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George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Shirley Sherrod: Obama ‘Is Not Someone Who Has Experienced What I Have Experienced Through Life’ — Shirley Sherrod, the woman at the center of the racism storm that has consumed Washington the past few days, told me she doesn't know if President Obama supports her, but she welcomes …
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
On Today's Hot Media Stories: Sherrod, ‘Journolist’ — I go out of reach of internet-land for 48 hours, and the place blows up! Let me be the last person in the Official Media to weigh in on two topics: — 1) Shirley Sherrod. I agree with my colleagues Coates, Sullivan, Green, Ambinder …
Mike Allen / Associated Press:
SHIRLEY SHERROD PUTS PRESIDENT OBAMA ON SPOT TO CALL — INCLINED TO REFUSE JOB — House Dems think they can keep losses at 20-30, short of 39 GOP needs — B'days: Jahan, Cherlin, Sam Chiron — FLASH — CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu says he is retiring from public life later this year.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Ousted official Shirley Sherrod blamed Fox, but other outlets ran with story — The White House spokesman and the agriculture secretary weren't the only ones offering regrets Wednesday to the lower-level official abruptly fired over a videotape excerpt that turned out to be totally misleading.
Dan Riehl / Human Events:
In Defense of Andrew Breitbart — The media and progressive-left Democrats now appear in a rush to convict Andrew Breitbart of shoddy journalism, while exonerating Shirley Sherrod and the NAACP from charges of abiding racism within their ranks. Both Sherrod and the NAACP have charged …
Paul Hodes / The Huffington Post:
Weak Knees — As I was reading about the Shirley Sherrod issue today …
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MyDD
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
On Lacking All Conviction — Let's take a moment to understand …
Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
In the hours after Sen. John McCain announced his choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate in the last presidential race, members of an online forum called Journolist struggled to make sense of the pick. Many of them were liberal reporters, and in some cases their comments reflected …
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Sarah Palin is at the top of her party — More than 13 months ago, I wrote a column that began: “Sarah Palin can be the Republican nominee in 2012. I am not saying she will be, but she can be. Those who underestimate her do so at their own risk.” — It was not the most popular column I ever wrote.
Kim Dixon / Reuters:
Key Democrat backs keeping tax cuts for rich — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fiscally conservative Democrat who chairs the U.S. Senate's budget committee on Wednesday said he supports extending all of the tax cuts that expire this year, including for the wealthy.
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Wall Street Journal:
Bush Tax Cuts Roil Democrats — Two more Senate Democrats called for extending tax cuts for all earners—including those with the highest incomes—in what appears to be a breakdown of the party's consensus on the how to handle the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats may stop Bush-era tax cuts for wealthy from expiring — Democrats are considering a plan to delay tax hikes on the wealthy for two years because the economic recovery is slow and they fear getting crushed in November's election. — It could mean a big reprieve for families earning $250,000 and above annually.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Shame of the Daily Caller — I'd encourage everyone to read this Ann Althouse post on today's bogus Daily Caller story about JournoList. Her bottom line: “The Daily Caller's article is weak. And I'm inclined to think the material in the Journolist archive is pretty mild stuff.”
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Fred Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
The Vast Left-Wing Media Conspiracy — Everyone knew most of the press corps was hoping for Obama in 2008. Newly released emails show that hundreds of them were actively working to promote him. — When I'm talking to people from outside Washington, one question inevitably comes up: Why is the media so liberal?
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Weekly Standard
Mark Tapscott / Beltway Confidential:
First came Climategate, now it's JournoList; Who's next for an email scandal?
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Congress Ranks Last in Confidence in Institutions — Fifty percent “little"/"no" confidence in Congress reading is record high — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup's 2010 Confidence in Institutions poll finds Congress ranking dead last out of the 16 institutions rated this year.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Bill Clinton More Popular Than Barack Obama
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Afghan Deadline Is Cutting Two Ways — WASHINGTON — When President Obama announced a new strategy for Afghanistan in December, he argued that by setting a deadline of next summer to begin drawing down troops he would create a sense of urgency for the Afghan government to take the lead in the fight …
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Newt Direct / Newt.org:
Newt Direct — There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia. The time for double standards that allow Islamists to behave aggressively toward us while they demand our weakness and submission is over.
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The Dream Is Coming:
OVER 20 UNDOCUMENTED YOUTH RISK ARREST, DEPORTATION, STAGE SIT-IN AT CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES ON CAPITOL HILL — dreamactmedia@gmail.com and media@thedreamiscoming.com — Washington, D.C. Today, July 20th, over 20 undocumented immigrant youth from all over the country are risking arrest …
Sandra Fish / Politics Daily:
Jane Norton and Ken Buck: High Heels vs. Cowboy Boots in Colorado — DENVER — Let us take a brief break from the racism debate and talk about high heels. — And sexism. — We'll start with a one-liner: — What's the difference between the two GOP Senate candidates in Colorado?
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Kenneth Anderson / The Volokh Conspiracy:
A Note to All the Non-JList Reporters, and a Response from Henry Farrell — (Update: Henry Farrell, GW professor and blogger at Crooked Timber, also someone who I respect a lot despite some disagreements, dropped me a note about this and gave me permission to post it.
Tess Civantos / Fox News:
White House Spent $23M of Taxpayers' Money on Fight to Legalize Abortion in Kenya — Kenyan supporters cheer at a rally to launch campaigns for the constitution referendum, in the capital Nairobi. — A Republican lawmaker is accusing the White House of “unconscionable” and “illegal” …
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Stop The ACLU
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Workers on Doomed Rig Voiced Concern About Safety — WASHINGTON — A confidential survey of workers on the Deepwater Horizon in the weeks before the oil rig exploded showed that many of them were concerned about safety practices and feared reprisals if they reported mistakes or other problems.
Bbtv / Breitbart.tv:
Congressman: Sherrod's Initial Hiring Should Be Investigated — This website uses IntenseDebate comments, but they are not currently loaded because either your browser doesn't support JavaScript, or they didn't load fast enough.
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