.S. science. — The government's multibillion-dollar push …
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The Big Picture