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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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newsfeed.time.com, First Draft, Gawker, Pharyngula, Pundit & Pundette, Jihad Watch, iOwnTheWorld.com, Atlas Shrugs and FrumForum
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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:
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Christian Science Monitor, Washington Monthly, American Power, Obsidian Wings, Atlas Shrugs, RedState and NewsReal Blog
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
Political Correction RSS:
American Family Association: No More Mosques, Period
American Family Association: No More Mosques, Period
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Hullabaloo, TPMMuckraker, Talking Points Memo and AMERICAblog News
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 Hill, The New Republic, The Daily Dish and AmSpecBlog
Anne Barnard / New York Times:
Organizers of Muslim Center Underestimated Its Opponents
Organizers of Muslim Center Underestimated Its Opponents
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Gothamist, Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Reaction, City Room and The Daily Beast
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 Politico, CNN and AMERICAblog News
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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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TalkLeft, Townhall.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Nation
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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CNN, AMERICAblog News, Balloon Juice, The Foundry and Right Wing News
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
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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Truthdig and Don Surber
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Depressed Democratic Turnout Portends Rotten November
Depressed Democratic Turnout Portends Rotten November
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Associated Press, New York Times and NRSC
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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Wonk Room, Outside the Beltway, Gawker, Hot Air, Right Wing Nut House, Yourish.com, Wonkette, Newshoggers.com, Israel Matzav, Salon, FrumForum and Instapundit
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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.
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Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Bluegrass Politics, TPMDC, Wonkette, msnbc.com, Hot Air and Taylor Marsh
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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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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CNN, Politics Daily, The Hill and Lynn Sweet
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Study Looks at Tax Cut Lapse for Rich — WASHINGTON — As debate heats up over President Obama's proposal to let the Bush tax cuts expire for the wealthy but to extend them for everyone else, a nonpartisan Congressional analysis circulated on Capitol Hill on Tuesday provides a look at the impact …
Keith Schneider / New York Times:
Dan Rostenkowski, Lawmaker Touched by Scandal, Is Dead at 82
Dan Rostenkowski, Lawmaker Touched by Scandal, Is Dead at 82
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CNN, ABCNEWS, The Politico, Swampland and Sunlight Foundation
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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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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The Confluence, ColoradoPols.com and Associated Press
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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LGBT POV, Hot Air and AMERICAblog Gay
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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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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.
NY Daily News:
JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater emerges from jail, basks in new status as celebrity — Fired-up flight attendant Steven Slater was walking on air as he emerged from jail Tuesday night as a folk hero. — “I knew there was a brouhaha about this, but while I was on the inside …
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City Room, Law Blog, Above the Law, Democracy in America, Metropolis, The Daily Beast, newsfeed.time.com, Gawker, Althouse and The Awl, more at Mediagazer »
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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Nice Deb
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Kerry: McMahon ‘roid rage attacks’ need to be stopped — Connecticut Senate nominee Linda McMahon's “GOP/WWE roid rage attacks” need to be stopped, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said Wednesday. — Kerry took a shot at McMahon's past as CEO of the wrestling outfit a day after she won …
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Weasel Zippers
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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Immigration Chronicles, Democratic Strategist, Left Coast Rebel, ACS Blog and Daily Kos
PewResearch.org:
34% - Was TARP Passed Under Bush or Obama? — In numerous polls, the public has voiced their displeasure at the much maligned bank bailout, but most don't know which president signed the controversial act into law. Only a third of Americans (34%) correctly say the Troubled Asset Relief Program …
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Balloon Juice, Weigel and Daily Kos
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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New York Times, Swampland and The Atlantic Online
Mike Morris / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy — A crowd of people hoping to get federal housing assistance became unruly Wednesday morning with reports of fights breaking out in the crowd. — Thousands of people were lined up at the Tri-Cities Plaza shopping center …
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Michelle Malkin and Townhall.com
Robert Bluey / Big Journalism:
Thoughtcrime: D.C. Reporter Suspended for Accurate Report on BP's Donations to Obama — WJLA-TV, a Washington, D.C. ABC affiliate, suspended reporter Doug McKelway following his alleged “partisan” comments at a liberal rally on Capitol Hill marking the three-month anniversary of the Gulf oil spill.
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Pajamas Media, Moonbattery and Washington Post
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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The Atlantic Online and The Other McCain
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Elite Isolation — It seems to me that this chart is the key to understanding today's political economy: — Virtually every single member of congress, every senator, every Capitol Hill staffer, every White House advisor, every Fed governor, and every major political reporter is a college graduate.
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The Daily Dish and Ezra Klein