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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Lieberman: Pause Islamic center project near ground zero — Developers should “put the brakes” on a planned mosque near the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York City, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday. — Lieberman, an independent senator who caucuses with Democrats …
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Mosque Near Ground Zero Clears Key Hurdle — After a protracted battle that set off a national debate over freedom of religion, a Muslim center and mosque to be built two blocks from ground zero surmounted a final hurdle on Tuesday. — The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission voted 9 …
Dan Senor / Wall Street Journal:
An Open Letter on the Ground Zero Mosque — The location undermines the goal of interfaith understanding. — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo are locked into their position on the plan to build a mosque and Muslim community center—the Cordoba House—at Ground Zero.
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Commentary, Washington Wire, Salon, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, INSTAPUTZ, Riehl World View, Weekly Standard and Right Wing News
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WTC Mosque, Meet the Auschwitz Nuns — Pope John Paul offers a model of tolerance for a heated controversy. — With every passing day, the dispute over the planned Islamic Center near Ground Zero grows more acrimonious. These feelings will probably only get worse today …
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The Mahablog
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
If He Could, Bin Laden Would Bomb the Cordoba Initiative
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich, pushing prejudice at Ground Zero
Newt Gingrich, pushing prejudice at Ground Zero
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The Daily Politics, Wonk Room, Commentary and Slate
Elizabeth Crum / National Review:
Did She Just Say That Out Loud? — During yesterday's Fox News Channel's special elections show on primaries and midterms around the country, Sharron Angle had the following exchange with an incredulous Carl Cameron about her media strategy so far: … Angle then goes on to repeat a statement …
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SHARRON ANGLE SAID WHAT?.... Sharron Angle (R), the extremist Senate candidate in Nevada, has a habit of saying some pretty remarkable things, including vague advocacy of the violent overthrow of the United States government. — In recent weeks, under strict orders, Angle has tried to improve …
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Crooks and Liars and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
The Hill:
GOP leader McConnell: Fourteenth Amendment is in need of review — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told The Hill on Monday that Congress “ought to take a look at” changing the 14th Amendment, which gives the children of illegal immigrants a right to U.S. citizenship.
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The Huffington Post:
Mitch McConnell Wants Hearing On 14th Amendment ‘Birthright Citizenship’
Mitch McConnell Wants Hearing On 14th Amendment ‘Birthright Citizenship’
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Talking Points Memo, Think Progress, The Daily Hurricane, Outside the Beltway, TPMDC, Daily Kos and Pam's House Blend
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell Makes His Choice
McConnell Makes His Choice
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TPMDC, VivirLatino, culturekitchen and Crooked Timber
Timothy F. Geithner / New York Times:
Welcome to the Recovery — THE devastation wrought by the great recession is still all too real for millions of Americans who lost their jobs, businesses and homes. The scars of the crisis are fresh, and every new economic report brings another wave of anxiety.
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The Atlantic Online, Matthew Yglesias, Econoclast, Balloon Juice, The Washington Independent, Bloomberg, The Big Picture, Guardian and Eschaton
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Angle: Reid's clout misguided — Challenger describes what junior senators can do — Challenger Sharron Angle took aim Monday at one of U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's strongest arguments for re-election, contending that the Senate majority leader's influence has hurt, not helped, the state.
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The Plum Line, National Review and TPMDC
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Solar plasma aurora storm to hit Earth tomorrow! — Burst sunspot could see Northern Lights over UK, US — Astroboffins are warning that a mighty “eruption” of superhot plasma has been blasted out of the Sun directly at the Earth. The plasma cloud is expected to reach Earth beginning tomorrow …
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Don Surber and The Reaction
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Frank warned colleague not to aid troubled bank — “I said, 'Look, it's a Boston institution. You should stay out of it. It's a legitimate constituency thing for me.' ” — Rep. Barney Frank. (Gretchen Ertl for The Boston Globe/ File) — WASHINGTON — US Representative Barney Frank …
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Michelle Malkin, Boston Herald and The Other McCain
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Frank Quaratiello / Boston Herald:
Barney Frank defends support of bank after call from disgraced pol
Barney Frank defends support of bank after call from disgraced pol
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Sweetness & Light and Weasel Zippers
Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
Democrats declare swamp of corruption drained
Democrats declare swamp of corruption drained
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NewsBusters.org
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A Mailroom Mix-Up That Could Cost a Life — Sullivan & Cromwell is a law firm with glittering offices in a dozen cities around the world, and some of its partners charge more than $1,000 an hour. The firm's paying clients, at least, demand impeccable work.
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SCOTUSblog and Law Blog
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Poll: Waning support for Obama on wars — WASHINGTON — Public support for President Obama's Afghanistan war policy has plummeted amid a rising U.S. death toll and the unauthorized release of classified military documents, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. — Support for Obama's management …
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The Blast, Hot Air, Townhall.com, Weasel Zippers, No More Mister Nice Blog, Scared Monkeys, The Page, Commentary, Weekly Standard, AmSpecBlog, Freedom's Lighthouse and CNN
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., New High of 43% Call Afghanistan War a “Mistake”
In U.S., New High of 43% Call Afghanistan War a “Mistake”
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Politics Daily and Pollster.com All Content
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
ACLU, CCR seek to have Obama enjoined from killing Awlaki without due process — A major legal challenge to one of the Obama administration's most radical assertions of executive power began this morning in a federal courthouse in Washington, DC. Early last month, the ACLU and the Center …
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New York Times, The Agonist and Ian Welsh
ABCNEWS:
‘Monkeys Getting High’: GOP Slams Stimulus For Perceived Waste — Sens. Coburn, McCain Rip Stimulus Spending ‘Waste’; Defenders Question Report's Details — The Obama administration has credited its $862 billion stimulus program with pulling the economy out of the worst recession since the Great Depression.
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Wake up America, Sweetness & Light and The New Republic
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Confessions of a Tea Party Casualty — GOP Rep. Bob Inglis slams Republican demagoguery, bemoans anti-Semitic tea party conspiracy nonsense, decries Sarah Palin's ignorance, and looks for a job. — Post Comment — It was the middle of a tough primary contest, and Rep. Bob Inglis …
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Think Progress, Washington Wire and Indecision Forever
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Are Americans Closet Statists? — Despite what liberal pollsters say, we don't secretly worship big government. — So maybe Americans aren't so different from Europeans after all? If you read a lot of the opinion press—poor lamb—you might be getting the idea that we're all social democrats now.
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protein wisdom
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The Obama Agenda and the Enthusiasm Gap — In case after case, the administration went far enough to fuel the opposition but not far enough to provide immediate help to the average voter. — Whatever the outcome of the upcoming midterm elections, the activist phase of the Obama administration has likely come to a close.
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Taylor Marsh, Economist's View, No More Mister Nice Blog and Israpundit
Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
Dem Poll: GOP Not Tied To Bush — Dems can dramatically alter the electoral playing field by tying GOP candidates to George W. Bush, but at the moment, the public sees a difference between the former president and his party in Congress. — Dems have tried repeatedly to tie the GOP …
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Hot Air, Moe Lane, NewsBusters.org, Washington Wire and Liberty Central
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Why did feds claim Kindle violates civil rights? — Did you know the Justice Department threatened several universities with legal action because they took part in an experimental program to allow students to use the Amazon Kindle for textbooks? — Last year, the schools — among them Princeton …
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AmSpecBlog and Questions and Observations