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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Sarah Palin gets in dustup with teacher — Sarah Palin was involved in a short argument over the weekend with an Alaska teacher over her decision to leave her post as governor of Alaska. AP — Sarah Palin was involved in a brief argument over the weekend with an Alaska teacher …
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There you go again, LSM — While filming the Alaska documentary in Homer, I had a brief discussion with a local lady who, in typical Alaska style, decided to give me her two cents worth about my political leanings, American politics in general, and much else besides.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, alicublog, Gawker, Patterico's Pontifications, American Power, Swampland and Mediaite
Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
Palin laughs and rolls her eyes when demonstrator says she's a teacher.
Palin laughs and rolls her eyes when demonstrator says she's a teacher.
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Raw Story, SHANNYN MOORE, Gawker, Daily Kos and Digital Spy
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Palin confronts “worst governor ever” …
Video: Palin confronts “worst governor ever” …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Greg Gutfeld: I'm raising money to build a Muslim gay bar next to the Ground Zero mosque — Andy Levy assures me that he's quite serious. Media narrative on the GZ mosque: Shining beacon of liberal values bursting through the overcast skies of American intolerance.
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Robert VerBruggen / National Review:
Ground Zero Mosque Imam: ‘They Feel the Need to Conflagrate’ — NRO has obtained yet another interview in which Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the leading figure behind the Cordoba House (the “Ground Zero mosque"), explains away terrorism. “They feel the feed to conflagrate,” …
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Weasel Zippers, Slate, The Volokh Conspiracy, Atlas Shrugs and New York Post
Liberty Pundits Blog:
Ground Queero: Greg Gutfeld's New Cordoba Mosque Gay Bar: A Mecca Of Tolerance
Ground Queero: Greg Gutfeld's New Cordoba Mosque Gay Bar: A Mecca Of Tolerance
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Islam and 2012 — A former Bush aide, watching the GOP's …
Islam and 2012 — A former Bush aide, watching the GOP's …
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Think Progress and The New Republic
City Room:
JetBlue Flight Attendant Uses Emergency Slide to Escape Dispute — A photo from Steven Slater's MySpace page. “Would you like to buy an E190?” the caption asks, referring to the type of plane that Mr. Slater is said to have fled on Monday down the escape hatch.
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Sean Gardiner / Metropolis:
Flight Attendant Pops Emergency Chute, Escapes Plane at JFK
Flight Attendant Pops Emergency Chute, Escapes Plane at JFK
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Gawker, Gothamist, Hot Air and Clusterstock
Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
Judge Vaughn Walker Gets Smeared By the Media — The way that the sexual orientation of Judge Vaughn Walker — the federal judge who overturned Proposition 8 last week — has been targeted and exploited by proponents of Prop 8 is not only an example of the ugly smear tactics of the theocratic thugs …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Unique Quality Of “Lifelong Heterosexual Monogamy”
The Unique Quality Of “Lifelong Heterosexual Monogamy”
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Steve Chapman / Reason:
Overreaching on Gay Marriage
Overreaching on Gay Marriage
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Ed Rendell: Many Republicans ‘are nuts’ — Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell on Monday said that Republican desires to repeal the 14th Amendment are “cuckoo” and prove that many in the GOP “are nuts.” — Asked during an MSNBC interview about many Republicans' calls to repeal the portion …
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Rmcneely / Matthew Yglesias:
GOP Fantasy Agenda Leaves Public in the Dark
GOP Fantasy Agenda Leaves Public in the Dark
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Gawker, Washington Monthly, Ezra Klein and Balloon Juice
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Kyl becomes highest-ranking Senate Republican to oppose Islamic Center
Kyl becomes highest-ranking Senate Republican to oppose Islamic Center
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GQ:
GQ Exclusive: Rand Paul's Kooky College Days (Hint: There's a Secret Society Involved) — When the Lexington Herald-Leader reported last week that Rand Paul was, in effect, a college dropout, it looked like the 2010 midterms might feature yet another fabulist.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Charge: Rand Paul tied up teammate, tried to ‘force her to take bong hits’
Charge: Rand Paul tied up teammate, tried to ‘force her to take bong hits’
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Mediaite, FrumForum and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Inside story of Michelle's trip — First lady took Spain vacation with ‘a dear friend’ whose father recently died — WASHINGTON—Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha returned from Spain on Sunday, a vacation at a lavish hotel on the Mediterranean coast that triggered her first controversy since becoming first lady.
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Lynn Sweet / Politics Daily:
Why Michelle Obama Vacationed in Spain: To Be With Grieving Friend
Why Michelle Obama Vacationed in Spain: To Be With Grieving Friend
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Michelle Malkin, JustOneMinute, Balloon Juice and PunditMom
Google Public Policy Blog:
A joint policy proposal for an open Internet — Posted by Alan Davidson, Google director of public policy and Tom Tauke, Verizon executive vice president of public affairs, policy, and communications — The original architects of the Internet got the big things right.
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Dan Gillmor / Salon:
Google-Verizon plan: Why you should worry
Google-Verizon plan: Why you should worry
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Wall Street Journal:
Are Americans Bigots? — Attacking the motives of those who disagree with elite opinion has become all too common. — When in 1983 Ronald Reagan characterized the Soviet Union as an “evil empire,” the reaction from his betters was swift. Writing in the New York Times, Anthony Lewis called it …
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Townhall.com and The Future of Capitalism
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Levi Johnston for mayor. . . really — Reality show follows Palin player's bid for office — Levi Johnston is setting his sights on the dysfunctional family business. — Johnston will run for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska — yes, the same job that propelled Sarah Palin to governor of that state …
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Hot Air, New York Magazine, Truthdig and The Political Carnival
Jim Newell / Gawker:
Horrible Obama-Smashing Carnival Game Wows Jersey Shore Patrons — Last week, a fair near Allentown, Pennsylvania grabbed some attention for its “Alien Attack” shooting-gallery game, where one could shoot at Barack Obama's likeness. The game was pulled. But there's still a similar game on the Jersey Shore boardwalk!
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Doug Ross, Crooks and Liars, Left Coast Rebel and American Power
The Huffington Post:
GOP To Introduce Lame-Duck Prohibition Resolution, Citing Browner's Remarks On Energy Bill — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — House Republicans are going forward with plans to introduce a resolution on Tuesday to prohibit the House of Representatives from assembling during the two-month period following the November elections.
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National Review, Firedoglake, The Hill, Questions and Observations, The Politico and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Ryan Rips Krugman: ‘Intellectually Lazy’ and ‘Bizarre’ Attack — Talking late this afternoon with THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Republican congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin blasted New York Times columnist Paul Krugman for his “intellectualy lazy” attack on Ryan's fiscal “Roadmap.”
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Hot Air, Power Line, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and The Huffington Post
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
A deep bench of substitute justices goes unused — Justice John Paul Stevens has been retired from the Supreme Court for more than a month. Maybe it's time to bring him back. — Or perhaps Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Since she left in 2006, she's been crisscrossing the nation denouncing …
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TPMDC, Law Blog, The BLT and Election Law
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Meehan challenges tea party signatures — Pat Meehan speaks with the press outside the U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia. AP — Republican Pat Meehan challenged the validity of tea party congressional candidate Jim Schneller's candidacy on Monday, arguing that Democrats improperly helped …
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CNN:
Obama to GOP: I'm pretty good at politicking, remember? — (CNN) — President Barack Obama warned Republicans on Monday that he is back in campaign mode. — In a fundraising speech in Austin, Texas, Obama complained that while his administration has been governing the country since January 2009 …
Sewell Chan / New York Times:
Fed Will Meet With Concerns on Deflation Rising — WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve will meet on Tuesday faced with a pivotal decision about whether to abandon its presumption that the economy is gradually picking up steam and begin to consider new steps to keep the recovery from sputtering out.
Dylan Matthews / Ezra Klein:
Where does the Laffer curve bend? — With the Bush tax cuts due to expire soon and debates about raising top rates further to cut the budget deficit soon to follow, the Laffer curve is bound to come up again. The idea, popularized by economist Arthur Laffer and writer Jude Wanninski in the 1970s and '80s, is simple.
Joel Kotkin / Newgeography.com:
The Golden State's War on Itself — California has long been a destination for those seeking a better place to live. For most of its history, the state enacted sensible policies that created one of the wealthiest and most innovative economies in human history.
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Big Government, Hit & Run and Left Coast Rebel