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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Missouri Votes Against Health Law — Missouri voters on Tuesday easily approved a measure aimed at nullifying the new federal health care law, becoming the first state in the nation where ordinary people made known their dismay over the issue at the ballot box.
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Tony Messenger / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Prop C passes overwhelmingly — ST. LOUIS • Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a federal mandate to purchase health insurance, rebuking President Barack Obama's administration and giving Republicans their first political victory in a national campaign to overturn …
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Think Progress, Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Associated Press and Betsy's Page
Peter Landers / Wall Street Journal:
Missouri Voters Oppose Mandatory Health Insurance — Voters in Missouri overwhelmingly opposed requiring people to buy health insurance, in a largely symbolic slap at the Obama administration's health overhaul. — The referendum was the first chance for voters to express a view on the overhaul …
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The Foundry, Questions and Observations, Scared Monkeys, Los Angeles Times, NewsBusters.org and Pajamas Media
Conservatives4Palin.com:
EXPLOSIVE: New Video of Couric Mocking Palin on the Day She was Named as McCain's Running Mate! — The following video was sent to C4P's tips account. — As you can see, the video shows Katie Couric preparing to go on the air on the day John McCain announced Governor Palin as his running mate.
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Cubachi, Left Coast Rebel, NewsBusters.org, Israpundit, Breitbart.tv, Don Surber and New York Magazine
Dorothy Rabinowitz / Wall Street Journal:
Liberal Piety and the Memory of 9/11 — The enlightened class can't understand why the public is uneasy about the Ground Zero mosque. — Americans may have lacked for much in the course of their history, but never instruction in social values. The question today is whether Americans …
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The Atlantic Online, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and Althouse
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Justin Elliott / Salon:
Michael Bloomberg delivers stirring defense of mosque — Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has emerged as the unlikely but passionate defender of the planned Muslim community center near ground zero, today traveled to Governors Island off the tip of Lower Manhattan to deliver a stirring plea …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Gibbs on Ground Zero mosque: I'm not going to meddle in local decisions
Gibbs on Ground Zero mosque: I'm not going to meddle in local decisions
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JustOneMinute, PrawfsBlawg and Top of the Ticket
Justin Gillis / New York Times:
U.S. Finds Most Oil From Spill Poses Little Additional Risk — WASHINGTON — The government is expected to announce on Wednesday that three-quarters of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon leak has already evaporated, dispersed, been captured or otherwise eliminated — and that much of the rest …
David Rogers / The Politico:
Maine, pain drive Senate vote today — Maine and pain. — That's what it comes down to Wednesday as Senate Democrats try to get to 60 votes for new state aid and offer up cuts from programs dear to themselves—not to mention House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. — The $26.1 billion package …
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Patricia Murphy / Politics Daily:
Elena Kagan Draws Opposition From Senators Who Backed Sotomayor
Elena Kagan Draws Opposition From Senators Who Backed Sotomayor
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Bristol Palin to Levi Johnston: 'It's Over' — And just like that, they were off again. “It's over. I broke up with him,” Bristol Palin tells PEOPLE exclusively of her second try at an engagement to Levi Johnston, father of her 19-month-old son Tripp. — Palin, 19, says the relationship soured …
The Politico:
GOP puzzled as Michael Steele courts diplomats — The Republican National Committee is trying to set up meetings between Chairman Michael Steele and foreign ambassadors to the United States, according to an email obtained by POLITICO - an effort that has puzzled diplomats as well as fellow Republicans.
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CNN:
California gears up for ruling on same-sex marriage — (CNN) — A federal judge in California is expected to issue his ruling Wednesday on whether the state's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. — The closely watched case, to be decided by Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker …
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Prop 8 Trial Tracker and The Eye
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Moran bests Tiahrt in GOP Senate primary — Rep. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) narrowly defeated fellow Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) Tuesday in a Senate primary that went down to the wire. — The AP called the race for Moran with 86 percent of precincts reporting. Moran was ahead of Tiahrt 49 percent to 45 percent.
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Aaron Blake / The Fix:
Snyder wins in Michigan, Moran in Kansas; Rep. Kilpatrick loses primary
Snyder wins in Michigan, Moran in Kansas; Rep. Kilpatrick loses primary
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Stimulus Projects that Created No Jobs — Republican Senators John McCain and Tom Coburn Issue Report Detailing Wasted Money — (CBS) A couple of Republican senators put out a report today spelling out how they say a lot of the money taxpayers shelled out for the stimulus package was wasted.
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Questions and Observations, Right Wing News and JammieWearingFool
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Jared Bernstein / White House.gov Blog Feed:
There They Go Again: Two Senators Continue False and Misleading …
There They Go Again: Two Senators Continue False and Misleading …
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Politics Daily, Washington Monthly, Matthew Yglesias, The Hill and The New Republic
Wall Street Journal:
On the Web's Cutting Edge, Anonymity in Name Only — You may not know a company called [x+1] Inc., but it may well know a lot about you. — From a single click on a web site, [x+1] correctly identified Carrie Isaac as a young Colorado Springs parent who lives on about $50,000 a year, shops at Wal-Mart and rents kids' videos.
Colby Itkowitz / Morning Call:
Ex-President Clinton to stump for Sestak — WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak will get a little help on the campaign trail next week from his ex-employer. — Former President Bill Clinton will join Sestak in Scranton Tuesday to rally support for the Democratic congressman, the Sestak campaign confirmed.
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The Swamp and Ben Smith's Blog
Dennis G. / Balloon Juice:
When they came for Ishmael, Abe grabbed a rope... I know John touched on this earlier, but I am amazed at how low the ADL has sunk. There was a time in my lifetime when this was an organization to look up to. Like the ACLU and the NAACP, the ADL was an organization committed to justice …
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The Debate Link
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
More Workers Face Pay Cuts, Not Furloughs — The furloughs that popped up during the recession are being replaced by a highly unusual tactic: actual cuts in pay. — Local and state governments, as well as some companies, are squeezing their employees to work the same amount for less money …
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BBC:
Iran denies reports of attack on President Ahmadinejad — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been president since 2005 — Iranian officials have denied that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was targeted in an assassination attempt. — A conservative Iranian website had said an explosive device …
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The Jawa Report, Israel Matzav and The Page
Haaretz:
UNIFIL official: IDF did not enter Lebanon prior to border clash — Milos Strugar tells Army Radio that the UN force receives reports of provocations by Lebanon soldiers against IDF units on a daily basis. — Israel Defense Forces did not cross the border with Lebanon …
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The Independent, Ynetnews, The Huffington Post, Yourish.com, Associated Press, Israellycool, Telegraph and Israel Matzav
Paul Krugman:
Hey, Small Spender — One of the things everyone knows right now is that Obama has presided over a huge increase in government spending. But like so many of the things everyone knows, it isn't true. — A few considerations to bear in mind: — 1. You don't want dollar amounts …
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Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog! and The New Republic
Christopher Hitchens / Vanity Fair:
JOINING THE RESISTANCE? — I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death. But nothing prepared me for the early morning last June when I came to consciousness feeling as if I were actually shackled to my own corpse. The whole cave of my chest and thorax seemed to have been hollowed …
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Bill Bertolino / Strike Everything:
Quayle mailers not actually what meets the eye — Two recent mailers sent by the Ben Quayle campaign contain some curious images and statements by the 33-year-old lawyer and flush-with-cash candidate in Arizona's crowded 3rd Congressional District primary. — Quayle is depicted in playful scenes with two toddler-aged girls.
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Think Progress, The Eye and Erick's blog
Times of India:
US dismisses Zardari's remark that war is lost in Afghanistan — WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday dismissed Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's view that US-backed coalition forces are losing the war in Afghanistan, saying actions taken in the last several months were keeping …
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The Moderate Voice, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Forbes and Outside the Beltway
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
NRSC slapped with racial bias lawsuit — A longtime employee of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has accused its leaders of racial discrimination after they fired him last month. — Keith Carter, who joined the NRSC in 1995, has charged Republican officials with creating …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Labor Market Punishing to Mothers — The last three men nominated to the Supreme Court have all been married and, among them, have seven children. The last three women — Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Harriet Miers (who withdrew) — have all been single and without children.
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