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Bryan Fischer / action.afa.net:
No more mosques, period — Permits should not be granted to build even one more mosque in the United States of America, let alone the monstrosity planned for Ground Zero. This is for one simple reason: each Islamic mosque is dedicated to the overthrow of the American government.
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Telegraph:
Giant Mecca clock seeks to call time on Greenwich — For more than a century, a point on the top of a hill in south-east London has been recognised as the centre of world time and the official starting point of each new day. — But now the supremacy of Greenwich Mean Time is being challenged …
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
NYT On The So-Called Ground Zero Mosque. — The New York Times has a new piece up on Faisal Rauf and Daisy Khan, the couple behind the proposed Islamic community center near Ground Zero that has brought rank Islamophobia into the Republican mainstream:
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
State Department: Maybe We'll Publish Remarks of Ground Zero Mosque Opponents, Too
State Department: Maybe We'll Publish Remarks of Ground Zero Mosque Opponents, Too
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Ben Smith's Blog
The White House:
Statement by the President on the Occasion of Ramadan
Statement by the President on the Occasion of Ramadan
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Politics Daily, Beltway Confidential and Jack & Jill Politics
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American Family Association: No More Mosques, Period
American Family Association: No More Mosques, Period
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Hullabaloo, Rumproast, TPMMuckraker and AMERICAblog News
Anne Barnard / New York Times:
Organizers of Muslim Center Underestimated Its Opponents
Organizers of Muslim Center Underestimated Its Opponents
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Crooks and Liars, No More Mister Nice Blog, Talking Points Memo, City Room, Gothamist and The Reaction
Andy McCarthy / National Review:
The Government Confiscates Your Money to Build Mosques
The Government Confiscates Your Money to Build Mosques
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Washington Times, The New Republic and AmSpecBlog
The Huffington Post:
Gibbs Stands By His ‘Professional Left’ Critique, Expects Liberals To Vote In 2010 — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Speaking publicly for the first time since he disparaged the “professional left,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said he stands by his comments, has no plans to resign …
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The Note:
Jane Hamsher: Obama in ‘Trouble Across the Board’ with Liberals — ABC News' Rick Klein reports: With White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs lashing out at President Obama's liberal critics, a card-carrying member of Gibbs' “professional left” joined us on ABC/Washington Post's “Top Line” today.
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Gibbs returns to press podium after battle with ‘professional left’ — White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, under fire from liberals, made it clear Wednesday he has no plans to resign. — Gibbs returned to the daily White House briefing on Wednesday a day after his criticism of the …
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The Huffington Post, The Politico, CNN, Taylor Marsh, Shakesville and The Hill
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Is it time for Gibbs to move on? — The truth hurts.
Is it time for Gibbs to move on? — The truth hurts.
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The Daily Beast, Truthdig and Don Surber
The Huffington Post:
Michael Bennet Got Fewer Votes Than GOP Loser, Kaine Not Happy With Gibbs' Comments
Michael Bennet Got Fewer Votes Than GOP Loser, Kaine Not Happy With Gibbs' Comments
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Firedoglake and Outside the Beltway
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Depressed Democratic Turnout Portends Rotten November
Depressed Democratic Turnout Portends Rotten November
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Associated Press, NRSC and New York Times
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Exclusive: Rand Paul's accuser clarifies “kidnapping” — The woman who sparked a national firestorm by recounting Rand Paul's — youthful indiscretions to GQ magazine is now clarifying her account: She says she was not kidnapped nor forced to do drugs by Paul.
Fhardingj / CNN:
Americans split evenly on gay marriage — Americans are split on the issue of same-sex marriage, according to a new CNN poll. — (CNN) - Nearly half of all Americans think the Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll.
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Fhardingj / CNN:
Overwhelming majority oppose mosque near Ground Zero
Overwhelming majority oppose mosque near Ground Zero
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Jonathan Rauch / NY Daily News:
The radical gay rights ruling: Leading supporter of same-sex …
The radical gay rights ruling: Leading supporter of same-sex …
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Commentary
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
The Point of No Return — For the Obama administration, the prospect of a nuclearized Iran is dismal to contemplate— it would create major new national-security challenges and crush the president's dream of ending nuclear proliferation. But the view from Jerusalem is still more dire …
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Matt Duss / Think Progress:
Bush mockingly referred to Kristol and Krauthammer as ‘the bomber boys.’
Bush mockingly referred to Kristol and Krauthammer as ‘the bomber boys.’
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Sen. Harry Reid doubles down on Hispanic comment — Harry Reid's campaign is not shying away from the Senate Majority Leader's questioning of why “anyone with Hispanic heritage could be a Republican,” instead using it to attack GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle's relationships with the Hispanic community.
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The Hill:
Senate will reconvene to pass border security
Senate will reconvene to pass border security
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The Swamp, CNN, The Politico and TPMDC
The Note:
Harry Reid Doesn't Get Hispanic Republicans
Harry Reid Doesn't Get Hispanic Republicans
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Rasmussen Reports:
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll — The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-five percent (45%) Strongly Disapprove …
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John F. Harris / The Politico:
Primary night yields good news for President Obama and Democrats — The headline victory of the primaries belonged to Sen. Michael Bennet, who gallops to a surprisingly wide nine-point victory over challenger Andrew Romanoff. AP — President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party …
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First Read / msnbc.com:
First thoughts: Tea Party wins again
First thoughts: Tea Party wins again
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Neil Steinberg / Chicago Sun Times:
Former U.S. Representative Dan Rostenkowsi has died — Dan Rostenkowski was the most important congressman ever to represent Chicago, “Mr. Chairman” of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, confidante of presidents, pride of the Polish community and bringer of millions upon millions …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
On the Issues, Obama Finds Majority Approval Elusive — Scores best on race relations, education — PRINCETON, N.J. — Barack Obama's 52% approval rating for handling race relations is the only issue among 13 tested in two recent Gallup polls for which the president receives majority-level approval.
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Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Why the GOP really wants to alter the 14th Amendment — As Lindsey Graham and his fellow Republicans explain it, their sudden turn against conferring citizenship on anyone born in the United States was prompted by the mortal threat of “anchor babies” — the children of foreigners who scurry …
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Washington Monthly, 24Ahead, Immigration Chronicles, ACS Blog, Democratic Strategist, Left Coast Rebel and Daily Kos
Shawn Millerick / Now! Hampshire:
Local Democrats wish death upon Sarah Palin — There's only one way the tragic airplane crash in Alaska that ended the life of former-U.S. Senator Ted Stevens could have been better, according to New Hampshire Democratic activist and State Rep. candidate Keith Halloran: If Sarah Palin had been on it.
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Aaron Gould Sheinin / Georgia Elections News:
Handel concedes GOP nomination for governor to Deal — Update 2:49 p.m.: Gov. Sonny Perdue has now weighed in as well. While it was long rumored that he would support Karen Handel for the nomination, the outgoing governor stayed cautiously on the sidelines in the primary and the runoff.
Fouad Ajami / Wall Street Journal:
The Obsolescence of Barack Obama — The magic of 2008 can't be recreated, and good riddance to it. — Not long ago Barack Obama, for those who were spellbound by him, had the stylishness of JFK and the historic mission of FDR riding to the nation's rescue.
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portal.hud.gov:
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR TARGETED FORECLOSURE-PREVENTION PROGRAMS TO HELP HOMEOWNERS STRUGGLING WITH UNEMPLOYMENT — Treasury's Hardest Hit Fund Will Provide $2 Billion of Additional Assistance in 17 states and the District of Columbia; HUD to Launch …
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Tracy Alloway / FT Alphaville:
Hamp - it's worse than we thought — So the US Treasury's centrepiece mortgage modification programme — Hamp — is something of a failure. That much we knew already. — But Laurie Goodman over at Amherst Securities brings up another point. — The programme actually has a lower success rate …
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Fox News:
Democrats, Advocacy Groups Blast Cuts to Food Stamps to Fund $26B Aid Bill — Some Democrats are upset and advocacy groups are outraged over the raiding of the food-stamp cupboard to fund a state-aid bailout that some call a gift to teachers and government union workers.
Pew Hispanic Center:
Unauthorized Immigrants and Their U.S.-Born Children — An estimated 340,000 of the 4.3 million babies born in the United States in 2008 were the offspring of unauthorized immigrants, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center.
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